Here is a truly well-played endgame by Fischer. It is part of his run to his historic match with Boris Spassky in 1972. He is able to get a small advantage from the opening and middlegame, which he translates into a bishop vs knight endgame. There...
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Here are a few endgames by Fischer showing important endgame concepts. Some are brilliant wins, others show how easy it is to go wrong in the final stage of the game. Don't forget to show the move list so you can see the alternative moves and int...
Watch how Capablanca manages to win against Tartakower at this didactical (end)game (which starts about move #34).Annotations from Alekhine and Reti.
This is the second and final (for now) part of the article. You can find the 1st part here. Please re-read it before continuing. The premise of this article was to share with you two conceptual ideas that I've developed in the certain types...
Just kings and pawns, has to be simple, right? Actually, such endgames can be demonically complicated requiring deep thinking. I recently wrote a book, Of Kings and Pawns, with many tough examples. I present two of them here for your entertainment...
never heard of four move checkmate? you all should try it. the away is just to use your bishop on the kingside and you use your queen. first you move the king's pawn two spots. then you move your bishop. next you move your queen diagonal all t...
I'm just going to throw this puzzle out in the open. Personally, I found this quite intriguing although the position is physically impossible. There are multiple move orders that win, but only one move order is accepted by the puzzle, so I apolo...
My first puzzle
In this game, I've made a terrible mistake against my father, and lost a Rook against his Knight. But I didn't resign, because I knew I could draw in the endgame. And luckily, I found a winning move against him... I know this game will look eas...
Hello, everybody! I decided to write a series of articles on endgames, since I decided to study them so I can improve my game. In this, first article I will bring your attention to what can happen if your knowledge about endgames is not good enoug...
Not that this title is poking fun of anyone in any way (), but endgames can seem simple sometime, if given to the right hands. This one by Nakamura makes use of several motifs in order to secure the victory.
Here is a game from the 2008 German "Schachbundesliga", FM Richter - IM Meins with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw the Queens exchanged very early in the game. Then the game was simplified in...
A high percentage of your chess games will end with endgames. Endgames are different than middlegames because less pieces are on the board; however, many people argue that more thinking, especially long-term, is required than the middlegame. Many...
There is no doubt that the endgame is a fundamental part of chess theory and practice. Myself, I am quite a weak endgame player and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I'm sure we could all use a puzzle or two about the endgame which seem muc...
This is about triangulation. Triangulation is a method in the endgame. You use it when it is a king vs. king and pawn endgame or similar endgame, when you have the advantage. You use your king to make a triangle (hence the name triangulation) and ...
In chess, there are a variety of matting patterns. All follow basic principles: limit the king from any square he can move to while threatening him without retaliation from the other pieces. Commonly found is the Anastasia's Mate, used frequentl...
General concensus is that I was losing, but hey, never say die... This is a trial article, but does show some of the traps that occur in an end game.
The coolest mate I've found. White to play mate in 4.
Here is a long mate I found. White to play mate in 5.
Hi everybody. I was messing around again. Here's the problem, White to play and mate in three. (There is another square black can move to, but it leads to checkmate in 2.)
I was messing around with my chessboard yesterday, and I came up with this puzzle. I had origionally thought it was mate in 3, but I saw a better mate. Just thought I would share it.
