Even as a 1800 player I am surprised I have never come across such simple heuristics before. You do a really great job of isolating one principle and demonstrate it in all levels of play, or removing the ‘noise’ as you say. Most underrated chess channel!!
These simple lessons are superior to anything I've come across trying to improve my chess. I predict this channel is going to blow up if it can get the visibility it deserves. There are people out there who put up a paywall for lessons not even close to this caliber. Thank you for the time you put into these videos!
This is what I love about this channel. I always hear something new, something I don't hear other chess creators come up with. It's usually the same, develop, control the center, etc. All this new information gives me an edge over my opponents...I just need to remember it! Thanks for imparting your knowledge with us.
Iv gotta binge your videos now. These kinds of videos are immediate strength. another thing iv found extremely useful is recognizing the immediate check squares like the first diagonals and second cross squares to avoid checks and forks in a pinch and speed up calculation.
Thanks Can, Knight check shadow. Excellent. I will try to keep this pattern in mind. I never saw this before. Knights vs pawns have often given me trouble.
12:22 I think you miscounted the minimal necessary steps, it can be done in 4: c7-a6-c5-d7 (or d3 instead of d7 in the end). But of course that requires the knight to move away from the pawn, so...
Dr. Can, for me this is THE BEST video you published so far. I love this! DID ANYONE SEE THE BALLOONS? 😍 Hahaha I am surprised no viewer said anything about this hidden surprise! 4:52 For a second I thought about Kf1 to protect the e2 pawn. But then I saw the Qh2 move as counter play. Ouch! 8:04 Knight Check Shadow, I didn't know that principle. And yes, simple set up, not easy to calculate. However this principle makes it more easy! Beforehand I was thinking about Kf5. But I guess it still gives the Knight room to dance around the King, right? Short circuit, Karpov Distance, all new to me! So with all 4 principles you explained in this video there is almost no need for intense calculation . That is amazing! 12:20 if the Knight moves to e7, a8, b6 and then to d7 or c4, it would take 4 moves. Yes, it would be more quick, but it's still too slow (and does nothing to stop the h pawn to promote anyway.) This Karpov Distance concept is so insightful. Love it, love it. HOMEWORK: all those pawns ar blocking Blacks Bishop; a bad piece. This is a position more suitable for Knights. White has two Knights, that is a positional advantage. (And the opponent Knight is buried. Na3. Whyyyy? The idea is to sacrifice the Knight by taking the b5 pawn next move. If Black takes it: axb5, then Whites a pawn can promote. The Knight nor the Bishop can stop that promotion. If Black doesn't take the Knight, good too. The Knight penetrated the Black camp. Nc7 or reaching the outpost c6 (by first Na7). And the opportunity arrises to get Whites b pawn to b5 to enforce a free a file anyway. More videos like this are always very welcome. Thank you for this lesson already! 😀
Such a beautiful insight by you sir about chess geometry domination and tactical visions. This video helped me so much to understand maneuvering in the endgame
I think that you are the best chess teacher I've ever come across. I'm almost in tears. I've watched two of your videos and... I UNDERSTOOD THEM! You didn't show 60 moves in 20 variations of an opening and then say, "But don't memorize moves!" Shadow distance, Karpov distance, blockading, being careful if you have pieces on the same colour squares. I can work with that!
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Calculating lines take so much time in endings with a knight that I used to look for ways to sac a quality to remove it. But this positional ideas are soooo easy to remember and recognize. You permanently changed my gameplay in just 20 minutes, THANK YOU
I bought the book "100 endgames you must know" and failed miserably in working througt by giving up in the first chapter. The content of this video is what I need and I apprechiate it so much because you explain in a great way!
