Starting Out: Rook Endgames

Wisconsin Bookwatch, July, 2005

Starting Out: Rook Endgames

Chris Ward

Everyman Chess

c/o The Globe Pequot Press

PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437

www.everymanchess.com

1857443748 $18.95 1-800-243-0495

Chess Grandmaster and former British Champion Chris Ward presents Starting Out: Rook Endgames, a guide for intermediate chess players striving to hone their skills. Rook-dominated endgames are one of the most common situations, and the estimated closing situation for one in five chess matches. Starting Out: Rook Endgames is filled cover to cover with diagrams, sample games, tricky situations, tips, tricks, techniques, suggestions, and general advice ("Be careful not to overwork or overload your king--or any other piece for that matter) that will prove valuable to serious-minded chess players everywhere. Like companion volumes in the "Starting Out" series, Starting Out: Rook Endgames is the perfect resource for anyone seeking to better understand individual facets of the ancient, complex, and often brilliantly surprising game of chess.