Chess Endgame Training

jlomo

About this game

IMPORTANT: this free and open source app will not receive updates, and will stop working on the latest versions of Android. In the future (from 2025) I will consider completely rewriting it including improvements suggested by users.
In any case, you can continue to enjoy the web version https://chess-endgame-trainer.web.app/

Practice a variety of well organized endgames. From the most elementary to the most complex, you can practice until you master all the engame types.
The application organizes the positions in basics (queen, a rook, two rooks), pawns, bishops, knights, rooks and queen. For each type it provides multiple positions to practice.
Do you resist the endings with two bishops, or pawns ...? Now you can practice those endings that are more difficult to master them all forever.
It includes 3384 positions organized into 8 categories and 129 subcategories, so you can easily find the type of endgame you want to practice.
Play against the syzygy tablebases or against the stockfish engine - when there are more than 7 pieces.
The application records your personal record in each position. It also allows you to solve each position automatically and review the movements once completed.
It includes challenges of mate and also of draw, for both white and black.

Ratings and reviews

Best endgame app I've seen. A couple suggestions: 1. Allow players to restart even if they mated, lost, or stalemated. Currently only allows seeing the moves. Have to leave and come back to restart. 2. Allow the user to see the number of moves for a perfect game the whole time. Ideally through a toggle. As it is now, you can only see the number of moves for a perfect game by making a perfect first move and then you only see the number for a perfect continuation. Hard to keep track of if wrong.

***My second review*** initially i gave one star because board not showing up. Now after software update the board is showing up. Now some ideas that would be nice to add to the app is endgame puzzles from actual games. I like the practice that you have with all pieces but it would be nice if you make a mistake the app telling you why the mistake. For example R + K vs K if the person dont know the technique to mate this app is useless to them. Thanks.

Possibly one of the most useful apps to improving my chess skill, and I recommend it to all of my students. No written instruction, but repeated practice and study can be just as insightful! Note to developers: There seems to be an issue with 3 pawns vs 2. Syzygy is saying the won endgames are drawn (giving you unfeasible mate on winning moves even a move away from checkmate) meanwhile #6/59 is a drawn position - really great puzzle but the goal says checkmate despite being impossible.

What's new

Upgrade internal components.