You are the best chess tutor on yt. Clear, concise, and relevant, without difficult notation-speak. Your videos are jam-packed and fast, not like others that take 2 or 3 times longer to get the same concepts across. So far, for me, personally - this particular video is the one I stand to gain the most from, as these queening and king opposition patterns are not obvious, and are quite esoteric. Thank you, thank you, thank you. *bows* (from a 1500 elo player)
Thank you for this video! When the example came up at 15:04 I immediately thought Ke5 to cut off the enemy King. No wonder I seem to blow so many end games even when I'm ahead. Very glad to have come across your channel, it's so full of wonderful little ideas and concepts. You are a good teacher.
Thanks! Started competitively when I was 9, played seriously through college so about 13 years where I took it real seriously. Overall though about 20 years.
I hear lots of people saying that endgames are boring to study (GothamChess, I'm looking at you). I'm actually quite fascinated by endgames. Thank you for the great instruction!
I think around 15:00 , you might mention opposition: by white moving to d5, there is no way for black to maintain opposition, because the white pawn covers d7.
I love your videos and this is another great one. However at 9' 10" in you say it's a draw if it's white's move, and I think you might point out that that's not the case if all pieces are moved up three ranks so black is on the 8th rank. Then it's a win for white because black cannot move back when he has to.
The problem is in rapid, bullet or blitz, we often don't have enough time in the endgame to consider all possibilities. It's better to study the endgame early.
at 19:10, the black king moved into the "A" file. I don't think black would have realistically done that. It would have made more sense to move his pawn to f6. That way, the white king wouldn't have been able to approach. Is it still winning for white after that?
if f6, then you would play a5 and after the king takes you can go Kc5 and then Kd6 and take black's pawns. And if black doesn't take the a pawn right away, you can keep pushing it and eventually they have to, and that's when you go take the other pawns.
@@ChessVibesOfficial wow... you're right. It's still winning for white if white moves a5. You don't know it yet, but you're gonna get me past my meager 1200 rating into 1400 eventually... It's only a matter of time...
I don't understand why at 6:46 'Black can get a draw in this position everytime by going straight back' and White can't use triangulation (12:44) to win.
I'm no expert but once the white pawn is in front of the white king as in 6:46 it doesn't matter what the tempo is like as white can never get the black king away from those squares, even once they've gained opposition. In the second example as in 12:44 if black plays the same way then the white king will capture the black pawn and make a queen with his second pawn.
It just occurred to me - if the pawns can be promoted to Queens, doesn't that mean that all the pawns are females??? 😁 (I guess they can also be underpromoted to knights, bishops and rooks, but who's to say those can't be females as well? ...well, maybe not the bishop, because the church is sexist...)
You do the best job explaining the Pawn Box and the critical question is if the opposing King can enter the box to know if the King will win the Pawn-King race. As always- love your work!
Good video idea I think would be a dedicated one on Pawn Structures, mainly beginning and middlegame but maybe some on endgame which you’ve kind of covered here. gothamchess has one but he’s annoying to listen to
Great job explaining "The rule of the square" which you termed "the box". Magnus tried to explain it but couldn't. Wow! I first learned about "The rule of the square" from some guy in the early 70s. I had it down, but then forgot it. Your explanation is the best I've encountered because you're not doing the triangle way of understanding it. And what's really important is remembering to keep your king in the box and keep his king out, and if he changes his strategy, you must change yours.
I appreciate your efforts sir you are doing all this for free i hope i will be acquiring and practically implementing these on my games and hopefully be a good chess player
Triangulation. I don't understand how triangulating wins here. I could understand it if Black's king were confined to two squares and couldn't triangulate. But here, Black's king can also triangulate e7/e8/d8.
Black goes to e7 white moves king behind the pawn(e5) if black doesn't guard f6 or g6 white captures the black pawn and now has 2 pawns to move. The video says (but I'm not sure) that white will get a queen from that position. Due to threatened squares e7 is the only square the king can use to guard f6. Long story short, white has enough moves to prevent triangulation as it will not be the same position later in the game.
Choose a specific skill to learn and then learn it. Examples: 1) Learning the main line of sicilian, grab your openings book or pull up openings explorer online and learn it. 2) Learning king and pawn against king endgame, go find endgame book or find video/tutorial online and study it. Basically just choose a bite sized thing that you don't know and then study it.
