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Chess endgames

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checkmate
right|thumb|upright=1.35|White and Black in chess|Black is checkmated and loses the game.
endgame
final stage of a chess game
chess problem
problem made with chess
endgame study
composed chess endgame position
opposition
in chess, when two kings face each other with only one square between them
Saavedra position
chess endgame study by Fernando Saavedra
triangulation
chess tactic to put one’s opponent in zugzwang
Lucena position
position in rook and pawn versus rook chess endgame
bishop and knight checkmate
chess endgame with a king, bishop, and knight against a lone king, which can almost always be checkmated with perfect play in at most 33 moves
EG
periodical literature
king and pawn versus king endgame
Chess endgame
endgame tablebase
a database of precalculated analysis of chess endgame positions
Philidor position
several positions in chess endgames
Tarrasch rule
in chess, general principle about chess middlegames and endgames that rooks should be placed behind passed pawns; stated by Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934)
two knights endgame
chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king, possibly with pawns
Réti endgame study
chess endgame study about king and pawn against king and pawn
opposite-colored bishops endgame
chess endgame in which each side has a single bishop, but the bishops reside on opposite-colored squares on the chessboard
Eugene Nalimov
Russian chess programmer
fortress
endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection that the opponent cannot penetrate
GBR code
system for representing classes of chess positions
key square
a square on the chessboard such that if a player's king can occupy it, he can force some gain such as the promotion of a pawn or the capture of an opponent's pawn
queen versus pawn endgame
chess endgame
pawnless chess endgame
rook and pawn versus rook endgame
chess endgame theory
domination
in chess, a situation in which a piece has a relatively wide choice of destination squares, but nevertheless cannot avoid being captured