Need A Chess Book to Practice Endgames. Any Suggestions?

I am using the book Amateur to IM by GM Hawkins as a way to approach chess from an endgame perspective while focusing on whole games and playing practical positions versus an engine. You approach your calculation, tactics, opening and middlegame play from the fresh perspective of endgames. From endgames you expand out to other relevant areas and things of interest in your practical play.
I am working on:
a) Pawn ending material to follow with the Karsten Muller, Frank Lamprecht Secrets Of Pawn Endings
b) Practical Bishop Endings with Practical Knight Endings and Practical Rook Ending previously done. I rotate through these 3 - finish one restart another.
c) Catalan endgames with focus on Ulf Andersson. (Chess Strategy) plus endgames included in Modern Chess Catalan course by GM Papaioannou.
d) Future is Romaine Edouard Calculation book that focuses on endgames.
e) Future is Mastering Endgame Strategy by Hellsten on Forward Chess

I previously did Excelling at Technical Chess (Forward Chess) as a member of an online video chess group. I liked it especially the schematic thinking content. It includes important skills such as schematic thinking, domination, preventing counterplay, building fortresses and utilising zugzwang. It is for a lower level target audience than most of Aagaard's books like the GM Preparation series. The book is about using technical skills to play won / better / even / lost endgame positions well. NOT so easy! In the future, I can redo this.

This is my endgame adventure/ stretch that aims to get me out of my comfort zone. It is fun at least.
Cheers

@SaltWaterRabbit said in #20:
> What other Mednis offering do you like?

Practical Middlegame Tips is an interesting idea, he concisely discuses some general concepts (e. g. "Attacking the Slightly Weakened Kingside") and illustrates with full games, so you can learn not only the subject involved, but also how the players came to that scenario.

Very useful if you struggle with transition from opening to middlegame.

@SaltWaterRabbit said in #20:
> AGREE
> I am currently doing Practical Bishop Endings. I previously completed Practical Knight Endings (most interesting) and Practical Rook Endings (most difficult). I like that they are all very concise and practical and include good examples from real games. I have these three in heavy rotation which means when I complete one I just restart a previous one. Chess Enterprises/Bobby Dudley/Moon Township.
> What other Mednis offering do you like?
>
> Baburin d iso Winning Pawn Structures. (around 2000 published)
> I really like this book also.
> I used to play the ZOOM 001 opening system by Larsen and Steffen Zeuthen as both white and Black. The book had a collection of games with typical Grunfeld / Catalan plus other middle game/endgame structures. I played both sides of the d iso / hanging pawns. The Baburin book was published about 10 years after I stopped playing competitive chess.

I've worked thru his book on knight endings in detail. It's really good. I have 2 others but would like the one on Practical Rook endings. Haven't found it yet for a reasonable price. (Of course finding it is step 1, then I'd have to find time to work thru it and figure out how to retain what I learned from it.) Knight endings are tricky. I spent an hour at our club analyzing one with a strong NM that came up in our blitz game. Didnt come to any definite conclusion either!

Baburin's book is excellent. I've read that he was cheated by the publishers -I've meant to mail him a few $$ as thanks for writing it.

I'm overdue to retire so hope to start playing competitive chess again. I've studied IQPs in preparation. The book 'Isolani Strategy' is also very good for similar ideas to Baburin's book. When I started playing the Tarrasch defense in the 70's all I had was a chapter in Samarian's QGD book and some games of Spassky. Now it's become more topical with opening analysis far beyond what I can remember. My current idea of opening prep. is to not lose because of the opening- I think I am pretty much there vs d4.

I wasn't aware of the Zoom 001 book--it looks like a great idea. I'll watch for a inexpensive old copy.
Bill

@kindaspongey said in #2:
> "... I believe that ... Silman’s Complete Endgame Course ... deserved strong consideration for the 2007 ECF Book of the Year award; ... With the possible exception of the near-universally praised San Luis tournament book, which I have yet to see, I am positive that I would have voted it for first place (excluding my own books from consideration, of course!). ...
> ... I'm convinced that Silman's book will take its place in history as one of the most popular endgame books ever. ... He writes in a clear and casual style, and time and again has shown the ability to reach those who feel intimidated by the lofty approach that a grandmaster will often take.
> ... he defines what he thinks is necessary to know at specific rating levels. For example, the beginner or unrated player needs to know how to checkmate with an extra queen and rook, two rooks, and finally with a lone extra rook. Second, he or she must understand the difference between checkmate and stalemate. But no more! Silman's idea is to wait until you climb in strength before you worry about more advanced material. Then, as a Class 'E' player (that's 1000-1199), one must learn with what material you can mate, and learn queen versus bishop and queen versus knight. Mates with two bishops and bishop and knight are left for later. But you are also introduced to the concept of 'opposition' and playing the most elementary king and pawn versus king ending. ... In Class D (1200-1399), one begins to use the 'opposition' to win (or draw) king and pawn endings when the king is in front of it's own pawn, and here for the first time we add more pawns and see the idea of one pawn holding up two, followed by how to win by allowing your passed pawn to be captured while winning the opponent's other pawns. The D player also learns about distant opposition, and cases of a single piece versus a lone pawn. And so forth all the way up to master.
> ... Silman's book emphasizes to the student that the important thing is to master the strictly limited material at hand, rather than get confused by endings that won't help your results at that level. ..." - IM John Watson (2007)`
> theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
> www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/

I love this book and have had it for around 10 years. The beauty of this book is it covers “everything”. I have won more games because of this book than any other. I have picked it up again and found that after 250 page of King and pawn a rook vs pawn you get into bishop and knight endgames. So it is heavy on those areas. I might look into the 100 must know endgames book. I would go there first if I did it again. However, if you pick up Silman’s book you can skim through it and pick up the missing pieces ;-) you still need to know. It is very easy to skim through sections.

@swarminglocusts said in #24:
> @kindaspongey said in #2: ... Silman’s Complete Endgame Course ...
>
> I love this book ... it covers “everything”. ... I have ... found that
> after 250 page of King and pawn a rook vs pawn you get into
> bishop and knight endgames. ... if you pick up Silman’s book you can ...
I am wondering which book you have in mind. The Silman book does not seem to me to fit your description.
www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/