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@@WHAT-gm1xm Here is a playlist of all my general improvement videos. th-cam.com/play/PLlK3vqd-ffcxKXH-SM5_PL2li5qZHORbA.html&si=MaeY4bt1BCtdxsyr

@@WHAT-gm1xm I have made a few videos on general improvement. I'll try to link a few of them here.

@@robertplunkettschesslab what is your chess rating and username

@@WHAT-gm1xm here is a playlist for all my general improvement videos. th-cam.com/play/PLlK3vqd-ffcxKXH-SM5_PL2li5qZHORbA.html&si=MaeY4bt1BCtdxsyr

@@robertplunkettschesslab thank you man make more videos on chess mistakes and strategy

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The winning maneuver in the Video is moving the knight from h6-g4-f6-g8 with mate. At no point is knight h3 or f3 a legal move. I'm assuming you meant h6 but moving the knight back and forth between either g4-h6 or f7-h6 is a perpetual and a draw.

​@@robertplunkettschesslab yeah I'm stupid

@@Code-002 no.... You had a question. If you don't know something asking is the smartest thing you can do.

@@robertplunkettschesslab it's aight sometimes I'm einstein sometimes I'm worse than a newborn turtle

@@Code-002 DO NOT underestimate newborn turtles!! LOL

When the pawn moves the knight is in the way of the bishop so the pawn is not pinned.

Glad it helped!

Glad you like them!

No problem

I actually have two more videos coming out on this. I thought I could do it in two but I just can't. The system itself is just too vast. The next two videos will both have a lot more games and a lot more theory.

@@sushicooking You can send me a direct message on either chess.com or lichess. My handle is chess_rehab. I can take a look at your games and see where you are at.

@@ponzi_0 maybe. The problem is that most of d4 falls way outside of my personal repertoire. I have a limited d4 repertoire that I used to play with white but it would feel a bit disingenuous to do videos on how to play d4 with white and just show endless sidelines. I may end up doing it but it'll be slow going. I have to basically learn d4 as I go.

@@robertplunkettschesslab cool, I agree it's best to provide content that you're an expert with. I've only recently switched to d4 stuff, and I'm sure whatever d4 content you produce later will be good given that you feel confident enough to share it!

@@ponzi_0 at the very least the information will be accurate. Or at least as accurate as I can get it with the tools I have available. LOL

Thx for the content. My repertoire is more offbeat than the stuff you often cover, but I like your informative style… 🙏

@@mcronrn I will have to take a look at that game.

@@robertplunkettschesslab Ben Finegold just dropped a video about the game… he didn’t say anything in particular about the opening… 🤷🏻‍♂️🙏

@@DanacChess thanks.

@@reelchess agreed. LOL You can adjust the puzzle with the bishop on a8 so it is the only solution.

The king has no legal moves. Kings are not allowed to move into check. The knight on h3 covers the g1 square.

@@robertplunkettschesslab ah

That is the most common move. In that specific move order ( 6.Nf3 before 6.h4 has been played) it is also possible for black to play 6... Nf6 and then meet 7.h4 with 7...Nh5. the line is supposed to be okay for white but it is one more thing you have to prepare for. On 6. h4 Nf6 7.h5 is simply advantage White. So overall for me 6.h4 is just less analytical work.

@@ZackReed-m8h This is a Really good Comment. Everything in it is right. A student of mine played 18...Bd7 against me quite some time after I made this video. I'll admit that back then the only real prep I had was 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Re1 exactly as you said in your comment.... And Yes....20....Qb4 is a problem... LOL ... So other things need to be looked at. 20.Kb2, 20.a3 and 20.Bd3 all lead to complex positions that are unclear and need to be explored. I'm going to explore it further and try to find something definitive but for now the line you gave is in fact best play as far as I can tell.

