Grandmaster Preparation: Endgame Play

Endgame Play - GM Preparation

Part of Jacob Aagaard’s award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this is endgame training pitched at the level where it actually decides games among strong players. It is not a theoretical manual of memorised positions but a workbook for building genuine endgame skill.

Aagaard introduces a small set of key endgame concepts and then puts the reader to work, with a large body of carefully chosen exercises drawn from recent tournament practice. The progression runs from pawn endings and simple minor-piece and rook endings through the notoriously tricky opposite-coloured bishops, challenging rook endings, queen endings, and on to tactical endings, fortresses, and strategic endgames — with a foreword by endgame authority Karsten Müller.

The emphasis throughout is on doing rather than reading: you train your calculation, technique, and judgement on real, difficult positions, the way a professional prepares. The exercises are genuinely hard, which is the point.

Best suited to strong club players, experts, and aspiring masters who want to turn endgame knowledge into practical strength. Demanding, rigorous, and highly rewarding for the committed improver.

This ebook is a part of Bundle: Grandmaster Preparation