This course will help you understand what to do when two pawns are left on the board.

It is a logical continuation of the course I dedicated to a one-pawn endgame, as well as the Understanding Chess Endgames | Two pawns. Part 1

I checked all the books on pawn endgames that I studied myself and selected all the important positions for you.

I also added some of the positions that, in my view, were missing from the books I studied.

I dedicated Part 1 of the series to all the relevant positions when the two pawns are standing on the same file or the files next to one another. In other words, we did not really have any passed pawns.

This course fills that gap. However, the problem with the passed pawns is that they can be promoted to a queen! :-)

That is why I am starting the course with the queen endgames. Only when you know what to do with the queens you will know what to do with your pawns.

You will deliver checkmates, you will survive against the queen using stalemates. You will use beautiful chess geometry (not mathematical geometry) to catch the passed pawn two moves away from your king!

You will understand the hardest pawn endgame that I have ever solved.  It will be a culmination of the ideas you will learn in this course. The beauty of the puzzle is that it contains only two kings and two pawns. And yet, it is filled with a lot of ideas from all the courses I dedicated to pawns.

You will also get interactive access to all the positions described in the course on the free (and ad-free) website (lichess) where you will be able to analyze the positions online. This will deepen your understanding of endgames in general.

Many of the principles and ideas taught in the course apply to endgames with many more pieces and pawns on the chessboard.

The knowledge you will get from this course you will be able to use in any endgame you encounter!

Learn and Master Pawn Endgames (Two Pawns | Part 2) with a Successful Grandmaster

• Learn what to do with your passed pawn and with your opponent's passed pawn

• Study how to win with the queen against the pawn

• Find out which pawns can hold a draw against the queen

• Anticipate your opponent's actions to win the game

• Win in queen endgames by winning the queen or giving checkmate

• Learn to use the principles of a square, shouldering, helping from the side, stalemate, and many others

• Discover the brilliant Reti principle which violates the rules of geometry

This course will enhance your understanding of the fascinating world of chess endgames.

The course consists of 9 sections.

Section 1 | Introduction: You will learn what this course is all about. There you will also find my position on the russian war against Ukraine.

Section 2 | Queen wins the Queen: You will learn when the queen can win the queen.

You will also learn how to take this information into account many moves ahead to secure your queen.

Section 3 | Queen vs Pawn. The King is far away: You will discover when you can win with the queen against the pawn on the 2nd(7th) rank. You will learn against which pawns you cannot win with the queen.

Section 4 | Queen vs Queen. Checkmate ideas: You will learn when you can checkmate the king when there are only queens on the chessboard.

Section 5 | Queen vs Pawn. The King is close: You will understand when can you win against the pawn that can generally draw against the queen. Here, you will use the checkmate ideas and the stalemate ideas you have learned before.

Section 6 | Pawn vs Pawn. Races. Promotion: You will find out when the pawn is far from promotion and yet it is a draw against the queen. You will learn how to successfully interfere with your opponent's plans with your king. You will deliver some beautiful checkmates on the way. Also, you will understand the solution to the hardest pawn endgame ever. It only has two pawns and yet even GMs are struggling with it!

Section 7 | Pawn Races. No Obstacles: You will find out a few key ideas about the pawn races with no or little obstacles in the way.

Section 8 | Rule of a Square. Reti Principle. The King is going in two directions at once:  You will learn to win tempos with your king to still make it to the square of your opponent's passer. You will enjoy the fascinating Reti principle. You will discover even bigger beauty in the improved Reti position. You will also learn when the Reti idea does not work. You will learn to dance with your king. You will be able to use most of the principles discussed in this and previous courses. Finally, you will use all the knowledge you got from the pawn endgame courses to deliver a surprising checkmate to the king in the last puzzle.

Section 9 | Short Conclusion: You will hear the course summary. In the attachment, you will find a link to the free lichess study, where you can check all the positions discussed in the course.

Who this course is for:

- Beginner/hobby chess players who want to understand chess endgames better

- Chess enthusiasts who are ready to build a foundation for their endgame play

- Anyone who is interested in improving their endgame play

- Chess players who want to play well and evaluate pawn endgames in a matter of seconds