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Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies by Genrikh Kasparyan

No training regimen is complete without endgame studies. You can be lax about studying this one. You don't have to get them all right, but you should at least learn the ideas.

Tip: Try to solve a few of these before a long game or session.

...And that wraps up this "series". I hope this proves useful. Here's a study, white to play and win:

alysa liu stateside but make it retro ❄️✨

she's so magical girl coded 💖

Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions & Ideas by Lev Alburt

TACKY COVER!! TACKY COVER!! I know, but this is Alburt's magnum opus and the most practical tactics book I've ever read.

Attack with Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal

This is an excellent guide on practical attacking play by none other than the great maestro himself. You'll learn far more from this than from Vukovic's "Art of Attack in Chess".

"Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge" by Yuri Averbakh

This book contains the bare minimum one must know about the endgame. To quote World Champion José R. Capablanca:

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame" (Last Lectures, 1966)