You are the best chess tutor on yt. Clear, concise, and relevant, without difficult notation-speak. Your videos are jam-packed and fast, not like others that take 2 or 3 times longer to get the same concepts across. So far, for me, personally - this particular video is the one I stand to gain the most from, as these queening and king opposition patterns are not obvious, and are quite esoteric. Thank you, thank you, thank you. *bows*
(from a 1500 elo player)
I need videos like this. I lose end games when im up like 4 pawns ):
More endgame videos coming soon!
Same
How are you like 300 rating
But now you can :)
What is your rating?
Great instructional video! The triangulation trick is neat
Thank you! Cheers!
very helpful! I'm studying endgames a lot now as its my biggest weakness
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this video! When the example came up at 15:04 I immediately thought Ke5 to cut off the enemy King. No wonder I seem to blow so many end games even when I'm ahead.
Very glad to have come across your channel, it's so full of wonderful little ideas and concepts. You are a good teacher.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad it was helpful!
Ke5 is a draw in that position because the opposing king gets opposition. Likewise, the next position is a loss anyways because black gets opposition.
Hey man, just want to say that i have binged your videos and you have learned me a lot
Thanks, glad to hear it!
Amazing videos brother. I’m glad to be a subscriber. How long have you been playing?
Thanks! Started competitively when I was 9, played seriously through college so about 13 years where I took it real seriously. Overall though about 20 years.
Your channel is way underrated! Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks, will do!
Very useful video. Thank you very much for posting it.
Damn dude, you're a beast! Amazing teaching, keep it up!
After looking at like 500 videos, this is truly the best. Showing some actual examples at the end also. Thanks a ton.
Emd game techniques you explained awsome dude.... 💯💯
Appreciate it!
THE WHITE PAWN FLYING OVER THE BOARD TO TAKE HIS OWN KING CRACKS ME UP LOLLLL
My man you are a great teacher! Thanks for all your content, it has been loads of help!
Happy to help!
Your video is make me a good end game player ,thanking you
Love your chess tutorials!! You are a good chess teacher.
11:12 I am a lawyer. I LOVE words which sound fancy but actually have a simple meaning.
Brilliant video. I really appreciate your work. This piece of knowledge is really going to help me a lot.
I hear lots of people saying that endgames are boring to study (GothamChess, I'm looking at you). I'm actually quite fascinated by endgames. Thank you for the great instruction!
nice video and super explanation of each topic!
You present information in an easy to understand manner. Thank you!
Best chess commentator on you tube bar NONE!!
Thanks Nelson
I think around 15:00 , you might mention opposition: by white moving to d5, there is no way for black to maintain opposition, because the white pawn covers d7.
Great insights on these situations which I regularly bungle against the computer.
really useful..... thx a lot
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You are welcome!
Awesome video! Thankyou
Glad you liked it!
FEN for the final example - 8/2k2p2/4p1p1/1p5p/7P/PPK2PP1/8/8 w - - 0 1
Came here from agadmator
(not that I am a subscriber from 636 or something)
Lol Gent
Very instructional video
I didn't knew that there is a thing like triangulation in chess
Thank you so much sir
great explanations
Such a useful video! Keep them coming!!
Very nice video. Hard to even suggest any improvement.
I love your videos and this is another great one. However at 9' 10" in you say it's a draw if it's white's move, and I think you might point out that that's not the case if all pieces are moved up three ranks so black is on the 8th rank. Then it's a win for white because black cannot move back when he has to.
Thank you !!!
This is a very valuable video, thank you!
Really helpfull video. Thanks so much for making these videos!
The problem is in rapid, bullet or blitz, we often don't have enough time in the endgame to consider all possibilities. It's better to study the endgame early.
Amazing class ❤
Thanks you are an awesome teacher 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Please I need more of these
Great content ❤️
Amazing how chess gets more complicated as the pieces get fewer
This guy said "the box is too small so the black king cannot enter the box"
This was amazing
Great content
I love ur work Mr Lopez ❤️
Bro, you need more subs.
Yeah someone needs to tell Levy to share the wealth
great tutorial
Thanks!
Great box trip
Nice one
Gold content 👌
Capablanca excelled here.
End games verry hard😱😱
Hi Nelson. Great video. But can you please tell me who got the winning position on 17:48 after white move his king to E2?
at 19:10, the black king moved into the "A" file. I don't think black would have realistically done that. It would have made more sense to move his pawn to f6. That way, the white king wouldn't have been able to approach. Is it still winning for white after that?
if f6, then you would play a5 and after the king takes you can go Kc5 and then Kd6 and take black's pawns. And if black doesn't take the a pawn right away, you can keep pushing it and eventually they have to, and that's when you go take the other pawns.
