Endgame Planning I (New Edition)

Description

♟️ What will you learn from this book?

An opening isn’t fully understood until you know the type of endgame it leads to. The best players already plan from the opening which endgame they want and how they’ll play it. This integrated perspective — seeing the game as a whole rather than three disconnected phases — is what distinguishes advanced players from intermediate ones. This first volume covers all openings with 1.e4, organised by opening for easy reference by players with a defined repertoire.

🎯 Who is this book for?

• Advanced players who regularly play 1.e4 or face it as Black
• Players who want to understand from the opening what type of endgame to aim for
• Coaches working on the opening-endgame connection with advanced students

📖 Contents

Organised by opening with indexes of games, openings and opponents: Sicilian Defence (Dragon, Paulsen, Boleslavsky, Lasker, Rauzer, Scheveningen and the quality sacrifice on c3), Ruy Lopez (Exchange, Open, Closed and other variations), French Defence (Exchange, Advance, Winawer/Nimzovich, Classical, McCutcheon, Tarrasch, Rubinstein), Caro-Kann Defence, Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence, Open Games (King’s Gambit, Evans, Petrov, Philidor, Four Knights, Three Knights, Two Knights), Semi-open Systems (Vienna, Scotch, Alekhine, Scandinavian).

👤 About the authors

Mikhail Shereshevsky is a Russian International Master whose Endgame Strategy is a classic. Leonid Slutsky is an International Master and co-author. Preface by GM Artur Yusupov (world number 3, 1986-1992). Translated by Antonio Gude.

♟️ Why we recommend it at Chesscul

At Chesscul we recommend this to advanced students who regularly play 1.e4. The book changes how the player understands the game: instead of three separate phases, they see the full game as one whole where every opening decision has direct consequences on the endgame they’ll face.

🔗 Recommended companions

• Endgame Planning II (New Edition): the second volume covering closed openings with 1.d4.
• Chess Move by Move: The Spanish Opening: deep study of the Ruy Lopez that receives the most coverage in this volume.
• 100 Endgames You Must Know: essential endgame theory reference for executing the plans described here.