Elo 1000–16005 weeks

Endgame Essentials

Convert your advantages. Defend the unwinnable.

A 5-week path covering the endgames every serious player must know. From king and pawn endings to rook endgames, you will learn to convert won positions and save difficult ones.

✓ By the end you will be able to correctly handle the most common endgame positions and stop throwing away won games.

For: Players rated 1000–1600 who want to win the games they should win

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Path Units (5)

1

King Activity and Opposition

  • •Centralise the king in the endgame
  • •Use and fight the opposition
  • •Navigate the king to key squares
2

Pawn Endings

  • •Calculate king and pawn vs king correctly
  • •Create and push passed pawns
  • •Use zugzwang as a winning weapon
3

Rook Endings

  • •Apply the Lucena and Philidor positions
  • •Cut off the enemy king with a rook
  • •Activate your rook before pushing pawns
4

Minor Piece Endings

  • •Win bishop vs knight in the right structure
  • •Draw opposite-coloured bishop endings
  • •Use knight vs bishop knowledge
5

Queen and Complex Endings

  • •Convert queen + pawn vs queen endgames
  • •Set up fortress positions to draw
  • •Handle complex multi-piece endgames