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Crucial to Jules Moussard’s tournament victory was the full point he obtained against Spain’s Jose Cuenca Jimenez in the final round. The game lasted no fewer than 132 moves and was decided after the Spaniard erred by exchanging the last pair of minor pieces in a holdable position to enter a lost rook ending.
Cuenca’s compatriot Jesus de la Villa, who wrote one of the most acclaimed endgame books in recent times, 100 Endgames You Must Know, states: “Rook endgames are undoubtedly the most important endgames of all”. De la villa adds: “Certainly you have often mourned losing half points [in these endings]”.
Russian International Master Mark Dvoretsky is perhaps the most respected chess instructor in the world today. His latest work, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual, is sure to become a classic on one of the most difficult and subtile phases in chess. It covers all the most important positions required for endgame mastery, from elementary king-and-pawn endings to complex rook or queen endgames that have baffled even top grandmasters.
Jose ‘Pepe’ Cuenca and Jules Moussard played a memorable final-round marathon game
Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
