Improving endgame

i have only just begun playing chess and am warming nicely to openings, but my endgame really lets me down, any suggestions on how to improve my endgame? i was 1300 rated on my old account, however am only 978 on this because i have only fineshed a couple of games but please consider me as an 1300ish player

My recommendation is to learn from Jose Raul Capablanca. He is one of the greatest players of all time, and is renowned for his endgame skill. He has written a book titled Chess Fundamentals.

thank you. I will check the book out!

Hi MikePalace12--get access to a strong computer program, even one without a teaching mode, and have it play itself (or you) on the highest level to learn from its play.  Modern technology rarely flubs late positions because it has extensive databases for it.  There are certain things it can't teach, but also quite a few that it can.

Easy reading is Silman Complete Endgame course, but there are other books available that are good too. Capablanca has some good games to study from, and the Chess Mentor program here has some nice lessons about endgames.

Thanks. do you reccomend the computer program on chess.com

thanks daddyjordan22. will also check that book out

MikePalace12, I personally use Chessmaster but recommend any strong program that lets you play from a custom position.  That way even if it doesn't have tutorials, you can set up anything you find confusing--the bishop + knight mate is a popular example--and it'll most likely figure it out.  It's still helpful reading the words of great players, but most of those endgame databases were programmed by strong masters anyhow.  So all roads lead to Rome.

Practice (K+Q vs. K, K+R vs. K, K+2Bs vs. K, and K+B+N vs. K) until you can do them in your sleep.  There is only one endgame technique to learn with these 4 Mating Net Endgames.  I call it the corralling method.

Good advice, except for the K + B + N vs K part. That endgame most players don't learn until around 1800+ elo, because it's so much more difficult than the others. I'd stick to learning the other basic checkmates for now.