homework spoiler - no engine In these kinds of positions, where the queen and rooks are off the board and a lot of pawns remain in a fairly closed structure, it might be useful to look for a piece sacrifice. They don't always work but are winning in some cases. Na3 Bd8 Nxb5 axb5 a6 Bc7 (preventing promotion if the knight on b7 is captured) a7 and white will promote to a queen. After a6 Bb6 axb7 Bc7 which will tie down the bishop allowing white Nd2 Nb1 Nc3 and Nxb5 which is winning. Na3 Nxa5 bxa5 b4 Nc4 and white is up a piece preventing the b-pawn from advancing, defending the a-pawn and putting pressure on the backward d6 pawn. Na3 Nxa5 Nxb5 Nb7 Nc7 (threatening Ne8#!) g5 Nxa6 with a winning position Na3 Nxa5 Nxb5 axb5 bxa5 Bd8 a6 Bb6 Nd2 to support the passed a-pawn. Na3 Nxa5 bxa5 Bd8 and white is up a piece, which is perhaps the most forcing line that both sides should commit to although not clearly winning for white but probably so in time. Other moves seem too slow. There isn't room to maneuver the knights on the king-side or the center. The black king is in the "Karpov" position impeding the knight on f3 and adding another knight doesn't seem to help. Ne3 h5 g4 hxg4 Nxg4+ Kg7 and no progress is made.
This is the best chess video I have seen. Ideas like this are far more helpful to me than trying to learn theory or openings because this knowledge can apply in any situation regardless of move order or anything else. I am so happy I found you!
Amazing video! (Basti showed us knight motif with outside passed pawn a few months ago). ✔️ Great refresher! Plus ➕️ Knight check shadow ✔️ Karpov distance ✔️ Simply beautiful!
I’m so happy I found your channel. There are so many chess videos, but yours are very simple and didactic and will definitely help me improve. Keep up the good work!!
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What an excellent video lesson, Dr. Can, as usual! Packed with useful (and beautiful) insights about board geometry as related to Knight strength and activity. And BTW, thanks for correcting yourself on the pronunciation of "fianchetto" -- I was just about to yell at my computer screen! 😉
Perfect video! I’ve blundered these positions so many times just not understanding or able to visualise the theory. This is a big step that I think will break me out of a plateau. New subscriber incoming!
I literally just said to one of my most recent opponents, "I'm terrible with defending vs Knights. I just can't see the pattern." All of a sudden your video pops up on my feed and I feel like I just learned some grand master level knowledge. Could this be what I needed to break through the 900 ELO?! I'm legit confident it is. Like, subscribed, and looking forward to more of your videos!
Such lovely and motivational feedback ❤ I am so glad to have helped you. A warm welcome to this channel. After looking at thousands of games between 700 and 1200 ELO, I created this course that may help you breakthrough the 900 ELO: www.chessable.com/the-chess-elevator-climb-to-1200-and-beyond/course/229177/
On a side note, I purchased your Chessable course on calculations last night. After completing the first section, I immediately tried to apply the concepts to solving some puzzles. I know that I still have a long way to go but for the first time, I felt like I was being more consistent in my approach to short time calculations. I’m really looking forward to completing the rest of the course.
@@norrinRadd026 I am so happy hearing it, thank you for studying the course! Stay on the sweet spot of desirable difficulty while always giving your best!
Finally someone speaks about the knight geometry! Thank you! (Fun fact: „knight fork“ is sometimes translated by the automated subtitles as „night frog“)
Good video. Knight check shadow, Karpov distance, and knight circuit are three very nice ideas to keep in mind. As for the homework, I believe the answer is Na3, with the plan of Nxb5. If black plays axb5, white plays a6 and there is no way for black to stop the pawn promotion. Black has no move after Na3 that addresses the Nxb5 threat.
Ive been watching chess videos since covid and this has been the best knight geometry one I've ever seen. Today i learned calculation shortcuts i didn't know as a mesely 1500 player.
I really enjoy your endgame lessons. This was no exception. You gave some very helpful tips to assist in move making. Thanks! Homework. The black King looks like it wants to infiltrate the position and g5 g6 would displaced our knight and allow the King in. So g4 would stop that. The pawns on the Queenside are also at risk. The black night can take a5 then bxa5 and the black bishop can move to d8 and take a5 and black has two connected passed pawns for the loss of the knight. So K f2 is another candidate to bring the King over to protect the Queenside. I can't see anything sensible to do with the knights and I suppose that the homework must be to do with the knights, so I am not sure... Great lesson. Pieces on the same colour, blind shadow, Karpov distance, knights on the rim can be controlled.
Super lovely feedback, thank you! More endgames will follow. Can we do sth. on the queenside? The b7 knight is terrible and it cannot deal with the rook passers!
