A comprehensive endgame course for beginners, featuring 339 lessons and 886 exercises!

This course builds upon three foundational programs: Beginners to Club, Chess Strategy for Beginners, and Total Chess Endings. We've curated tasks that strike a balance—challenging enough to engage, yet accessible enough to master. The material is tailored for beginners, with extensive explanations and helpful hints throughout. Significant focus is placed on techniques for converting an extra pawn into a victory. We also emphasize mastering standard checkmating patterns, from basic mates with heavy pieces to advanced techniques involving bishop and knight coordination.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), an innovative and comprehensive chess training method. The series covers all aspects of the game—tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame—with content structured for every skill level, from novice to expert and even professional players.

By working through this course, you will enhance your chess understanding, discover new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply your knowledge in practical scenarios.

The program functions as a personal coach, assigning exercises and offering support when you need it. It provides hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates powerful refutations for common errors.

A dedicated theory section breaks down key endgame principles using illustrative examples. This interactive theory approach lets you not only read the lesson content but also practice moves on the board and explore variations in real time.

Key features of the program:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requirement to input all key moves as instructed

♔ Multiple levels of task difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in each problem

♔ Helpful hints provided when mistakes occur

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Option to play out any position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Clear, structured table of contents

♔ Tracking of player rating (ELO) changes during training

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Bookmarking capability for favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for tablet displays

♔ Fully functional offline

♔ Sync your progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account to access one course simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Web

A free version is available to try out the program. The free lessons are fully functional, giving you a chance to evaluate the app before unlocking additional topics:

1. Practice

1.1. Pawn endings

1.2. Rook endings

1.3. Bishop endings

1.4. Knight endings

1.5. Rook against bishop endings

1.6. Bishop against knight endings

1.7. Rook against knight endings

1.8. Queen against pawns

1.9. Queen and pawn against queen

1.10. Queen and pawns against queen and pawns

1.11. Queen against rook endings

1.12. Queen against bishop endings

1.13. Rook mates

1.14. Mating with two bishops

1.15. Mating with bishop and knight

2. Theory

2.1. Standard mates

2.2. Pawn endings

2.3. Knight endings

2.4. Bishop endings

2.5. Bishop against knight

2.6. Bishop pair in the endgame

2.7. Rook against bishop

2.8. Rook against knight

2.9. Rook endings

2.10. Queen endings

2.11. Queen against rook endings

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Aug 7, 2024 * Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
* Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
* Added daily goal for puzzles - chose how many exercise you need to keep your skills in shape.
* Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
* Various fixes and improvements