Basic Chess Endings

Basic Chess Endings (abbreviated BCE) is a book on <a href="/facts/Chess/47ykvkHF">chess</a> <a href="/facts/Chess_endgame/ntY8zsJ0">endgames</a> which was written by <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_(chess)/NalWpE97">Grandmaster</a> <a href="/facts/Reuben_Fine/8UhyEa1z">Reuben Fine</a> and originally published on October 27, 1941. It is considered the first systematic book in English on the endgame phase of the game of chess. It is the best-known endgame book in English and is a classic piece of <a href="/facts/Chess_endgame_literature/IBTXl5hL">chess endgame literature</a>. The book is dedicated to <a href="/facts/World_Chess_Championship/XPdyx85g">World Champion</a> <a href="/facts/Emanuel_Lasker/ewbWvw3v">Emanuel Lasker</a>, who died in 1941 (the year the book was published). It was revised in 2003 by <a href="/facts/Pal_Benko/27qNdh4g">Pal Benko</a>.
<a href="/facts/Cecil_Purdy/Y761Lm5b">Cecil Purdy</a> said "... Basic Chess Endings is a monumental work, one of the most complete and authoritative on endgames in any language".

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Basic Chess Endings