A practical training book on endgames and material imbalances by Dutch trainer and author Robert Ris (Thinkers Publishing, 2019), the second volume in his Crucial Chess Skills series for club players.
Eleven themed chapters move from the endgame outward to the trickier questions of unequal material, each followed by exercises and solutions:
- The role of the king in the endgame
- Same-colored and opposite-colored bishop endings, and using the initiative in opposite-colored bishop endings
- Bishop versus knight, and the power of the major pieces
- Queen versus two rooks, two minor pieces versus rook, and the worth of a queen
- The exchange sacrifice, and piece versus pawns
Best for: club players who want to sharpen endgame technique and judge material imbalances with confidence. Intermediate.
