Endgame
Secrets by Christopher
Lutz is definitely a book for more advanced players,
perhaps 2100 and above. It consists of 45 games,
most of them deeply annotated (6-7 pages is not
uncommon towards the end). Lutz is a specialist
on rook-and-minor-piece endings, of which there
are 20. I used this book briefly with another
master, and found it fascinating, although we
did find a serious error in one of the games (sorry,
but I can't remember which one!). Almost all the
principles of endgame play (and many exceptions)
are found here, although it takes careful study
to absorb them in depth. Ultimately, that is always
the case, and I would compare this book to Speelman's
brilliant Analyzing
the Endgame and
Endgame Preparation.
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