Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: Amazon.ca: Irving Chernev: Books

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These 60 complete games, annotated throughout, emphasize the Cuban master's elegant, classic, accurate, lethal endgame play against Alekhine, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Réti, the best. Here are real games from match and tournament play, with endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Capablanca Book Out There!, Nov 14 2003

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"noctovian" (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Capablanca's Best Chess Endings (Paperback)

I must admit that I have always been an open game player, playing e4 is my standard. I always thought that the way to win is to attack attack until you humiliate your opponent into submission. But I read some reviews of this book and decided to buy it, afterall, I needed 10 more bucks for free shipping so why not. I was not prepared for something so good! From the very first move it seems that the game magically is drifting into his favor, something I have never seen in anyone else's games. It showed me a totally new way of playing chess, a style that I consider to be even more beautiful than a vicious sacrificial mating attack.
And best of all, everyone can enjoy his amazing games. Afterall he was one of the strongest players ever so GMs can pick up a tip or two from his technique. But the moves and plans have such a simplicity and clarity to them even beginners will be able to understand what the objective is and watch him make it happen.
Well yea, then you might be wondering why get this particular book, any Capablanca collection would do. The difference is that Chernev has one of the most delightful writing styles I've ever seen (and I've read a lot of authors). He puts so much enthusiasm into the annotations, with plenty of verbal explanations and they are so succinctly and well written that there is no confusion at all (we all are familiar with this: Be7?...Nxe6 fxe6 Qf3 a4 g3! and White has a strong attack).
Finally, this book's focus is on the endgame as the title suggests. But the whole game is there, annotated from the beginning, so you can take it as a collection of great games with great endgame instruction as well. After you read this I guarantee your play will improve, and somehow your thoughts when looking at a chess position will be much more organized and crystal clear. Definately one of my 5 favorite books of all time!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best value for a classsic about endgames, Mar 29 2001

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Eudaldo del Valle (Tampa, Fl United States) - See all my reviews

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I had been consulting and recomending this book for years to my youngs chess students with great and outstanding results, is a classic that show Capa finess technic and his economic cristal clear style....very good book to be use to learn endgames from beginners to masters...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Capablanca book, with Chernev analysis, Jan 17 2001

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T. Takeuchi "ttoshi" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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Chernev is a master writer at illuminating the logic behind moves and helping the reader understand those reasons. This process starts with classics like Logical Chess Move by Move, and this book looks at endgames.

It's a fine book because it teaches you how to take small advantages and win. Too many beginner/intermediate chess players look for the brilliant combo to beat the opponent. This book shows that you can be a master at simplifying and winning with a small advantage. This technique is as brilliant as the best combination. Well worth emulating.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Capa collection available and good value
I gave away my copy of Fred Reinfeld's Immortal Games of Capa as Chernev's book, along with Capa's own Fundamentals and Primer of Chess (which contain a total of 26 games... Read more

Published on Dec 15 2000 by harrythompson

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Value
I would thoroughly recommend this book for all players up to master strength. Chernev's annotations are lucid and instructive but perhaps a little too simplistic at times. Read more

Published on Nov 17 2000 by Graham White