Chess endgames

Learn the chess endgames every player should know: basic checkmates, the Lucena and Philidor positions, king and pawn endings. Read the idea, then play it against Stockfish, free.

Basic checkmates

• King and queen checkmate
• Two rooks checkmate
• King and rook checkmate
• Two bishops checkmate
• Bishop and knight checkmate

King and pawn

• King on the sixth rank
• Hold the draw with the opposition
• The square of the pawn
• The pawn breakthrough

Rook endings

• The Lucena position
• The Philidor position

Queen endings

• Queen against a pawn on the seventh
• Queen against rook

Tricks and traps

• The wrong-coloured bishop

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