Dr. Can. Here is my homework assignment. As White, I would play Ne3, because I want to take it g4 and fork the K and h6 pawn. Black's N is already tamed. The B isn't much better. Black should play h5 to which White plays h4 so that the N on f3 can move to g5. I don't think that the was point of the lesson, except that we have turned the table. I enjoyed the lesson. The best take away for me was the N and R pawn problem. OTB I would have found it with a couple minutes of calculation. You just saved me some time!
Excellent feedback, thank you! Can we transfer our knight to the queenside instead of kingside? Can you see a nice tactical opportunity in creating a passer there, exploiting the poor fianchetto knight?
It think this video will resonate with many beginners to low-intermediate players. The knight is quite mysterious, I always thought someday I have to try to memorise some positions instead of always having to calculate the same moves ahead based on the same geometry. But I always put it off. This video really does it.
Fantastic lesson and so useful to see these principles applied and shown in such a beautiful fashion ❤ Homework, whites piece control is far better as black has a buried knight and Bishop, whereas our knights are active... Putting together the points learnt from the lesson my way of thinking would be to utilise this activity therefore although possibly complicated and sacrificial, I would play (assuming where white and to move next) N(c)d4 exd4, Nxd4 (aiming for the c6 square) Nd8, Nxb5 axb5, a6.... Black I don't believe can stop our 'a' pawn promoting, this sounds complicated but is what I'd try, I guess there's a simple option but I'm not seeing it for some reason?
Thank you for the reply, I have to be honest I completely missed Na3 with the following threat of Nxb5 my full board awareness is not fully there yet but I can see now this is winning for white
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A super video💯👏👏 great information, really enjoyed this, many years ago I started to study if pieces can control orther in endgame an came across two ideas to add,1,if a rook is placed on a one square diagonal, between the knight it puts the Knight in a square, also a Knight on a diagonal with two squares between controls the orther, enjoyed the geometric ideas👏🎉
This is exactly what I was looking for. I knew there had to be certain patterns related to square colors concerning knights but never bothered to figure them out on my own haha. Amazing video!
Great video with a lot of useful tips. I also like it a lot when patterns have names, because it is so much easier to remember. There is one more way to remember avoiding knight forks, which was called Super Knight Jump or I remember it as Super-L. This is easy to see in your first position. After the Queen grabbed the pawn it is a Super Knight Jump away from the King and so it is in direct fork distance for the enemy knight. So it is a good addition to the color hint. At least it helps me a lot to see quickly possible knight forks.
I thought it's just all the same, I learnt everything about Chess basics. There's nothing wrong with anything in this video, but I thought that you gonna teach me what I already know.
@@tammykayh2oflow Yeah, if you watch a lot of chess videos, there's a chance you will encounter the same material as before. My experience with Dr. Can's video's that it is fresh and very well explained so it will stick.
Just wow, l took a break from Chess, and started to get really back in it last week. Your explanations are amazing, and the puzzles are brilliant. I’m definitely going to subscribe and binge your videos! Thank you for your amazing work!🙏🏽❤️
Just out of curiosity,: what made you take a break from chess? And for how long? I hope you are back and having fun with chess. For at least a year I did do chess puzzles (including the move trainer), videos and lessons at least once a day. (Almost daily two-three times.) But maybe a little break can be good, like it can be good with physical training (gym and such).
Great video. I went through one of your Chessable courses (Chess Elevator) and now going through another one (Crime and Punishment) and when RUclips offered me one of your videos, I immediately had to check it out. Great content, I think I will always remember these lessons now. By the way in Position 3 after ...Ke5 I immediately calculated that I can let Black chop off my Bishop and simply promote. But then I was thinking further, trying to be clever and thought: "Ok, I can have K+Q vs. K+N endgame, which is winning but not so easily, especially in time trouble, so what about keeping that Bishop and going to g2, where the Bishop still controls a8 and restricts the Knight?" Turns out this is a blunder because of a tempo! Black plays ...Kd6 and after a6, he plays ...Nc6 and when I take the Knight and he recaptures with his King, the King is now close enough to take the pawn. Fortunately this was just a mental exercise and not a real game, but it is important not to be too clever for my own good :-) Conclusion: I think the most important thing is to drill these simple endings, so that I am not afraid of them (I would not even think about keeping the Bishop, if I felt confident enough in K+Q vs. K+N).
