3/18/2024 – Endgame training on the computer is much easier and more efficient than it used to be. The quickest way to learn is with a good coach. Surya Ganguly was Anand’s second for a long time, but he is also great at teaching the basics, as he does with his course “Endgame Essentials”. Unmissable!
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No longer tedious
Older players will remember that learning endgame theory from books used to be a bit tedious: building up the position, replaying the pattern variation, rebuilding, replaying the first minor variation, rebuilding, replaying the sub-variation of the minor variation, rebuilding, replaying the second minor variation, etc. This has changed fundamentally with the computer. How nice! It’s even nicer when you’re also provided with explanations of the meaning of the individual moves - in a video lesson, for example.
In this video course, GM Surya Ganguly joins IM Sagar Shah and drawing from his colossal experience, shares some uncommon endgame wisdom. The material mostly features positions with rook against rook and a pawn, and starts by covering the fundamentals.
Indian grandmaster Surya Ganguly has provided such lessons in his new and already highly acclaimed two-volume course “Endgame Essentials”.
Ganguly was Anand’s second in several World Championship bouts and surely analysed more complex problems for the world champion. However, in this video course, he proves that he is also good at teaching the basics.
The course is particularly useful for less experienced players, but the level then rises quickly. The course is also suitable as a refresher for experienced club and tournament players. You’ll be amazed at what you don’t know but should know (maybe you’ve forgotten?)
Here are two examples of how Ganguly explains this, intended as a little appetiser for all those who actually need to do a bit more to improve their endgame knowledge. Sitting next to him for support is IM Sagar Shah, who asks the right questions. And both have a lot of fun with the examples shown, which is quickly transferred to the student and spectator.
Also available separately.
Lucena Position
From Surya Ganguly - Endgame Essentials you need to know Vol.1
Or are you already quite strong in the endgame? Then the following test (from volume 2) will be easy for you. Even grandmasters can fail, as you will note!
From Surya Ganguly - Endgame Essentials you need to know Vol.1: Test Position
Here are the two examples again, on replayable boards.
In this video course, GM Surya Ganguly joins IM Sagar Shah and drawing from his colossal experience, shares some uncommon endgame wisdom. The material mostly features positions with rook against rook and a pawn, and starts by covering the fundamentals.
In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for.
Tata Steel 2026 with analyses by Bluebaum, Giri, L'Ami, Woodward and many more. Opening videos by Kasimdzhanov, Marin and Zwirs. 10 exciting opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
In this course, Dutch Grandmaster Jan Werle presents a modern and practical repertoire in the French Advance Variation, focusing on the critical line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3.
One of the major battlegrounds of the Queen’s Gambit Declined is the Catalan, and against it Zwirs chose an ambitious strategy: accept the pawn and hold onto it with …c6 and …b5, aiming for an unbalanced fight from the very start.
In almost every chess game there comes a moment when you just can’t go on without tactics. You must strike to not giving away the advantage you have worked for the whole game.
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