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Carlsen-Caruana Endgame (Video)
World Championship match: First game of rapid. This endgame was probably the key moment in the match because after this game Magnus just rushed and took the title again. This is very complex rook endgame. White is a pawn up, but his king is on the first row and it’s not clear how to […]
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Opposition and Key Squares in King and Pawn vs King endings
Key squares and the opposition are the basic rules in king and pawn endgames. This video is recapitulation of positions P-12, P-13 and P-14 from Basic Chess Endgames by GM Vlado Kovacevic.
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Checkmate Puzzles
Checkmate Exercises Find checkmate in a given number of moves!
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Vlado Kovacevic’s Chess Endings
GM Vlado Kovacevic is a member of our team and his great books are a valuable part of this portal. Vlado is a legendary Croatian chess Grandmaster and leading endgame expert. Vlado wrote excellent Chess Endings books in 7 volumes. Most of his work is published in Croatian language and some also in English. […]
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Chess Endgame Puzzles
Chess Endgames Puzzles In this post you can find ChessEndgames.net collection of instructive chess endgames puzzles. We choose puzzles from classical chess endgames, chess studies and practical chess games. Puzzles are updated periodically, new puzzles are added, some of old puzzles may be excluded. We have included some very easy puzzles, but also […]
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What is chessendgames.net? Chessendgames.net is a chess portal specialized for endgames. Our intention is to cover everything related to chess endgames. It is designed for both educational approach for those who want to learn the theory and encyclopedic approach for those who want to research particular theme. Who is it for? Everyone interested in […]
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For beginners who want to learn the basics: We recommend to go through the book Basic Endings by Vlatko Kovacevic. You can read it for free on our site. Each position in the book has links to previous and next position; it should be fairly easy to navigate through the book. For advanced […]
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Vlado Kovacevic: Chess Endgames (7 books) World chess literature abounds in numerous works in which the rich chess experience accumulated over the centuries has been systematically presented. Due to a richness of possibilities and the brilliancy of combinations, the attention of most authors has been centred on the theory of openings and the middle game. […]
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