Endgames

Complex
Puzzles
Theoretical
  • ELO: 1200
  • -
  • 1400
Book cover of Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward, chess book review
  • Starting Out: Rook Endgames
  • Chris Ward
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  • ELO: 1800
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Theory and Practice of Chess Endings, Volume 2 by Alexander Panchenko, chess book review
  • Theory and Practice of Chess Endings, Volume 2
  • Alexander Panchenko
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  • ELO: 1800
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Theory and Practice of Chess Endings, Volume 1 by Alexander Panchenko, chess book review
  • Theory and Practice of Chess Endings, Volume 1
  • Alexander Panchenko
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  • ELO: 1200
  • -
  • 1400
Book cover of The Chess Endgame Study: A Comprehensive Introduction by A. J. Roycroft, chess book review
  • The Chess Endgame Study: A Comprehensive Introduction
  • A. J. Roycroft
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  • ELO: 1800
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Rook Endings by Grigory Levenfish, Vasily Smyslov, chess book review
  • Rook Endings
  • Grigory Levenfish, Vasily Smyslov
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  • ELO: 1400
  • -
  • 1600
Book cover of Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume by Lev Alburt, Nikolay Krogius, chess book review
  • Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume
  • Lev Alburt, Nikolay Krogius
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  • ELO: 1800
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Mastering the Endgame, Volume 2 by Mikhail Shereshevsky, L. M. Slutsky, chess book review
  • Mastering the Endgame, Volume 2
  • Mikhail Shereshevsky, L. M. Slutsky
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  • ELO: 1800
  • -
  • 2000
Book cover of Mastering the Endgame, Volume 1 by Mikhail Shereshevsky, L. M. Slutsky, chess book review
  • Mastering the Endgame, Volume 1
  • Mikhail Shereshevsky, L. M. Slutsky
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Chess books on the endgame, the most important area of study according to most coaches. They are divided into theoretical endgames, those that cover technical positions such as the Lucena, complex endgames, books that focus on endgame strategy, principles, and patterns, and feature positions we cannot solve with tablebases, and puzzle and studies collections, which, similarly to the same category in middlegame books, contains problems for the reader to solve instead of teaching theory.