What you'll learn

Endgames quietly decide more games than any opening, and a handful of precise ideas cover most of what you'll face. Learn them and you'll convert won positions and save lost ones with confidence.

We'll lock in king-and-pawn technique (the opposition and the square of the pawn), then the rook-endgame rules every improver needs: rooks behind passers, and the Lucena and Philidor positions. You'll convert a king-and-pawn ending yourself, then drill the rest.