A comprehensive endgame course for beginners featuring 339 lessons and 886 exercises!
This course builds upon the foundation of three other courses: Beginners to Club, Chess Strategy for Beginners, and Total Chess Endings. We've carefully selected tasks that are engaging without being overly complex, making the material ideal for beginners. You'll find plenty of explanations and helpful hints throughout. Significant focus is placed on techniques for converting an extra pawn into a win. We also recommend paying close attention to the execution of standard checkmates, ranging from mates with heavy pieces to the more advanced bishop and knight checkmates.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess training method. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, with content tailored for all skill levels—from novices and club players to experienced and even professional competitors.
Through this course, you will enhance your chess understanding, discover new tactical ideas and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application.
The program functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing assistance when you need it. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates decisive refutations for common errors.
A comprehensive theoretical section is also included, which explains key gameplay methods for specific stages using illustrative examples. The theory is delivered interactively, allowing you to not only read the lesson text but also make moves on the board and explore any unclear variations.
Key features of the program:
♔ High-quality examples, all thoroughly verified for accuracy
♔ Requirement to input all key moves as specified by the trainer
♔ A wide range of task difficulties
♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in each problem
♔ Helpful hints provided when a mistake is made
♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves
♔ Ability to play out any position from the exercises against the computer
♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
♔ Clearly structured table of contents
♔ Tracks changes in your playing rating (ELO) throughout the learning process
♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings
♔ Option to bookmark your favorite exercises
♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens
♔ Fully functional without an internet connection
♔ Sync your progress across devices by linking the app to a free Chess King account on Android, iOS, and Web
The course includes a free section for you to try the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, allowing you to evaluate the application in real-world conditions before unlocking the following topics:
- Practice
- 1.1. Pawn endings
- 1.2. Rook endings
- 1.3. Bishop endings
- 1.4. Knight endings
- 1.5. Rook against bishop endings
- 1.6. Bishop against knight endings
- 1.7. Rook against knight endings
- 1.8. Queen against pawns
- 1.9. Queen and pawn against queen
- 1.10. Queen and pawns against queen and pawns
- 1.11. Queen against rook endings
- 1.12. Queen against bishop endings
- 1.13. Rook mates
- 1.14. Mating with two bishops
- 1.15. Mating with bishop and knight
- Theory
- 2.1. Standard mates
- 2.2. Pawn endings
- 2.3. Knight endings
- 2.4. Bishop endings
- 2.5. Bishop against knight
- 2.6. Bishop pair in the endgame
- 2.7. Rook against bishop
- 2.8. Rook against knight
- 2.9. Rook endings
- 2.10. Queen endings
- 2.11. Queen against rook endings
What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2
Last updated on Aug 7, 2024
* Added a training mode based on Spaced Repetition, which blends missed exercises with new ones to present an optimal set of puzzles.
* Added the ability to run tests directly on bookmarked exercises.
* Implemented a daily goal for puzzles, allowing you to set a target number of exercises to maintain your skills.
* Added a daily streak counter to track consecutive days of completing your daily goal.
* Various bug fixes and general improvements
