Fifty Moves Lab - Chess Endgame Analysis & Statistics

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Candidates Tournament 2026 — Endgame analysis of all 8 participants based on their classical games played before the tournament start.

Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 — Endgame analysis of all 8 participants based on their classical games played before the tournament start.

Endgame Frequency: ChessBase — How often each endgame type occurs in professional classical chess.

Endgame Frequency: Lichess — How often each endgame type occurs in online chess, with breakdown by rating.

Opening to Endgame — Which endgame types arise from each opening? Based on GM-level classical games.

Top 100 Endgame Players — Top endgame players among modern GMs (2700+), ranked by engine and tablebase analysis.

Articles

Goryachkina vs Divya: Rook Endgame from Candidates 2026 — Analysis of a critical rook endgame from the 2026 Candidates Tournament.

Statistics

Endgame Frequency: Lichess — How often each endgame type occurs in online chess, with breakdown by rating.

Endgame Frequency: ChessBase — How often each endgame type occurs in professional classical chess.

Opening to Endgame — Which endgame types arise from each opening? Based on GM-level classical games.