Practical Knight Endings.pdf

Practical

Knight

Endings

GM Edmar Mednis

Practical

Knight

Endings

Grandmaster Edmar Mednis

1993

Chess Enterprises

ISBN 0-945470-35-5

Typset: B. G. Dudley

Chess Enterprises, 107 Crosstree Road, Moon Township, PA 15108-2607

Preface

One of the many marks showing that the inventor of

chess was a genius is making the Bishop and Knight - two

abolutely diferent pics - aout equivalent in material value.

In my ook Practical Bshop Endins I addrssed the imortant

principles and techniques of playing same color and opposite

color Bishop endings. The Bishop is inherently a logical,

straightforward piece. The principles of Bishop endings are

inherently logical and straightforward also. Knowing and

undestanding these principles, when added to the not very

large number of sophisticated techniques presented in the

aove oo, is enough for the practical player.

night endins is quite nother matter. s evey egin

ner realis, the night is a very tricy piece. More knowledge

and effort are required to handle Knight endings well as

compared to Bishop endings. Of course, Knight endings also

have imortant principls and the need to e mstered. But

Knight endins need a lot more. A simplified comprion with

Bishop endins givs the following guidelins: the secial need

in Bisho p endins is ophistication; night endins require lots

of creativity and calculation. Since there is more to know in

Knight endins, Practical night Endins is, of necssity, longer

than Practical Bishop Endins.

Mst of the material in the ook is bed on my writins

on endgams in magzins. s required, the material hs een

rewritten, expanded and corrected. Sources have been the

standrd ons: magazins, oos and eonal contacts. When

appropriate, direct credit is given in the text. Of course, any

erros remain my rsonsibiliy. I would appreciate your calling

them to my attention.

To ensure that the reader and the author are on the