Endgame Labyrinths Tactics/Endgame course by Quality Chess GM Jacob Aagaard Chessable PGN Only Feb 16, 2024

These 1,002 Tough But Solvable Studies Will
Push Your Calculation, Piece Play, And
Endgame Skills To New Heights

Endgame Labyrinths isn’t a “best endgame studies” course. It’s a “boost your chess with endgame studies” course — tailored for the advanced player aiming for mastery.

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard came up with the idea for it in a study-solving group.

A Scottish chess champion and a FIDE senior trainer, Aagaard ranks among the best coaches in the world. He’s also the only author to win all 4 “Book of the Year” awards from the English Chess Federation, Chesscafe, Association of Chess Professionals, and FIDE.

But even with his immense playing strength and rich coaching experience…

Aagaard found most endgame studies not only impossible to solve… but also hardly beneficial. Not their 30-move solutions and incomprehensible maneuvers!

That’s why Aagaard brought in Steffen Nielsen.

Nielsen was the 2022 World Champion of Chess Composition. He’s also a strong 2100-rated expert, who’s familiar with the challenges of over-the-board chess.

The studies he’s composed are visually pleasing and highly tactical. They’re a real-skill builder for the ambitious player willing to solve them.

Looks like a rook endgame from a blitz crunch…
but White’s saving tactic here will push
your foresight to the next level!

And in this course:

Aagaard and Nielsen bring you 1,002 of these challenging but solvable endgame studies. Condensed in their solutions and accompanied with a point system. So you can measure your progress and…

Sharpen Your Decision-Making
Skills to a Fine Edge

Endgame Labyrinths presents game-like calculation scenarios. You’ll visualize combinations, eliminate candidate moves, and grow your grit. All while having the freedom to make mistakes without dropping Elo.

You can’t help but visualize and calculate better after solving
moves like 5.Nd3! — stopping the pawn or deflecting
the black king into a skewer

The course also explores the potential of the pieces with minimal “noise” — feeding your imagination and knack for piece play…

The shocking 3…Be6!! and the following desperados
showcase the bishop’s power in an open position

While practical endgame techniques are on display.

See how good ol’ “triangulation” saves
the half-point for White

The studies in Endgame Labyrinths also contain 43 themes and tactics which come up in real games.

Best part? They link to model endgame studies. So you can see the theme in action. Internalize its mechanics. And apply the theme to solve a puzzle or swing the game to your favor.

💯 From attacking the king to deliver mate, or distract the defender from the action…

💯 “Making haste slowly” with pawns — so you don’t fall into zugzwang and fumble the ball…

💯 Repeating moves with a systematic maneuver to steer the position closer to victory…

💯 To dominating an enemy piece so hard, you might as well be up in material!

Aagaard and Nielsen organized the studies by endgame type. So if you enjoy pawn, knight, or rook endgames more than others, you can dive straight into the appropriate chapter.

You’ll also find chapters dedicated to popular match-ups in actual play… like “piece versus pawns” or “rook versus minor piece” endings.

Plus, you’ll also have a shot at “beating” a panel of GMs and IMs. Or at least, compare your abilities in finding tactics and nuances in an almost empty board.

We’re confident that Endgame Labyrinths can give your chess a massive boost — especially your calculation, piece play, and endgame skills…