Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabe than winning endgame play. For most chess players, victory is the real finish line. And the endgame is the last lap of the race. This revised, updated edition of Just the Facts! brings English readers the once strictly guarded and time-tested Soviet training methods, the key to the 50-year Russian dominance of the chess world. Winning Chess Endgames can take you from beginner to master.

What is an Endgame?

10

(20)

Endgame knowledge---the key to chess mastery

12

(1)

The active king

13

(6)

Passed pawns

19

(6)

Zugzwang

25

(3)

Summary

28

(2)

Pawn Endings

30

(52)

Part 1: King Position

32

(32)

King and one pawn versus king---the fundamentals

32

(2)

Chess is a game for squares

34

(3)

How to win a pawn up: Three rules for battling a blocking king

37

(4)

Most Winnable Endgames---the more pawns, the more winnable!

41

(5)

Rook pawns---when living on the edge can be safe

46

(1)

Defending by jailing the opposing king on the rook's file

46

(5)

Safe squares

51

(1)

Passing the move (triangulation)

52

(1)

Calling in the reserves (reserve pawn moves)

53

(3)

The moving screen

56

(2)

The distant opposition

58

(4)

A classic triangulation

62

(2)

Part II: Passed Pawns

64

(18)

The advantage of the outside passed pawns

64

(5)

Mutual defense treaties between pawns

69

(5)

Creating passed pawns--radical breakthroughs

74

(5)

Summary

79

(1)

Learning Exercises

80

(2)

Pawns against Pieces

82

(54)

Pawn versus knight

83

(3)

When the lone horseman holds off both king and rook pawn

86

(2)

You can't always win

88

(17)

Bishop versus pawns

105

(9)

Rook against pawn

114

(1)

Cutting off the king on his third rank

115

(3)

The running screen in rook-versus-pawn endings

118

(2)

Two connected pawns versus the rook

120

(6)

Queen versus pawns

126

(7)

Summary

133

(1)

Learning Exercises

134

(2)

Rook Endings

136

(48)

Rook and pawn versus rook, with the defending king blocking the pawn

138

(1)

Pawn is on the sixth rank

138

(2)

Pawn is not yet on the sixth rank---Philidor's position

140

(3)

Lucena's position

143

(3)

Counterattacking from the side---the long-side defense

146

(5)

When the long side is too short

151

(1)

The defending king is cut off from the pawn

152

(3)

When the extra pawn is a rook-pawn

155

(6)

Rook versus rook and two pawns

161

(1)

Special case of the rook-and bishop-pawns

162

(1)

Rook and pawns versus rook and pawns

163

(10)

Beware of passive defense

173

(8)

Summary

181

(1)

Learning Exercises

182

(2)

Knight Endings

184

(24)

Knight and pawn against knight

188

(5)

The king takes part in the defense

193

(4)

Both sides have pawns, and one is passed

197

(3)

Wing majorities

200

(2)

Importance of the active king

202

(3)

Summary

205

(1)

Learning Exercises

206

(2)

Bishop Endings

208

(42)

Part 1: Bishops of the Same Color

210

(18)

Pawn on the sixth or seventh rank

210

(2)

Pawn not yet on the sixth or seventh rank

212

(5)

Bishop and two pawns against bishop

217

(3)

Both sides have pawns---the ``bad'' bishop

220

(4)

Both sides have pawns---the ``good'' bishop

224

(1)

Same-Color Bishops: Drawing and Winning Methods

225

(1)

Other strategies

226

(2)

Part 2: Bishop of Opposite Color

228

(22)

Good fortresses require bad bishops!

229

(1)

Passed pawns

229

(4)

Don't overburden your bishop

233

(1)

It's not always a draw!

234

(1)

Fortress Building and Maintenance 101

235

(5)

Connected passed pawns---the three rules of defense

240

(4)

Targeting

244

(2)

Summary

246

(2)

Learning Exercises

248

(2)

Knight against Bishop

250

(34)

Play with one pawn on the board

251

(11)

Play with multiple pawns

262

(8)

The knight can be the ``Springer of surprises''

270

(1)

The knight can be stronger in close quarters and closed positions

271

(4)

The knight against the bad bishop

275

(6)

Summary

281

(1)

Learning Exercises

282

(2)

Queen Endings

284

(26)

Queen and pawn against queen

287

(7)

Queens and multiple pawns

294

(13)

Summary

307

(1)

Learning Exercises

308

(2)

Mixed Bags

310

(42)

Basic checkmates

311

(1)

Bishop and knight

312

(1)

Two knights against a pawn

312

(1)

Focus on practicality

313

(1)

Rook versus knight with no pawns on the board

313

(2)

Don't stand in the corner!

315

(2)

Rook versus knight with pawns on the board

317

(2)

Rook versus bishop

319

(2)

Rook and pawn versus bishop

321

(3)

Rook and pawns versus bishop and pawns

324

(5)

Rook and bishop versus rook

329

(5)

Queen versus rook

334

(3)

Queen versus rook and non-rook pawn

337

(1)

Queen versus rook and rook pawn

337

(6)

Queen versus rook and minor piece

343

(6)

Summary

349

(1)

Learning Exercises

350

(2)

Multi-Piece Endings

352

(24)

Advantage of the bishop pair

353

(7)

Two rooks versus two rooks

360

(4)

The importance of a spatial advantage

364

(5)

Creating additional weaknesses

369

(4)

Summary

373

(2)

Learning Exercises

375

(1)

Transitions

376

(30)

Playing for a favorable ending from move four

378

(17)

Heading for the endgame as a defensive measure

395

(7)

Summary

402

(1)

The Relative Value of the Pieces Change in the Endgame!

403

(1)

Learning Exercises

404

(2)

Conclusion

406

(2)

A Brief Endgame Glossary

408

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