Silman’s Complete Endgame Course From Beginner to Master by IM Alex Banzea

This Rating-Based Guide Breaks Down
Endgame Mastery Into Achievable
200-Point Increments

It tells you — when you’re ready to know — what you need to know to ace endings at your current level. It builds on that foundation with progressive lessons, preparing you for your next 200-point breakthrough. Rinse and repeat. All the way to master level!

In almost every area of life, we learn the easy stuff first then move up in difficulty.

So why do endgame books drop 10-move pawn calculation puzzles — or the “once in 6,000 games” bishop-and-knight mate — right from the start!?

After seeing countless students cower from endgames, International Master Jeremy Silman took matters in his own hands and created Silman’s Complete Endgame Course.

Instead of organizing endings by type, its stepladder approach coaches you based on rating…

Which ensures you have everything you need to ace endgames at your current bracket and step up to the next — without being worn down by information that’s too advanced for you yet.

Silman drew from his decades-long experience coaching players of all levels and answering readers’ questions online — then charted the level-appropriate lessons for every rating range.

And to ensure you squeeze every endgame-empowering insight from the course:

Award-winning author International Master Alex Banzea added 10 hours of instruction to this MoveTrainer edition. Not only to dissect the positions and analysis…

But to also share his personal take and triumphs featuring the endgames inside — as well as his bitter losses, so you can avoid them.

Sets You Up for Success Today and
Supports You All The Way
to Master Level

Silman’s Complete Endgame Course has 9 chapters, with the skill level increasing from “unrated” to 2399 USCF by 200 point-increments.

Enough to push just beyond your comfort zone for long-term improvement — minus the steep and slippery learning curve.

This way, you’ll be able to take a simple technique meant for, say the under-1200 bracket, like the “opposition”…

“Taking The Opposition”
The basic technique for displacing the enemy
king — so yours can invade their position

Build on it with another technique just a step above the first one, like the “fox in the chicken coup”…

“Fox In The Chicken Coup”
With the black king busy with the b-pawn, the white king
rushes to the kingside like a fox, and gobbles the
helpless chickens on f6 and g5

And ultimately unravel endgames which even tablebases — those multi-terabyte databases specialized in solving endings — cannot handle!

Today’s tablebases cannot solve this endgame. But
you can, without breaking a sweat. Thanks to
“opposition” and “fox in the chicken coup”!

That’s just one example. Inside, you’ll also be shown:

🔥 All of the basic mates explained… plus time-savers like the “Staircase” and the “Shrinking Box” to ease your task of winning.

🔥 Foundational concepts upon which your mastery will be built — including the “Opposition,” “Square of the Pawn,” and “Triangulation.”

🔥 Simple shortcuts to show you the right move or plan at a glance. From counting squares, drawing imaginary rectangles, to comparing square color.

🔥 Decisive maneuvers that break down even the toughest of defenses. You’ll be introduced to the “Fox in the Chicken Coup,” the “Principle of Two Weaknesses,” “The Cat & Mouse”…

And many more.

Even better:

With Silman and Banzea’s “easy to understand” style of teaching, you might find yourself moving up past your level — AND enjoying the process. Something your endgame and rating will love!

But don’t take our word for it. Sign up for the course and see for yourself.