>>505482936This is hard, but once you understand them you will see that they are useful. There are two types of endgames. 1. Practical 2. Theoretical
You want to learn the theoretical ones first
>Rook vs King/ Queen vs king / 2 sirs vs kingThen you can enter the world of king and pawn endgames. You'll learn about opposition, draw endgames...
There are many of them, and the good thing about them is that you can get to one of these theoretical endgames and draw or win if you know your shit. Like for example, drawing an endgame against a black bishop because you beforehand sacrificed a piece so you double his pawns on the h file and now he will never queen because they can't get you out of the h1 white square, and the game is a draw.
Then you have the practical endgames, and these endgames are the ones that people like Karpov, Petrosian, and Capablanca were good at. There are certain rules, but experience and knowledge of the game are important here, you would have to read annotated games of masters to get the gist of it.
>books>Silman's Complete Endgame Course>Soviet Chess Primer (this book talks about every phase of the game but touches on a lot of endgames because the Soviets were known for their prowess as solid players. >Chess endings: Essential Knowledge by Yuri Averbakh>100 Endgames You Must Know by De la VillaChoose 1 of them, the one that you like the most (either by prose or examples or whatever), and just study it, but don't saturate yourself, learn 2 endgames, and practice them against the computer until you understand them and feel good about them and then you can continue.
You can do some simple studies to get you started. Pic related.
Here you are black, you have to draw the game. What would you do? There are tactics, plans, and strategies in the endgame as well.
