Gambit publishing has produced some great books on the ending including the monumental FUNDAMENTAL CHESS ENDINGS by German authors Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht (Click to see reviews by Donaldson and Bauer.). Now fellow countryman Bernd Rosen has written CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING, which has quite different aims. Whereas FUNDAMENTAL CHESS ENDINGS aimed to be definitive, CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING is very selective. Rosen covers important endings and themes but only analyses a few classic examples for each. The worth and originality of this book is tied into the exercises. Think you know how to win the Lucena position (AKA build a bridge) or do you just trot out the straightforward solution given in all the endgame books? Here Rosen tests your real understanding of bridge building with many exercises by changing the position a little each time. Solutions and explanatory prose are given for exercises at the end of each chapter

Rosen writes that CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING was written primarily for chess trainers, and indeed there is even a special chapter titled "Advice for Teachers," but I see no reason why a motivated reader working alone couldn't get a lot out of this book.