Questions about the Which Endgames to Learn poster

What’s on the Which Endgames to Learn poster?

A 8-row table: Priority · Endgame. Roughly by frequency and by value of knowing them. 1 — King and pawn vs king; the opposition; 2 — Lucena and Philidor rook positions; 3 — Basic mates: Q, R, two R; 4 — Rook and pawn vs rook, generally; 5 — Opposite-coloured bishops; 6 — Passed pawns and majorities; 7 — Bishop vs knight endings; 8 — Bishop and knight mate — last, and rarely. Rook endgames make up roughly half of all endgames that occur. Bishop and knight mate arises in well under one game in a thousand.

Who is the Which Endgames to Learn poster for?

Which Endgames to Learn belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning endgames can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Which Endgames to Learn poster?

Rook endgames are about half of all endgames. Learn them first. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Which Endgames to Learn belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Which Endgames to Learn?

Basic Checkmates, Bishop Endgames and King Activity sit alongside Which Endgames to Learn in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Basic CheckmatesBishop EndgamesKing Activity

Is the Which Endgames to Learn poster free to download and print?

Yes. Which Endgames to Learn downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Which Endgames to Learn poster print at?

Which Endgames to Learn is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Which Endgames to Learn loses nothing.Printing guide