The endgame is an essential and often underestimated part of chess.
This new course brought to you by IM Ahmad Alkhatib offers several important endgame themes which can easily be applied to your games.But the key point of this course is: the examples are all relatively easy to master; especially when you know what to look for.
Endgame study: Make it FUN!
So, instead of spending countless hours on countless openings which might never happen, you can also spend that time studying endgames which are very common, especially pawn endings because they are the basis of all endgames.
Because you'll play endgames in a relatively large part of your games, it can never hurt to master the crucial endgame themes covered in this book.
And, perhaps the next time when someone offers you an exchange in the middlegame, you'll be better able to assess the resulting position arising after this exchange.
Based on your knowledge of how good or bad the resulting endgame will be for you, which after studying this course you will be better able to assess, you can then make a decision.
To know the ending is to know the beginning. Master the pawn endgames and you will unlock the key to Caissa’s secrets.
The following themes are covered in this course;
1. Square Of The Pawn
2. Opposition & Key Squares
3. Sacrificing A Pawn
4. Triangulation
5. Réti's Idea
6. Restricting The King
7. Building A Fortress
8. Breaking Through
9. Drawing Cases
10. Creating A Stalemate
11. Zugzwang
12. Pawn RaceGood luck and have fun!
International Master Ahmad Alkhatib is a 23-year-old professional player and coach. He is the reigning national champion of Jordan and represented his country at the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi.
Also check out the other volumes in this series:
Mastering Pawn Endgames: Volume 2 Mastering Pawn Endgames: Volume 3Mastering Pawn Endgames: Volume 4
