I've been watching videos from this channel for a while now. I find them magnificent. I also bought the 1.d4 course... very nice and instructive. I speak as a player and coach with 2500+ elo online in rapid but I always learn something new from here. Best chess channel on youtube (my opinion, of course). Bravo Andras!
Great content ... I think it could be nice to create ramdom endgame tournaments with unclear equal positions. Because as you said when we start playing we almost all feared studying endgames. The way you teach it is great. Merci beaucoup.
A comment about the endgame flashcards idea you mentioned at 17:56: a good set of positions to start with might be the "Simple Endings" chapter in Laszlo Polgar's famous puzzle book. In the book they are separated into "white to play and draw" and "white to play and win", but the dedicated improver might consider switching the colours in some of the positions, and of course leaving the evaluation of the position up to the solver to determine. It would certainly be more lightweight than carrying the book around!
Things I learned about rook endings from this: 1) Liquidate pawns on one flank to increase drawing chances 2) Activity over material 3) Lucena technique (which I'd forgotten!) 4) Correct way to pronounce Lucena!
Very nice video! It is very instructive to see that black has 2-3 spots where one specific plan can save him, but you stopped two of them and the last one he missed. Very nice and instructive walk through
@9:57 because rooks belong behind past pawns. Anders has his rook ahead of his pawn and is unable to get behind the any past pawns in time to create a meaningful counter play. The king is also inactive so that is why black can force the drawing position. If the white king is on d5 it becomes winning. So finding the tempie to get the king to the queen side before the rook activates was the critical part of avoiding this position.
Your endgame content is fantastic. I know control the open files, stay active, try to keep them passive, but not much beyond that. This gives a lot of ideas both for converting wins but also for holding positions. Here’s to hoping your next Chessable course is on endgames!
Very specific topic suggestion here! Could you do a video on how to handle the f4‐e5 tension (and it's specular e4‐f5)? It's a very common situation especially in the sicilian, and I realized that I don't have a very good understanding of these situations, both when I'm attacking and when I'm defending
Great video Andras, as ever. I love studying endgames - I always find that if I've ever been away from chess for a little while that looking at some amazing endgame kicks my brain back into gear much faster than doing (say) some routine tactics... just something about the (often) intricate calculation and the importance of specific tempi brings the focus screaming back. Keep up the good work!
Hey. Generally like your content. I'm an adult improver, playing since 3-4 years, around 2100 lichess Rapid rating( guess that's like 1800 FIDE). There's not much content for people like me, but your videos are awesome. Already learned a lot from them and they really hit the nail on the head for me. Wanted to make a suggestion/request. One thing I never trained and don't even know how to train it, is visualization. I don't play much OTB but when I do, I usually have .more troubles visualizing than online, cause I'm just not used to it. To overcome that, I now started playing some (unrated) blindfold games in lichess, where you can hide the pieces. Is there any other, maybe more effizient way to practice this? I just started, so I'm of course still struggling with blindfold play. Would be incredibly awesome, if you could make a video about that topic one day. Anyway, all the best, keep rocking!
Hey, thanks for the comment. Visualisation is the biggest problem for most adult improvers. My view is that it is best practised by doing calculating exercises a LOT.
@@ChessCoachAndras Thanks for the reply! Will do some daily calculations. Width and depth. Hope I can tell you in a year or two, that I cracked the 2000 FIDE-ELO ;) All the best
Coach Andras ' videos are usually great, and he is a gifted communicator. Unfortunately I find his endgame explanations really, really weak. It is an area he should work on for improvement of his content. Unlike other topics, here he leaves the less talented, amateur/intermediate player far, far behind. Unlike other videos, he doesn't reduce the level of complexity to manageable chunks. Maybe he has too much fun being in his own world of ideas and gets blinded by his own brilliance. At any rate, the ordinary mortal is left behind. Coach, you are a great explainer. I know you can do it. Please try again. Try starting with something simpler , go slower, and remember not everyone has your 140+ IQ. Please try again. I can't wait to learn from you. Your fan, John i
Dear John, Unfortunately it is simply impossible to make a video on chess that appeals to all level of audiences. If you scroll down and see the comments, all of them are praising the video. It is not (necessarily) because the video is so sensational but because it addressed their problem. If you found this one poorly explained and hard to follow, that would indicate that either my explanation was rubbish (apart from you , everyone stated the opposite), or, perhaps, this is not the appropriate level of content for you. That said, I am keen to help you and I also would like to know where exactly did I lose you in this video, so if you could kindly highlight parts where my explanation was insufficient or hard to to follow, that would be great!
There is true beauty in endgames, with their subtle technique and surprises. Studying them is a pleasure.
Thanks for the video.
My pleasure!
I've been watching videos from this channel for a while now. I find them magnificent. I also bought the 1.d4 course... very nice and instructive. I speak as a player and coach with 2500+ elo online in rapid but I always learn something new from here. Best chess channel on youtube (my opinion, of course). Bravo Andras!
