Considering all the educational chess channels I watch, I want to say this is an unusually good, clear, well-written video. Basic concepts and tips that will actually help people and are easy to understand. Very well done.
Go to Anna Cremling's channel of you want to actually learn about chess on not just watch pretty girls play chess. She does the best just of any RUclips channel. She is kind of cute too even if her voice can be a bit much.
@@toriless I find your comment rude and disrespectful. Also presumptuous about a person you don't know. What they look like has nothing to do with the quality of content, or why I'm here. This is not primarily an educational chess channel, so of course I wouldn't come here specifically to learn about chess. But as an educator, writer and video creator myself, this is a good educational video all the same. I'm qualified to say so. If I wanted to learn about Chess on YT, I'd go to one of the four educationally-focused chess channels I'm already subscribed to, irrespective of whatever the presenter looks like.
Well said, Alex! One thing I'll add to the opposition section: if you're up a pawn, THINK before pushing the pawn! Because with one move, the opponent can take back the opposition. In general, if you can make a move that forces the two kings to be one rank apart, do it. And don't push the pawn until you know you have the opposition and can keep it :)
Ive never heard about that pawn chase square before. I really struggle with visualization and tips like that feel like stumbling onto ancient treasure.
Love this type of format for learning Chess concepts. More of These Please!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Sometimes I just don't have the energy to sit through a whole 40 minute explanation of a game.
Very well done and highly appreciated for the way that you presented each tip, very simple and precise. This will help me to to teach and explain to some of my friends who are beginners about endgames and certain strategies. Thank you for a very well done video :)
Just control the center of the board and you will win the game. If you are playing as white you can exchange a piece against black because we all know white piece advantage is a board control in early match. So if you are black do not exchange the piece in early until you can control the center of the board before you exchange.
I think the best way to remember to use your King during endgame is: The King is King during daytime. (The beginning of the game til Midgame). The King is an Assassin during nightime (Endgame) meaning, the King goes around assassinating pawns and advancing.
Old chess masters say that in pawn endings you should always go with the king to the side on which you are weaker. Which in practice really makes sense
2:55 the square rule is wild. When you have these kinds of tricks, you have to do waaaay less calculations. I can definitely see how some people seem to be aliens regarding chess. I bet they have lots of these kinds of principles that makes calculating faster for them
It took me a long time for me to learn about king opposition and how to win king and pawn endgames with it. I wish I had seen a video like this a long time ago. It would have saved me a lot of frustration.
As someone who knows how to play chess but is not competitive and only plays very rarely I was thought to move the pieces to the center and attack outward making a X on the board this simple tactic has always allowed me to win against most of my opponents aka family and friends
I would love to see you go into depth on some of your more interesting endgames. As a long time wood pusher, I do ok in the opening, at my best in the middlegame, but my mind just blanks in the endgame. I just have the hardest time seeing why one move is good an another not. I expect I'm not alone in that regard. I really just love your presentation; your really a good coach Alex, would love to see more.
I bought dvoretskys end-game manual because you mentioned it. I've been watching the channel since pre covid, and it is great to see how this channel blew up. These educational videos are great, and you offer a lot of variation of content on a chess based channel. Amazing job. Now i just need to meet women who are as passionate and driven as you are. Those are my biggest takeaways from this :)
That format is great - and a very digestible length as well. Nothing against Danja, but like 10 1 hour videos just on pawn endgames imho target a very advanced and thus narrow viewership. This is more to the point even for ppl who already learned at some point and just want a little refresh on the topic 🤗 Can you do rook endgames next? Like just philidor / lucena position and how to hold / convert them?
Beauty and brains.❤❤ Very nice instruction for beginners too. :) keep bringing them more. I would recommend to do a series on middlegames. Strategy and tactics. Open files, good bishops, knights, Colour complexes, Pins, stacking rooks, Battery. Use examples from famous positions in historical games from morphy era onwards. If you do them as a series i am sure it will be a hit.
Take my subscription! You're now the 4th chess channel I'm subscribing to for learning, thank you. If I may make a suggestion, time stamps for each of the points you discussed would do wonders for revision and retention. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this video. I really like to learn about the openings and their variations in your video. I am a trash in openings and almost mess up in every game.
I learned chess 20 years ago from my dad and played a handful of games but had a 101 level understanding. I finally picked it back up November of 2022 and went from 800 down to 675 now up to as high as 995. I love gotten rejected at 1,000 twice though and it’s frustrating. I think I need to spend more time studying and less time just playing endless games without taking time to analyze my mistakes. I hope to get to 1,400 by the end of this year so I can at least call myself an intermediate player
Considering all the educational chess channels I watch, I want to say this is an unusually good, clear, well-written video. Basic concepts and tips that will actually help people and are easy to understand. Very well done.
Go to Anna Cremling's channel of you want to actually learn about chess on not just watch pretty girls play chess. She does the best just of any RUclips channel. She is kind of cute too even if her voice can be a bit much.
