"The best practical book on rook and pawn endings in print" - IM Malcolm Pein, Chess Magazine
For all chess-players - from beginners to grandmasters, and whatever their style of play - one thing is certain: rook endings will arise in a great many of their games.
Yet it is precisely in this area of the game that many players give away hard-earned points, either through lack of knowledge or inadequate understanding. Most previous books on the subject have been extremely technical and theoretical, but this one is different. John Emms provides the essential specific knowledge and explains the key concepts that will enable readers to find the right plan in most common types of rook endings.
* Rook endings occur in about 1 in 10 of all chess games
* The author is a battle-hardened chess professional
* Written and checked using modern software and tablebases
"John Emms captures the essence of rook endgames and provides it to the reader, headache free." - Josh Specht, chessvideos.tv
John Emms is one of England's strongest grandmasters, and an experienced trainer. He is also a skilful and versatile writer: he has several opening monographs and general guides to his credit, and authored the hugely popular work, The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book.
"If you didn't purchase this book first time around then I think you missed out. Rook endgame knowledge is at the core of endgame theory. Many club players would save a huge amount of points by having the confidence to go into a rook endgame, especially when a pawn or two down." - Munroe Morrison, Open File
"Emms's book is certainly not a reference work although he goes through the material in a very systematic fashion. He offers lots of explanation, all the examples have been throughly computer-checked for accuracy and there is a quiz to test what the student has learned (there is also one on double rook endings at the very back of the book as well). Highly Recommended." - IM John Donaldson, USA Team Captain
"If you work through this book you will surely increase your knowledge of rook endgames as well as surviving most of them." - Gerhard Josten, Rochade Europa
"GM Emms always writes very readable books and at no stage does he leave the reader in the dark. The material has been chosen for practical reasons so it is not encyclopaedic; nevertheless, there is still a very methodical approach when it comes to building up the reader's knowledge. … this is an impressive and well-written guide and one of the most accessible and practical endgame books around." - Sean Marsh, marshtowers.blogspot.com
For all chess-players - from beginners to grandmasters, and whatever their style of play - one thing is certain: rook endings will arise in a great many of their games.
Yet it is precisely in this area of the game that many players give away hard-earned points, either through lack of knowledge or inadequate understanding. Most previous books on the subject have been extremely technical and theoretical, but this one is different. John Emms provides the essential specific knowledge and explains the key concepts that will enable readers to find the right plan in most common types of rook endings.
* Rook endings occur in about 1 in 10 of all chess games
* The author is a battle-hardened chess professional
* Written and checked using modern software and tablebases
"John Emms captures the essence of rook endgames and provides it to the reader, headache free." - Josh Specht, chessvideos.tv
John Emms is one of England's strongest grandmasters, and an experienced trainer. He is also a skilful and versatile writer: he has several opening monographs and general guides to his credit, and authored the hugely popular work, The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book.
"If you didn't purchase this book first time around then I think you missed out. Rook endgame knowledge is at the core of endgame theory. Many club players would save a huge amount of points by having the confidence to go into a rook endgame, especially when a pawn or two down." - Munroe Morrison, Open File
"Emms's book is certainly not a reference work although he goes through the material in a very systematic fashion. He offers lots of explanation, all the examples have been throughly computer-checked for accuracy and there is a quiz to test what the student has learned (there is also one on double rook endings at the very back of the book as well). Highly Recommended." - IM John Donaldson, USA Team Captain
"If you work through this book you will surely increase your knowledge of rook endgames as well as surviving most of them." - Gerhard Josten, Rochade Europa
"GM Emms always writes very readable books and at no stage does he leave the reader in the dark. The material has been chosen for practical reasons so it is not encyclopaedic; nevertheless, there is still a very methodical approach when it comes to building up the reader's knowledge. … this is an impressive and well-written guide and one of the most accessible and practical endgame books around." - Sean Marsh, marshtowers.blogspot.com
