Secrets Of Pawnless Endings
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Chess mastery lives in the endgame, and no author commands that territory with greater precision than John Nunn in Secrets of Pawnless Endings. This authoritative and comprehensive work presents the full complexity of pawnless endgame theory — those deceptively stark positions where kings, rooks, bishops, knights, and queens battle without the support of a single pawn — detailing the exact techniques, tablebases, and winning or drawing methods that separate grandmasters from amateurs. Nunn, a three-time World Chess Solving Champion and Oxford-trained mathematician, brings a uniquely rigorous analytical framework to chess literature, arguing that endgame precision is not merely a technical skill but the very foundation of chess understanding. Written with the clarity of a scientist and the passion of a lifelong devotee of the game, this landmark volume remains an indispensable reference for any serious player determined to master the most unforgiving phase of chess — where a single misstep can turn a winning position into an eternal draw, and only those who truly know the secrets will prevail.
Author: John Nunn
Format: Paperback
Published: 1994, B. T. Batsford Ltd, London
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Chess mastery lives in the endgame, and no author commands that territory with greater precision than John Nunn in Secrets of Pawnless Endings. This authoritative and comprehensive work presents the full complexity of pawnless endgame theory — those deceptively stark positions where kings, rooks, bishops, knights, and queens battle without the support of a single pawn — detailing the exact techniques, tablebases, and winning or drawing methods that separate grandmasters from amateurs. Nunn, a three-time World Chess Solving Champion and Oxford-trained mathematician, brings a uniquely rigorous analytical framework to chess literature, arguing that endgame precision is not merely a technical skill but the very foundation of chess understanding. Written with the clarity of a scientist and the passion of a lifelong devotee of the game, this landmark volume remains an indispensable reference for any serious player determined to master the most unforgiving phase of chess — where a single misstep can turn a winning position into an eternal draw, and only those who truly know the secrets will prevail.