From the Opening into the Endgame by Edmar Mednis


From the Opening into the Endgame
Title : From the Opening into the Endgame
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ISBN : 0080269168
ISBN-10 : 9780080269160
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 168
Publication : First published March 1, 1983

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From the Opening into the Endgame Reviews

  • TheF7Pawn

    This book is a bit dated, but it suffers from serious flaws outside of that. Mednis tried to essentially write a big pamphlet describing how a clever player might steer from an opening into a slightly favorable ending. The book suffers from a fundamental structural inconsistency in that it cannot decide if it is an opening book or one which describes how to win a Queen-less endgame. Because the book is short and the task so daunting, it ends up being neither. Many of the openings require a credulous and cooperative opponent. Even then, as Mednis demonstrates, the equal or slightly superior endgames are not easy wins; they often require major blunders by the opposition. Mednis dispenses unexplained exclamation points for moves with a profligacy that borders on the preposterous. On top of that, the book is riddled with typographical errors and unnecessary quotation marks that any junior copy editor should have caught. A pity, since Mednis is capable of some fine chess writing as his books on Karpov and Fischer attest. This one, however, is not recommended