@@ZackReed-m8h If I could somehow give your comment more thumbs up I would. LOL

@@robertplunkettschesslab Thanks I appreciate your input, from what I can tell 12...Rb8 is better than Qb6, as against 13.h4 the queen is better placed on a5 then b6. I think this is why GM Erigaisi and IM Perunovic play 12.Rb8. But Qb6 prevents a lot of whites ideas after e5, so if we could make this move work that would be great. 12.Qxh6 Qb6 13.h4 Rb8 14.b3 Qc5 15.kb2 dxe4 16.Qg5, this Qg5 move sees to be the problem for black, as after Qxg5 white simply gets a dominant ending, its an inhuman move but well prepared players will know this 16....Qf5 seems best according to the engine, i don't fully understand this move yet but if white takes on f5 we take with the g pawn and defend e4 and if they play g4 we can take on f3 one IM has played this line against a GM and managed to win but it wasn't due to the opening the position is still extremely complicated and gives me a lot of hope from blacks perspective 17.g4 Qxf2 19.Be2 Qf2 20. h5 Bxg4 21.hg Qf5 22. gh Kh8 23.Qh4 Bxe2 24.Nxe2 Qg4 25.Qh2 Qg7 we set up discoveries against the king on B2 and this is nearly equality I'm not certain this line is best, what do you think is the best way to deal with 13.h4?

@@ZackReed-m8h The only thing I can add to everything you said is that 12.... Qb6 prevents the white queen from retreating to e3 in the e5 lines. That's why I preferred 12... Qb6 to 12... Rb8..... It may be that white should play 13.h4 against 12....Qb6 and 13.e5 against 12....Rb8. At least that's what the engine seems to think.

@@robertplunkettschesslab Yeah exactly that's why I wanted to make Qb6 work, it also prevents Rd4 which appears to be a very dangerous idea for white. Anyways love your channel, keep up the great work

@@fili24 I will be covering the Steinitz from the white side. As for the chigorin I will likely be doing more than one video on it. It is such a big system getting it down to one video feels nearly impossible.

​@@robertplunkettschesslab Thanks a lot! Any plans on covering the exchange variation?

@@jotaaragonesa7603 I already covered it th-cam.com/video/2nuysTrmWhw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eT6ruIB2_-_89NxL

@@jotaaragonesa7603 I also cover it from blacks perspective th-cam.com/video/6P1W4ArFwwU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hkm3K2ly48L-4jhZ

@@robertplunkettschesslab Thanks!!

@@adityakumarmishra6952 yes. It will be covered.

On Rg1 Rxg1, Kxg1 Re1+, Qf1 Rxf1#.

@@robertplunkettschesslab ahh I didn't see that thanks

@@ALTTABINMAINMENU The truth is that if you want to play every endgame in the absolute optimal way you will need to calculate at some point. The point I was making in this video is that large swaths of the endgame don't need to be calculated at all. That means that you can focus all your energy on calculating positions that actually require it. By avoiding calculations in positions that can be assessed properly at a glance you can calculate much much deeper in the positions that need it. That's why my title was how to win 90% of king and pawn endgames. If you want that last 10% you'll need to calculate.

@@robertplunkettschesslab That makes sense, of course. I still find it difficult to use concept of pawn zones to quickly see the right move in the case of blocked pawns, for example. I even watched your dedicated video about it (also very good one!), but somehow it just doesn't "click" for me

@@LephaltPW It is incredibly unrealistic but it is a "legal" position. Obviously the Bishops would have had to be captured without ever moving (other pieces could have been captured without moving as well). The rest is self explanatory..... But yes.... The odds of this happening in a real game when rounded to the nearest percentage is effectively 0%.... LOL..... But it is a legal position and although very very very unlikely it is still "possible". LOL

@@robertplunkettschesslab Any human being on the planet right now is hopefuly not dumb enough to “sacrifice” their bishops and then not take back with queen or king, it is possible ofcourse but only staged, theres not even a probability of this happening in any game unless an opponent is trolling ig

@@LephaltPW It's not really meant to be a practical puzzle. LOL. It is fun. It is also a reasonable exercise in how to calculate stalemate combinations.