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Oleg Pervakov’s Industrial Strength Endgame Studies: A World Champion’s Favorite Composers

 Format: Paperback  Author(s): Sergei Tkachenko  Publisher: Elk and Ruby  Published in: 2018  Pages: 248  Share: More Details  Download sample  Buy PB (US/UK only)  Buy PB (RoW shipped from Europe)
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Oleg Pervakov (born in 1960 in the city of Kirov) is widely recognized as Russia’s greatest living chess composer. He has composed nearly 500 studies and he has won the individual chess composition world championship three times: in 2004-2006, 2007-2009 and 2013-2015.

In this book, Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has selected 100 of Oleg Pervakov’s best studies. The selection is quite varied – from elegant short studies with six moves to romantic grotesques with many pieces on board and over 30 moves to the solution. Yet what all of these studies have in common is spectacular play by both sides. And watch out: they are tough! That said, Oleg’s compositions are never boring. You may buy this collection of studies to test your endgame tactical abilities, to improve your endgame understanding, or simply to appreciate chess in all its beauty.

Unlike previous studies books compiled by Sergei Tkachenko this book is not pocket-sized due to its longer solutions.

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Editorial Reviews

"If you're brave enough to solve them, then it will certainly improve your calculation. If you're just lazy like me then you'll have an even better time playing through them! 5 stars!" - Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, New In Chess magazine, September 2019

These studies are far from trivial little things, they are difficult, sometimes hopelessly difficult. It is not without reason that they are called "industrial strength" on the cover - they will test even hard-core solvers. The solutions are detailed and annotated, frequently using several diagrams between the starting position and the ultimate conclusion of the study. For those who are interested in improving their game, calculation skills and being amazed at seeing the cream of the crop when it comes to study composition, then this book is a very good place to start." - FM Carsten Hansen, American Chess Magazine No. 9, March 2019

Review by Nagesh Havanur

About the author(s)

Sergei Tkachenko

Sergei Tkachenko (born in 1963, near Odessa, Ukraine) is a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017. He has won the studies...

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