The Lucena position can be found in any Chess endgames book. Fundamental endgames like this one separate the experienced players from the rest. In this lesson you are going to learn it the right way with coach Robert Ramirez. The reason why rook endgames are so important is that if you remember, you were taught to start the game by developing your minor pieces, but rooks typically take longer to come out and consequently, they are not traded off so quickly. This allows rooks to make it to the endgame stage very often. Such endgames are pretty complex, but if you pay attention to this lesson, you will start acquiring the necessary skills to make better decisions.
00:00 Intro
01:01 The bridge
04:55 Coach Robert demonstrates how to utilize the Lucena position vs a Chess engine
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2:07
Thanks Robert, what makes this explanation stand out is you playing it against the engine and showing the awkward moves that books don't always cover, Excellent !
Very helpful🙏🏾😇😘
Great videos
I like how in the gif in the beginning the guy not only takes the King, but he also does that with his own 😂
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at @00:36 , bro took the king with the king and won the game
1:17 checkmate bro rook to h1 that's it if black rook come simply take it and it's mate
Hello guys! I just got a game where I had to use the technique learned in this lesson. My opponent chose the worst continuation, but the Lucena position was already in place after move # 44. Hope you find value in it and please, feel free to skip to move # 44 👍 https://lichess.org/xjqxw1Sj4abx
This is the best explanation of the Lucena Position that I have seen. I had studied this endgame in the past using a book on rook endings, but I understand this position much better after watching this video.
All your lessons are really easy to understand! Thank you, Robert!
Great video! Explainded it very well!
hey coach! can you do videos about most common end game positions in 1500-2000 rating maybe? there are a lot of end game positions to study but generally they are not that common in 1500-2000
In chess.com just like basic mates they have fundamental endgames too and maybe we can train those endgames with engine and I think it can be good review.
Hey coach, the only case I think you forgot to mention was what would happen if their king attacked our rook. For instance, at 7:40 of this video, if black moved Kb5 attacking the white rook, I think the right move would be Rc3, sacrificing the rook for the opportunity to promote the pawn to a queen. Is that right, or should we just move our bridge to the 5th rank with Rc5?
Thx bro .. good stuff
So clearly explained.
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Hey coach! First of all thank you for this lesson.
What if, like at 2:33, the rook doesn't move from the file but doesn't capture my pawn either? Playing with the bot I've seen variations different from the ones shown here, as far as I understand at my level (like the king attacking my rook or the black rook attacking from the side along a rank). Should I try to come up with a strategy to trade only the rooks anyway or the tactics discussed here are no longer valid?
Wow!! This was great
King needs to be two files away
Rook cuts off the king entry and forms a bridge on the 4 th rank
King rook endgame expected
Ok what's the significance of 4 th rank doesn't it depend on which rank the enemy rook is placed?
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Great video!
I need this
Very well explained. Congrats and thanks!
Mr Ramirez plz I wanna ask u. What if black put his rook on the 4th rank before us. Then can we still win ?
Thx a lot😊
Thanks, Robert. As soon as you mentioned the bridge I remembered the name of the technique but not the method. Thanks for the refresher.
Robert, as I remember it there is a second way. Ra1 to Ra8 which works in most cases. Yet, the "Bridge" is the best way as it works in all cases if you follow the correct procedure. Do I have it right?
30/10/21
7:09 PM
Hi coach engine can not tall you the technique… I mean the Adelle
I liked learning about the Lucena Position
Oh wow!!..thanks coach..✌️
you are great bro❤❤🔥
This study is improperly attributed to Lucena. In reality the author is Scipione Genovino as shown in the book << Il Puttino >> by Alessandro Salvio – we are in 1634. Mr. Lucena has never dealt with this ending, he is famous because his is the first book printed on chess – 1497.
This series is just amazing, keep it up Robert..
very good explanation