P.L. Chess Endgame Course

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Peter Lalic
Peter Lalic, whose parents are GM Bogdan Lalic and IM Susan Lalic, has created an endgame series that covers the most essential endgame ideas in brief video clips.

Endgame Study by SeanGGodley

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Irish amateur Sean G. Godley has created a video series on strategic endgames based on the book, Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy, at his superb chess channel on YouTube.  The greatest export from Ireland since Irish Spring .

Endgame Course by ChessVideos.tv

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I compiled the below list consisting of free videos created by amateurs, for amateurs.  I omitted certain videos for quality reasons. (Others I may have simply missed.)  Updated Nov. 16, 2013!

Note: The numbers represent threads at www.chessvideos.tv.  For each web address, just add the number at the end of this string: http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=

Pawn Endgames
KP vs. K
  • 144 intro, promotion of single pawn
  • 5382 concept of "key squares"
  • 5483 promotion of single rook-pawn
  • 6928 demo of EG simulator

KPP vs. K
  • 3588 two pawns against lone king

General pure pawn endgames
  • 3671 intro to pawn endgames, video contest winner
  • 1228 intro to the "square" of a passed pawn
  • 219 based on Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
  • 9690 practical example
  • 9100 

Ruy Lopez, Exchange: pure pawn endgame
  • 9219 intro & concepts
  • 9249 vs. computer

Breakthrough combinations
  • 795 3 vs. 3 without kings, Australian accent
  • 3604 (same thing but Danish accent)
  • 821 4 vs. 4 without kings
  • 1012 3 vs. 2 with kings

Triangulation themes

Stalemate themes
  • 2349 composition (error)
  • 2571 example, Chigorin - Tarrasch (1905)

Race themes
  • 5609 related to Q vs. P(7th)
  • 668 composition, KPP vs. KPP

Endgame training series
  • 6844 pt.1 by Hitchhiker
  • 6846 pt.2 by Hitchhiker
  • 6927 pt.3 by Hitchhiker

Minor Piece Endgames
Mate with B+B

Mate with B+N

Intro to N vs. N and B vs. B
Bishops of opposite
  • 6325 example, pawns fixed on "wrong" color

Bishops of same
  • 501 BP vs. B
  • 6425 BP vs. B classic Centurini study
  • 6203 example with many pawns
  • 9299 Smyslov - Keres 1951
  • 9090 on planning

Knight endgames
  • 6837 basic knight endgames 1
  • 6867 basic knight endgames 2
  • 11476 Goganov - Shmoev, 2013: race & stalemate themes

Other
  • 4486 example, N vs. B
  • 1366 composition, B+N coordination theme
  • 4387 defending w/ N vs. B, fortress theme

Endgame Tactics, Misc.
  • 4648 van Perlo's endgame fireworks
  • 1027 unassisted pawn march theme

Chess Beauty by Kamus: A series of uniformly excellent videos covering rad endgame problems.  It is recommended to attempt to solve each with a board and a (~10 minute) timer before viewing the complete video.
Rook Endgames
Mate with single R

Intro to R endgames
R + 1P vs. R
  • 356 Lucena position
  • 365 Philidor draw
  • 1120 Curtains' blitz game reaches typical Philidor draw
  • 2384 Zibbit's advanced example of many drawing techniques including "R on long side"

RR vs. RR

R vs. PPP

Strategic examples and studies
  • 1086 Botvinnik creates connected passed pawns
  • 4429 TheSalesman converts an extra pawn
  • 6801 defense of pawn-down R endgame
  • 9817 master analysis of club game
  • 11033 IM shows examples from Tata Steel 2013

Tactical examples and studies
  • 6307 complex example re R placement, Lucena theme
  • 6723 surprising example, promotion theme
  • 748 composition, zugzwang theme
  • 676 famous Saavedra composition, stalemate theme

Rook(s) with Minor(s)
R+P's vs. B+P's
  • 6225 example GM game, analyzed by peter91
  • 6253 example GM game, analyzed by peter91
  • 7142 example GM game, analyzed by peter91
  • 7232 example

1 R vs. 1 N

1 R vs. 1 B

B vs. N with R+P's
  • 3417 strong B vs. weak N
  • 2445 strong BB vs. weak NN
  • 3673 bad B vs. strong N

R + N endgame
  • 10423 Akobian - Seirawan 2012

RBpp vs. Rppp
  • 9142 advanced tutorial

R+P's vs. BN+P's

Compositions
  • 5812 del Rio position (errors)
  • 1326 composed study

Queen Endgames
Q vs. R

Q vs. RR

Q vs. P on 7th

QR vs. QR
  • 6456 example endgame (error)
  • 1350 tutorial on heavy-piece endgames

Free Online Tablebases

6-man tablebases by Shredder
6-man tablebases by ChessOK

Free Endgame Stuff on the Web

150 historic endgames in PGN format, generously offered by Jan van Reek.
Endgame Corner by GM Karsten Muller: articles in PDF.
Endgame Studies in PDF and Chessbase format.

Commercial ($)

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Chess.com
IM Danny Rensch's series on rook endgames is especially useful.
ChessLecture.com - See especially GM Jesse Kraai's series on Smyslov Endgames.

ChessBase DVDs - GM Karsten Muller's endgame series is pricey but highly-regarded.