Basic Chess Endings

Basic Chess Endings

The 2003 edition of Basic Chess Endings
Author	Reuben Fine
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	McKay
Publication date	1941, 2003
Media type	Print
Pages	587
ISBN	978-0-8129-3493-9
OCLC	53482237
Dewey Decimal	794.1/24 22
LC Class	GV1451 .F5 2003

Basic Chess Endings (abbreviated BCE) is a book on chess endgames which was written by Grandmaster Reuben Fine 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 chess endgame literature. The book is dedicated to World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who died in 1941 (the year the book was published). It was revised in 2003 by Pal Benko.

Cecil Purdy said "... Basic Chess Endings is a monumental work, one of the most complete and authoritative on endgames in any language".^[1]