What is the best way to improve your Endgame?

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What is the best opening to ensure a good Endgame?

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Just looking for all the ways to improve my endgame.

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Various endgame study possibilities discussed at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf

https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7742.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Endgames-You-Must-Know-78p3863.htm

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf

http://chessimprover.com/averbakhs-chess-endings-essential-knowledge/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101138/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review373.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234309/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review704.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Endgames.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/the-end-game-comes-before-we-know-it
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
Before buying any particular book, I suggest going to the publisher site to see if it is possible to view a sample.

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Thank you

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simple.

 

study,

STUDY,

 

ah, and it helps if you play aswell.

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I have been playing for years but need to improve on endgame specifically 

 

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what kind of endgames ,you can start with the drill section here on chess com

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I need the most help in the area of pawn development 

 

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Thank you I will look into the Drill section. I knew about the tactics, and lesson section but not about Drill section 

 

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"What is the best opening to ensure a good Endgame?"

 

I believe all playable openings will result in a playable endgame position.

 

"What is the best way to improve your endgame?"

 

I'd buy a book (100 Endgames You Must Know suggested), and learn the endgames by heart.

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Thank you for the book suggestion!

 

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DeirdreSkye wrote:
EOGuel wrote:

 

I believe all playable openings will result in a playable endgame position.

 

All playable openings will result in a playable endgame.

   You really have have a deep understanding of chess. I'm speechless!

 

Sometimes I amaze myself! happy.png

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Not only what?

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EOGuel wrote:

… 100 Endgames You Must Know suggested ...

"... the 2000+ player for which 100 Endgames You Must Know is really intended ..."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf

"... Players from 2000 up to International Master will find 100 ENDGAMES YOU MUST KNOW quite useful." - IM John Donaldson

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Endgames-You-Must-Know-78p3863.htm

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf

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Improving your endgame play requires expanding your knowledge, but that isn’t enough. By all means, get a good endgame book and study it. Then learn how to apply the knowledge you’ve gained by practicing endings against a computer or an opponent stronger than you. Practice the basic endings until you can handle them practically without thinking about it. Then do the same with more complicated endings.

This might sound hard, but chess is a hard game. This type of dedicated training is guaranteed to improve your chess. Easy answers are guaranteed to fail.

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Thank you all for your insight and not making fun of my question 

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Even if you are not rated 2000+ and you do have "100 endgames you must know" book, you might as well read it anyway, its fun! 😀

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Noted twice  thank you! 

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Are endgames studies useful to improves one's endgame? I appreciate them but wonder if the (sometimes highly spectacular and intricate) ideas you have in them can be used elsewhere.