Basic endgame strategy II : Queens and rooks

A guide to endgame strategy which shows the basic checkmating principles and combinations needed to finish off opponents. Players learn how to translate middlegame advantages into victories, how to use the king as a weapon, clear the way for rook mates and recognize tactical combinations.

A chess master offers an essential guide to endgame strategy, showing beginning and experienced players the basic checkmating principles and combinations needed to finish off opponents and claim victory at the chessboard.

While it's a lot of fun to win a chess game in t he early stages, with a quick, decisive checkmating attack or a combination that wins a lot of material, it doesn't always happen that way. Explains the use of rooks, queens, and pawns to mate opponents and describes strategies for closing down a game