Amazing feedback, thank you so much! ❤️ Thanks for studying my courses! Please ask me anything along the way. Great lessons from that moment of lacking confidence to convert Q vs. K ending. You can drill those against the engine to gain confidence in your abilities to convert. Good that you understood why Bg2 was a blunder!
I thought I got it the first watch but played some blitz and couldn’t convert knight check shadow or Karpov distance. So I came back and rewatched with an analysis board until I was confident in implementing the concepts. So useful. Thanks very much
Great video, Dr Can, thank you! I was a bit confused about knowing when to go for the Karpov arrangement or the Knight Shadow. In a couple of the examples I could have gone for either as a first move - how do you know which to do?
Thank you so much Dr Can, a wonderful video! Knights will never again make me feel quite so uncomfortable now I see some of their strengths and (especially) weaknesses! A possible exception might be 2 beside eachother, board centre, but now I can better prevent this 👍🏼👍🏼
I'll never look at Knights the same way again...what a video!!!
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Even as a 1800 player I am surprised I have never come across such simple heuristics before. You do a really great job of isolating one principle and demonstrate it in all levels of play, or removing the ‘noise’ as you say. Most underrated chess channel!!
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This is my first time seeing the word "heuristic." What a day! 🎉
I feel the exact same way. And it was only by accident that I discovered this channel a few months ago.
These simple lessons are superior to anything I've come across trying to improve my chess. I predict this channel is going to blow up if it can get the visibility it deserves. There are people out there who put up a paywall for lessons not even close to this caliber. Thank you for the time you put into these videos!
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This is what I love about this channel. I always hear something new, something I don't hear other chess creators come up with. It's usually the same, develop, control the center, etc. All this new information gives me an edge over my opponents...I just need to remember it! Thanks for imparting your knowledge with us.
❤️ Thanks for the great feedback.
Iv gotta binge your videos now. These kinds of videos are immediate strength. another thing iv found extremely useful is recognizing the immediate check squares like the first diagonals and second cross squares to avoid checks and forks in a pinch and speed up calculation.
❤ Around 100 videos are waiting to be binge-watched! Enjoy and please ask me anything along the way!
It is criminal that this man does not have more subs!! Great content as usual. 🙏👍
i agree. I always look at the number to see if there are new subscribers. It’s getting better.
Yes, it's a "chess crime"!
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But it does help us win more games!
@@mrodock So should I create BS content for you to share the channel? 😅 That is easy to do.
Thanks Can,
Knight check shadow. Excellent. I will try to keep this pattern in mind. I never saw this before. Knights vs pawns have often given me trouble.
My pleasure, Dan! Hope it will help you tame the knight.
12:22 I think you miscounted the minimal necessary steps, it can be done in 4: c7-a6-c5-d7 (or d3 instead of d7 in the end). But of course that requires the knight to move away from the pawn, so...
Yes, that is why I ignored that route. I should not have.
Dr. Can, for me this is THE BEST video you published so far. I love this! DID ANYONE SEE THE BALLOONS? 😍 Hahaha I am surprised no viewer said anything about this hidden surprise!
4:52 For a second I thought about Kf1 to protect the e2 pawn. But then I saw the Qh2 move as counter play. Ouch!
8:04 Knight Check Shadow, I didn't know that principle. And yes, simple set up, not easy to calculate. However this principle makes it more easy! Beforehand I was thinking about Kf5. But I guess it still gives the Knight room to dance around the King, right?
Short circuit, Karpov Distance, all new to me! So with all 4 principles you explained in this video there is almost no need for intense calculation . That is amazing!
12:20 if the Knight moves to e7, a8, b6 and then to d7 or c4, it would take 4 moves. Yes, it would be more quick, but it's still too slow (and does nothing to stop the h pawn to promote anyway.) This Karpov Distance concept is so insightful. Love it, love it.
HOMEWORK: all those pawns ar blocking Blacks Bishop; a bad piece. This is a position more suitable for Knights. White has two Knights, that is a positional advantage. (And the opponent Knight is buried.
Na3. Whyyyy? The idea is to sacrifice the Knight by taking the b5 pawn next move.
If Black takes it: axb5, then Whites a pawn can promote. The Knight nor the Bishop can stop that promotion.
If Black doesn't take the Knight, good too. The Knight penetrated the Black camp. Nc7 or reaching the outpost c6 (by first Na7). And the opportunity arrises to get Whites b pawn to b5 to enforce a free a file anyway.
