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...

illegality of the setting, the study marked the first demonstration of a complete Babson Task within the endgame study genre. A historical precedent exists...

The Réti endgame study is a chess endgame study by Richard Réti. It was published in 1921 in Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten. It demonstrates how a king...

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...

Gijs van Breukelen, 1970 Plaskett's Puzzle is a chess endgame study created by the Dutch endgame composer Gijs van Breukelen (February 27, 1946 – December...

and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess...

Chronicle. The articles included many diagrams with exercises and endgame studies, most of them composed by himself. He is regarded as the first composer...

analysis in 1782. Ponziani 1769 Ponziani's 1769 manuscript contained the endgame study here with King and two pawns versus King. White wins as follows: 1....

Saavedra position The Saavedra position is one of the best-known chess endgame studies. It is named after the Spanish priest Fernando Saavedra (1849–1922)...

This is a list of chess endgame study composers ordered alphabetically by surname. Russian names may be written with other spellings. Yochanan Afek (born...

and endgame studies. He was born and died in Vienna. He was a prosecutor and a member of the Nazi Party. Wotawa composed more than 350 endgame studies, which...

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

appearing in an endgame study published in 1604 by Alessandro Salvio, one of the first writers on the game, and in shatranj studies dating back to the...

marketing analytics, and chess composer. Costeff composed more than 100 endgame studies in his career. He also composed about 30 problems, often collaborating...

and then exploring other genres, including endgame studies. In early 2025, he published an endgame study that achieved a complete Babson Task in a legal...

was the 2019-2021 World Champion of Chess Composition in section D (Endgame Studies), while now holds the silver medal for the 2022-2024 edition. Besides...

In chess, and particularly in endgame studies, domination occurs when a player controls all movement squares of an enemy piece. This article uses algebraic...

in the field of endgame studies. He is known for his analytical style, high-level compositions, and for founding the website Chess Study Art, where he regularly...

two.) En passant captures are permitted in Brusky's chess. These endgame studies apply to Brusky's hexagonal variant: king + rook can checkmate a lone...

is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Kasparyan became a national master in 1936 and an international master...

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...

inattentive.[citation needed] Stalemate is also a common theme in endgame studies and other chess problems. The outcome of a stalemate was standardized...

Endgame is an absurdist, tragicomic one-act play by the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. First performed in London in 1957, it is about a blind, paralysed...

EG is a magazine which publishes endgame studies and discusses various aspects of the endgame in chess. The letters "EG" signify "End Game" and also the...

Defence and several other opening variations. He also composed some endgame studies. Alekhine was born into a wealthy Russian family in Moscow, Russia...

greatest composers of chess endgame studies. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern art of composing chess studies (Seirawan 2003:91). Troitsky...

chess masters in the early 1930s. He was also a leading composer of endgame studies. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 38. In 1924, Matisons won the...

July 2021. Hornecker, Siegfried (30 April 2022). "Study of the Month - A short history of endgame study castling I". ChessBase. Retrieved 1 May 2022. "Codex...

without specifying any particular number of moves. The majority of studies are endgame positions, with varying degrees of realism or practical application...

Опанасович Зинар) (russian Михаил Афанасьевич Зинар) was a Ukrainian chess endgame study composer. Zinar was born on 22 November 1950, but his passport states...