25:15 If opponent moves to Kf5, after Kg3 to defend the pawn and prevent the h pawn promotion, he goes Ke4!!!!! You are now in Zugzwang! If you move the a pawn, he promotes! If you move the f pawn you lose it! And there is no king move which protects the pawn!! And, even after Kg6, he still wins. If you move away from the h pawn, he simply moves the h pawn for a promotion and then occupies the f5 square saying: Listen, if you go for my h pawn, you lose your f pawn, then you have no way to stop both my pawns. If you don't, it promotes. What if you move towards the h pawn? He again goes Kf5, forcing you to either trade your pawn or allow him to advance the h pawn and you're losing. That is why, as you can see, the f5 square is a critical square for his king to go to! Therefore, by moving his pawn there, he forces a draw!
I thought about this while watching you play... you were winning up to about move 24 or so. Instead of taking your opponent's rook on d8, it was better to bring you rook from the f file to d1 (Rfd1). The reason why this was a turning point in the game is that you gave your opponent the active rook and you went completely passive, with moves like Ra1 to protect a pawn. If you would have doubled up rooks on the d-file, you would have maintained an active rook and position and kept yourself in a position to win. There is a saying... "to take is a mistake." Not always true, of course, but in this case it definitely was.
As usual, Chess Network has made an excellent (and long) video on this subject: Stop before you chop. ruclips.net/video/xnltKpdtetc/видео.html. And I couldn't agree more. It was a turning point in the game. It gave your opponent an active rook that was hunting down all your pawns, while your rook was passive and was only playing defense on the a-file. Also the second rook exchange was not in your favor. Keep your rook when you are behind in pawns. I'm happy that you managed to get a draw from that position so that tomorrow you have another shot at that four-digit rating.
Rough break. I think given the circumstances of the endgame, a draw is very respectable. I think objectively it was lost for you at some point, but he also made some questionable moves earlier in the game. End games are the toughest part in chess, even Grandmasters that have researched many different end game theory blunder. One thing I'll say, is unlike your opponents, you do use the time on your clock which is very good. I notice it a lot in Rapid games (myself included, I'm very impatient), people play Rapid games like they are playing a Blitz game. Maybe they have played a lot of Blitz and haven't shifted mindset, or maybe they are just impatient and shouldn't be playing Rapid at all, but that's a big advantage you have over your opponents right now.
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The 1k elo suspense is killing me
Gonna happen tomorrow I can feel it
@@mathewchristman3435 100% bro
you will get there, no worries :) then fallback to 900ish and then go back and forth for some time
If you get someone with an elo higher than yours, you'll get 9+ Elo!!
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Move your bishop to g3 if opponent takes take back with h2.. Then your rook file will be open..😊
do you not castle then?
At 14:19 I am surprised you didn't consider pushing the pawn to e4. I think it just wins the knight on d3 next move.
Absolutely. Would have been a great move.
I think he is a more strategically based player
25:15 If opponent moves to Kf5, after Kg3 to defend the pawn and prevent the h pawn promotion, he goes Ke4!!!!! You are now in Zugzwang!
If you move the a pawn, he promotes! If you move the f pawn you lose it! And there is no king move which protects the pawn!!
And, even after Kg6, he still wins. If you move away from the h pawn, he simply moves the h pawn for a promotion and then occupies the f5 square saying: Listen, if you go for my h pawn, you lose your f pawn, then you have no way to stop both my pawns. If you don't, it promotes. What if you move towards the h pawn? He again goes Kf5, forcing you to either trade your pawn or allow him to advance the h pawn and you're losing.
That is why, as you can see, the f5 square is a critical square for his king to go to! Therefore, by moving his pawn there, he forces a draw!
comment gave me gotham chess vibes haha
Draw is fine. Live to fight another day!
I thought about this while watching you play... you were winning up to about move 24 or so. Instead of taking your opponent's rook on d8, it was better to bring you rook from the f file to d1 (Rfd1). The reason why this was a turning point in the game is that you gave your opponent the active rook and you went completely passive, with moves like Ra1 to protect a pawn. If you would have doubled up rooks on the d-file, you would have maintained an active rook and position and kept yourself in a position to win.
There is a saying... "to take is a mistake." Not always true, of course, but in this case it definitely was.
As usual, Chess Network has made an excellent (and long) video on this subject: Stop before you chop.
ruclips.net/video/xnltKpdtetc/видео.html.
And I couldn't agree more. It was a turning point in the game. It gave your opponent an active rook that was hunting down all your pawns, while your rook was passive and was only playing defense on the a-file.
Also the second rook exchange was not in your favor. Keep your rook when you are behind in pawns.
I'm happy that you managed to get a draw from that position so that tomorrow you have another shot at that four-digit rating.
@@pepijnkenter2508 That's a good video.
Rough break. I think given the circumstances of the endgame, a draw is very respectable. I think objectively it was lost for you at some point, but he also made some questionable moves earlier in the game. End games are the toughest part in chess, even Grandmasters that have researched many different end game theory blunder. One thing I'll say, is unlike your opponents, you do use the time on your clock which is very good. I notice it a lot in Rapid games (myself included, I'm very impatient), people play Rapid games like they are playing a Blitz game. Maybe they have played a lot of Blitz and haven't shifted mindset, or maybe they are just impatient and shouldn't be playing Rapid at all, but that's a big advantage you have over your opponents right now.
Thanks for sharing, subscribed!
This should be fun. You start at 1200 elo. ???
So much wrong. 😳
Your position was lost, you were lucky to get the draw.
Well, cut him some slack as he missed the opponent's move Kf5 after Kf3, Following into Kg3, Ke4 making Zugzwang so he has to lose the pawn.
Not only there was no way to win, it was a lost position for you. You never exchange rooks when you are down in pawns.