title: Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Volume 1, Pawn Endings
author: Aleksandar Matanovic
description: Volume I, Pawn Endings, of Chess Informant's authoritative Encyclopedia of Chess Endings.  Preface in multiple languages.  Main text is standard chess notation and graphics of piece positions for the various examples.
zlib_text: Contents 
  Acknowledgments 
  v 
  Introduction 
  vii 
  CHAPTER ONE 
  Basic Mates 
  1 
  CHAPTER TWO 
  King and Pawn Endings 
  21 
  CHAPTER THREE 
  Queen and Pawn Endings 
  49 
  CHAPTER FOUR 
  Rook End i ngs 
  65 
  CHAPTER FIVE 
  Bishop Endings 
  131 
  CHAPTER SIX 
  Knight Endings 
  151 
  CHAPTER SEVEN 
  Bishop vs. Knight 
  175 
  CHAPTER EIGHT 
  Rook vs. Minor Pieces 
  199 
  CHAPTER NINE 
  The Rare and the "Perfect" 
  219 
  Resources 
  231 
  Index 
  233 
  
  Introduction 
  S
  tudying the ending is like cheating. This is what Michael J. Franett, three­
  time Washington State Champion and editor of Inside Chess Magazine, once 
  told me. It rather stuck in my mind, and I'd like it to stick in your mind as 
  you read this book. 
  No one likes to study endings. Often the work is solitary and overwhelming. 
  Where do you begin? Which books should you study? Even the most determined 
  and enthusiastic players can be driven nearly to tears with the tedium of trying to 
  study endings. Why? Because most books on endings are insipid, dull, horr