Endgame Workshop : Principles for the Practical Player

This book deals with the final phase of a chess game, the one that comes after the opening and the middlegame. But it doesn't take the point of view that the endgame is separate from the other two phases. Rather it argues that the game is an organic whole, and that everything is related, and that what happens earlier can explain what happens later. The book also recognizes that the endgame tends to have special characteristics. Pandolfini offers the standard and basic information with a critical eye to circumstances. By playing through the book a player should come away with a full array of tactical and strategic weapons.