Best ways to study the endgame.

What are the best ways to study the endgame?

practice

Repetition.

A bit of theory doesn't hurt... Look at some endgame books

I've read Silmans book. But, I still have a lot more to read.

ive read a endgame tactics book

Use a real board and pieces.

Pen and paper.

Books.

personally, I find that if you take a endgame exercise set it up, and try to do it, it's sticks more than reading a book

How do I find an Endgame exercise setup?

Best ways to study the endgame: 1. Play to end the game and not for an end game. 2. Keep pieces on the board and win during the middle game so you do not have to get involved in a long, drawn out boring endgame (See 1.)

     Endgame books are best, but you can't just read through them. Set up the positions on a board, try to work out a plan, then go through the explanation move by move to actually see what to do. 

     Start with K+P endings--knowing these will help you decide if and when to simplify in endings with pieces. Rook endings are the most common. Know which positions are won or drawn and that will help you plan your play.

Thank you that is a goood idea!

You wont understand this. 

If you dont understand this.  And you wont understand this...

If you dont understand this.

I’m a member in a club where one of the admins sets up unrated endgame tournaments 

I agree. The best place to start is K&P endings. You could follow that with minor piece endigs, R endings, Q endings and transition form middle game to end game. Personally I have found Q endings to be the most difficult. There are few rules of thumb and lots of tactics. Luckily, they tend to be much less frequent than R or minor piece endings.

That’s not a bad idea but I have to many daily games going on right now so it wouldn’t be very effective right now.

How did you "read" Silman's book? The book goes from beginner through (in Silman's estimation) master level endgames. Reading it like a novel provides almost no instruction. Getting the most out of any chess book -- or video -- requires active participation in the learning process. The most effective method I have found is to set up each position on a real board and analyze it as best you can. Write down the variations that you think are best. Then read on in the book or unpause the video. Compare the author/presenter's explanation to what you wrote. You will end up with a good understanding of the concepts being taught.

This might seem tedious, but remember that learning any complex material requires difficult work. And it's better to spend a couple of hours on one position and really "get it" than to spend the same amount of time breezing through a lot of material and ending up with no understanding of it.

I hope you find this little sermon helpful. lol. Happy chess!

In the book I read up to the 1800 section. For each position I set it on a board and went through the variations he gave. Your sermon was pretty helpful and I’ll have to go back and study the positions with more depth!

I'm glad you understand that I wasn't criticizing you. The motivation for my post was that I have wasted so many hundreds of hours of chess study and really hope that younger players such as yourself can learn from my mistakes. I sincerely hope you reach all of your chess goals.

Thank you I hope I’ll be able to reach my goals with hard work!