Answers.Body: <p>A very interesting source is <a href="https://www.newinchess.com/100_Endgames_You_Must_Know-p-388.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">100 Endgames You Must Know</a> by Jesús de la Villa. Jesús focuses in most common endgames, with a very practical approach and only 100 pages (Spanish version) long. I miss the K+Q vs K+R ending here, but it's a very recommendable book.</p>
  
  <p>More comprehensive books, and also longer and more dense, are <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/1901983536" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fundamental Chess Endings</a> by Muller and Lampretch and <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/1941270042" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual</a> by Dvoretsky. I've actually used the first one to check missing endgames in de la Villa book, as the K+Q vs K+R.</p>
  
  <p>These books are about theoretical endgames. Also both Dvoretsky's <a href="https://www.newinchess.com/School_of_Chess_Excellence___the_Complete_Series-p-1912.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">School of Excellence</a> and Jacob Aagaard <a href="https://www.newinchess.com/Grandmaster_Preparation___The_Series__Hardcovers_-p-2986.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Grand Master Preparation</a> series have a book each about practical endgames play. I have read none of them, so I cannot give you my impressions about them.</p>
  
  <p>Another interesting book is <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0931462169" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Practical Rook Endings</a> by Mednis, focused in rook endings that, as you know, are the most common ones.</p>
  
  <p>My personal advice is to start with de la Villa Book, to have Muller or Dvoretsky's manual as a reference (at least I cannot afford to study them), and study a book about practical endings.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The chess training website <a href="http://chesstempo.com" rel="nofollow">http://chesstempo.com</a> has an environment for training endgames against computer. The positions can be selected according to many criteria to design custom problem sets. There are only winning positions, with no exercises on fighting for a draw.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In the <a href="http://www.chessgym.net" rel="nofollow">chessgym</a> you can train the standard endgames against the computer (An account is not necessary). </p>
  
  <p>Generally playing endgames out against an engine multiplies the effect of just reading about it. Ideally you'll try to win a won endgame against an engine and only then you use the book to find out what you could have done better. </p>
  
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Body: <p>What books or web-sources have people worked with to improve their endgame?</p>
  
  <p>I have gone over <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1890085103" rel="nofollow">Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master</a> and 
  <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1906454116" rel="nofollow">Understanding Chess Endgames</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I feel good about major piece endings but I am still tripping over BN vs NN or BB endings.</p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts, pointers?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # Endgame books or web-sources
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-31)
  
  What books or web-sources have people worked with to improve their endgame?
  
  I have gone over [Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1890085103) and
  [Understanding Chess Endgames](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1906454116).
  
  I feel good about major piece endings but I am still tripping over BN vs NN or BB endings.
  
  Any thoughts, pointers?
  
  **Tags:** endgame, books, bishop-endgame, knight-endgame
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: There is a good series of lichess endgame studies which starts here: https://lichess.org/study/wukLYIXj  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  A very interesting source is [100 Endgames You Must Know](https://www.newinchess.com/100_Endgames_You_Must_Know-p-388.html) by Jesús de la Villa. Jesús focuses in most common endgames, with a very practical approach and only 100 pages (Spanish version) long. I miss the K+Q vs K+R ending here, but it's a very recommendable book.
  
  More comprehensive books, and also longer and more dense, are [Fundamental Chess Endings](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/1901983536) by Muller and Lampretch and [Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/1941270042) by Dvoretsky. I've actually used the first one to check missing endgames in de la Villa book, as the K+Q vs K+R.
  
  These books are about theoretical endgames. Also both Dvoretsky's [School of Excellence](https://www.newinchess.com/School_of_Chess_Excellence___the_Complete_Series-p-1912.html) and Jacob Aagaard [Grand Master Preparation](https://www.newinchess.com/Grandmaster_Preparation___The_Series__Hardcovers_-p-2986.html) series have a book each about practical endgames play. I have read none of them, so I cannot give you my impressions about them.
  
  Another interesting book is [Practical Rook Endings](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0931462169) by Mednis, focused in rook endings that, as you know, are the most common ones.
  
  My personal advice is to start with de la Villa Book, to have Muller or Dvoretsky's manual as a reference (at least I cannot afford to study them), and study a book about practical endings.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-05-31. Score: 1
  
  The chess training website <http://chesstempo.com> has an environment for training endgames against computer. The positions can be selected according to many criteria to design custom problem sets. There are only winning positions, with no exercises on fighting for a draw.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-05-31. Score: 1
  
  In the [chessgym](http://www.chessgym.net) you can train the standard endgames against the computer (An account is not necessary).
  
  Generally playing endgames out against an engine multiplies the effect of just reading about it. Ideally you'll try to win a won endgame against an engine and only then you use the book to find out what you could have done better.
  
  
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