Endgame References
By Bill Wall
Here is a reference list of endgame books and sources.
Alburt & Krogius, Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge, 2000
Angos, You Move…I win!: A Lesson in Zugzwang, 2005
Aplin & Karolyi, Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, 2007
Avchaloumov, Fischer’s Endings, 1992
Averbakh, Bishop Endings, 1977
Averbakh, Bishop v. Knight Endings, 1976
Averbakh, Chess Endgames - Pawns
Averbakh, Chess Endgames – Queens, 1982
Averbakh, Chess Endgames – Rooks
Averbakh, Chess Endings – Essential Knowledge, 1999
Averbakh, Comprehensive Chess Endings, vol 1- Bishop & Knight Endings, 1983
Averbakh, Comprehensive Chess Endings, vol 2 – Bishop vs Knight, Rook vs Minor Piece, 1985
Averbakh, Comprehensive Chess Endings, vol 3 – Queen Endings
Averbakh, Comprehensive Chess Endings, vol 4 – Pawn Endings, 1987
Averbakh, Comprehensive Chess Endings, vol 5 – Rook Endings, 1987
Averbakh, Queen & Pawn Endings, 1975
Averbakh, Queen vs Rook/Mino Piece Endings, 1978
Averbakh, Rook vs Minor Piece Endings, 1978
Averbakh, What is Necessary to be known in the Endgame, 1960
Averbakh & Chekhover, Knight Endings, 1977
Averbakh & Maizelis, Pawn Endings, 1973
Averbakh & Chekhover & Henkin, Queen vs Rook-Minor Piece Endings
Balashov & Prandstetter, Basic Endgames, 1992
Beasley, Truth and Beauty – The Chess Endgame Studies of Arthur Mandler, 2003
Beasley & Whitworth, Endgame Magic, 1966
Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin, Winning Endgame Strategy, 2000
Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin, Winning Endgame Technique, 1996
Benko, Pal Benko’s Endgame Laboratory, 2007
Benko & Fine, Basic Chess Endings, 2003
Berger, Theory and Practice of the Endgame, 1891 and 1922 and 1933
Blake, Chess Endings for Beginners, 1902
Bonderenko, Evolution of the Endgame Study, 1982
Bonderenko, Structure of the Endgame Study, 1980
Bonderenko, Triumph of the Soviet Endgame Study, 1984
Botvinnik, Botvinnik on the Endgame, 1985
Chernev, 200 Brilliant Endgames, 1989
Chernev, Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings, 1978
Chernev, Chessboard Magic! – 160 Endings, 1960
Cheron, Lehr- und Handbuch der Endspiel, 1952 (4 volumes)
Cheron, Traite Complet d’Echecs
Cheron, Nouveau Traite Complet d’Echecs
Chess Café, Endgame Corner
Chess Café, Endgame Study
Chess Digest, Unusual Endings, 1980
Chess Informant, 2611 Chess Endings, Chess Informant 5-110
Chess Informant, Classification of Chess Endings – Capablanca and Fischer, 1978
Chess Informant, Encyclopedia of Chess Endings – Minor Piece, 1993
Chess Informant, Encyclopedia of Chess Endings – Pawn Endings, 1982 and 2012
Chess Informant, Encyclopedia of Chess Endings – Queen Endings, 1989
Chess Informant, Encyclopedia of Chess Endings – Rook Endings, 1986
Chess Informant, Encyclopedia of Chess Endings – Rook and Minor Pieces, 1986
Chessending.com, practical chess ending
Crosskill, Analysis of the Chess Endings King & Queen vs King & Rook, 1895
Crouch & Mednis, Rate Your Endgame, 1997
Cunnington, Selected Chess Endings, 1903
Cvetkov, Pawn Endings, 1985
De la Villa, 100 Endgames You Must Know, 2008
Deiana, Pawn Endings
Dejaschacchi, Rook Ending Problems
Donaldson, Essential Chess Endings for Advanced Players, 1995
Durand & Preti, Fins de parties d’echecs, 1871
Dvoretsky, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual
