I
can't say much about the 1999 version of John
Nunn's Secrets
of Rook Endings, because
it is so specialized: there are 342 pages of rook-and-pawn
versus rook. Nunn generated every possible ending
of this type using a computer program, thus ensuring
an error-free book(!). His task was to find themes
of interest in this mass of material, and an incredible
finding he cites is that there are 209 examples
of mutual zugzwang in these endings, all of which
he lists. This is a massive, futuristic project,
but I'm not sure how many people will find it
compelling, the exception being endgame fanatics
who want to achieve certainty about these deceptively
complex endings.
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