Yes, I am now focussing on End Game play before I learn a single chess opening or strategy. I see End Game play as a natural next step after learning much about tactics.
That actually makes sense because in the beginner and intermediate level you can't really utilize the advantage of the opening since players there have no idea how to play the middle game. And most likely you're both just gonna trade all the pieces and go to the endgame either way and whoever plays the endgame better wins
I know these rules but in specific positions it is still very difficult for me to find moves that comply with the rules and do not worsen the position. Even playing with two more pawns can be terribly tiring for me when the opponent does not want to exchange pieces and, for example, there are still queens, a rook, a light piece on the board. If the opponent is careful that I will not force an exchange, then often these two additional pawns are just a problem that must be defended if they are not close to becoming a queen. And another rule complicates the game for me even more, which is: in the endgame, in an advantage, do not exchange pawns, only pieces, so as not to make the game easier for the opponent. My notes: 1. Which pieces you need to trade and which to leave on the board - exchange opponent active pieces for your unactiv pieces 2. King in the endgame is most important 3. Create an imbalance in position 4. Do not hurry 5. You have to play on the part of the board where you are stronger 6. Principle of two weaknesses 7. Optimize all of your pieces 8. Your're not playing alone
I do this and it works. Openings do not matter. I play h3 on move 1 and trade pieces in accordance with the pawn structure to win and I'm 2100 now. Everything he said is true.
Great, absolutely great video both for teaching us chess learners and for your great endgame win. Tell your girlfriend you are great and she is lucky to have you. Please summarize key lessons at the end of these types of videos either in text format or just by you speaking. For example, this video teaches: - exchange your passive pieces for your opponent's active pieces - do not create double pawns by exchanging unless required - try to create two threats - do not hurry - remaneuver king, pieces as much as needed - try to breakthrough, try to force human mistake by opponent
I'm an unrated player, who has consistently lost against 1400 elo opponents in the middlegame but managed to draw or win against 1600s in the endgame. Can you make a video on how to improve your middlegame please? It would be a huge help.
More videos like this please - you may consider make them a bit shorter (less repeating, more straightforward). The instructive value of this game is amazing btw.
Thank you! Well, it's always a challenge to find the right balance as everybody has a different level. This time seems like people really enjoyed it so the balance was good. But I will do my best to improve even more :)
Very instructive video. Most players spend all their time studying opening theory and don't know much about the endgames. When I was learning chess long ago, master friends told me to study the game from the endgame forward. Endgames first, then middle games, and openings after you get to 1800, or better. (When I teach chess, the first thing I teach is opposition) One critique: a little too much talk between moves. Try to use fewer words and more moves. But all in all, a very good video.
Sure, I get it, thanks. However, you learn endgames not only to play better in the endgames once you get it. But also to understand the game much better in general and this understanding would hugely improve your overall game quality.
If you reach 2500+, probably you'll start to master complex endgames. Below 2500 elo, basic endgames will do, because 60-70% of the games, gaining advantage, it's all about the opening! Only super GMs can grind most of their games to endgame. But for low rated players, where most of them can 't keep their advantage, blunders, can't push for initiative, how are you going to reach an endgame?
I kind of disagree with you on learning opening traps, cos it kind of improved me a little bit, cos i learn the reason why somethings are blunders and i easily take advantage of them, and i get ideas on working with squares and avoid opening mistakes due to pressure, on low elos everything mostly gets bad on the openings cos we don't know how to respond to certain things
Good for you! I would say though that you would have improved much more if you invested the same time in understanding the fundamental chess principles. Again, it's just my opinion, it's okay to disagree.
@journeytograndmaster of course 8 learnt alot from you actually and i really appreciate your efforts in making your videos free, so i can't actually disagree fully with you cos you're superior obviously, but im just saying the way i learn things is quite different from the majority
2100 elo here, if I want to play for a win in such a position I usually keep the second rook alive. So instead of Rd8 I play h5 or something. Bxc5 and Be6 is very instructive. Have to admit I failed to spot it here. Actually, I'll take this fragment to the chess youth tomorrow.
nice video and I understand the point of the video is not to analyze the game but it would be great if you were more critical of this endgame, particularly from your side because it looked a bit flawed and would be nice to hear your reflections and what was the correct way to handle that endgame
@@journeytograndmaster that's nice, of course you're much stronger than me, I don't doubt that (I'm only a bit above 2000 FIDE), I'm just curious about endgames and thought with f4 it's easier to create a passer on the kingside and then you can fully focus on that side, or later when white played b4 even the eval bar dropped there, of course it's hard for white practically but too many pawns get traded on the queenside, a4 looks interesting there instead as response to b4, not allowing any trades and then rerouting the knight to g6 with h4-h3 ideas and sacrificing the knight at the right moment perhaps.
yeah, a4 was indeed better according to the engine. As for f4, it's more difficult to say as objectively it's a draw anyway so it's a question of where the practical chance higher is. In every case, I am not arguing with the engine of course :) I like that you analyse it so deeply! You are right that if would go deeper in the lines there the majority of the viewers would not appreciate it. Even as is, they say I talk to much :)
@@journeytograndmaster You do not talk too much. I actually noticed how little dead air there is in your video. I hung on every word (and rewound if I missed something)
@@journeytograndmaster yeah but I fell back to 100 so I’m not even sure anymore I’m playing 30min games And barely squeak out winds, and I’m still losing like trash
Yes, I am now focussing on End Game play before I learn a single chess opening or strategy. I see End Game play as a natural next step after learning much about tactics.
