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Chess/The Endgame: Basic Checkmates

The document discusses chess endgames, which are the final stage of chess games. It covers basic checkmate patterns involving a king and queen, king and rooks, or king and rook against a lone king. It also discusses more advanced endgames involving additional pieces. The document provides external links to interactive examples of different checkmate scenarios.

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Chess/The Endgame: Basic Checkmates

The document discusses chess endgames, which are the final stage of chess games. It covers basic checkmate patterns involving a king and queen, king and rooks, or king and rook against a lone king. It also discusses more advanced endgames involving additional pieces. The document provides external links to interactive examples of different checkmate scenarios.

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Chess/The Endgame

The Endgame is the last stage of chess, and arguably the most important. Even if you succeed in the
opening and middle stages of the game, not knowing the skills to turn the resulting endgame into a
checkmate can cost you many wins, turning many otherwise easily won positions into draws or even
losses. For this reason, we recommend devoting a good portion of your study to endgames.

If you're still beginning your chess studies, the Basic Checkmates section should be enough to cover the
simplest scenarios appropriate for your level. More complex situations are covered in the second part of this
manual, suitable for those who already have a decent grasp of the easy checkmates.

Basic Checkmates
These include positions that have no pawns. When one side is ahead in material and has pawns, the easiest
winning plan is typically to queen one or more pawns and use them to checkmate.

The situations where one has a king and queen, king and two rooks, or king and rook versus a lone king
occur very often and it is essential to know how checkmate is achieved in such cases. The other cases, with
minor pieces (bishops and knights) are more rare and more difficult to perform, but nonetheless are covered
here for completeness.

King and Queen vs. King


King and Two Major Pieces vs. King
King and Rook vs. King
Minor Pieces
Pawn Endings

More Advanced Endgames


These are situations that occur less commonly in games, but are still very important. Most intermediate to
advanced players are expected to have at least a basic understanding of how these endings work.

Endings with Multiple Major Pieces


Rook and Minor Piece Endings
Rook and Pawn Endings
Endings with 3+ Minor Pieces
Other Endgames

Endgame Studies and Puzzles

External links
Interactive King + Queen vs King Checkmate (http://www.chessvideos.tv/king-and-queen-ch
eckmate.php)
Interactive King + Rook vs King Checkmate (http://www.chessvideos.tv/king-and-rook-check
mate.php)
View endgames involving the King+Knight+Pawn vs. King+Knight+Pawn (http://www.chess
maniac.com/Games/MyChessViewer/knpvsknp.htm)
View endgames involving the King+Pawn vs. King+Pawn (http://www.chessmaniac.com/Ga
mes/MyChessViewer/kpvskp.htm)
View endgames involving the King+Queen+Pawn vs. King+Queen+Pawn (http://www.chess
maniac.com/Games/MyChessViewer/kqpvskqp.htm)
View endgames involving the King+Rook+Pawn vs. King+Rook+Pawn (http://www.chessma
niac.com/Games/MyChessViewer/krpvskrp.htm)
View endgames involving the King+Bishop+Pawn vs. King+Bishop+Pawn (http://www.ches
smaniac.com/Games/MyChessViewer/kbp.htm)

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