Webinar 66. “Endgame Fundamentals”
Dear Chess Friends!
How often do you pass the game into the endgame? I have to play the endgame in 70% of all my games. In other 30%, I finish the game in the middlegame with a tactical combination or a strong attack and gain extra material.
Do you know how to play the endgames properly? When teaching my students, I faced that many of them don’t understand the principles of playing endgames and that’s why they choose wrong directions for future actions. For example, a kingside attack instead of attacking weakness or activation of their pieces. That’s why I decided to conduct a general webinar devoted to how to play endgames.
At this webinar I covered 5 different types of Endgames and explained which factor to take into account and which plans to follow in each case.
Pawn Endgames
Principles to follow:
• Centralize the king
• Create a distant (or protected) passed pawn
• Obtain an opposition
• Always keep in mind a Zugzwang
• Triangulation, Mined Squares and etc.
Knight Endgames
Principles to follow:
• Fix enemy pawn weaknesses and attack them with your knight
• Activate your king
• Knight endgames are similar to pawn endgames
• Create passed pawns
• Flank pawns are strong against the knights
Bishop Endgames
Principles to follow:
• In case of opposite-colored bishop endgame locate your pawns on the squares of your bishop
• Centralize your king
• Always remember about good and bad bishops
• Fix enemy pawn weaknesses and attack them
• Create passed pawns and support them with the king
• Prevent counterplay
• Remember about Triangulation and Opposition
Knight vs Bishop
Rook Endgames
Principles to follow:
• Cut the enemy king off
• Activate your king
• Attack your opponent’s weak pawns
• Create passed pawn and support it from behind with your rook
• Attack enemy passed pawns from behind
• Activity is better than material
• Prevent counterplay
• Know precise positions (Philidor, Lucena) and typical maneuvers (Bridge)
• Don’t trade rooks if you are playing for a draw
Queen Endgames
Principles to follow:
• Learn Staircase Maneuver and remember about cross-check
• Locate your queen actively
• Keep your king safe (or move it towards weak pawns or squares)
• Create distant passed pawn and support it with your queen
• Keep in mind queens exchange as a way to realize your advantage in pawn endgame
• If you are playing for a draw, look for a perpetual check (weaken enemy king position)
Would you like to learn about what exactly to play in endgames, improve your ability to play them and win more often? If yes, especially for webinar attendees I prepared an exclusive offer!
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· You will be more comfortable and familiar with almost any endgame and this is how you get extra advantage against your opponents
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Your personal chess coach,
FM Victor Neustroev