How do you practice endgame?

You are learning young grass hopper.

I've copied all the examples from müller's endgame dvds into a chessbase database, so I can load them up to fritz and use the endgame training mode. which is basically just playing the position against fritz, until I can blitz it correctly no matter what fritz does. I tend to do it without tablebases, as they tend to make it quite predictable.

it's hard to force an engine to play the best defenses though, as it tends to head for longest lines instead of difficulties. meaning it simply drops everything and heads for the longest elementary mate. so often you need to 'help' it a little by making its move after a quick consultation of infinite analysis.

Read an endgames manual. The tools in that books are 99% of everything you need to know. The rest is when its too complicated for a book to tell you. Know the basic endgames and endgames up to the master level and you should be fine. No need in practicing them when you know the ideas. Its like riding a bike after you know how its no challenge when getting back on.

I occasionally use Convekta CD `Theory and Practice of Chess Endings' by Panchenko. It has an explanatory part and a lot of practical exercises to be solved playing against computer. Highly recommended.

Originally posted by gundel
I occasionally use Convekta CD `Theory and Practice of Chess Endings' by Panchenko. It has an explanatory part and a lot of practical exercises to be solved playing against computer. Highly recommended.

It's probaby in Polish too, not everyone here speaks Polski.😕

Originally posted by EmLasker
It's probaby in Polish too, not everyone here speaks Polski.😕

of course it is in English, never seen any chess program in Polish 😳

Originally posted by gundel
of course it is in English, never seen any chess program in Polish 😳

how about in reverse polish?