100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player by Jesus de la Villa
Jesus de la Villa's book takes the reader through all the important endgames and the ideas behind them.
Best Chess Endgame books
In order to win a chess match you must know your endgames! After you have mastered the typical endgames and are able to mate the lone king with a queen and a rook, it's time to turn to more complicated endgames. Here are some of our favorite chess endgame books of all time.
Silman’s Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master, by Jeremy Silman (2006)
Silman is a great writer and his endgame course takes you through a series of endgames studies from beginner to master levels. A great starting point to improve your endgames.
Fundamental Chess Endings, by Karsten Muller (2001)
Extremely well collected collection of chess endings, a true encyclopaedia of chess endings.
Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual, by Mark Dvoretsky (2011)
Our favourite endgame book! We recommend all of Dvoretsky’s chess manual books and this is probably the best one of them.
Do you feel like something is missing? Submit your own resources!
Newsletter
Never miss a thing! Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated.
About
Chessfort is the best collection of chess resources online and offline.