Talk:Chess endgame literature

Latest comment: 3 months ago by 184.147.198.36 in topic No queen endgame literature?

bibliography edit

The bibliography section was moved from endgame. Bubba73 (talk), 16:44, 22 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Alert: lists of publications in Articles for deletion edit

Some lists of books have been added to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. You can find the discussions here. RockMagnetist (talk) 22:22, 5 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

No queen endgame literature? edit

I have a question. Is it that there are actually no books written on queen endgames? If it is the case, I seriously hope someone writes one soon. If not, please add some, as many (myself included) are stuck in these endings and cannot find any mainstream books on these "royal finishes". Thanks. 184.147.198.36 (talk) 00:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

There is Queen and Pawn Endings by Yuri Averbach, which has been out of print for decades. It (like the other books of this series) were compiled into the Comprehensive Chess Endgames series decades ago (one of the best!). I'm pretty sure that there is a volume of Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, but these have analysis only, no words.

And queen endings are covered in several general books, like Basic Chess Endings. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:16, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the clarification. It still is disheartening that amid all these (often conflicting) opening books giving lines that explode in popularity one day and are nonexistent the next, there doesn't seem to be a single (somewhat known) recent book focusing solely on queen endings... It's not like anything's holding people back from writing one. 184.147.198.36 (talk) 02:13, 8 February 2024 (UTC)Reply