How do you get better at ENDGAMES ???

Tbh I suck at endgames . I think its one of the hardest phase of the game . How do i get better ? Any tips ? Articles? Video ? Anything ????

I get confused sometimes because in an endgame there are many options and you have to see every move and find the best one and its hard because it requires alot of calculation

Mabye its the Minor Piece/Rook Endgames where you have a/two pawn/s up and how to convert it and not ending it to a draw or worse.. losing  

Please , It will Really help

TEN ENDGAMES RULES

1. To win WITHOUT PAWNS, you must be at least a ROOK or TWO MINOR PIECES ahead (two knight excepted).
2. The KING must be ACTIVE in the ENDING.
3. PASSED PAWNS must be PUSHED (PPMBP).
4. The EASIEST endings to win are PURE PAWN endings.
5. If you are ONLY ONE PAWN ahead, EXCHANGE PIECES, not pawns.
6. DON'T place your PAWNS on the SAME COLOR SQUARES as your BISHOP.
7. BISHOPS are BETTER than KNIGHTS in all but BLOCKED pawn positions.
8. It is usually worth GIVING UP A PAWN to get a ROOK ON THE SEVENTH RANK.
9. ROOKS belong BEHIND PASSED PAWNS (RBBPP).
10. BLOCKADE PASSED PAWNS with the KING

Win by the middlegame.

Another good way is to never agree to a draw. Force it by a three-move repetition or by exchanging all the pieces. Then you'll learn the endgame because you'll play it all the time.

Like in the opening you have to follow the list of general rules and principles. But this is not enough, you also have to study the endgame like everything else in chess, openings, tactics, strategy, defense, checkmate patterns.

2 very good books proposed by many people. I have practical chess endings and you can also see endgame strategy. Both very popular and really good.

You can find here some suggestions for improvement http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/improvement-in-chess-according-to-elo

Endgames have been a big mission of mine for the past month or so, and there's no fast track, but, I will say, it's extremely rewarding work. A few things:

(1) Memorize: Some positions and techniques must be memorized......for starters, strip these down to a minimum and grow slowly. You *will* need to be able to do Phildor's rook ending, the Lucena, king and 1 versus king, bishop/knight checkmating, and a couple of others in your sleep. Knock out the ultra basics and never lose those endings again!

(2) The square rule regarding passed pawns: this shortcut will stop you from counting squares....sometimes you'll have to count, but the idea of 'keeping your king in the square' is all over endgames studies, and learning it will literally make you better overnight (particularly in blitz - if your opponent is counting and you're using the square, you spend less time!)

(3) Where are you going? : A *ton* of really advanced endgame puzzles that seem impossible to solve become immediately clear by just figuring out where your opponent's pieces are trying to go and how you can stop it. A lot of very drawish looking positions unravel in zwugzwang by just keeping your opponent's king away from an important square. Remind yourself that king moves are snowflakes - they're unique, and seeing the 'right' move for both yourself AND your opponent is worth 100 rating points by itself.

(4) Material is different: Everything takes on a new value in an endgame....typically, if one side has a piece for two pawns, the piece is still more powerful, but that's often not the case. Sacrificing is *way* more important in the endgame than the middle, and learning how to evaluate pieces and sacrifice them accordingly will pick up tons of games that look impossible to convert.

(5) Stalemate is (not) your friend: Draws happen by accident from won positions......if you can recognize a stalemate, you can steal draws you shouldn't be allowed to have and win games you're on the brink of drawing. Live it, love it, own it. 

(6) Rooks and pawns: The two ending types that should probably be focused on are R&P and K&P because they're the most common and the most basic, and knowledge of rook endings will help you win rook and bishop endings whereas knowledge of bishop endings will be somewhat less helpful. If you get to the place where you can always see who is promoting and where the kings should go, you're well on your way!

(7) Players: GM games are a great way to understand endings from a practical standpoint, so find yourself some endgame experts and look at how they play in the ending. One of the best to look at, actually, is Mikhail Tal - reknowned for sacrificing everything like a blood-crazed wombat, Tal is actually one of the coolest endgame grinders of them all....a watchmaker in these simplified positions, he knew exactly how to make them tick. Oh, and watch Magnus win games in the Berlin - it's poetry.

I hope there's some help here. Cheers! 

Oh, a quote from Yasser Seirawan that always makes me happy: "Studying the endgame is like cheating."

Read and study a basic endgame book. Learning endgames is easy if you are willing to do the work.

Silmans complete endgame course!

Agree.  This book improved my game more than any other I've read.

With solid endgame understanding you can know when your middlegame positions can and should be simplified down to a winning endgame.

Once you have this knowlege, you can begin to steer your middlegames to positions where this opporuntity exists.

Besides learning technique and studying theory and practicing with a sparring partner who's very good in the endgame I'd suggest solving endgame studies regularly one of my favorite books is Troitzikys collection of 360 studies (in descriptive notation)

http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Chess-Studies-Troitzky/dp/0923891102/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418847485&sr=8-1&keywords=chess+studies

You can learn something new everyday from studies they can help sharpen your skills.

End games seem to be the area where my game is strongest, its an area where I am even more solid then tactics. I haven't followed any advice at all on end game. I found myself better at end game after paying attention to a few videos of Hikaru Nakamura getting into end game situations and taking a mental note of how he handles positions where it looks like he is clearly lost. 

I found an end game that I played recently that you might enjoy. Even though, I probably played bad moves.. I was still able to trick my opponent into letting me win. Maybe this game will help you have some ideas to apply to your own. Pay close attention to the end game tricks :)

Interesting, the same is true for me. I am fine at the first two phases of the game, and I'm not completely terrible at endgames, but I do feel I could find more efficient ways to checkmate, or even just cripple them to the point where their only choice really is to resign. Thanks for the advice, guys.

I'd def recommend "Starting Out: Rook Endgames" - it's really good for beginner-intermediate players. Rook endgames are the most common endgames - I use the info I get in here quite often, even at my lowly level. It's a short book, more like a puzzle book, but with good problems.

Past Kings must be pushed....and I spell the word "Past" like that for a reason.

Endgames are somewhat like the seasons. They're pretty much predictable. But, if you try to guess it passed about (7) moves (a week) you may end up lost in the Bermuda /\ on a moonless nite....(4) days before christmas - and that's when things get interesting.

....and I spell the word "passed" like that for a reason. 

Especially buster if they're eating pasta and trying to get their faster passer past ya.

 ....and I spell the word "passer" like that for a reason - (cos that's how you spell it)

You mean the pasta shaped like chess pieces ?....and for dessert we have Pepperidge Farms Chessmen w/ Nestle's chocolate milk....yummy !

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