https://endgamenotebook.com/A club player's notebook from Vienna: rook and pawn endings, an opening repertoire cut down to what I remember, and honest post-mortems.enhttps://endgamenotebook.com/journal/last-five-minutes/https://endgamenotebook.com/journal/last-five-minutes/Two winters of scoresheets said most of my lost points came from positions I had outplayed. A time budget, and what to do when the flag is close.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://endgamenotebook.com/journal/counting-squares-pawn-endings/https://endgamenotebook.com/journal/counting-squares-pawn-endings/King and pawn endings, worked through on a pocket set on the way home: the square, where it misleads, and corresponding squares without the jargon.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://endgamenotebook.com/journal/post-mortem-fourth-round-loss/https://endgamenotebook.com/journal/post-mortem-fourth-round-loss/A quiet loss to a stronger player in a weekend open, gone through four times. The move I regret is not the one I regretted that night.Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://endgamenotebook.com/journal/cutting-the-repertoire-down/https://endgamenotebook.com/journal/cutting-the-repertoire-down/Four systems as White and a folder of lines I never opened made me slower, not stronger. What survived the cut, and the criteria I used.Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://endgamenotebook.com/journal/rook-ending-i-kept-losing/https://endgamenotebook.com/journal/rook-ending-i-kept-losing/A pawn up, rooks on, twelve minutes left: the same ending three times in two seasons. What the defence actually is, and how I drill it now.Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT