100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded Kindle Edition

So far it's my favorite in game book!!

What a worldwide treasure if a book. Such easy to understand book. The way it's written is so elegant yet simple. Beautiful book

I think this book deserves every bit of the five stars given in the rating because there are many gold nuggets of chess genius shared on these pages! I've purchased and studied quite a few chess books and this is one of the top five of all the books I've read! It's really incredible, and since it's been around since 2008 there are a lot of people who agree with me! Thank you!

Received as expected, within the stated timeline and in very good condition

This book is more appropriate for highly advanced players than for intermediate players. It is highly complex. If you are an advanced player, and want to understand endings, this might help you. It was a bit too advanced for my level of chess.

If you like chess and want to really understand how to win in the endgame, this is a terrific book. I've found it's helpful not only in the endgame itself, but as De La Villa points out himself, in positions where you can simplify or use you position to transfer to a winning endgame position. There are many diagrams, examples, and lucid explanations. I'm just an amateur player, but I've gotten a lot from this book (purchased almost three months ago). I would recommend this to any chess player, amateur up to GM.

very detailed and thorough

Perhaps the best feature of this book is that among all your many endgame books this is the one you are most likely to READ cover to cover. The only other endgame book in that category is the charming Essential Chess Endings: The Tournament Player's Guide by James Howell. I would first memorize de la Villa and then read Howell. Afterwards, if you wish, you can go back to playing with p.3 of your other endgame texts.

I bought this book for 19 year old my son, who is very interested in Chess as a gift.

Chegou bem embalado e sem arranhões. Chegou duas semanas antes do prazo. Sobre o conteúdo: ótimo para iniciantes e intermediários. Linguagem acessível, se você sabe o básico do inglês consegue ler tranquilamente.

Me gusta, porque va desde estrategias basicas de finales, pasando por el controvertido final de alfil y caballo, hasta finales mas complicados.

The book didn't arrive in perfect condition. The cover was quite scratched, and a page inside was folded. It's not a big deal, but it's not what you expect when you buy something new.An introduction goes through end-game basics (eg. king opposition), but I had to use other sources (course and drills) to internalize those concepts enough to tackle the main content. I don't blame the author though, I probably just wasn't its target audience.I've gone through a third of it in a month. You can just read it in a couple of days. The concepts it teaches are complex (at least for beginners like me): they require you to think about them, practice them, and revisit them a few times.I do like it though. The star I took out is for the book's condition.

For beginners and intermediate players this is definitely a must have book. It focuses on the most basic and frequent endgame positions that everyone should know. I have been through this book three times already and it is really fun to read and practise.