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Chess Endings Made Simple is recommended not only for newcomers to the world of chess endings

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They show what needs to be prevented and how White can use its initial spatial advantage

but also implanted in us his enthusiastic passion for learning

Tkachenko: Yakov Vilner, First Ukrainian Chess Champion and First USSR Chess Composition Champion - A World Champion's Favorite Composers mix plastik Chess Endings Made Simple isSoviet Pioneer in Games and Compositions Yakov Vilner's Chess Legacy Yakov Vilner, Ukraine's first chess champion and founding figure in Soviet problem composition, comes to life through his games and creative output in this biographical study by Sergei Tkachenko. The book combines Vilner's annotated games with his full body of chess problems and studies, offering insight into both his competitive play and his pioneering work as a composer during the