More videos like this are always very welcome. Thank you for this lesson already! 😀
Love your feedback as always, Mark! Thank you so much! On which minute on the video are the baloons visible? I could not find it 😅
@@Dr.CansClinic Hahaha! 12:04. Did you have someone to let go of the balloons or something? 😉Anyway, I love the Easter egg!
@@MarkPersoonlijk 😅 Karpov distance being 2 squares in between the pieces. And 2 translates to victory sign - from there to the balloons!
What an absolutely wonderful video. This is exactly the way I need these patterns explained to me. Pure gold! Thank you!
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Very valuable lesson as usual, please keep it up Dr. Can
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Such a beautiful insight by you sir about chess geometry domination and tactical visions. This video helped me so much to understand maneuvering in the endgame
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I think that you are the best chess teacher I've ever come across. I'm almost in tears. I've watched two of your videos and... I UNDERSTOOD THEM! You didn't show 60 moves in 20 variations of an opening and then say, "But don't memorize moves!" Shadow distance, Karpov distance, blockading, being careful if you have pieces on the same colour squares. I can work with that!
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Calculating lines take so much time in endings with a knight that I used to look for ways to sac a quality to remove it.
But this positional ideas are soooo easy to remember and recognize. You permanently changed my gameplay in just 20 minutes, THANK YOU
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Very helpful video. Thank you!
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Great lesson from a Great Teacher..Thanks!!
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Such a useful lesson! Thanks so much for making this video!!
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I bought the book "100 endgames you must know" and failed miserably in working througt by giving up in the first chapter. The content of this video is what I need and I apprechiate it so much because you explain in a great way!
So motivating to hear your kind thoughts 🙏
homework spoiler - no engine
In these kinds of positions, where the queen and rooks are off the board and a lot of pawns remain in a fairly closed structure, it might be useful to look for a piece sacrifice. They don't always work but are winning in some cases.
Na3 Bd8 Nxb5 axb5 a6 Bc7 (preventing promotion if the knight on b7 is captured) a7 and white will promote to a queen.
After a6 Bb6 axb7 Bc7 which will tie down the bishop allowing white Nd2 Nb1 Nc3 and Nxb5 which is winning.
Na3 Nxa5 bxa5 b4 Nc4 and white is up a piece preventing the b-pawn from advancing, defending the a-pawn and putting pressure on the backward d6 pawn.
Na3 Nxa5 Nxb5 Nb7 Nc7 (threatening Ne8#!) g5 Nxa6 with a winning position
Na3 Nxa5 Nxb5 axb5 bxa5 Bd8 a6 Bb6 Nd2 to support the passed a-pawn.
Na3 Nxa5 bxa5 Bd8 and white is up a piece, which is perhaps the most forcing line that both sides should commit to although not clearly winning for white but probably so in time.
Other moves seem too slow. There isn't room to maneuver the knights on the king-side or the center. The black king is in the "Karpov" position impeding the knight on f3 and adding another knight doesn't seem to help.
Ne3 h5 g4 hxg4 Nxg4+ Kg7 and no progress is made.
Excellent as always, thank you!
This is the best chess video I have seen. Ideas like this are far more helpful to me than trying to learn theory or openings because this knowledge can apply in any situation regardless of move order or anything else. I am so happy I found you!
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Amazing video! (Basti showed us knight motif with outside passed pawn a few months ago). ✔️ Great refresher!
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Knight check shadow ✔️
Karpov distance ✔️
Simply beautiful!
Thank you Manuel! Karsten Müller is a great endgame specialist, you should check him out :)
I’m so happy I found your channel. There are so many chess videos, but yours are very simple and didactic and will definitely help me improve. Keep up the good work!!
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I'm very glad this video showed up in my recommended videos. Clear instruction, fun delivery, you got me Subbed Can!
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This so instructive and useful, the way you explain is so simple yet very comprehensive. Thanks @Dr. Can’s Chess Clinic ❤
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This is a very insightful lesson. Thank you so much for sharing these concepts. I feel like I've learned so much. For adult improvers this is gold!
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Agreed - brilliant little lesson ! Thanks!
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That was AWESOME !!! Thank You !!!
