Despite the endgame being where many chess games are won or lost, many beginners overlook learning the phase, opting instead to study more glamorous aspects of chess, such as tactics, checkmating ...

Playing chess endgames successfully is an important aspect of becoming a champion. As in the openings there are certain principles to follow. Over time and in different eras we have witnessed some ...

Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World Blitz title in Doha on Tuesday on the back of some endgame wizardry that even ...