Grivas: Monster Your Endgame Planning - Volume 2

Autor: Grivas, Efstratios
Verlag / Hersteller: Chess Evolution
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Sprache: Englisch

Master Endgame Planning Through Strategic Testing

Monster Your Endgame Planning: Volume 2 by GM Efstratios Grivas continues the proven testing method that helped players strengthen their tactical and positional endgame skills.

This book moves beyond passive study: instead of memorizing moves, readers actively evaluate positions, formulate plans, and execute strategies—the three core steps in sound endgame play.

Intermediate players preparing to deepen their endgame repertoire will find systematic training across queen, rook, and minor piece endgames, plus essential pawn endings.

Highlights

• 13 thematic chapters covering queen endgames, rook endgames, minor piece endgames, and pawn endgames
• 6 practice tests per chapter for active endgame planning and evaluation
• Evaluation-Plan-Execution framework trains decision-making under realistic conditions
• Builds on the successful Monster Your Middlegame Planning series structure
• Designed for intermediate players working toward practical endgame mastery
• Comprehensive endgame strategy across all major endgame types

Volume 2 completes a two-volume endgame planning series tailored for players who learn best through structured testing.

FAQ

How does the testing format in this book help improve endgame play?
Rather than simply studying endgame theory, readers encounter positions and must evaluate them, develop a concrete plan, and execute it—mirroring the decision-making required in real games. Each of the 13 chapters includes 6 tests to reinforce this Evaluation-Plan-Execution method.

What endgame topics does Volume 2 cover?
The book focuses on queen endgames, rook endgames, minor piece endgames, and pawn endgames. Together with Volume 1, it provides systematic coverage of all major endgame types.

Is this book part of a series?
Yes, it is the second volume in Monster Your Endgame Planning. The author also wrote Monster Your Middlegame Planning (Volumes 1 and 2), which follow the same testing-based approach to middlegame study.