best end game pieces to have...

it is just me or do the knights seem a lot more powerful during the end game; i for one hate playing against knights at the end; trying to work out a pawn promotion with those hopping around like crazy gets me every time! i was recently playing an end game where i could have sacrificed my queen for two rooks; with regard to points it seems a good deal, yet i decided to keep the queen, still felt i had the upperhand for some reason and i won... its strange how points seem to lose all perspective once the end game comes around... to give an example, would anyone still value a pawn as having only one point at this stage?

How dare you disrespect the Bishop God!

A king is the best end game piece to have.

Knights are best with lots of pieces on the board. As pieces come off, the knight loses strength.

Sorry, but you seem to have it backwards.

a knight is best for closed positions, and a bishop is best for open positions, generally. The king is a mighty powerful weapon so you should (as safely as possible) march your king up as early on in the endgame as you see fit to go where the action is. Its like the aim is to keep him alive til the endgame then bring him out to promote a pawn, or win the endgame somehow.

Dont qoute me on that, my endgames are terrible.

2 knights in the end-game are very strong....even in an open position...because they can protect each other.

If they work together they can keep an enemy peice trapped in the corner while you focus on other aspects of the game etc etc

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Knights are best with lots of pieces on the board. As pieces come off, the knight loses strength.

Sorry, but you seem to have it backwards.

I like Queens in the endgame. Especially when my opponent doesn't have any.

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Well besides the obvious choice of a Queen I would have to say that keeping both your rooks into the endgame where your opponent has one can usually secure a victory assuming that there are no grave positional disadvantages

In the endgame I like to have a queen or two and both rooks, plus one knight and one bishop. That generally works out well for me....plus it doesn't hurt to have three connected passed pawns on the 7th rank.

Which is stronger?



Black to move!

With only a few pieces on the board a bishop can restrict the knights movement in a way the knight cannot restrict the bishop.
Also 2 bishops can deliver mate but 2 knights cannot.

Originally posted by GreatSantini
In the endgame I like to have a queen or two and both rooks, plus one knight and one bishop. That generally works out well for me....plus it doesn't hurt to have three connected passed pawns on the 7th rank.

Originally posted by metbierop
this kind of endgame is called "middlegame"

Especially when your opponent has about the same pieces,...
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