Beyond Theoretical Endgames

At the moment, I'm working on my theoretical endgames, mainly rook  endgames and pure pawn endgames. But theoretical endgame are only one part of the endgame. Where to go from there?

What did you do after you accumulated some theoretical endgame knowledge? What books did you read? How did you approach your endgame training from there?

Looking forward to hear from your experiences. Thx!

Thx Ubi, I will take a look.

Based on your rating and your stated study path, I suggest considering the book, How to pay Chess Endings, by Karsten Muller & Wolfgang Pajeken, Gambit Publications.

While no longer in print (and available used for too much money), readers can purchase this as an e-book and app-book.

Unlike the encyclopedic Fundamental Chess Endings, by Muller & Lamprecht, this companion text covers a more strategic and practical side if endings with sections covering:

• activity
• schematic thinking
• fight for the initiative
•  prophylaxis
• preventing counterplay
• bishop pair
• art of defense
• typical mistakes
• rules of thumb

If a reader can deal with e-format (or over-paying for a softbound book), I think he/she will be rewarded with an instructive and enjoyable path to practical endgame play which will be augmented with concrete endgame study.

Mednis' books on practical endgames are quite good:

Questions and answers on practical endgame play

Practical bishop endings

Practical rook endings

Practical knight endings

I studied them a long time ago.

Far more advanced is "Endgame strategy", by Shereshevsky.

Thx for your recommendation. I have quite good experience with books from Gambit.

Both the books I'm studying at the moment are from this publisher:

Secrets of Pawn Endings by Karsten Müller

The Survival Guide to Rook Endgames by John Emms

The app book format is quite convenient so I might consider buying it. I will be however quite busy for a while with the abovementioned books.

I agree 100% with this recommendation. Sadly, it's true that used copies are outrageously expensive, but the Kindle version is well worth the $9.95 price tag. 

You can get a long way with 7 men endgame table bases. Moreover, these are exact and contain no mistakes.
Another source for study are annotated grandmaster games, e.g. by Carlsen. He often wins equal positions in the endgame.

Thanks maybe a games collection of Carlsen will do. I don't know if something like this specifically for his endgames.

Edit: haha I just googled it and there is indeed a games collection with Carlsen's Endgames called "Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen"

The endgame riddles by Karsten Müller are also excellent

https://en.chessbase.com/post/historical-riddle-botvinnik-vs-pachman-1960 

Thx always enjoy Karsten Müller's books and articles. Also the ones about chess history.

In my opinion endgame is hard.