Thanks mate, really appreciate the comment , especially from someone as high rated as you are!
Its not your opinion, its objectively true
Great content ... I think it could be nice to create ramdom endgame tournaments with unclear equal positions. Because as you said when we start playing we almost all feared studying endgames. The way you teach it is great. Merci beaucoup.
Bonjour! Welcome on board! Glad you enjoy the content!
A comment about the endgame flashcards idea you mentioned at 17:56: a good set of positions to start with might be the "Simple Endings" chapter in Laszlo Polgar's famous puzzle book. In the book they are separated into "white to play and draw" and "white to play and win", but the dedicated improver might consider switching the colours in some of the positions, and of course leaving the evaluation of the position up to the solver to determine. It would certainly be more lightweight than carrying the book around!
Bedankt
Thanks a lot kind sir, really appreciate it!
@@ChessCoachAndras I like your videos. They are very instructive and entertaining!
Things I learned about rook endings from this:
1) Liquidate pawns on one flank to increase drawing chances
2) Activity over material
3) Lucena technique (which I'd forgotten!)
4) Correct way to pronounce Lucena!
Very nice video! It is very instructive to see that black has 2-3 spots where one specific plan can save him, but you stopped two of them and the last one he missed. Very nice and instructive walk through
Insightful stuff. Shared it to my friends.
@9:57 because rooks belong behind past pawns. Anders has his rook ahead of his pawn and is unable to get behind the any past pawns in time to create a meaningful counter play. The king is also inactive so that is why black can force the drawing position. If the white king is on d5 it becomes winning. So finding the tempie to get the king to the queen side before the rook activates was the critical part of avoiding this position.
Your endgame content is fantastic. I know control the open files, stay active, try to keep them passive, but not much beyond that. This gives a lot of ideas both for converting wins but also for holding positions. Here’s to hoping your next Chessable course is on endgames!
Well done chief! Another banger
Very specific topic suggestion here! Could you do a video on how to handle the f4‐e5 tension (and it's specular e4‐f5)? It's a very common situation especially in the sicilian, and I realized that I don't have a very good understanding of these situations, both when I'm attacking and when I'm defending
+1 here.
Great video Andras, as ever. I love studying endgames - I always find that if I've ever been away from chess for a little while that looking at some amazing endgame kicks my brain back into gear much faster than doing (say) some routine tactics... just something about the (often) intricate calculation and the importance of specific tempi brings the focus screaming back. Keep up the good work!
great content!!
@17:53 Going for a Lucena position.
thanks andras, always got the juicy stuff!!!
Appreciated this! Ty!
Very instructive - thanks
Thanks for this upload. I really appreciate your content and your efforts
Hey. Generally like your content. I'm an adult improver, playing since 3-4 years, around 2100 lichess Rapid rating( guess that's like 1800 FIDE). There's not much content for people like me, but your videos are awesome. Already learned a lot from them and they really hit the nail on the head for me.
Wanted to make a suggestion/request. One thing I never trained and don't even know how to train it, is visualization. I don't play much OTB but when I do, I usually have .more troubles visualizing than online, cause I'm just not used to it.
To overcome that, I now started playing some (unrated) blindfold games in lichess, where you can hide the pieces. Is there any other, maybe more effizient way to practice this? I just started, so I'm of course still struggling with blindfold play.
Would be incredibly awesome, if you could make a video about that topic one day.
Anyway, all the best, keep rocking!
Hey, thanks for the comment. Visualisation is the biggest problem for most adult improvers. My view is that it is best practised by doing calculating exercises a LOT.
@@ChessCoachAndras Thanks for the reply! Will do some daily calculations. Width and depth. Hope I can tell you in a year or two, that I cracked the 2000 FIDE-ELO ;)
All the best
endgames are fascinating
Coach Andras ' videos are usually great, and he is a gifted communicator. Unfortunately I find his endgame explanations really, really weak. It is an area he should work on for improvement of his content. Unlike other topics, here he leaves the less talented, amateur/intermediate player far, far behind. Unlike other videos, he doesn't reduce the level of complexity to manageable chunks. Maybe he has too much fun being in his own world of ideas and gets blinded by his own brilliance. At any rate, the ordinary mortal is left behind. Coach, you are a great explainer. I know you can do it. Please try again. Try starting with something simpler , go slower, and remember not everyone has your 140+ IQ. Please try again. I can't wait to learn from you. Your fan, John i
Dear John, Unfortunately it is simply impossible to make a video on chess that appeals to all level of audiences. If you scroll down and see the comments, all of them are praising the video. It is not (necessarily) because the video is so sensational but because it addressed their problem. If you found this one poorly explained and hard to follow, that would indicate that either my explanation was rubbish (apart from you , everyone stated the opposite), or, perhaps, this is not the appropriate level of content for you.
That said, I am keen to help you and I also would like to know where exactly did I lose you in this video, so if you could kindly highlight parts where my explanation was insufficient or hard to to follow, that would be great!