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interesting endgame?
5rk1/2p3p1/4p3/p1p1N1P1/P4P2/1P4KP/5R2/3r4 w - - 0 37
Here's a position from a recent tournament game I played.  Black had a fairly decent advantage, but misplayed it and ended up in this positio...

Started 02/27/10 at 04:44:04 by proustiskeen
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By: Smyslov_Fan
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Not the opening but PAWN ENDINGS, by Flear
I am a 2100+ player who has been a GOLD PLUS member for a few years.  I have a question for GM Flear.  I have read ALL of the Flear STARTING OUT books.  In PAWN ENDINGS, example 149 Durao-Lopez: in th...

Started 06/16/05 at 00:47:35 by mitfit
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By: Fernando Semprun
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Chernev 200 Brilliant Endgames
Irving Chernev (1989) 200 Brilliant Endgames - published posthumously
I'm not recommending this book, but I noticed some errors and wanted to post my findings in case anyone else got frustrated.<...

Started 05/08/19 at 04:06:03 by an ordinary chessplayer
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Poll: Can you win against a lone Rook with your Queen?
I am interested to know how many can actually pull this off. And the position is of course the hardest to win.
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Moderator's Note:  Edited the title slightly.
S_F March 3, 2010

Started 03/01/10 at 18:26:07 by Rebel-Yell
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By: Grimmell73
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Gustafsson & Svidler on Endgame Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHdsGkP7nI
Was wondering what you guys thought about their advice. Myself, I think Gusti is right.

Started 03/15/11 at 01:55:00 by ghenghisclown
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By: fling
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good endgame course
Is there any good endgame course like pandolfini's endgame course...What do you recommend?

Started 11/26/13 at 08:17:28 by chandrashekharkoravi
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By: ErictheRed
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Would Silman's endgame course be
the best book for me? I only know the very basics of the endgame, k/p endgames and all of the mating patterns including bishop and knight. Besides that I'm like a fish out of water when it comes to th...

Started 10/31/08 at 03:20:30 by up and comer
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By: Laramonet
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Good Endgame Book for 1400-1500 player?
I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for an endgame book for a player of 1400-1500 strength.  I'm mostly looking for: 
a.  King and pawn endgames.
b.  General techniques for rook e...

Started 05/25/06 at 07:24:31 by Dinomike100
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By: marc0
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Why don't I understand endgames?
At the moment I'm doing puzzles from Laslo Polgars book "Chess endgames" and right now the positions feature pawn endgames. For some reason this is really difficult for me to grasp and I would say I g...

Started 08/10/08 at 18:47:17 by Bocajaka
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By: Willempie
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K+R+a (or h) pawn against K+B ending
Somewhere I have read the ending K+R+a or h pawn against K+B is a very tricky one when the defending King is favoribly placed in front of the passer. I am searching through my endgame books for this e...

Started 09/01/10 at 10:07:49 by Kubi
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By: Lovuschka
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very interesting endgame K+2N vs K+p
Hello everybody!
I wanna to share with You this endgame which I first saw in "Fundamental Chess Endings"by Muller and Lamprecht.
  At first sight it's a bit surprising but King and two knigh...

Started 09/08/07 at 13:22:34 by Chwileulotne85
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By: IMJohnCox
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Endgamestudies
Hello to everybody!
I am a Fidemaster from Austria and also composer of Endgamestudies. If anyone is interested in practical studies (i have a big collection of game-like positions) , he can cont...

Started 11/11/08 at 20:18:22 by Günter Amann
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By: Lovuschka
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Who composed this study?

Started 11/19/10 at 00:15:20 by MNb
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By: Lovuschka
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Tactics in the endgame
Following Van Perlo's example perhaps forummembers could contribute some nice endgame-tactics. My contribution is a game from my fellow clubplayer Sander Hauglustaine from Flemish Youth Championship 2...

Started 04/30/09 at 13:06:28 by Schaakhamster
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A new idea in the endgame
White to move and draw.
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Bonus question: Why is this position interesting?

Started 09/21/24 at 16:38:59 by an ordinary chessplayer
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