Theoretical Rook Endgames Sam Shankland by Sam Shankland 9781784831967, 9781784831974, 1784831964, 1784831972 instant download after payment.

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Rook endings are the type of theoretical endgame which occur most often by far. They are worth
studying as there are many positions which occur over the board regularly. Philidor’s draw,
Lucenas win and Vancuras draw are just the three most prominent examples. So there is already
a vast literature on the subject. Why add two more books to the collection?
Rook endgames can be regarded as having two aspects. One theoretical and one practical. So
Quality Chess decided to cover each aspect in a separate book. Sam Shankland has a systematic
style as he has proven in his excellent books on pawn play (Small Steps to Giant Improvement
and Small Steps 2 Success). So, he was a great choice for the theoretical work, the aptly named
Theoretical Rook Endgames. Equally, Jacob Aagaard’s creative genius, as demonstrated most
recently in his A Matter ofEndgame Technique, makes him an ideal choice for the sister work on
practical rook endings, Conceptual Rook Endgames. Whilst the study of each book will be equally
valuable to the practical player, it would be preferable for the reader to start with obtaining a full
understanding of the theoretical aspects of rook endgames from Sam’s book. These provide the
fundamental building blocks to the practical aspects of such endings as demonstrated in Jacob’s
book, which provides more advanced material.
In Theoretical Rook Endgames, Sam Shankland presents the basic theory of rook endgames with
the most important positions and guidelines. The book is well-structured, and the presentation is
logical and systematic. Well-chosen terms are used for the motifs. The book is particularly good
at sharpening the intuition by setting out clear guidelines and the exceptions which apply to those
guidelines. He also deals with two types of endings which often arise from rook endings, being
rook against pawn and rook against knight (as well as other pawnless rook endgames). This shows
that Sam’s work is well grounded.
I particularly like his idea to
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