Originally Posted by
Berthold Chiang
Sure.
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Oh, when studying endgames, is it necessary to memorize some of the endgame positions and their solutions?
Fine's Basic Chess Endings, though regarded nowadays as somewhat obsolete and having the odd mistake (relatively few IMO), is a book I played through as a junior during the course of a year, when I wasn't doing other things on a given day. The general and specific rules that are given here and there can be helpful to try to remember even nowadays. Perhaps someone can recommend a better and more modern single general endgame book that tries to cover as much ground, though. In any case, it's always good to at least know if an endgame that may arise in your game should be winnable/drawable (hopefully for you) , and if so how difficult it might prove. Otherwise, once into the endgame, you try to figure it out from there. Of course, it helps to have a fallible opponent, too.
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 08-01-2018 at 04:37 AM.
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