@@ChessVibesOfficial wow... you're right. It's still winning for white if white moves a5. You don't know it yet, but you're gonna get me past my meager 1200 rating into 1400 eventually... It's only a matter of time...
I don't understand why at 6:46 'Black can get a draw in this position everytime by going straight back' and White can't use triangulation (12:44) to win.
I'm no expert but once the white pawn is in front of the white king as in 6:46 it doesn't matter what the tempo is like as white can never get the black king away from those squares, even once they've gained opposition. In the second example as in 12:44 if black plays the same way then the white king will capture the black pawn and make a queen with his second pawn.
BOTEZ TRIANGLE THEOREM
Oh so I need to count...
Back in the day, by law it was the kings right to get into the box when she got married 😂
If triangulation doesn't work, try strangulation 😁
I know a guy who doesn't play chess because it's too easy
It just occurred to me - if the pawns can be promoted to Queens, doesn't that mean that all the pawns are females??? 😁
(I guess they can also be underpromoted to knights, bishops and rooks, but who's to say those can't be females as well? ...well, maybe not the bishop, because the church is sexist...)
You do the best job explaining the Pawn Box and the critical question is if the opposing King can enter the box to know if the King will win the Pawn-King race.
As always- love your work!
Good video idea I think would be a dedicated one on Pawn Structures, mainly beginning and middlegame but maybe some on endgame which you’ve kind of covered here. gothamchess has one but he’s annoying to listen to
5:45 The white pawn was actually an black spy bishop who killed white king when no one expected.
😂
Definitely learning alot thanks 👍🏾 4 the videos
I really appreciate that you review your videos and add corrective graphics when you misspeak.
Great job explaining "The rule of the square" which you termed "the box". Magnus tried to explain it but couldn't. Wow!
I first learned about "The rule of the square" from some guy in the early 70s. I had it down, but then forgot it. Your explanation is the best I've encountered because you're not doing the triangle way of understanding it. And what's really important is remembering to keep your king in the box and keep his king out, and if he changes his strategy, you must change yours.
Man, that king is a great linebacker...
You are a true mentor Nelson
I appreciate your efforts sir you are doing all this for free i hope i will be acquiring and practically implementing these on my games and hopefully be a good chess player
Exactly what I needed. Great video.
Give me your postal adress, i will send you a bottle of french wine to thanks you to de so teaching.
You should make another vidéo about this
I like the triangulation rule,I think I was missing that in all my pawn end games,wow
This is so crazy helpful, it’s not even funny
Wow just wow you are a great teacher agadmator was my favorite but you are now
Very helpful vid, thank you!
Thank u that video I needed ❤
Nice endgame video, love from India
That's called rule of square
I love your chess videos!! ❤❤❤
Really helpful video
Great stuff Nelson
awesome vid, as usual
4:29 thank you, very useful especially in faster time formats
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Shitty that agadmator didnt link your channel or anything
He pinned my comment and I've gotten a little bit of traffic from it! I'll take what I can get.
It’s crazy to know with this knowledge I can beat stockfish14 in these specific endgames
As usual great course. Clear and precise! Thanks!
Is there a way to get a corner pawn to queen when the other king is trying to stop you?
Usually a corner pawn actually comes out to a draw.
@@bigpapamanman1550 makes sense, that was my situation, i couldnt mate him and it ended in draw.
Triangulation. I don't understand how triangulating wins here. I could understand it if Black's king were confined to two squares and couldn't triangulate. But here, Black's king can also triangulate e7/e8/d8.
Black goes to e7 white moves king behind the pawn(e5) if black doesn't guard f6 or g6 white captures the black pawn and now has 2 pawns to move. The video says (but I'm not sure) that white will get a queen from that position. Due to threatened squares e7 is the only square the king can use to guard f6.
Long story short, white has enough moves to prevent triangulation as it will not be the same position later in the game.
Could you give me tips on how to practice alone.
Choose a specific skill to learn and then learn it. Examples: 1) Learning the main line of sicilian, grab your openings book or pull up openings explorer online and learn it. 2) Learning king and pawn against king endgame, go find endgame book or find video/tutorial online and study it. Basically just choose a bite sized thing that you don't know and then study it.