100 Endgames You Must Know Pgn !new! May 2026

Ask any club player what separates a 1600-rated expert from a 2000-rated master, and they will likely give the same answer: Nothing is more frustrating than outplaying an opponent for 35 moves, only to blunder a drawn king-and-pawn endgame or mishandle a rook-and-pawn versus rook scenario. This is where the legendary book 100 Endgames You Must Know by GM Jesus de la Villa enters the stage—and its accompanying PGN database is the ultimate training weapon. What is "100 Endgames You Must Know"? First published in 2008 (and updated since), de la Villa’s book cut through the clutter. Instead of drowning readers in theoretical tablebases, he identified exactly 100 theoretical endgame positions that every serious player—from advanced beginner to aspiring master—must know cold. These are not random puzzles. They are the practical, recurring, and often decisive endgames that appear over and over in human play.

Because in chess, as in life, endings matter most. Do you have a favorite endgame from the 100? Or a horror story of blundering a drawn position? Share it in the comments below. 100 endgames you must know pgn

Download the . Load it into your favorite chess app. Practice one endgame today. Then another tomorrow. Ask any club player what separates a 1600-rated

A PGN (Portable Game Notation) file is a plain-text format that stores chess moves. When loaded into any chess software (Lichess, ChessBase, Chess.com’s analysis board, or Scid), a PGN transforms a static position into an . First published in 2008 (and updated since), de