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GM Preparation - Endgame Play by Jacob Aagaard is a paperback chess book for ambitious players who want to improve their practical endgame play. Instead of concentrating on memorising theory, it focuses on understanding key ideas and making accurate decisions in positions that really arise in tournament games.
What this book covers
Endgame Play presents the main ideas of endgame play and lets you test them straight away through a large number of examples based on modern tournament practice. It is designed for active study: analyse the positions, work through the solutions and train the kind of response that matters in technical endings, where precision often decides the result.
Unlike many endgame books that lean heavily on theory and variation memorisation, this one stays close to the practical demands of the board. That makes it a useful training resource for players who want to improve their results in endgames, not just expand their reference knowledge.
Series and author
This title belongs to the Grandmaster Preparation series, created for ambitious chess players who want to build a stronger foundation for higher-level competition. The book is written by Jacob Aagaard.
For readers building a broader training library, GM Preparation - Endgame Play fits naturally alongside other books in the Grandmaster Preparation series.
Key details
- Product type: paperback chess book
- Title: GM Preparation - Endgame Play
- Author: Jacob Aagaard
- Series: Grandmaster Preparation
- Subject: endgame play
- Approach: practical training with many examples based on modern tournament play
- Format: paperback edition
Tangible precision
Each move strengthens curiosity, concentration, and self-confidence.