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What an excellent video lesson, Dr. Can, as usual! Packed with useful (and beautiful) insights about board geometry as related to Knight strength and activity. And BTW, thanks for correcting yourself on the pronunciation of "fianchetto" -- I was just about to yell at my computer screen! 😉
Many thanks! I know, I was happy to correct the fianchetto on the go. Sorry to my Italian viewers...
Great video . Thank you for sharing this knowledge
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Great lesson. Thank you.
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Very nicely explained. Like the way he gets his points across.
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Once again, an excellent lesson. 👏
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@@Dr.CansClinic in a recent game I played Kn a6 it was neither dim or grim but the best move!
Great vid as always.
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@@roytwinberrow7956 Chess would be a boring game if the knight on the rim would ALWAYS be poor.
great video, clear and instructive
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Perfect video! I’ve blundered these positions so many times just not understanding or able to visualise the theory. This is a big step that I think will break me out of a plateau. New subscriber incoming!
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Excellent - well done! Very clear and valuable! Thank you.
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Great content, keep it up talking about patterns and concepts of play!
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I literally just said to one of my most recent opponents, "I'm terrible with defending vs Knights. I just can't see the pattern." All of a sudden your video pops up on my feed and I feel like I just learned some grand master level knowledge. Could this be what I needed to break through the 900 ELO?! I'm legit confident it is. Like, subscribed, and looking forward to more of your videos!
Such lovely and motivational feedback ❤ I am so glad to have helped you. A warm welcome to this channel. After looking at thousands of games between 700 and 1200 ELO, I created this course that may help you breakthrough the 900 ELO: www.chessable.com/the-chess-elevator-climb-to-1200-and-beyond/course/229177/
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for making this video.
So nice to hear your kind thoughts. Thank you.
On a side note, I purchased your Chessable course on calculations last night. After completing the first section, I immediately tried to apply the concepts to solving some puzzles. I know that I still have a long way to go but for the first time, I felt like I was being more consistent in my approach to short time calculations. I’m really looking forward to completing the rest of the course.
@@norrinRadd026 I am so happy hearing it, thank you for studying the course! Stay on the sweet spot of desirable difficulty while always giving your best!
Incredible video. Thanks!
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That was very instructive!
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Finally someone speaks about the knight geometry! Thank you! (Fun fact: „knight fork“ is sometimes translated by the automated subtitles as „night frog“)
My pleasure! Haha night frog!! I guess they are not tamed that easily!
This is my favorite lesson of the year so far! Thank you Dr. Can!
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Good video. Knight check shadow, Karpov distance, and knight circuit are three very nice ideas to keep in mind. As for the homework, I believe the answer is Na3, with the plan of Nxb5. If black plays axb5, white plays a6 and there is no way for black to stop the pawn promotion. Black has no move after Na3 that addresses the Nxb5 threat.
Thank you Eli! Excellent answer to the hw!
Ive been watching chess videos since covid and this has been the best knight geometry one I've ever seen.
Today i learned calculation shortcuts i didn't know as a mesely 1500 player.
Such lovely feedback, thank you! I am here to cut down on noise and give you the best instruction possible. Your feedback is appreciated!
I really enjoy your endgame lessons. This was no exception. You gave some very helpful tips to assist in move making. Thanks!
Homework.
The black King looks like it wants to infiltrate the position and g5 g6 would displaced our knight and allow the King in. So g4 would stop that.
The pawns on the Queenside are also at risk. The black night can take a5 then bxa5 and the black bishop can move to d8 and take a5 and black has two connected passed pawns for the loss of the knight. So K f2 is another candidate to bring the King over to protect the Queenside. I can't see anything sensible to do with the knights and I suppose that the homework must be to do with the knights, so I am not sure...
Great lesson. Pieces on the same colour, blind shadow, Karpov distance, knights on the rim can be controlled.
Super lovely feedback, thank you! More endgames will follow.
Can we do sth. on the queenside? The b7 knight is terrible and it cannot deal with the rook passers!
This is new material for me...I've been playing a while.Thank you.
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simply brilliant! Dr. Can is the best!!
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Things become so simple if you know the right concepts... Thank you very much !!
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Great fast tutorial. These tips are amazing
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Very insightful, thank you so much 🌻
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What an amazing lesson! Clear as can be and I can see so much better how to deal with knights now! Excellent! Insta-subscribed.
