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๐จ CRITICAL Chess Endgame Lesson ๐จ
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Wow, I basically saw it the whole way through! I'm proud of myself on that one!! ๐
Interesting, I've just realized how many times I've gotten zuksfon..
Every time I get in these situations I forget Nelsonโs tactics ๐
wow it's crazy how complicated they can be lol
Your king is in โthe boxโ, his is out. Use that advantage. 10:22
Endgame is fascinating and completely underrated.
b4 wins because black is in zugzwang!
Outstanding video — very interesting. And I liked you're way of handling the endgame more than Stockfish! You don't have to worry about a pawn that isn't on the board. ๐
i dont play chess but it is fun to watch
very nice King pawn endgame! GG!
Alternatively can we just ignore a5 and play g7?
B4 is always the move
I found the move because I've been training similar positions. Do your puzzles, folks. They really make a difference.
thanks for this video
1:06 minutes in and I already see white's move; pawn to B4
great video
I saw b4 and the waiting moves,… didn't see that I need to trade the central pawns ๐
loved this reti endgame. i can agree that endgames are tricky.
Your video are great and nice to watch not just because we are learning how to think in chess, But also because you have a kind nice personality … โค
I feel good with endgames… middle of the game, not so much ๐ love these videos and excited for the next one!
Another great endgame lesson!. Thank you.
Zugzwang
you asked the other day what kind of videos to make, that we like. I mainliy like this.. very good instructional stuff. When i see a tumnail with a chess board with 150 pawns and 16 knights, i am very unlikely to watch that video.. but when there ar endgame instructive positions, puzzle training of live games with instructive commentatory. I love it.. and you are very good at it. This went strait into a study of zugzwang possitions that i will use for schooling on a lower (b group) club player level.
I was able to recently slowly and methodically outplay an opponent in a very similar endgame and it felt so satisfying after a 30 mins long rapid game. Great tips as always Nelson!!
what if you ignored the a5 push and went for your own business king side? It looks to me like you queen first.
7:20 you can also just ignore the pawn and go for the kingside pawns. Hes not threatening to make a passer by on b4 or pushing to a4
I don't enjoy chess, and I have no desire to ever play it, but I like your videos nevertheless. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Yeah, I have not studied these endings and your video is definitely the best single resource I could have used. Thanks!
This is exactly why Capablanca commented that if we wish to improve our game, we must study endgames before anything else.
Endgames, including pawn endgames, can be enormously complicated and tricky. Much, much trickier than this.
Some time ago I purchased Dvoretsky's "Endgame manual", 5th edition, without realizing that it's actually an IM/GM level book, not a book for a medium-strength player like me. Many of the endgame problems there are astonishingly difficult, even though they often comprise of just a few pawns. It's actually incredible how complicated chess can be even with just a few pieces.
Endgames is the only part of chess I am actualy fairly strong in. I saw the right initial move, the king space and zugzwang principles , the pawn races on the opposite sides, etc. right off. I saw how the black king had to back off.
But I did NOT see all the details of those pawn races and the exact timing with the checks, etc. I do appreciate the complexity and the beauty of such endings, but it's just AMAZING to me how even being an "endgame specialist" for 4 decades, how careful one must always be, even in "simple" K and P endgames, and how easy it is to mess up.
I love endgames
This looks like an endgame study which is composed by Grand Masters, but this is from a real game, how fascinating.
You make good content, but this one was fantastic. Nicely done.
I have a bad case of tilt when it comes to chess, so I donโt always think my moves out. That being said, I saw the thumbnail and instantly spotted the first move (although I couldnโt tell you the next few), so maybe I am learning something from these ๐
People who are interested in this will probably enjoy Silman's Endgame manual, where he discusses this principle of one pawn stopping two (as in the formations you have on the board flanks), or more advanced players will probably like Dvoretsky's endgame book. There are many positions that show how to utilize opposition, triangulation, waiting moves, etc. A similar theme is seen in the position Alekhine-Yates (1910). It would be an easy way to farm content for your channel to go through these books. I'd gladly watch you go over more cool endings.
Par excellence!๐
Chess is a fascinating game indeed with many intricacies ๐
Forced Mate in 38.
This pawn to b4, hmmmmm, it just makes the game a win for white.
Forced zugswang
That was a very efficient middle game
B4?
great video, thx
15:00 yeeeeeeeeeah! I wanted to ask until the very end about my first idea ;D
g5?? is a shocking blunder, shows your opponent's total lack of positional understanding.
00:00 my instict immediately told me b4 has the be the move as it is the one that capitalizes on all of whiteโs best assets. b4 does the following things:
Block blackโs pawn island on a and b files
Maintains flexibility because allows the a pawn to โskipโ a turn.
Blocks the most โinfiltratingโ squares for black.
Great stuff. I created a Lichess study out of it. I've been studying pawn endgames and this video was a wonderful lesson for review.
in the Kg6 Kd5 line after black captures on b4 how to win after Kc3?
04:30 hi,it may sound funny to you, but I would like to ask why it is good for white in this move? I am a newbie in chess so could you plz explain in detail๐ญ
So easy to slip, even with a lot of time