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x1920

If you don't like endgames you will never become world champion, lol.

Actually, world champions NEVER play endgames, the one who gets way behind always resigns as long as it's a clear victory. So to beat Magnus Carlsen you just have to get way ahead in the midgame, then look him straight in the eye with an expression like "Really? Really, you're going to play this? I thought you were world champion, wait, am I even playing Carlsen here let me see your name tag..." pawn endgames are all in the eyes. . .

:-P

>If you don't like endgames you will never become world champion, lol. Actually, world champions NEVER play endgames, the one who gets way behind always resigns as long as it's a clear victory. So to beat Magnus Carlsen you just have to get way ahead in the midgame, then look him straight in the eye with an expression like "Really? Really, you're going to play this? I thought you were world champion, wait, am I even playing Carlsen here let me see your name tag..." pawn endgames are all in the eyes. . . :-P

pepidda

#12

Well in my opinion there is not much you can do but make your own experiences. That is, play long time control serious games and try to figure it out. And when the above mentioned happens and you throw away a half point or worse in a crucial situation, analyze the (end)game with a better player and have him tell you why your play was wrong and learn from that.
In my opinion most endings you will get are far too specific to be able to study them from a book. Obviously you should know the basics such as lucena, philidor positions etc. but other than that it´s mostly trial and error.
PS: i never understood Dvoretzki either. At the same time he recommends his books for players who want to become grandmasters or maybe very "ambitious amateurs 2200+". so i guess that´s okay.

i know that feeling very well. Especially in the first phase of an endgame you feel like there is a number of moves that is decent And i think a lot of times this is true aswell. The important part comes later on in the endgame, where an ok move might cost you a win in a better position or a bad move might lose you the game in a worse position. So what to do against that? Well in my opinion there is not much you can do but make your own experiences. That is, play long time control serious games and try to figure it out. And when the above mentioned happens and you throw away a half point or worse in a crucial situation, analyze the (end)game with a better player and have him tell you why your play was wrong and learn from that. In my opinion most endings you will get are far too specific to be able to study them from a book. Obviously you should know the basics such as lucena, philidor positions etc. but other than that it´s mostly trial and error. PS: i never understood Dvoretzki either. At the same time he recommends his books for players who want to become grandmasters or maybe very "ambitious amateurs 2200+". so i guess that´s okay.

achja

#13

@x1920 #11

Actually, world champions NEVER play endgames ...

That is an incorrect statement.

Here is just 2 famous and awesome endgame examples by chess world champions :

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067121
(Karpov-Kasparov)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128889
(Spassky-Fischer)

And here a game where Tal wins against endgame genius Smyslov in ... an endgame :
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1125953

@x1920 #11 >> Actually, world champions NEVER play endgames ... That is an incorrect statement. Here is just 2 famous and awesome endgame examples by chess world champions : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067121 (Karpov-Kasparov) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128889 (Spassky-Fischer) And here a game where Tal wins against endgame genius Smyslov in ... an endgame : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1125953