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Endgame tree

From many pieces down to the textbook position: which endgames arise in our games – and how they end.

Position of the example game Alexander Alekhine – A. Rico · Gijon, 1945 – White: Ka1, b2, a3, f4, g4; Black: Kb8, d5, b7, f7, g78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Part I · The families

Where the games lead.

A game counts in every endgame it stays in for a while – a game going from rook and bishop into a pure rook endgame is in both.

524,062reached an endgame
46 %of all games

White winsDrawBlack wins

♙ · 25,166 games

Pawn endgames

Only kings and pawns: every tempo counts.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Pawn endgame7,560 positions in the trainer 25,166

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Pawn endgame

Position of the example game Alexander Alekhine – A. Rico · Gijon, 1945 – White: Ka1, b2, a3, f4, g4; Black: Kb8, d5, b7, f7, g78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 35 moves: Alexander Alekhine – A. Rico · Gijon, 1945 · ½–½

From White's and Black's view

White wins 32 %Draw 41 %Black wins 26 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.

Lessons on it

♖ · 120,632 games

Rook endgames

The most frequent endgames of all – and the most drawish.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Rook vs. rook6,327 positions in the trainer 102,118
Two rooks vs. two rooks 34,983
Rook vs. pawns3,576 positions in the trainer 8,317
Two rooks vs. rook4 positions in the trainer 2,480
Two rooks vs. pawns1 position in the trainer 108

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Rook vs. rook

Position of the example game S. Vidit – M. Carlsen · 81st Tata Steel GpA, 2019 – White: Kg1, Rc4, f2, h2, g3, c5, d5; Black: Kg8, Rd7, g6, a7, e7, f7, h78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 30 moves: S. Vidit – M. Carlsen · 81st Tata Steel GpA, 2019 · ½–½

From White's and Black's view

White wins 30 %Draw 45 %Black wins 24 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.

Lessons on it

♗ · 117,988 games

Minor pieces

Bishops and knights: colors, squares, patience.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Bishop vs. knight800 positions in the trainer 35,271
Same-colored bishops426 positions in the trainer 17,721
Knight vs. knight691 positions in the trainer 17,553
Bishop and knight vs. bishop and knight 15,696
Opposite-colored bishops10 positions in the trainer 14,954
Two bishops vs. bishop and knight 12,249
Bishop vs. pawns1,078 positions in the trainer 9,631
Knight vs. pawns1,829 positions in the trainer 9,020
Bishop and knight vs. two knights 5,403
Bishop and knight vs. bishop7 positions in the trainer 2,891
Two bishops vs. two bishops 2,509
Bishop and knight vs. knight8 positions in the trainer 1,911

Rarer: Two bishops vs. bishop (1,678), Two bishops vs. two knights (1,523), Two knights vs. two knights (1,347), Bishop and knight vs. pawns (670), Two knights vs. knight (600), Two bishops vs. knight (536), Two knights vs. bishop (508), Two knights vs. pawns (222), Two bishops vs. pawns (156), Two bishops and knight vs. bishop (42), Bishop and two knights vs. bishop (33), Bishop and two knights vs. knight (27), Two bishops and knight vs. knight (20)

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Bishop vs. knight

Position of the example game Ding Liren – M. Carlsen · Carlsen-Ding Showdown G30, 2017 – White: Kg3, Bb1, f2, e3, a4, d4, h4, g5; Black: Kc7, Ne7, d5, c6, g6, a7, f7, g78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 35 moves: Ding Liren – M. Carlsen · Carlsen-Ding Showdown G30, 2017 · ½–½

From the stronger side's view

Stronger side wins 30 %Draw 39 %Weaker side wins 31 %

From White's and Black's view

White wins 34 %Draw 39 %Black wins 27 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.

♕ · 25,398 games

Queen endgames

Perpetual check lurks behind every move.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Queen vs. queen1,882 positions in the trainer 23,148
Queen vs. pawns763 positions in the trainer 2,604
Two queens vs. queen4 positions in the trainer 758
Two queens vs. two queens 131
Two queens vs. pawns 88

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Queen vs. queen

Position of the example game Paul Mross – Alexander Alekhine · Munich, 1941 – White: Kg1, Qe3, a2, b2, f2, g2, c3, h3; Black: Kg8, Qd5, b5, a6, f6, g6, c7, f78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 30 moves: Paul Mross – Alexander Alekhine · Munich, 1941 · ½–½

From White's and Black's view

White wins 30 %Draw 46 %Black wins 24 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.

