The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame. It begins when few pieces are left on the board. The line...

In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather...

In chess, the endgame tablebase, or simply the tablebase, is a computerised database containing precalculated evaluations of endgame positions. Tablebases...

pawnless chess endgame is a chess endgame in which only a few pieces remain, and no pawns. The basic checkmates are types of pawnless endgames. Endgames without...

literature about chess endgames has been produced in the form of books and magazines. A bibliography of endgame books is below. Many chess masters have contributed...

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The two knights endgame is a chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king. In contrast to a king and two bishops (on opposite-colored squares)...

The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. There is a large body of theory regarding how the game...

correspondence chess, a rule that resembles these endgame exceptions is in effect. Players can claim a win or draw using seven-piece endgame tablebases;...

Triangulation can occur in other endgames and even in some middlegames. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Triangulation Consider...

The concept of zugzwang was known to chess players many centuries before the term was coined, appearing in an endgame study published in 1604 by Alessandro...

ISBN 978-1-879479-73-9. Steve Giddins (2012). Greatest Ever Chess Endgames. Everyman Chess. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85744-694-4. Hooper & Whyld 1992, p. 422...

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Lucena position The Lucena position is a position in chess endgame theory where one side has a rook and a pawn and the defender has a rook. Karsten Müller...

algebraic notation. The middlegame is the portion of a chess game between the opening and the endgame. It is generally considered to begin when each player...

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The queen versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just their king and their queen, and the other player has just their king and a rook...

position. book draw An endgame position known to be a draw with perfect play. Historically this was established by reference to chess endgame literature, but...

threat of it often decides the result in an endgame. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. When a pawn is promoted, it is removed...

for playing chess against Ken Thompson's endgame database Chess programming wiki Computer Chess Club Forums The Strongest Computer Chess Engines Over...

The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is one of the most important and fundamental endgames, other than the basic checkmates. It is an...

In chess, a fortress is an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection that the opponent cannot penetrate...

development, its power in the endgame, etc. Larry Kaufman in 2021 gives a more detailed system based on his experience working with chess engines, depending on...

The rook and pawn versus rook endgame is a fundamentally important, widely studied chess endgame. Precise play is usually required in these positions....

or more pawns. In an endgame without pawns, the advantage of the exchange is normally not enough to win (see pawnless chess endgame). The most common exceptions...

The rook and bishop versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just a king, a rook, and a bishop, and the other player has just a king...

Kt is sometimes used instead, mainly in older literature. In chess problems and endgame studies, the letter S, standing for Springer, the German name...

situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check and has no legal move. Stalemate results in a draw. During the endgame, stalemate...

Philidor's position) is a chess endgame involving a drawing technique for the defending side in the rook and pawn versus rook endgame. This technique is known...

Müller & Lamprecht, diagram 9.12A The queen and pawn versus queen endgame is a chess endgame in which both sides have a queen and one side has a pawn, which...