To Exchange or Not to Exchange?

Description

♟️ What is this workbook for?

Understanding when to exchange and being able to apply it in a game are two different things. The Correct Exchange in the Endgame explained the principles. This workbook turns them into automatic responses: 120 positions from real high-level games in three difficulty levels where the reader decides before consulting the solution. Solutions aren’t move lists — they are full analyses covering why alternatives fail. The Warm-Up chapter: 10 pages exercises / 25 solutions. The Advanced chapter: 10 pages exercises / 46 solutions.

🎯 Who is this book for?

• Players who have read The Correct Exchange in the Endgame and want active consolidation
• Intermediate and advanced players with recurring exchange decision errors at the transition to the endgame
• Coaches looking for specific exercise material on exchange decisions for advanced students

📖 Contents

3 progressively difficult chapters, each with exercises then solutions: Warm-Up (pp.8-17 exercises / pp.18-42 solutions), Intermediate (pp.43-52 / pp.53-89), Advanced (pp.90-99 / pp.100-145). Player index included. Exercises grouped before solutions within each chapter — forcing the reader to attempt all before checking any answer.

👤 About the author

Eduardas Rozentalis is a Lithuanian Grandmaster: 1985 World Junior Champion, 2004 World Team Champion, winner of over 85 international tournaments. Translated by José Andrés de Mingo Matías.

♟️ Why we recommend it at Chesscul

At Chesscul we recommend this immediately after The Correct Exchange. Without active practice, the theory book’s concepts remain abstract. These 120 exercises turn that knowledge into real skills.

🔗 Recommended companions

• The Correct Exchange in the Endgame: the theory book of which this is the direct companion — study principles there, practise here.
• 100 Endgames You Must Know: essential endgame theory context for the more advanced exercises.
• Exercise Book of the 100 Endgames You Must Know: another endgame training workbook with a complementary approach.