My biggest end game troubles stem from not seeing all the other moves my opponent may make. I seem to miss that ! big one that throws off my plans. I have tried lately to be more throrough. I find this hard. Anyway thats where my end lacks. I do feel the endgame is not my strong suit yet. This most certainly costs me games.

" why it didnt finish the game??"

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Well I had the position won so he didn't want to continue and waste time on a game that was clearly lost. *shrugs* He resigned.

 why it didnt finish the game??

move 35....a5, gave white a chance to free the bishop, i think very important in an endgame that pieces are active and doing they part.  its good idea not to let your opponent a passed pawn at endgame plus by move 36. bxa5+ frees bishop which is good.

that was a very detailed explaination

Here's one of my recent games that I thought was a pretty good endgame (for me anyways). My opponent did make a few mistakes and some moves that he should've done something else but overall it was good play. Hope you guys like it. (The endgame starts at around move 25?)

 

I, personally, feel that I can manage in an average endgame position. The only problem I have is when what seems to be a drawn position gets lost because my opponent somehow manuevers and takes all my pawns while I can't even touch theirs >.>. Anyways, I agree with tactician in that endgames are probably the last thing beginners get experience with due to the fact that they're usually checkmated before a position can simplify into an ending ^_^. Though not necessarily the easiest and most exciting part of chess, the endgame should be a top priority for beginners. They need to learn how to turn an advantage into a win. If someone were to study chess, they should first start with the endgame, and work backwards (middlegame then opening).

hai

thank you so much for your advice

 

When I was a beginner I would play opponents that were very strong compared to me and I would be up one or two pawns or even pieces before the endgame. But as soon as I got into the endgame I would make a mistake and then a won endgame would be a loss or a draw. The reason this happened to me was because I didn't have endgame experience so my endgame technique was extremely terrible. I especially had a hard time with the rooks (seems kind of odd that a piece that moves so simply can be so complicated) . Because of this, I think anyone starting chess should first learn the endgame or at least a little bit of it. What's important to know about the endgame according to me is: (1) you cannot play "blindly" in the endgame (in other words you have to have a clear plan and be able see exactly how you are going to win) and (2) make sure the opponent doesn't play something unexpected, something you didn't see. Of course there are many books on the endgame but if don't want to spend any money you could play a chess computer (which can be downloaded) with nothing but the king, pawns and then select one of the pieces (knights, bishops, rooks, and queen). After I had more experience with the endgame I won more games and today (many years later) I feel confident in any endgame position.