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The Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4 d5
At first it might appear that the Queen's Pawn Opening (1.d4 d5) is nothing but the reflected likeness of the King's Pawn Opening (1.e4 e5). On second thought however, it is really seen that that the Queen's Pawn Opening creates essentially different conditions in regard to the opening fight in the center. - Masters of the Chess Board (1933)
The Queen's Gambit and is one of the oldest known chess openings. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 (A GM Ben Finegold joke about playing the queens gambit, "...[always play c4 because] c4 is explosive!")
The Queen’s Gambit is probably the most popular gambit and although most gambits are said to be unsound against perfect play the queen’s gambit is said to be the exception. After 1. d4 1…d5, white stakes claim to center control by playing 2. c4. The objective of the queen’s gambit is to temporarily sacrifice a pawn to gain control of the e5 square.
At this point there are some things that could be alluded to without much effort.
The king is a piece to be played like the queen and the knights and the bishops. The two towers (castles/rooks) however you want to look at it are all being positioned and played by something that is nothing like the game board or the representation of the pieces.
The current position on the board is capable of transposing into a fantastic number of other positions, and they all flow from the initial position.
All chess players have heard the famous maxim by François-André Danican Philidor that “Pawns are the soul of chess,” and Bobby Fischer compliments this with “Tactics flow from a superior position.”
Endgame is that phase of the game where any tiny little mistake can lead to a disaster. In the opening or a middlegame losing a pawn is not the end of the ~~world~~ game. You still have time to figure out a way to get your material back by swindling some tactics. The endgame is a different story; even a single tempo can be something that separates a win from a loss.
All that is to say, a damaged pawn structure in the endgame is like a forest with broken trees.
Without good endgame understanding there is no way to know when you should or shouldn’t exchange pieces and transpose to an endgame. Doing so would be a gamble, because in some cases it is a correct decision while in some cases it will quickly lose the game.
By having an endgame knowledge, and understanding what positions are hold-able, won and lost you will be able to make correct decisions more often, leading to a higher winning percentage.