You can train it at the same time :)
That actually makes sense because in the beginner and intermediate level you can't really utilize the advantage of the opening since players there have no idea how to play the middle game. And most likely you're both just gonna trade all the pieces and go to the endgame either way and whoever plays the endgame better wins
@@scriptself6092 absolutely!
I know these rules but in specific positions it is still very difficult for me to find moves that comply with the rules and do not worsen the position. Even playing with two more pawns can be terribly tiring for me when the opponent does not want to exchange pieces and, for example, there are still queens, a rook, a light piece on the board. If the opponent is careful that I will not force an exchange, then often these two additional pawns are just a problem that must be defended if they are not close to becoming a queen. And another rule complicates the game for me even more, which is: in the endgame, in an advantage, do not exchange pawns, only pieces, so as not to make the game easier for the opponent.
My notes:
1. Which pieces you need to trade and which to leave on the board
- exchange opponent active pieces for your unactiv pieces
2. King in the endgame is most important
3. Create an imbalance in position
4. Do not hurry
5. You have to play on the part of the board where you are stronger
6. Principle of two weaknesses
7. Optimize all of your pieces
8. Your're not playing alone
I do this and it works. Openings do not matter. I play h3 on move 1 and trade pieces in accordance with the pawn structure to win and I'm 2100 now. Everything he said is true.
Thank you!
1. h3 is based
@@metemercan1147 Thanks! Most people don't study it. But you can mirror a black opening where h6 is useful to win a tempo before the middle game
I benefited a lot from this video. I hope you continue this wonderful content ❤
Happy to hear it!
Great, absolutely great video both for teaching us chess learners and for your great endgame win. Tell your girlfriend you are great and she is lucky to have you.
Please summarize key lessons at the end of these types of videos either in text format or just by you speaking.
For example, this video teaches:
- exchange your passive pieces for your opponent's active pieces
- do not create double pawns by exchanging unless required
- try to create two threats
- do not hurry
- remaneuver king, pieces as much as needed
- try to breakthrough, try to force human mistake by opponent
thank you! The problem with the summaries is that people don't want to stay for it, leave which spoils the video performance :(
I'm an unrated player, who has consistently lost against 1400 elo opponents in the middlegame but managed to draw or win against 1600s in the endgame. Can you make a video on how to improve your middlegame please? It would be a huge help.
Read the book about " How to reassess your chess "
It's an amazing book introduce you to Imbalances even in middle game
Thanks a lot
I just played a 1600 and lost miserably after a double rook sacrifice in the middlegame.
Yes! The very next video will be about middlegame, take a look please. Coming on Wednesday most probably :)
More videos like this please - you may consider make them a bit shorter (less repeating, more straightforward). The instructive value of this game is amazing btw.
Thank you!
Well, it's always a challenge to find the right balance as everybody has a different level. This time seems like people really enjoyed it so the balance was good. But I will do my best to improve even more :)
0:39 Hey, it's Levy! Love his @GothamChess videos. I'll watch another one after this.
Of course, he is everywhere :)
Very instructive video. Most players spend all their time studying opening theory and don't know much about the endgames. When I was learning chess long ago, master friends told me to study the game from the endgame forward. Endgames first, then middle games, and openings after you get to 1800, or better. (When I teach chess, the first thing I teach is opposition) One critique: a little too much talk between moves. Try to use fewer words and more moves. But all in all, a very good video.
Thank you!
RUclips analytics shows that people enjoy the between moves talk the most. So hard to say 🤔
To be honest under 800/1000 elo, games doesnt go into endgames anyway. In blitz things are way simpler
Sure, I get it, thanks. However, you learn endgames not only to play better in the endgames once you get it. But also to understand the game much better in general and this understanding would hugely improve your overall game quality.
If you reach 2500+, probably you'll start to master complex endgames. Below 2500 elo, basic endgames will do, because 60-70% of the games, gaining advantage, it's all about the opening! Only super GMs can grind most of their games to endgame. But for low rated players, where most of them can 't keep their advantage, blunders, can't push for initiative, how are you going to reach an endgame?
Thanks for sharing your opinion.
I think though, one will never reach 2500 without studying endgames
Great video, thank you Sir! Can you do more videos on different imbalances?
Thank you! Can you elaborate what imbalances you mean?
