Queen and Pawn Endings is the second volume to appear of Averbakh's great classic series on the endgame. The original Russian edition quickly estblished a world-wide reputation. These are the endgame books that Fischer had sent to him for use during his World Championship match. The English translation has been updated and is by far the most complete work on queen and pawn endgames ever published. Every one of the 268 examples has its own diagram. In both matches and tournaments, games are often adjourned at the moment that the ending is reached. It is even then that any player without the most authoritative reference work puts himself at a great disadvantage and is in danger of throwing away both half and whole points. Queen and Pawn Endings can help to solve a player's adjournment problems..