@@toriless I find your comment rude and disrespectful. Also presumptuous about a person you don't know.
What they look like has nothing to do with the quality of content, or why I'm here. This is not primarily an educational chess channel, so of course I wouldn't come here specifically to learn about chess. But as an educator, writer and video creator myself, this is a good educational video all the same. I'm qualified to say so. If I wanted to learn about Chess on YT, I'd go to one of the four educationally-focused chess channels I'm already subscribed to, irrespective of whatever the presenter looks like.
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Yep
@@toriless You're not very bright if that is how you think. lol
There is good content for every level and this was very well done for beginners.
we stan an active king
I personally like a passive king
Yessir
Well said, Alex! One thing I'll add to the opposition section: if you're up a pawn, THINK before pushing the pawn! Because with one move, the opponent can take back the opposition. In general, if you can make a move that forces the two kings to be one rank apart, do it. And don't push the pawn until you know you have the opposition and can keep it :)
Center your king, the opposite of openings and middle games.
1. Trade pieces just when you are up material
2. Create passed pawns- pawn majority
3. Square rule
4. King activity
5. Opposition
Ive never heard about that pawn chase square before. I really struggle with visualization and tips like that feel like stumbling onto ancient treasure.
same!
I’d love to see end games 2 that continues exploring the topic!
Thanks for this - your explanations are easy to follow, would watch more tuts
Love this type of format for learning Chess concepts. More of These Please!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Sometimes I just don't have the energy to sit through a whole 40 minute explanation of a game.
This was helpful. I like short educational lessons.
I want more of that! You are such a great teacher
Thanks for the tips. That squared tip will come in very handy
I had no clue on the drawing a square for if your king will catch a pawn. Thanks for that!
Joke's on you, my games never go to the endgame.
i often mess up the end game, so even beginner tips like these are good to keep top of mind :) thanks!
Very well done and highly appreciated for the way that you presented each tip, very simple and precise. This will help me to to teach and explain to some of my friends who are beginners about endgames and certain strategies. Thank you for a very well done video :)
Just control the center of the board and you will win the game. If you are playing as white you can exchange a piece against black because we all know white piece advantage is a board control in early match. So if you are black do not exchange the piece in early until you can control the center of the board before you exchange.
I'm loving the new types of content you've been sharing lately. Multumesc
I think the best way to remember to use your King during endgame is:
The King is King during daytime. (The beginning of the game til Midgame).
The King is an Assassin during nightime (Endgame) meaning, the King goes around assassinating pawns and advancing.
Make more endgame videos. We wanna be as good as Magnus come summer time.
and I want to lift 500 pounds by summer, you probably have the same odds as I do.
@@toriless My deadlift is over 400 so I may get actually get there hahahah
Thank you thank you. I suck at endgames and I'm drawing too much from winning positions. I'll put these lessons to use right away
You're a really good chess teacher Alex, very clear and informative and the examples illustrate perfectly. Thank you!
More useful explanation of the square rule than I’ve seen elsewhere. The diagonal is fast enough to use with time ticking down.
Old chess masters say that in pawn endings you should always go with the king to the side on which you are weaker. Which in practice really makes sense
the square rule is so cool!
Main rule: hope your opponent commits to the Botez Gambit! Just kidding, great video Alex!
2:55 the square rule is wild. When you have these kinds of tricks, you have to do waaaay less calculations. I can definitely see how some people seem to be aliens regarding chess. I bet they have lots of these kinds of principles that makes calculating faster for them
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Great video straight to the point. something I would like to see is ideas to attack the castled king with piece sacrifice for instance
This was actually great. I hate learning about endgames tho lmao.
The past pawn is the unseen enemy.
Grabbing the sniper rifle.
Short and to the point,simplely love your video style and inform.
It took me a long time for me to learn about king opposition and how to win king and pawn endgames with it. I wish I had seen a video like this a long time ago. It would have saved me a lot of frustration.
1.Pass pawn(in front of pawn 3 squares me agar pawn nhi he toh) ..create pass pawm by majority
Opposition
King activity in end game
As someone who knows how to play chess but is not competitive and only plays very rarely I was thought to move the pieces to the center and attack outward making a X on the board this simple tactic has always allowed me to win against most of my opponents aka family and friends
Nice quick endgame tips video
3:55 thats the end game of BOBBY FISCHER , i remember it
It's helps for those people who blunders their queen because of time pressure
I would love to see you go into depth on some of your more interesting endgames. As a long time wood pusher, I do ok in the opening, at my best in the middlegame, but my mind just blanks in the endgame. I just have the hardest time seeing why one move is good an another not. I expect I'm not alone in that regard. I really just love your presentation; your really a good coach Alex, would love to see more.
more videos
👌👌👌👍👍 more videos of this type please!! how to win with only knight and bishop, one video on this pls..
