Endgame Analysis: School of Chess Excellence 1

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Summary: Dvoretsky Part 1
Review: Beware! this book is very complex and time-consuming- as many endgame books are. I'm sure you'd find that Muller's endgame book offers more examples and is easy to absorb, Dvoretsky takes fewer but much harder postions (not necessarily more worthwhile) and makes you find best line, sometimes only leading to draw so it requires great deal of patience and time. But overall I give it 4.5/5.

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Summary: Re-vamped classic
Review: Dvoretsky had 7 books published in English (by Batsford) in the 1990's, in the following order- Secrets of Chess Training, Secrets of Chess Tactics, Training for the Tournament Player, Opening Preparation, Technique for the Tournament Player, Positional Play, and Attack and Defense.
This book here, Endgame Analysis corresponds to Dvoretsky's first book titled Secrets of Chess Training, while the following book in this new series, Tactical Play, corresponds to Secrets of Chess Tactics. The new series is a revised updated re-issue of Dvoretsky's previously published works and can be strongly recommended to all players above 1700 ELO. Difficult yet rewarding, Dvoretsky was well known for his training methods in Russia and produced many fine young grandmasters, notably Yusupov.