In the ending of the advantage of a single "insignifiant" pawn can frequently prove decisive, as that pawn inexorably pushes forward and is finally able to reach the last rank and transform itself into a queen. Despite this basic fact of chess that any beginner knows, pawn, endgames are usually played very badly. The present work, already established as a classic in its Russian edition, is by far the most complete work on pawn endgames ever published. Containing no less than 911 examples, it will prove invaluable both to the student of chess and to the practical player. In both match and tournament games there is usually an adjournment at about the time that the ending is reached. It is then that any player without the most authoritative reference work puts himseld at a great disadvantage and is in danger of throwing away both half and whole points. Pawn Endings could solve a player's adjournment problems.