Dvoretsky, School of Chess Excellence 1 – Endgame Analysis, 2003
Dvoretsky, Tragicomedy in the Endgame – Instructive Mistakes of the Masters, 2011
Dvoretsky & Pervakov, Studies for Practical Players, 2009
Dzindzihashvili, Romans Lab, vol 8: Comprehensive Chess Endings part 1, 2003 (audio)
Dzindzihashvili, Romans Lab, vol 9: Comprehensive Chess Endings part 2, 2003 (audio)
EG magazine
Elkies, On Numbers and Endgames – Combinational Game theory, 1996
Emms, Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames, 2004
Emms, The Survival Guide to Rook Endings, 1999
Euwe, Das Endspiel, 1957 (8 volumes)
Euwe & Hooper, A Guide to Chess Endings
Evans, Chess Endgame Quiz, 2002
Fine, Basic Chess Endings, 1941
Fischbein, King and Pawn Endings, 1993
Flear, Improve Your Endgame Play, 2000
Flear, Mastering the Endgame, 2001
Flear, Practical Endgame Play
Flear, Starting Out: Pawn Endgames
Flear, Test Your Endgame Thinking, 2002
Freeborough, Analysis of the Chess Ending, 1895
Freeborough, Chess Endings: A Companion to chess openings, 1891
Giddins, 101 Chess Endgame Tips, 2007
Giddins, The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames, 2012
Gik & Karpov, Karpov’s Endgame Arsenal, 1996
Griffiths, Exploring the Endgame, 1992
Grivas, Practical Endgame Play – Mastering the Basics, 2008
Hall, Endgame Challenge, 1995
Hansen, Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy, 2006
Hartleb & Whitaker, Selected Endings, 1960
Hooper, A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames, 1970
Hooper, Practical Chess Endgames
Horwowitz, How to Win in the Chess Endings
Horwitz, Chess Studies and End-Games, 1884
Horwitz & Kling, Chess Studies, 1851
Howell, Essential Chess Endings: The Tournament Player’s Guide, 1997
Karpov, My Favorite Endgames
Kasparian, Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies, 1980
Kasparian, The Evolution of Endgame Study Ideas, 1979
Kaufield, Grandmaster Chess Strategy, 2011
Keres, Practical Chess Endings, 1988
Khaetsky & Muchnik, Endgame Studies, 2008
Korchnoi, Practical Rook Endings, 2002
Kosten, Winning Endgames, 1987
Kovacevic, Quality Chess Endings, vol 1: Knight Endings and Pawn Endings, 2008
Kozhevin, Through the Endings with Fischer, 1992
Kuznetsov, Colors of the Chess Spectrum – Endgame Studies, 1980
Levenfish & Smyslov, Rook Endings, 1971 and 1982
Li, Chess Detective – Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems, 1995
Lisitsyn, The Chess Endgame, 1956
Livshitz & Speelman, Test Your Endgame Ability, 1988
Louie, Basic Chess Endings Corrections, 1990
Lutz, Endgame Secrets, 1999
Makarov, The Endgame, 2007
McDonald, Concise Chess Endings, 2002
McDonald, Practical Endgame Play, 1996
Mednis, Advance Endgame Strategies, 1996
Mednis, From the Middlegame to the Endgame, 1996
Mednis, From the Opening into the Endgame
Mednis, Practical Bishop Endings, 1990
Mednis, Practical Endgame Lessons, 1978
Mednis, Practical Knight Endings, 1993
Mednis, Practical Rook Endings, 1982 and 1995
Mednis, Questions and Answers on Practical Endgame Play, 1987
Mednis, Strategic Themes in Endgames, 1991
Mednis, The King in the Endgame, 1997
Meszaros, The Secrets of Opposite-Colored Bishop Endings, 2010
Minev, A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames
Mine, Endgames
Mohan, Endgame Capsule
Mueller, Chess Endings, 2002
Mueller, Endgame Corner
Mueller & Lamprecht, Fundamental Chess Endings, 2001
