"Stefan Renzewitz" wrote in message ...
I have no endgame book yet. Randy Bauer praises Karsten Müller/Lamprecht:
Fundamental Chess Endings. Someone else told me that
"Endspieluniversität/end game university" by Dworetzky is even better. Can
anyone compare those two books? I'm looking fo one book with the highest
practice relevance as I do not have the time to study several hours daily.
However, I'm willing to spend many hours into this book over the next months
of course.

2nd recommendations wanted:
I'm looking for a good book for black against English. So far I came to the
2 books:
"English ...e5" by A. Raetsky & M. Chetverik and "Guide to the English
Opening 1.c4 e5" by Hansen
Any opinions?
So far I was intersted in 1...e5 because it looked to me most interesting.

Open for any other recommendations.

Thanks in advance,

Stefan

The Muller/Lambrecht book is excellent. You won't go wrong there. If
it seems too advanced, there's a small book by Averbakh that covers
the basics. Another poster mentioned the Howell book, which provides
a good overview, as does the Alburt/Krogius book. I also like
Speelman's Endgame Preparation, which may now be out of print.

Against the English, try Beating the Flank Openings by Kotronias. He
gives you a Black repertoire against the English (using 1..e5) and a
repertoire against the Catalan, to boot. He does a nice job
explaining the ideas behind both. The theory is a bit dated at this
point, but that shouldn't be that much of a problem. I also have the
Hansen book, which is excellent, but more advanced. There's a new
Everyman book out on the 1...e5 English, but I haven't seen it yet.
Hansen reviews it in this week's ChessCafe, along with a ChessBase CD.

Good luck,
Richard Stanz