{"id":3085,"date":"2023-09-20T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2023-09-20T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:30:25","slug":"new-release-endgame-labyrinths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/new-release-endgame-labyrinths\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release: Endgame Labyrinths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We all know that studying endgames is fundamental to chess improvement, but staring at an endgame study for hours and needing to remember all your calculated moves in a million-move variation can be tedious, even for the strongest of players. World Champion in endgame composition, Steffen Nielsen, and Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard understand this well, which led them to write “Endgame Labyrinths<\/strong>” – an endgame book that presents 1002 challenging but practically solvable endgame studies. <\/p>\n\n\n

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GM Jacob Aagard gives us a look into how the book came about and what the reader can expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we have done is a slightly different thing from previous books on the topic. The idea from the book came from a solving group of four people I ran some years back. We were two guys and two girls, trying to solve studies from perhaps the most famous modern book on studies. I finally had it with these way too long solutions, when there was a 30+ move pawn ending. I know that top players find their most significant details on the first three moves in calculation in the middlegame (direction of travel, let’s call it). Sometimes we go deeper in the endgame, and of course, we see further ahead. But 30 moves? Not me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked Steffen for studies and they were far more solvable, and I actually liked them better than these supposed “best studies of all time”. The idea of creating a book with this sort of material came quickly (of course). I had not imagined just how much work it would be. Although we are two authors of this 424 page book, it took me far more effort than the “less than 900” page A Matter of Endgame Technique <\/a><\/em>that I published in 2022. I think I spent 1000+ hours on this book. It does not try to be a “best studies of all times” book \u2013 rather it is a book for strong players wanting to improve their game through solving endgame studies. They are selected for solving. They are cut for solving. They have a point system, designed to keep you honest in your solving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take your solving for a test drive with some of these examples from the book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endgame Labyrinths: Exercise 531<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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