Chess endgame practice

Endgame puzzles and training drills against a trainer that defends perfectly. Reading about the Lucena is not knowing the Lucena: every diagram below is a position you play, with an explainer that catches your mistakes.

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King & Rook CheckmateWhite to play and winThe Square of the PawnBlack to play and drawThe Philidor PositionBlack to play and drawBishop & Knight CheckmateWhite to play and win
Checkmates8Force mate with K+Q, K+R, two bishops, and bishop + knight.King & pawn68Opposition, key squares, the square rule and the breakthrough.Knight endgames21The knight stopping a pawn, and knight-pawn vs knight.Bishop endgames24Same-color bishops, the wrong bishop and Centurini.Bishop vs knight15Good bishop vs bad knight, and the piece fortresses.Opposite bishops19The great drawing tendency and the two-pawn exception.Rook endgames96Lucena, Philidor, Vancura and cutting off the king.Rook vs minor30Rook against bishop or knight, and the wrong corner.Queen endgames18Queen vs pawn, queen + pawn vs queen, perpetual defenses.Queen vs rook19Grinding down the rook, and the fortresses that hold.

Checkmates

5 positions

Read the guide: How to Checkmate in Chess

King & Queen Checkmate

White to play and win

King & Rook Checkmate

White to play and win

Two-Rook Ladder Mate

White to play and win

Two Bishops Checkmate

White to play and win

Bishop & Knight Checkmate

White to play and win

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King & pawn

20 positions

Read 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

g and h vs the h-Pawn: the Defender Holds

Black 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

Winning the Pawn Race

White to play and win

Triangulation: When the Outflank Wins Instead

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

Bähr's Rule: Blocked Rook Pawns

White to play and win

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Knight endgames

4 positions

Read the guide: Knight Endgames

The Knight Blockade

Black to play and draw

Knight vs Rook Pawn

White to play and draw

Knight and Pawn vs Knight

White to play and win

Knight Holds Two Connected Pawns

White to play and draw

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Bishop endgames

4 positions

Read the guide: The Wrong Bishop

The Wrong Bishop

Black to play and draw

Bishop Holds Two Connected Pawns

White to play and draw

Centurini: Same-Colored Bishops

White to play and win

The Wrong Bishop's Bodyguard Pawn

White to play and win

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Bishop vs knight

5 positions

Read the guide: How to Checkmate With Bishop and Knight

Good Bishop vs Bad Knight

White to play and win

The Knight Blockade vs Bishop and Pawn

Black to play and draw

The Bishop's Long Diagonal vs Knight and Pawn

Black to play and draw

Knight & Pawn vs Bishop: Two Diagonals

White to play and win

Knight Holds vs Bishop & Pawn

White to play and draw

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Opposite bishops

3 positions

Read the guide: The Fortress

The Opposite-Colored Bishops Fortress

Black to play and draw

Opposite Bishops: Two Pawns Win

White to play and win

Opposite Bishops: Guard the Square the Pawn Must Cross

White to play and draw

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Rook endgames

18 positions

Read 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

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Rook vs minor

9 positions

Read 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

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Queen endgames

10 positions

Read the guide: How to Checkmate With King and Queen

Queen vs Pawn on the Seventh

White to play and win

Drawing Queen vs Rook Pawn

Black to play and draw

Queen vs Bishop Pawn: King to the Corner Side

White 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

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Queen vs rook

5 positions

Read the guide: Queen vs Rook

Queen vs Rook

White to play and win

The Fortress: Rook and Pawn vs Queen

White to play and draw

Queen vs Two Rooks

White to play and draw

Rook & Knight Hold vs Queen

Black to play and draw

Rook & Bishop Hold vs Queen

Black to play and draw

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