I kind of disagree with you on learning opening traps, cos it kind of improved me a little bit, cos i learn the reason why somethings are blunders and i easily take advantage of them, and i get ideas on working with squares and avoid opening mistakes due to pressure, on low elos everything mostly gets bad on the openings cos we don't know how to respond to certain things
Good for you! I would say though that you would have improved much more if you invested the same time in understanding the fundamental chess principles. Again, it's just my opinion, it's okay to disagree.
@journeytograndmaster of course 8 learnt alot from you actually and i really appreciate your efforts in making your videos free, so i can't actually disagree fully with you cos you're superior obviously, but im just saying the way i learn things is quite different from the majority
IMHO. #1 tactics #2 visualization #3 endgame
absolutely essential skills for chess!
High quality content❤🌟
Thank you!
Thank you very much sir
You are welcome!
You are amazing 😍
Thank you! :)
Great lesson thankyou 👍
Very welcome!
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Thank you a lot! Do you really think we can get to a million? :)
Well, I just want to improve quality of the videos with the time.
@@journeytograndmaster ya you can get just keep the quality good people will subscribe you.
Thanks, I will do my best :)
What a game!
I would have hurried up and just lost 😂😂
Now you can bo better! :)
Very instructive
Thank you!
2100 elo here, if I want to play for a win in such a position I usually keep the second rook alive. So instead of Rd8 I play h5 or something.
Bxc5 and Be6 is very instructive. Have to admit I failed to spot it here.
Actually, I'll take this fragment to the chess youth tomorrow.
Thank you!
yeah, living one rook on the board is a good strategy. But in this case I didn't see the potential.
nice video and I understand the point of the video is not to analyze the game but it would be great if you were more critical of this endgame, particularly from your side because it looked a bit flawed and would be nice to hear your reflections and what was the correct way to handle that endgame
Well, I played the whole game with like 97.5% accuracy so in this particular case there was not much to be critical about :)
@@journeytograndmaster that's nice, of course you're much stronger than me, I don't doubt that (I'm only a bit above 2000 FIDE), I'm just curious about endgames and thought with f4 it's easier to create a passer on the kingside and then you can fully focus on that side, or later when white played b4 even the eval bar dropped there, of course it's hard for white practically but too many pawns get traded on the queenside, a4 looks interesting there instead as response to b4, not allowing any trades and then rerouting the knight to g6 with h4-h3 ideas and sacrificing the knight at the right moment perhaps.
yeah, a4 was indeed better according to the engine. As for f4, it's more difficult to say as objectively it's a draw anyway so it's a question of where the practical chance higher is. In every case, I am not arguing with the engine of course :)
I like that you analyse it so deeply!
You are right that if would go deeper in the lines there the majority of the viewers would not appreciate it. Even as is, they say I talk to much :)
@@journeytograndmaster You do not talk too much. I actually noticed how little dead air there is in your video. I hung on every word (and rewound if I missed something)
amazing. want more video like this
Thank you! You will definitely enjoy the next one :)
A bit of Shereshevsky! Very good game.
Thank you!
In my opinion, the best way to improve is to play a lot of games and analyze your games.
absolutely! I say it often in my videos too :)
In 10:17 Instead of Bc4 , can we play b5, Be6, Ne6, Bf2, Kd5??
After b5 white can play Bb3 and you don't get the desired position
at 12:18...is it possible to play f5 instead ofNe6
Possible. But I find it more logical to improve the knight first
So just make random moves until you reach the endgame?
Of course not, I have useful videos for all parts of the game.
But studying endgames would give you most understanding of the game :)
I lose mostly in the opening and middle game.
Sorry about that. I have so many videos about it too though! The next one will be about middlegame, take a look please :)
Why learn endgames when you never get to any? 😢
Its because you will get to the endgame very often once you are higher rated
Basically it works like this: you learn endgame - you understand endgame better - you understand chess better - you play better overall :)
i have 2 queens and draw i wanna die i also went from 290 to 221 in like 5 hours of just playing all day non stop
:)
Maybe it's time to stop just playing abd start analyzing your games a bit? :)
@@journeytograndmaster yeah i guess
It will help a lot!
@@journeytograndmaster yeah but I fell back to 100 so I’m not even sure anymore I’m playing 30min games And barely squeak out winds, and I’m still losing like trash
Practice makes master! But it's crucial to analyse your mistakes not to repeat the same ones
stop using this chesboard. the pieces are ugly and to small
Just like you. Roasted. lol
@@TheSicilianBear how old are u?
I play chess for more than 20 years now and this is the best board I have ever had. I truly love it. Maybe, if you would use it, you would understand
@@journeytograndmaster the board is great and beautiful, idk what this guy is talking about
@igorsabo-r9t,
thank you!
"Good old days of the Soviet Union" - what are u? Nuts? Pretty equal would be to say, "good old days of the Nazi Germany." 🤨
First, it's just a figure of speech. Second, I talk about chess, not politics.