choosing a better endgame position for your endgame
Selection of chess endgames featuring a player improving his position for a winning endgame
white creates an easy winning cahnce by creating a free pawn!
1.Qxf7+ Qxf7 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Rxf8+ Kxf8 4.Kxf2
White trading queens and weaking his pawn structure to attack defensless black pawns later!
1.Qh4 Qd7 2.Qd8+ Qxd8 3.Bxd8 Nd7 4.Bc7
White is winning by creating a passive enemy bishop!
1.Bxb5 axb5 2.e5 Ke7 3.Ke3 Kd8 4.Kd4 f6 5.b4 fxe5+ 6.Kxe5 Ke7 7.f4 h5 8.g3 Bd7 9.Nb3 Bc6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.h3 g6 12.h4 Kf7 13.Kd6
Position where a single rook is stronger than two minor pieces!
1... Ba3 2.Qxa3 Bxc4
White senses that the endgame position after trading queens will be in favour for his knight!
1.Qc2 Qxc2 2.Nxc2 Kg6 3.Kf3 Be8 4.Nd4 Kf7 5.Ke3 Bd7 6.Ne2 Kg6 7.Ng3 Bb5 8.d4 Be8 9.Kd2 Kg7 10.Kc3 Kg6 11.b3 axb3 12.Kxb3 Kf7 13.Nh5 Ke7 14.Nf6 Bf7 15.Kb4 Kd8 16.Kb5 Kc7 17.a4 Kb7 18.a5 bxa5 19.Kxa5 Kc6 20.Ka6 h5 21.Nh7 Be8 22.Ka5 Kb7 23.Nf8 Bf7 24.Kb5 Kc7 25.Kc5 Bg8 26.h3 Bf7 27.Nh7 Be8 28.h4 Bf7 29.Nf6 Bg6 30.Nxd5+ exd5 31.Kxd5 Be8 32.e6 Ba4 33.Ke5 Bb3 34.d5 Kd8 35.d6 Bc2 36.Kf6 Bd3 37.e7+ Ke8 38.d7+