How to learn endgame stuff?

Hey guys,

I'm relatively new to chess (at least playing it a lot).
I play mostly 5+3 Blitz, because I need some thinking time,
but there are also a lot of positions where my game doesn't get
better even if I think a lot, because I simply don't know what to do.
So 5+3 works fine for me.
One thing that happens a lot to me is that I end up in a late
middlegame/endgame with a +1 or +2 advantage, but then just
lose (part of it is because time is missing of course).
So how do you win "won games"?
How do you practice endgames? Do you just make stuff up and play
it against perfect stockfish?
Is there a database with 'won endgames to know'?
I don't really like the endgame puzzles...

greetings

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Playing out endgames against the computer is an excellent way to train, but you'll want to learn the ideas first and then practice implementing them instead of just trying to win haphazardly.

If you like books there a few options. Yasser Seirawan's "Winning Chess Endings" is quick and simple and good. Jesus de la Villa's "100 Endgames You Must Know" is great because it's organized in a way that you can take one ending at a time, read through the explanation, and then practice it against a computer. I haven't read Jeremy Silman's "Complete Endgame Course" but a lot of people love it and it is also laid out in a way that you can progress from simple to more complex and go as far as you want.

I'm sure there are good videos if you prefer that, and there are some good lichess studies about endgames, including a series by NoseKnowsAll. Here's his "Beginner Endgames You Must Know" to get started:

@TheKingClash said in #2:
> "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Frank Lamprecht and Karsten Müller is a good endgame book.

Way too tough, I spent some years. Same for Dvoretzky.

"100 Endgames You Must Know" ist perfectly fine.

@gruenkohl94 how far is your knowledge about the endgames? Zero or something? Do you know the basic mates? (Queen, rook, bishops)?
There are some good books about endgames:
- Silman - complete end course
- capa - chess fundamentals
- agostini - basic chess

For more advance stuff: (mentioned before)
- dvoretsky
- 100 endgames
- fce

As well you can find some help in lichess through the training, or a lot of studies.

The most difficult task in chess is win a won game. You are not alone. ;)

I hope this helps

And of course as you say, for the hardest part of the game we end up getting the least time. :)

imo, figure out what you want to do to win the endgame (take which pawns, push which pawns, where you want your king, etc), then probably practice against stockfish
try a mix of levels of stockfish so your opponent doesn't always play the exact same moves
probably a good way to figure out which pawns to take and push is to figure out the fastest way to promote a pawn safely, assuming your opponent won't stop you but will capture pawns if possible

Hands down, without a doubt Jermey Silman - Complete Endgame Course. It is one of the greatest endgame books and one all chess players should have.

@gruenkohl94 said in #1:
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm relatively new to chess (at least playing it a lot).
> I play mostly 5+3 Blitz, because I need some thinking time,
> but there are also a lot of positions where my game doesn't get
> better even if I think a lot, because I simply don't know what to do.
> So 5+3 works fine for me.
> One thing that happens a lot to me is that I end up in a late
> middlegame/endgame with a +1 or +2 advantage, but then just
> lose (part of it is because time is missing of course).
> So how do you win "won games"?
> How do you practice endgames? Do you just make stuff up and play
> it against perfect stockfish?
> Is there a database with 'won endgames to know'?
> I don't really like the endgame puzzles...
>
> greetings

Quite interesting question actually. Honestly, I can't say I have trained endgame technique specially. Just watch some very strong players commenting their games (which really can explain, what they do). There are a lot of pattens: if you know them you have a plan and you are able to play fast without thinking much.
Other nice way, obviously, is reading and working with chess books, especially chess endgames books. They must be fine.
Another one nice, but the longest way, is to play games and analyse afterwards. Especially if that is rapid or classical, so you should have a decent time to think (sometimes to think a lot) about the position. It will improve your play definitely. Stockfish sometimes is not understandable, so that's why you need something else to understand most of the moves.
And the shortest way, in my opinion, is to find a chess coach. He will explain everything and fast, but coaching costs much, so I can't definitely advice that way.
And the best way is to mix all the ways but not too much: chess is not just an engdame :)
And if you want to improve — the most important thing in every case — you will, be sure :)