Mueller & Lamprecht, Secrets of Pawn Endings
Mueller & Pajeken, How to Play Chess Endgames
Nadareishvili, Selected Endgame Studies, 1970 and 1976
Naroditsky, Mastering Complex Endgames, 2012
Nesis, Exchanging to Win in the Endgame, 1991
Nunn, Endgame Challenge, 2002
Nunn, Nunn’s Chess Endings, vol 1, 2010
Nunn, Nunn’s Chess Endings, vol 2, 2010
Nunn, Secrets of Minor Piece Endings, 1995
Nunn, Secrets of Pawnless Endings
Nunn, Secrets of Rook Endings, 1992 and 1999
Nunn, Tactical Chess Endings, 1991
Nunn, Understanding Chess Endgames, 2009
Orlov, Orlov on the Endgame
Pachman, Chess Endings for the Practical Player, 1983
Panchenko, Theory and Practice of Chess endings, 2009
Pandolfini, Endgame Workshop, 2006
Pandolfini, Pandofini’s Chess Challenges in the Endgame, 2007
Pandolfini, Pandolfini’s Endgame Course, 1988
Pinter, 1000 More Piece Endings, 2007
Pinter, 1000 Pawn Endings, 2006
Pinter, 1000 Queen Endings, 2007
Pinter, 1000 Rook Endings, 2007
Polak, Rook Against Two Pieces, 2008
Polgar, Chess Endgames, 1999
Portisch, 600 Endings, 1979
Portisch & Sarkozy, 600 Endings, 1981
Proskurorchess, The Fruits from my Chess Garden: A Selection of Endgames, 1993
Purdy, C.J.S. Purdy On the Endgame, 2003
Rabinovich, The Endgame, 1927 and 1938
Rabinovich, The Russian Endgame Handbook, 2012
Razuvaev & Nesis, Transistion to Endgame, 1981
Reinfeld, On the Endgame of Chess, 1939
Robertie, Basic Endgame Strategy: Kings, Pawns & Minor Pieces, 1998
Robertie, Basic Endgame Strategy: Rooks and Queens
Robertie, Easy Endgame Strategies, 2003
Rosen, Chess Endgame Training, 2003
Roycroft, The Chess Endgame Study – A Comprehensive Introduction, 1981
Salvioli, Teorie e pratica del giuoco degli scacchi, 1877
Schiller, 639 Essential Endgame Positions, 2000
Schiller, Improve Your Endgame, 1997
Seirawan, Winning Chess Endings, 1999
Shereshevsky, Endgame Strategy, 1991
Shereshevsky & Slutsky, Mastering the Endgame, vol 1: Open and Semi-Open Games, 1991
Shereshevsky & Slutsky, Mastering the Endgame, vol 2: Closed Games, 1992
Silman, Silman’s Complete Endgame Course, 2007
Silman, Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move, 1988 and 1992
Smith, Making Chess Endings Easy to Study, 1987
Smith & DeVault, Test your Opening, Middlegame and Endgame, 1994
Smyslov, Secrets of Rook Endings, 2003
Smyslov, Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso, 1997
Snape, Chess Endings Made Simple, 2003
Soltis, Grandmaster Secrets: Endings, 1981 and 1997
Speelman, Analysing the Endgame, 1981 and 1988
Speelman, Endgame Preparation, 1981
Speelman & Tisdall & Wade, Batsfored Chess Endings, 1993 and 1996
Staunton, The Chess-Player’s Handbook, 1847 (100 pages of endgames)
Sutherland & Lommer, 1234 Modern Endgame Studies, 1968
Tattersall, A Thousand Chess Endings: A Collection of Chess Problems, 1974
Timman, The Art of the Endgame, 2011
Troitzky, 360 Brillian and Instructive Endgames, 1968
Van Perlo, Endgame Tactics, 2006
Van Reek, 150 Chess Endings
Van Reek, Endgame Tactics, 2006
Villa, 100 Endgames You Must Know, 2008
Wall, Some Basic Chess Endings, 2007 http://www.chess.com/download/view/some-basic-chess-endings (pgn format)
Ward, Endgame Play 1996
Ward: Starting Out: rook Endgames, 2007
Wenman, 100 Remarkable Endings, 1946
Winkelman, Modern Chess Endings, 1933
Znosko-Borovsky, How to Play the Chess Endings, 1974