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How to get better at endgames?

I am very bad at endgames, and want to get better. (Because being bad at endgames affects my opening choices, and there are lines I don't play because opponent can trade queens in one of the sublines.)

I have J.Nunn's Understanding Chess Endgames (idk actual title, it is translated) and a few other endgame books. Is studying those carefully enough to have a good understanding of endgames? If not, what else should I do?

Before you suggest books I should warn you:
Most chess books are not translated to Turkish (and you can not find originals), and they ship or such, but that will take time, money (and turkish lira's constantly decreasing value makes it worse) and effort. And I don't want to buy more books.
„100 Endgames you must know“ is sufficient up to FM level. But you need tons of praxis, either way.

PS: I read Dvoretzky‘s Endgame manual within 16 months. De la Villa took me 16 days...
To improve on your endgames, there is this word that you must value: Practice! The more you practice, the better you will get at endgames. Play more games, read books and solve puzzles. Soon you will be a professional at endgames!
Understanding Chess Endgames is indeed one of the best endgame book out there and studying it carefully is enough to have a good understanding of endgames, provided you have a lot of practice.
So it is better not to avoid endgames. The more endgames you lose, the more experience you get. You have to be in the water to learn swimming.

Play through some Carlsen games. He outplays fellow top grandmasters in even endgames. Look and learn. Games are free at no cost.

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