The Path
Five worlds from 0 to 2000+. Short levels of hand-picked puzzles, 1–3 stars, XP, a daily streak and a boss at the end of every world.
Facing the Tarrasch (3.Nd2): the open ...exd5 and ...Qxd5 lines, the closed 3...Nf6 4.e5, the flexible 3...Be7, the 3...Nc6 route and the solid Rubinstein with ...dxe4. 8 lines for Black: 3...c5 4.exd5 Qxd5, 3...c5 4.exd5 exd5, Closed 3...Nf6 4.e5 with ...Qb6, 3...Be7, 3...Nc6 with ...e5, Rubinstein 3...dxe4, 3...c5 4.c3 with ...Bb4+, Closed with ...b6 and ...Ba6.
Popularity rank #39 of 64 · Endgame Pro defence · against 3.Nd2
Open: Black gets an isolated d5 pawn or a clean open centre after ...Qxd5. Closed: a French chain with White's pawns on d4 and e5 and a white knight that sits on f3 or e2.
Watch out: In the closed lines the Greek gift is a standard threat, but it needs support. Count the attackers before you panic, and before White sacrifices on h7.
See the line. Feel the snap.
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64 Stockfish-checked traps in three style packs. Spring each one, then learn to dodge it.
Five worlds from 0 to 2000+. Short levels of hand-picked puzzles, 1–3 stars, XP, a daily streak and a boss at the end of every world.
The Immortal, the Opera Game, Deep Blue, Kasparov's Immortal and ten landmarks from the modern world champion. Replay with an eval bar or play the winner's moves and get scored.
Thousands of real positions from the open Lichess database, served at your level, filtered by motif. Plus a daily puzzle.
Eight sparring partners with their own personalities, from "hangs everything" to full-strength engine. Bullet to rapid, or pass-and-play with a friend.
Every move gets a label — from Brilliant and Only move down to Blunder — plus accuracy for both sides, an estimated game rating and the key moments. Your own mistakes land in a drill queue. Import from Lichess or Chess.com.
Coach-inspired training paths by rating band, an opening repertoire trainer, a trap lab and board-vision speed drills.
Most games between club players are decided by a short tactic — a fork you didn't see, a pin you walked into, a back rank you forgot to air out. Endgame closes the loop: learn the pattern on the Path, use it against a bot, get graded, and drill the miss until it sticks.
Want to read up first? Short guides: forks, pins, back-rank mates.
Public games only. Everything is graded on your device by Stockfish.
Uses the public Lichess API and the Chess.com Published-Data API. Endgame is not affiliated with Lichess or Chess.com.
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