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Great. Learnt a lot from this
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Wow what a fantastic video with actual concrete tips, thank you!
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Great video, great tips
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This was awesome. Going to search your channel for more gems.
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That was so helpful, thank you ❤
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You, sir, are an amazing teacher. Very informative video. Well done, and thank you. 👍
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Awesome video. Subbed!
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12:32 u can check in 4 moves from the other side. C7, A6, C5, then D3+ or D7+ I don’t know if that’s losing to the pawn push just saying
That is right, many people mentioned that. I ignored it as the knight goes to Siberia if it follows that route.
Dr. Can. Here is my homework assignment. As White, I would play Ne3, because I want to take it g4 and fork the K and h6 pawn. Black's N is already tamed. The B isn't much better. Black should play h5 to which White plays h4 so that the N on f3 can move to g5. I don't think that the was point of the lesson, except that we have turned the table.
I enjoyed the lesson. The best take away for me was the N and R pawn problem. OTB I would have found it with a couple minutes of calculation. You just saved me some time!
Excellent feedback, thank you! Can we transfer our knight to the queenside instead of kingside? Can you see a nice tactical opportunity in creating a passer there, exploiting the poor fianchetto knight?
@@Dr.CansClinic. Yes. i missed it. Na3 followed by Nxb5. if axb5, then a pawn is free to reach the 8th rank. That is a frequent oversight for me.
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12:30 if we’re just looking at checking the king and not worried about the pawn, Knight can check the king in 4 moves. C7, B5, A7, C6 check.
Absolutely. This was mentioned before. Thanks.
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Great video. Well done!
Thank you very much!
At 12.32, for Karpov distance you need a minimum of 4 moves; in this position: 1.Nc7, 2.Na8, 3.Nb6, and finally 4.Nc4+.
That is right!
It think this video will resonate with many beginners to low-intermediate players. The knight is quite mysterious, I always thought someday I have to try to memorise some positions instead of always having to calculate the same moves ahead based on the same geometry. But I always put it off. This video really does it.
Such great feedback, glad to have helped you!
Fantastic lesson and so useful to see these principles applied and shown in such a beautiful fashion ❤
Homework, whites piece control is far better as black has a buried knight and Bishop, whereas our knights are active... Putting together the points learnt from the lesson my way of thinking would be to utilise this activity therefore although possibly complicated and sacrificial, I would play (assuming where white and to move next) N(c)d4 exd4, Nxd4 (aiming for the c6 square) Nd8, Nxb5 axb5, a6.... Black I don't believe can stop our 'a' pawn promoting, this sounds complicated but is what I'd try, I guess there's a simple option but I'm not seeing it for some reason?
Thank you so much!! Nxb5 is the main winning idea! Thus 1. Na3! is a good move!
Thank you for the reply, I have to be honest I completely missed Na3 with the following threat of Nxb5 my full board awareness is not fully there yet but I can see now this is winning for white
@@GaryWalters-tk2lp 🙏 Step by step we will get better.
Excellent video. Consistently one of the best chess channels on RUclips. Only 10k subs is crazy. Keep up the great work.
Happy to hear your kind feedback. And please share the channel with your chess friends & other platforms so we can reach more people. That is important for me to be able to continue producing content.
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thanks for a great lesson the last position i play Na3 with plan N+b5 !
Thank you! Great answer!
A super video💯👏👏 great information, really enjoyed this, many years ago I started to study if pieces can control orther in endgame an came across two ideas to add,1,if a rook is placed on a one square diagonal, between the knight it puts the Knight in a square, also a Knight on a diagonal with two squares between controls the orther, enjoyed the geometric ideas👏🎉
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Great Video.
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Great lesson thanks
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This is exactly what I was looking for. I knew there had to be certain patterns related to square colors concerning knights but never bothered to figure them out on my own haha. Amazing video!
Extremely kind feedback. Glad to have taught you something!
Great video with a lot of useful tips. I also like it a lot when patterns have names, because it is so much easier to remember. There is one more way to remember avoiding knight forks, which was called Super Knight Jump or I remember it as Super-L. This is easy to see in your first position. After the Queen grabbed the pawn it is a Super Knight Jump away from the King and so it is in direct fork distance for the enemy knight. So it is a good addition to the color hint. At least it helps me a lot to see quickly possible knight forks.
