"I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame." ~ Dawid JANOWSKI
"In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." ~ CAPABLANCA
"Whether this advantage is decisive or not does not interest Capablanca. He simply wins the ending! That's why he is Capablanca!" ~ EUWE
"I was born with a priceless gift -- the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others." ~ Dame Edna Everage (Barry HUMPHRIES)
- Accidents
- Endgame accidents https://lichess.org/study/yHnkAZ51
- book: van PERLO's Endgame Tactics
- book: Tragicomedy in the Endgame (DVORETSKY)
- Principles
- One key idea: the passed pawn. 1. Endgames, and some middlegames, are all about creating and advancing a passed pawn. Either the pawn queens, or your opponent gets so tied up in knots trying to stop it that they lose something else.
- 3 principles (FINE)
- Without pawns, you must be at least a Rook ahead in order to force mate (exceptions: R+R wins against two minor pieces; four minor pieces win against a Queen)
- If you are two or more Pawns ahead the win should be routine by advancing the Pawns
- With only one Pawn advantage, you will win if you can use it to gain more material - it is not usually enough just to advance the Pawn. Often one Pawn advantage is thought to be a theoretical draw, although the practical difficulties may be very great. Winning by the advance of the Pawn may be won because it allows entry with the King, or causes distraction from one vulnerable side, or allows simplification into a known won ending.
- Swap pieces if you are ahead, swap pawns if you are behind
- Principles https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/endgame-tips
- 25 endgame principles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZeTKbB_LWg
- Theory
- LITTLEWOOD's ABC
- Fortresses https://lichess.org/study/HbF3Bi7A
- Pawn breakthroughs https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/pawn-breakthroughs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp7SLTJhX1u4rgJNaP2UOT0xyG3Y9QaJ2
- Magnus does the 100 Endgames Workbook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1SCXb2WA2U
- Anish Giri https://youtu.be/JjexPo73G1E?t=668
- Praxis
- The most common endgame mistake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr8tTW6w0fI&t=1639s
- Endgame tactics https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/endgame-tactics
- Capablanca's best endgames: https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/capablancas-endgames
- 1: https://lichess.org/study/eAXbfHol e.g. https://lichess.org/study/eAXbfHol/IetBusVH & https://lichess.org/study/eAXbfHol/V42Fub0T
- ...2 https://lichess.org/study/F9CUTdxs e.g. https://lichess.org/study/F9CUTdxs/6i8wILY8
- ...3 https://lichess.org/study/Xsl5Y6it e.g. https://lichess.org/study/Xsl5Y6it/3uRrXp6S
- ...4 https://lichess.org/study/NYNd62dC
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-tIntisuY-dpgV59-Sf0S01WswYXca8U...
- St Louis 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gN9kmuOJU
- St Louis 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziCLlmz0ATo
- chess.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zueXGSa1eps
- Ben Finegold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzNQQCC85Gk
- Hanging Pawns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbPhOxUeVZ8
- Agadmator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJ19FkU3ZU https://www.youtube.com/wat...
- Winning a drawn endgame https://lichess.org/study/9dauoID9
- Endgame drama https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/pawn-breakthroughs
- Sparring
- One-minute endgame challenge https://lichess.org/study/lFMUoQx5
- Icelandic Endgame Challenge
- Challenges https://lichess.org/study/DbYHnd81
- Solutions https://lichess.org/study/Y7Scp6Hj
- Jesse Kraai's RPvR sparring www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhYs22oZjI https://lichess.org/study/AArlA3Jw
- Endgame studies
- DJCA Endgame videos
- An endgame essay
