10 Most Important Chess Endgames (statistically)

Did you know that one endgame comes up in more than 15% of all chess games? Some endgames occur very frequently, and those are the ones we have to know best. I have listed 10 most common and most important chess endgames and tried to explain their basic ideas and principles. Practice against Noctie here: https://noctie.ai/?aff=q9yKD The statistical data was taken from Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht's excellent "Fundamental Chess Endings" (Gambit Publications Ltd., 2001, 11-12) 10 most common endgames are (in descending order): 1. rook vs rook endgames 8.45% 2. rook & bishop vs rook & knight endgames 6.76 3. two rooks vs two rooks endgames 3.45 4. rook & bishop vs rook & bishop (s.c.) endgames 3.37 5. bishop vs knight endgames 3.29 6. rook & knight vs rook & knight endgames 3.09 7. king & pawns vs king & pawns endgames 2.87 8. rook & bishop vs rook & bishop (o.c.) endgames 1.92 9. queen vs queen endgames 1.87 10. rook & bishop vs rook endgames 1.77 Rook and minor piece vs rook and minor piece endgames come up in more than 15% of all chess games played! They've been divided into separate endgames above to make things clearer. Become a Patron:   / hangingpawns   New chess merch: https://hanging-pawns-chess-merch.myt... More Merch on weird stuff like pillows: https://www.redbubble.com/people/hang... Follow me on lichess (write, ask, challenge): https://lichess.org/@/hpy Tournament fund: https://www.paypal.me/HangingPawns #chess