10 Most Important Chess Endgames (statistically)

Did you know that one endgame comes up in more than 15% of all chess games? Some endgames occur very frequently, and those are the ones we have to know best. I have listed 10 most common and most important chess endgames and tried to explain their basic ideas and principles. Practice against Noctie here: The statistical data was taken from Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht’s excellent “Fundamental Chess Endings“ (Gambit Publications Ltd., 2001, 11-12) 10 most common endgames are (in descending order): 1. rook vs rook endgames % 2. rook & bishop vs rook & knight endgames 3. two rooks vs two rooks endgames 4. rook & bishop vs rook & bishop (s.c.) endgames 5. bishop vs knight endgames 6. rook & knight vs rook & knight endgames 7. king & pawns vs king & pawns endgames 8. rook & bishop vs rook & bishop (o.c.) endgames 9. queen vs