That square rule will help out a ton for me now, thanks!
The square rule is crazy, thank you for sharing
I bought dvoretskys end-game manual because you mentioned it. I've been watching the channel since pre covid, and it is great to see how this channel blew up. These educational videos are great, and you offer a lot of variation of content on a chess based channel. Amazing job. Now i just need to meet women who are as passionate and driven as you are. Those are my biggest takeaways from this :)
Silman's complete endgame book is the best ever written.
I will check it out. Thank you
Excellent video! Thanks for the lesson. I look forward to more.
That format is great - and a very digestible length as well. Nothing against Danja, but like 10 1 hour videos just on pawn endgames imho target a very advanced and thus narrow viewership. This is more to the point even for ppl who already learned at some point and just want a little refresh on the topic 🤗
Can you do rook endgames next? Like just philidor / lucena position and how to hold / convert them?
This video helped me a ton, literally in the first couple tips it explained how my opponent earlier was able to win at the end. So now I know 😁
This is such good advice! My endgame is not so great because I only know how to checkmate with rooks/queens 🤔😕
Beauty and brains.❤❤ Very nice instruction for beginners too. :) keep bringing them more. I would recommend to do a series on middlegames. Strategy and tactics. Open files, good bishops, knights, Colour complexes, Pins, stacking rooks, Battery. Use examples from famous positions in historical games from morphy era onwards. If you do them as a series i am sure it will be a hit.
Very clear and helpful. Thank you : ).
Wow It helped me to 200- 1300. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!
Take my subscription! You're now the 4th chess channel I'm subscribing to for learning, thank you.
If I may make a suggestion, time stamps for each of the points you discussed would do wonders for revision and retention.
Thanks again!
just wondering what the other 3 are!
@@candrealxchess Gotham Chess, NM Robert Ramirez, Hanging Pawns.
I've added a few more since making that initial comments 🤣
@@ghostroc Ahh i see, I too watch all the channels you mentioned. I just wanted to see if there's anyone you watch who I don't XD
@@ghostroc btw just wondering are you from SE Asia?
Damn i just forgot to focus on the board gotta rewatch this
Great tips!! Good content.
Always struggle with endgame. Even when up some material
I didn't watch educational videos about chess for months but this helped me a lot
I think these are very good tips . Great work!
4:36 how can black draw in this position
Can you do one on openings and middle game
The square rule will definitely make things a lot easier! Thanks!
It applies in several endgame as well.
needed this thanks for sharing 🙏
We want more videos like this
End game snap
Excellent video. One topic that I would enjoy seeing would d be on calculation technique and blunder prevention.
That was very informative and easy to understand. I would like to see more of these types of videos
One of my favorite bitez videos.
Gereat video! Super clear and concise, but also not rushed!! Perfect 😎
I would like to see good books for endgame knowledge please
can you analyze your best/worst games on this channel?
I’m studying endgame because the goal of the middlegame is to get a good endgame
Bro, TF is vise versa 🤣🤣
That was really good! Keep ‘em coming!
Can you do a video on how the knight moves?
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This was one of your better videos.
Very Helpful
great, more of this pliz
This was helpful. Thanks 👍
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Definitely more educational videos.
very well taught and easy to understand. More people should like this new video format.
Thank you so much for this video. I really like to learn about the openings and their variations in your video. I am a trash in openings and almost mess up in every game.
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This is really good. Thanks a lot.
I learned chess 20 years ago from my dad and played a handful of games but had a 101 level understanding. I finally picked it back up November of 2022 and went from 800 down to 675 now up to as high as 995. I love gotten rejected at 1,000 twice though and it’s frustrating. I think I need to spend more time studying and less time just playing endless games without taking time to analyze my mistakes. I hope to get to 1,400 by the end of this year so I can at least call myself an intermediate player
I am back to see the video agan because it helps me a lot❤️
This is very helpful and clear. Thank you.
End game is a weak point for me, I love these instructive videos id like more
This is a wonderful video.... I'd love to see more videos such as this, teaching chess concepts
Anna Cramling has done dozen's of these. She is also 2100+.
You guys helped me so much with chess thank you
Hello it would be great to have a video on when to castle and on which side. Thank you.
I am confused by the scenario where black had opposition, wouldn't white be able to move the pawn up there?
Thank you for the instructive knowledge ; )
Some Middlegame would be nice i guess in the future :))
I really need to understand opposition in the game of chess
Great video thank you
Thank you Alexandra! It was amazing! Please make more of those(if you are available to do so of course)
Go to Anna Cramling's RUclips channel, she does these a LOT.
@@toriless Oh I follow her too. Alex and Anna are amazing chess players
This was very useful, thank you!
Thank you Alexandra!
These were awesome, can we have midde game tips?
Great, thanks. Very informative
*Queen Dies*
*Pawn gets to enemy side*
King: "You're my wife now"