♖♗ · 258,840 games

Rook and minor piece

Rook and minor piece: often the road to a pure rook endgame.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight 79,410
Rook and bishop vs. rook and bishop 63,354
Rook and knight vs. rook and knight 37,258
Rook and bishop vs. rook1,994 positions in the trainer 16,859
Rook vs. bishop623 positions in the trainer 16,338
Two rooks vs. rook and bishop 14,961
Rook and knight vs. rook265 positions in the trainer 14,417
Two rooks vs. rook and knight 10,216
Rook vs. knight1,055 positions in the trainer 9,837
Bishop and knight vs. rook1 position in the trainer 6,442
Rook and bishop vs. bishop and knight 6,395
Rook and knight vs. bishop and knight 3,535

Rarer: Rook and bishop vs. two bishops (2,665), Two bishops vs. rook (1,923), Rook and bishop vs. bishop (1,825), Rook and knight vs. two bishops (1,436), Two knights vs. rook (983), Rook and knight vs. bishop (902), Rook and bishop vs. two knights (873), Rook and knight vs. knight (847), Rook and bishop vs. knight (834), Rook, bishop and knight vs. rook (805), Rook and knight vs. two knights (701), Rook and bishop vs. pawns (471), Two rooks vs. bishop and knight (456), Rook and knight vs. pawns (446), Two rooks vs. bishop (225), Two rooks vs. two bishops (220), Rook and two bishops vs. rook (213), Rook and two knights vs. rook (184), Two rooks and bishop vs. rook (171), Two rooks and knight vs. rook (152), Two bishops and knight vs. rook (151), Two rooks vs. knight (125), Bishop and two knights vs. rook (111), Rook, bishop and knight vs. bishop (82), Two rooks vs. two knights (78), Rook, bishop and knight vs. pawns (51), Rook, bishop and knight vs. knight (50), Rook and two bishops vs. bishop (42)

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Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight

Position of the example game M. Carlsen – M. Gagunashvili · World Rapid 2021 – White: Kg2, Ra1, Be3, b2, c2, f2, d3, g3, h3, e4; Black: Ke8, Rc8, Ne6, b5, e5, g5, c6, d6, f7, g78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 31 moves: M. Carlsen – M. Gagunashvili · World Rapid 2021 · 1-0

From the stronger side's view

Stronger side wins 32 %Draw 37 %Weaker side wins 31 %

From White's and Black's view

White wins 35 %Draw 37 %Black wins 28 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.

♕♖ · 145,897 games

Queen and piece

Queen with a piece: still a lot of power on the board.

EndgameGamesOutcome
Queen and rook vs. queen and rook 41,090
Queen and bishop vs. queen and knight 20,766
Queen and bishop vs. queen and bishop 16,245
Queen and rook vs. queen and bishop 10,801
Queen and knight vs. queen and knight 9,388
Queen and rook vs. queen and knight 7,218
Queen and bishop vs. queen5 positions in the trainer 5,630
Queen vs. rook and bishop2 positions in the trainer 5,415
Queen vs. rook570 positions in the trainer 4,451
Queen and knight vs. queen76 positions in the trainer 4,436
Queen and rook vs. queen34 positions in the trainer 4,251
Two rooks vs. queen2 positions in the trainer 3,950

Rarer: Queen vs. rook and knight (3,377), Rook, bishop and knight vs. queen (1,426), Queen and rook vs. rook (1,411), Queen and bishop vs. rook and bishop (1,127), Queen and bishop vs. two rooks (1,111), Queen and rook vs. two rooks (1,012), Two rooks and bishop vs. queen (1,011), Queen vs. knight (866), Queen vs. bishop (779), Queen and knight vs. two rooks (699), Two rooks and knight vs. queen (650), Queen and knight vs. rook and bishop (642), Queen and rook vs. rook and bishop (638), Queen vs. bishop and knight (594), Queen, rook and bishop vs. queen (555), Queen and bishop vs. rook and knight (551), Queen and rook vs. rook and knight (500), Rook and two bishops vs. queen (487), Queen and knight vs. rook and knight (442), Queen and bishop vs. bishop (392), Queen, bishop and knight vs. queen (375), Queen, rook and knight vs. queen (374), Queen and bishop vs. rook (374), Queen and bishop vs. pawns (274), Queen and knight vs. rook (250), Queen vs. two bishops (244), Queen and rook vs. pawns (241), Rook and two knights vs. queen (231)

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Queen and rook vs. queen and rook

Position of the example game Garry Kasparov – Anatoly Karpov · World Championship 35th-KK5, 1990 – White: Kh2, Qh4, Rg3, g2, h3, f5; Black: Kh8, Qe5, Rd8, b5, d5, f6, h78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Example from the database, after 42 moves: Garry Kasparov – Anatoly Karpov · World Championship 35th-KK5, 1990 · ½–½

From White's and Black's view

White wins 36 %Draw 37 %Black wins 28 %

Most frequent exact material

The number on the right: games whose endgame began with exactly this material. Only material of at most 5 men leads to the trainer – as far as the tablebase reaches that checks every solution.