1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners

MoveTrainer® Endgame/Tactics course by New in Chess & by IM Thomas Willemze

🏆 Shortlisted for Best Endgame Course of 2022 🏆

A three-step training plan to turn you into a tactical wizard

Do you ever wonder how the best tacticians got to where they are? Are they simply geniuses born with superior calculation skills?

Not at all! All great players started learning tactics by studying the endgame.

Why would you study the last part of the game you ask? Because the endgame, with enough space and minimal distraction from other pieces, is the ideal environment to understand how pieces interact with each other.

What the plan entails:

⭐Step 1 will get you up to speed on basic tactical patterns, broken down into two chapters: mates in 1 and winning a piece in two moves. After drilling these, you will start to see them naturally over the board and the pattern recognition will set you up for more advanced tactics.

⭐Step 2 adds a preparatory move to the basic combinations with two chapters: mates in 2 and winning a piece in three moves.

⭐Step 3 focuses on defense from your opponent's threats again broken down into two chapters on king defense and defending your pieces.

Each chapter is further broken down into different sections, where you start with a single queen. From there, the complexity of the problems gradually increases until you are asked to coordinate three different pieces.

The idea is to prioritize accuracy over speed in solving the problems. By taking your time from the beginning, your speed will naturally increase and you will recognize these tactical patterns as well as your recognize how the pieces move.

Based on the successfully proven Steps Method

The author, International Master Thomas Willemze, gradually instills tactical knowledge in the course using the famous Dutch Steps Method, a method recognized by chess training experts as being particularly effective. He knows a thing or two about it too, having won the Dutch youth championship three times, the first at just 8 years old.

This of course all makes him a natural when it comes to teaching, as evidenced by him being head coach of the Dutch youth team for three years. To boot he's got several hit Chessable courses, so you're in the best hands possible here.

Now he wants to make sure you have the foundations to spot tactics, and he makes sure you have fun doing so. You'll be quizzed on the most important techniques with flash cards followed by end-of-chapter tests. He's also added a community chapter, so you can share your experiences and thoughts in comments so the community can learn and grow together.

Ready to start delivering tactical blows? Get 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners today!

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For: both pieces

Recommended for: Beginning players Casual players Intermediate players

Language: English

Instruction: 38,366 words

Paid video: 7 hours and 5 minutes

Free video: 60 minutes

Trainable variations: 112

Informational variations: 110

Puzzles: 1015

Avg. line depth: 1.85

Released on: Nov 22, 2022

Support level: High

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1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners

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Variation Details

2 x Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

1 x PART I - Chapter 1. Mate in One (1.00 avg depth)

37 x 1.1 Mate in One - Queen Manoeuvres (1.00 avg depth)

47 x 1.2 Mate in One - Rook and Bishop Coordination (1.00 avg depth)

70 x 1.3 Mate in One - Knight Jumps (1.00 avg depth)

33 x 1.4 Mate in One - Long-range Piece Attacks (1.03 avg depth)

50 x 1.5 Mate in One - Three-piece Tactics (1.00 avg depth)

10 x 1.6 Mate in One - Flash Cards (1.00 avg depth)

13 x 1.7 Test 1 (1.00 avg depth)

1 x PART I - Chapter 2. Win a Piece in Two - Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

37 x 2.1 Win a Piece in Two - Queen Manoeuvres (1.86 avg depth)

60 x 2.2 Win a Piece in Two - Rook and Bishop Coordination (1.97 avg depth)

67 x 2.3 Win a Piece in Two - Knight Jumps (1.97 avg depth)

31 x 2.4 Win a Piece in Two - Long-range Piece Attacks (1.94 avg depth)

37 x 2.5 Win a Piece in Two - Three-piece Tactics (1.92 avg depth)

10 x 2.6 Win a Piece in Two - Flash Cards (2.00 avg depth)

25 x 2.7 Test 2 (1.52 avg depth)

1 x PART II - Chapter 3. Mate in Two - Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

31 x 3.1 Mate in Two - Queen Manoeuvres (1.94 avg depth)

31 x 3.2 Mate in Two - Rook and Bishop Coordination (1.94 avg depth)

55 x 3.3 Mate in Two - Knight Jumps (1.98 avg depth)

31 x 3.4 Mate in Two - Long-range Piece Attacks (1.94 avg depth)

25 x 3.5 Mate in Two - Three-piece Tactics (1.96 avg depth)

10 x 3.6 Mate in Two - Flash Cards (2.00 avg depth)

37 x 3.7 Test 3 (1.76 avg depth)

1 x Part II - Chapter 4. Win a Piece in Three- Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

42 x 4.1 Win a Piece in Three - Queen Manoeuvres (2.90 avg depth)

53 x 4.2 Win a Piece in Three - Rook and Bishop Coordination (2.96 avg depth)

42 x 4.3 Win a Piece in Three - Knight Jumps (2.90 avg depth)

16 x 4.4 Win a Piece in Three - Long-range Piece Attacks (2.75 avg depth)

10 x 4.5 Win a Piece in Three - Flash Cards (3.00 avg depth)

49 x 4.6 Test 4 (2.16 avg depth)

9 x PART III - 5.1 Defend Your King - Examples (1.44 avg depth)

5 x 5.2 Defend Your King - Flash Cards (1.20 avg depth)

36 x 5.3 Defend Your King - Exercises (1.28 avg depth)

61 x 5.4 Test 5 (1.97 avg depth)

8 x PART III - 6.1 Defend Your Pieces - Examples (1.63 avg depth)

5 x 6.2 Defend Your Piece - Flash Cards (1.60 avg depth)

36 x 6.3 Defend Your Pieces - Exercises (1.53 avg depth)

78 x 6.4 The Final Test (1.97 avg depth)

13 x 7. Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players (3.31 avg depth)

20 x 8. Bonus - Pawn Mates (2.30 avg depth)

1 x 9. Bonus - Community Chapter (1.00 avg depth)

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