Jasiek Robert – Endgame : Global Move Order

Jasiek Robert – Endgame : Global Move Order (Volume 4) is a comprehensive study of the global endgame and invents most of the theory. The book replaces informal guesses by correct decisions for the order of moves, the timing and duration of playing locally versus playing elsewhere. The theory explains and solves many situations by always comparing the right values.

The book contains structured general explanations, principles, a few detailed reference examples, many commented examples and an index. Calculations often appear with consistently used symbols, such as M for move value, and actual numbers. Since this book emphasises global decisions, local move values are often simply stated so that it is the reader’s exercise to verify them for a local endgame without or with simple follow-ups. Font attributes assist reading of the text. Diagrams mark the counted territories and show move values.

The reader can easily choose chapters, sections or paragraphs according to the level of difficulty (basic, intermediate, advanced, expert) denoted by diamond symbols. Asterisks indicate many principles as either mathematically proved truths or obviously correct.