Questions about the Endgame Principles poster

What’s on the Endgame Principles poster?

In the opening against In the endgame, side by side. In the opening: Hide the king — castle early; In the opening: Keep pawns back as shelter; In the opening: Rooks behind the pawn wall; In the opening: Material counts most; In the endgame: Activate the king — march it centrally; In the endgame: Push passed pawns hard; In the endgame: Rooks BEHIND passed pawns, yours or theirs; In the endgame: A passed pawn can outweigh a piece; Trade pieces when ahead in material; trade pawns when behind. Fewer pawns makes a dra…. The king is worth about four pawns as a fighting piece. Leaving it in the corner is playing a piece down.

Who is the Endgame Principles poster for?

Endgame Principles belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning endgames can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Endgame Principles poster?

The endgame inverts the opening. The king stops hiding and starts working. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Endgame Principles belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Endgame Principles?

Rook Behind the Pawn, Basic Checkmates and Bishop Endgames sit alongside Endgame Principles in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Rook Behind the PawnBasic CheckmatesBishop Endgames

Is the Endgame Principles poster free to download and print?

Yes. Endgame Principles downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Endgame Principles poster print at?

Endgame Principles is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Endgame Principles loses nothing.Printing guide