When my friend and former pupil Martin asked me to write a foreword to his book, I did not expect that I would learn so much from reading this

   Before we plunge into the wonderful world of endgame strategy, we should like to give you some hints on how to use this book.

   This book is aimed primarily at club-level players with a playing strength of up to about 2200 Elo (or 200 ECF). When I was a young player at

   Right from when we first start to play chess, we are taught quick knock-out ways of checkmating our opponent's king. We quickly learn Scholar's