Pergamon Press, 1991. — 160 p. — ISBN: 0080269168.
Product Description Grandmaster Edmar Mednis, a world expert on the endgame, shows how to proceed in the minimum number of moves from the opening to a favourable endgame, essentially bypassing the middlegame. He discusses eleven different openings, including both open and closed systems, in each case explaining the best routes to particular endgame positions.
These positions are then analysed, using master games, to illustrate various winning plans. Because of the clear exposition of endgame principles the student will learn not only about these specific positions, but also about endgame play in general. By T. D. Welsh If you are tired of the pressure you put on yourself by trying to out-book your opponents, catch them in traps or launch murderous attacks in the first 20 moves, why not sit calmly back, exchange pieces and methodically exploit an endgame advantage?
This book is the ideal antidote to the vast majority of modern chess books, which tend to give players a very one-sided view of the game. Mednis, an experienced grandmaster with some notable scalps (including Bobby Fischer's) shows in great detail how to play half a dozen openings with a view to...