@AOOP09 said in #3:
> Learn rook endgames first. Lucena and Philidor, especially.
> How can you do this? Well, just use a chess puzzle website/app (I would recommend chesspuzzles(.)net and chesstempo) and choose "rook endgames"(almost every website/app has this option).
I would not concentrate on special positions and techniques (such as Lucena) at first, since at least in my experience they occur very rarely in the endgames at this level.
The first thing I would look into is figuring out what the main concepts are to win endgames. How to activate your King or Rook? How to create weaknesses and target them? When to push your pawns? That way you can formulate a clear plan on how to approach each end game. You can also apply those principles to EVERY end game, instead of just a very narrow, specific position (such as Philidor or Lucena).
> Learn rook endgames first. Lucena and Philidor, especially.
> How can you do this? Well, just use a chess puzzle website/app (I would recommend chesspuzzles(.)net and chesstempo) and choose "rook endgames"(almost every website/app has this option).
I would not concentrate on special positions and techniques (such as Lucena) at first, since at least in my experience they occur very rarely in the endgames at this level.
The first thing I would look into is figuring out what the main concepts are to win endgames. How to activate your King or Rook? How to create weaknesses and target them? When to push your pawns? That way you can formulate a clear plan on how to approach each end game. You can also apply those principles to EVERY end game, instead of just a very narrow, specific position (such as Philidor or Lucena).