{"id":12992,"date":"2023-08-14T15:09:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=12992"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:29:08","slug":"complete-endgame-manual-with-im-bence-szabo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/complete-endgame-manual-with-im-bence-szabo\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Endgame Manual with IM Bence Szabo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.66% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Complete Endgame Manual\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/867170941?h=f05f45b50e&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Complete Endgame Manual<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine you are playing a VERY important, final-round game.<\/p>\n<p>You got through the opening, equalized in the middlegame. Most pieces are off the board.<\/p>\n<p>You are a pawn up in the bishop endgame\u2026 and you feel there MUST be a win.<\/p>\n<p>If you find it, congrats, you\u2019ve secured your first point against an IM, finally pushing your Elo to the next rating bracket.<\/p>\n<p>And you can brag to friends about this.<\/p>\n<p>The great news is, you can do something today to make sure you will find that win when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>IM Bence Szabo is back with a brand-new training Complete Endgame Manual that will take you from a novice to an Endgame Master\u2026 in under 12 hours!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/b31471f8-0d6a-4a1c-b165-1881e560da0d.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1692895275&amp;Signature=cef7b1df91e8c9d2482de3e65845227759c76000\" width=\"425\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>5 Things You\u2019ll Learn:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Key Squares Theory<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 IM Szabo makes it very simple for you to ace the pawn endings. You will learn where and how to place your king to guarantee a win! As simple as that. No matter whether your opponent is 2200 or 2700 if you occupy those key squares in the pawn ending\u2026 the game is yours!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frontal Defense<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a powerful trick that all Grandmasters use to secure a draw in losing Knight endings. Bence will teach you how to use the \u201ccapture-fork pattern\u201d to save hundreds of lost games.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The \u201cForehead Attack\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 IM Szabo\u2019s done-for-you approach tremendously simplifies the most important Rook endings. Invest 4 hours of your time, and get lifetime confidence winning the most popular endgame in chess.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rear opposition<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a sneaky way to force the same-colored bishop ending into a draw if the standard opposition fails. Learn this technique in 5 minutes and frustrate all under 2200 opponents (95% of those have no idea what you\u2019re doing!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Queen Endgames<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bence presents a zero-theory way to understand and win practical Queen endings. Forget about memorizing the positions and drilling puzzles. Use this approach to save time and rack up Elo points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026and those are just 5 things you\u2019ll learn about the endgame in this MASSIVE 12-course training!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to master the endgame, spending less time and skyrocketing your rating at the same time this course is for you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/4c02e1a7-faca-4275-8b68-1d3cda320fab.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1692895506&amp;Signature=57b7cd260df4829fc5c88503da5c47c810c72949\" width=\"404\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>About the author:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>IM Bence Szabo [2406 FIDE]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>is a Hungarian International Master and an active tournament player. Bence previously held the National and European Youth Champion\u2019s title. IM Szabo has over 10 years of coaching experience with some of his top students becoming National Champions in different age categories and claiming various international norms and titles. Bence works as a head coach in one of the largest chess schools in Hungary. He has worked with multiple medal-winning Olympic Grandmasters and other top talents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/b4e0b603-272d-44dd-9ccb-cc9d34663447.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1692895098&amp;Signature=2f864f51f22a4f0a7928bba2120fa3fb9b4c8de2\" width=\"433\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Outline:<\/h3>\n<p>Chapter 1. Pawn Endgames (part I)<br \/>\nChapter 2. Pawn Endgames (part II)<br \/>\nChapter 3. Pawn Endgames (part III)<br \/>\nChapter 4. Pawn Endgames (part IV)<br \/>\nChapter 5. Pawn Endgames (part V)<br \/>\nChapter 6. Knight Endgames (part I)<br \/>\nChapter 7. Knight Endgames (part II)<br \/>\nChapter 8. Bishop Endgame (part I)<br \/>\nChapter 9. Bishop Endgame (part II)<br \/>\nChapter 10. Bishop Endgame (part III)<br \/>\nChapter 11. Bishop Endgame (part IV)<br \/>\nChapter 12. Rook Endgames (part I)<br \/>\nChapter 13. Rook Endgames (part II)<br \/>\nChapter 14. Rook Endgames (part III)<br \/>\nChapter 15. Rook Endgames (part IV)<br \/>\nChapter 16. Rook vs Pawn<br \/>\nChapter 17. Queen vs Pawn<br \/>\nChapter 18. Others<br \/>\nChapter 19. Checkmates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IM Bence Szabo is back with a brand-new training Complete Endgame Manual that will take you from a novice to an Endgame Master&#8230; in under 12 hours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Complete Endgame Manual with IM Bence Szabo - 365Chess<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IM Bence Szabo is back with a brand-new training Complete Endgame Manual that will take you from a novice to an Endgame Master... in under 12 hours!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/complete-endgame-manual-with-im-bence-szabo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Complete Endgame Manual with IM Bence Szabo - 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