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Mastering Complex Endgames Daniel Naroditsky is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory.

Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats.

Mastering Complex Endgames

This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the next level.

Mastering Complex Endgames was first published in 2012, when Naroditsky was only 16. This edition has been significantly improved and updated.

Foreword by Sam Shankland (2026) When I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there was no shortage of strong young players. When Daniel and I first met,

we both had made decent strides in chess for new players, but we were far away from establishing ourselves as California’s two most promising young talents.

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I sort of saw him as a little brother in the chess world; our four-year age gap felt enormous when we were 12 and 8. Our relationship was cordial and friendly, and not much more than that.

In fact, I was much closer with his older brother Alan, who was my age. As a few years passed, around the time that we were 15 and 11, we had surpassed all of the other young players around.

At this point, I was starting to feel the competition between us. I vividly remember taking second place in the K-12 state championship, while Danya took first.

Updated and revised edition

It was my first year at my high school, and the school had sent a team. I remember our captain writing for the school newsletter

‘Sam went undefeated and finished as the top high schooler in the state.’ Words carefully chosen to avoid pointing out that a 5th grader had won the tournament,

and that my undefeated 5.0/6 was half a point short of the winning score. I felt embarrassed going back to school the next day.

Mastering Complex Endgames

Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) became the World U12 Champion in 2007 and a Grandmaster at just 17 in 2013. He competed in the US Championship in 2021, defeating World No.

2 Fabiano Caruana. At his death in 2025, Naroditsky ranked 23rd in the world in blitz. Online, he was a respected and much-loved chess educator.

» What a loss his death is. The endgame books are amazingly well-explained.» – Grandmaster Ivan Salgado

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