Download or read book Mastering the Endgame: Closed games written by M. I. Shereshevsky and published by Cadogan Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The connection between opening and endgame is a topic that has been hardly covered before in chess literature. By analysing a selection of classic and modern games, the authors explain how to play the typical endings arising from different openings. Volume 2: From the Closed Games covers the plans and playing methods in endings arising from the Queen's Gambit, Indian Defenses, English Opening, and other Closed Games. The material is arranged not by a formal opening classification, but mainly according to the type of pawn formation and the central strategy adopted by Black.