Thank you! Super Knight Jump! I like that term!
@@Dr.CansClinicThe term came from GM Sam Shankland in one of his Chessable courses about Board Vision.
This is extremely useful. I do still need to learn queen vs knight endgame after promoting that pawn now though
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I learnt something new from this video. At first, I doubted this lesson.
Glad to hear that. Can you please tell me what made you skeptical at first? Title? My face? Thumbnail?
I thought it's just all the same, I learnt everything about Chess basics. There's nothing wrong with anything in this video, but I thought that you gonna teach me what I already know.
@@tammykayh2oflow Yeah, if you watch a lot of chess videos, there's a chance you will encounter the same material as before. My experience with Dr. Can's video's that it is fresh and very well explained so it will stick.
Another great video, could see a series of videos on the topic of chess geometry being very interesting!
Love it. I will consider that!
Awesome video
Thank you so much!
thanks for your great effort
So nice of you, thank you!
mahusay na pagpapaliwanag ....magaling salamat pare...
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Thank you so much sir
Most welcome
Just wow, l took a break from Chess, and started to get really back in it last week. Your explanations are amazing, and the puzzles are brilliant. I’m definitely going to subscribe and binge your videos! Thank you for your amazing work!🙏🏽❤️
I am extremely happy to hear your kind feedback. So motivating. 100+ videos are waiting for you to be binge-watched!
Just out of curiosity,: what made you take a break from chess? And for how long? I hope you are back and having fun with chess.
For at least a year I did do chess puzzles (including the move trainer), videos and lessons at least once a day. (Almost daily two-three times.) But maybe a little break can be good, like it can be good with physical training (gym and such).
Great video. I went through one of your Chessable courses (Chess Elevator) and now going through another one (Crime and Punishment) and when RUclips offered me one of your videos, I immediately had to check it out. Great content, I think I will always remember these lessons now. By the way in Position 3 after ...Ke5 I immediately calculated that I can let Black chop off my Bishop and simply promote. But then I was thinking further, trying to be clever and thought: "Ok, I can have K+Q vs. K+N endgame, which is winning but not so easily, especially in time trouble, so what about keeping that Bishop and going to g2, where the Bishop still controls a8 and restricts the Knight?" Turns out this is a blunder because of a tempo! Black plays ...Kd6 and after a6, he plays ...Nc6 and when I take the Knight and he recaptures with his King, the King is now close enough to take the pawn. Fortunately this was just a mental exercise and not a real game, but it is important not to be too clever for my own good :-) Conclusion: I think the most important thing is to drill these simple endings, so that I am not afraid of them (I would not even think about keeping the Bishop, if I felt confident enough in K+Q vs. K+N).
Amazing feedback, thank you so much! ❤️ Thanks for studying my courses! Please ask me anything along the way.
Great lessons from that moment of lacking confidence to convert Q vs. K ending. You can drill those against the engine to gain confidence in your abilities to convert. Good that you understood why Bg2 was a blunder!
As usual, great video! "Night check shadow" is also called (literally) "third of diagonal" in at least another language in Europe.
Interesting! That is a more clear description of the geometry actually.
I thought I got it the first watch but played some blitz and couldn’t convert knight check shadow or Karpov distance. So I came back and rewatched with an analysis board until I was confident in implementing the concepts. So useful. Thanks very much
That is great feedback! I am really glad that it has been internalized now.
Such a helpful video
Lovely to hear this!
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Easy and effective way . Have a nice day 🎉
Superb thank you
So nice of you, thanks!
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Great video, Dr Can, thank you! I was a bit confused about knowing when to go for the Karpov arrangement or the Knight Shadow. In a couple of the examples I could have gone for either as a first move - how do you know which to do?
Thank you! On which minute in the video are you referring to?
Thank you so much Dr Can, a wonderful video! Knights will never again make me feel quite so uncomfortable now I see some of their strengths and (especially) weaknesses!
A possible exception might be 2 beside eachother, board centre, but now I can better prevent this 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you so much for your kind thoughts 🙏
Mind blowing😮 all Gotham's videos are useless in front of this one video. Learnt so much.
Hidden gem on RUclips
Humbled by your words. Criminally underrated is my nickname on YT. You would make me happy if you share the channel 🙏
Nice video! Subscribed.
Brilliant.. thanks
You're so welcome!