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Since when is it necessary to teach chess ending to students?

soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:16 pm

Since when is it necessary to teach chess ending to students?

When they reach positions with extra material that they don't know how to win. Or defend to a drawn position and then lose it.

So whenever the student wants?

1) teach how the pieces move and value of pieces
2) teach forks, pins, skewers etc
3) teach basic mates
4) teach endings...

I once taught a junior 6 endgames in 30 minutes. 3 Kind and pawn(s) v King, two Rook and pawn v rook and a Bishop v Knight, where the Knight dominated. A small number of thoughts and ideas about the endgame is always useful to the improving chess player.

I agree with Kevin. Teach basic checkmates first. Also make sure they know en passant rule. I remember learning the basics at Primary school. No one explained en passant until I was at Secondary school in a match. My opponent played en passant and I accused him of cheating. The teacher from the other school then explained it to me. You'll be surprised how many times this can occur in endgames and how it can crucial for the result.
Don't forget also under promotion. I remember watching a game and if this pawn promoted to a queen it was stalemate, however it was under promoted to a knight and it was checkmate instead.