1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players + PGN Oct 31, 2025

How Do You Fix the “Puzzle-to-Game”
Disconnect And Build Real
Tactical Awareness?

Solve these 1,001 clutter-free endgame exercises by IM Thomas Willemze. No crowded boards clouding your vision. Just a few pieces coordinating like clockwork. So you can finally see how chess tactics happen — and actually pull them off in your games!

Imagine playing a game so smooth, building a position so dominant.

But your win never comes. Somehow, your opponent escapes with a draw or worse.

So you plug the game into the engine.

And there they are — 3 missed tactics.

You would’ve found them in puzzles. But in a real game, you just overlook them.

Why the “puzzle-to-game” disconnect?

Because most puzzles are too cluttered.

They’re set in the middlegame with too many pieces and too much going on. They drain brainpower you could’ve used to truly understand the tactic. So in a real game, nothing clicks.

That’s why International Master Thomas Willemze created 1,001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players.