Chess endgames, playable
Reading about the Lucena is not knowing the Lucena. Every diagram below is a position you play, against an opponent that defends perfectly and an explainer that catches your mistakes.
Checkmates
5 positionsRead the guide: How to Checkmate in Chess
King & pawn
20 positionsRead the guide: King & Pawn Endgames
Opposition: King Before Pawn
White to play and win
The Square of the Pawn
Black to play and draw
The Rook Pawn Corner Fortress
Black to play and draw
Key Squares: The Winning Map
White to play and win
King and Two Pawns vs King
White to play and win
Defending King & Pawn vs King
Black to play and draw
Distant Opposition and Outflanking
White to play and win
One Tempo Short: g and h vs the h-Pawn
White to play and draw
The Outside Passed Pawn
White to play and win
Two Pawns Against One
White to play and win
The Reti Manoeuvre
White to play and draw
Shouldering: Winning the King Race
White to play and win
The Protected Passed Pawn
White to play and win
The Breakthrough
White to play and win
Separated Passers: The Floating Square
White to play and win
Winning the Pawn Race
White to play and win
Triangulation: Losing a Move to Win
White to play and win
Corresponding Squares
White to play and win
Mined Squares
White to play and win
Winning the Queening Race with a Check
White to play and win
Knight endgames
4 positionsRead the guide: Knight Endgames
Bishop endgames
4 positionsRead the guide: The Wrong Bishop
Bishop vs knight
5 positionsRead the guide: Bishop & Knight Checkmate
Opposite bishops
3 positionsRead the guide: The Fortress
Rook endgames
18 positionsRead the guide: Rook Endgames
Rook vs Advanced Pawn
White to play and win
The Lucena Position
White to play and win
The Philidor Position
Black to play and draw
The Passive Back-Rank Defense
Black to play and draw
Cutting Off the King
White to play and win
Rook Behind the Passed Pawn
White to play and win
The Frontal Defense
Black to play and draw
Two Pawns Beat the Rook
White to play and win
Lucena's Limit: The Rook Pawn
Black to play and draw
The Saavedra Study
White to play and win
Rook vs Connected Passed Pawns
White to play and win
The Rook in Front of Its Pawn
White to play and win
The Vancura Position
Black to play and draw
The Short-Side Defense
Black to play and draw
Checking Distance: The Long Side
Black to play and draw
The Kling and Horwitz Defense
Black to play and draw
Connected Passers vs the Counter-Pawn
White to play and win
Rook vs Three Connected Pawns
White to play and win
Rook vs minor
9 positionsRead the guide: Domination
Rook vs Bishop: The Safe Corner
Black to play and draw
Rook vs Knight: The Stranded Horse
White to play and win
Rook and Bishop vs Rook: The Second Rank
Black to play and draw
Rook vs Rook & Knight
White to play and draw
Rook Holds vs Bishop & Knight
White to play and draw
Rook & Pawn vs Knight
White to play and win
Rook & Pawn vs Bishop
White to play and win
Knight & Pawn Hold vs Rook
Black to play and draw
Bishop & Pawn Hold vs Rook
Black to play and draw
Queen endgames
10 positionsRead the guide: King & Queen Checkmate
Queen vs Pawn on the Seventh
White to play and win
Drawing Queen vs Rook Pawn
Black to play and draw
Drawing Queen vs Bishop Pawn
Black to play and draw
Queen vs Rook Pawn: The Winning Zone
White to play and win
Queen vs Two Connected Pawns
White to play and win
Queen vs Queen: The Skewer Check
White to play and win
Queen and Pawn vs Queen
White to play and win
Queen and Pawn vs Queen: The Perpetual
Black to play and draw
Queen vs Two Bishops
White to play and win
Queen vs Two Knights
White to play and win
Queen vs rook
5 positionsRead the guide: Queen vs Rook
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