The English Chess Federation is running a series of thematic endgame tournaments on Saturday afternoons on lichess – with two back to back Arena tournament of 35 minutes each and starting from instructive endgame positions from grandmaster games.

Select from the list below to follow the events.

Week 1 – Knight v Bishop – 15/01/22

Karpov v Kasparov World Champs 1981

Arkell v Stubbs, British Champs 2021

Week 2 – Bishop Endings – 22/01/22

Polguaevsky v Mecking, Mar del Plata 1971

Topalov v Shirov, 1998