{"id":64803,"date":"2026-05-18T07:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=64803"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:19:59","slug":"capablancas-endgame-technique","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/shop\/chess-books\/endings\/capablancas-endgame-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Capablanca&#8217;s Endgame Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Alex Colovic<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong> New In Chess<br \/>\n<strong>Release year:<\/strong> 2024<br \/>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 120<br \/>\n<strong>Cover:<\/strong> Hard<\/p>\n<p>Although Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Capablanca was world chess champion a century ago, his games are still considered among the most instructive to study today. The clear logic and simplicity of his moves inspired other great players such as Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer. The clarity of his play will also strengthen the confidence of every chess student. \u201cWhen you read the explanations, everything looks so easy that you really start believing you can play like Capablanca,\u201d wrote one Chessable user.<\/p>\n<p>Capablanca\u2019s most instructive endgames will help you understand:<\/p>\n<p>the principle of two weaknesses \u2013 the art of creating a second weakness that leaves the opponent helpless because they cannot cope with both at the same time;<br \/>\nhow to convert an advantage in the endgame not through brute-force calculation, but through understanding the best piece placements;<br \/>\nhow to sharpen your intuition in double-rook endgames and avoid wasting energy on endless calculation and the resulting mistakes;<br \/>\nthe key concept of prophylaxis in piece exchanges, one of the most distinctive elements of all Capablanca\u2019s games. You will learn when it makes sense to exchange unnecessary pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The book Capablanca\u2019s Endgame Technique will help you play more accurately in all stages of the game, not just in the endgame. Capablanca himself said: \u201cIf you wish to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avtor: Alex Colovic Zalo\u017eba: New In Chess Leto izdaje: 2024 Jezik: Angle\u0161ki \u0160t. strani: 120 Platnice: trde \u010ceprav je bil Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Capablanca svetovni prvak v \u0161ahu \u017ee pred stoletjem, njegove partije \u0161e danes sodijo med najbolj zanimive za preu\u010devanje. Jasna logika in preprostost njegovih potez sta navdihovali druge velike igralce, kot sta Mikhail Botvinnik [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":64750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"product_brand":[1150],"product_cat":[609,512],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64803","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-new-in-chess","7":"product_cat-koncnice","8":"product_cat-sahovske-knjige","9":"pa_avtor-alex-colovic","10":"pa_leto-izdaje-1023","11":"pa_nivo-knjige-srednji","12":"pa_stran-oboje-nevtralno","13":"pa_tip-knjige-koncnice","14":"pa_zalozba-new-in-chess","16":"entry","17":"has-media","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple","25":"has-product-nav","26":"col","27":"span_1_of_4","28":"owp-content-center","29":"item-entry","30":"owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","31":"owp-btn-normal","32":"owp-tabs-layout-section","33":"has-no-thumbnails"},"wcpa_form_fields":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/64803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/64803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64806,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/64803\/revisions\/64806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=64803"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=64803"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=64803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}