We explore end game tactics by looking at the famous Saavedra Position. This has skewers, forks, underpromotion, stalemate threats and more. For more end game tactics check out: www.thechesswe...
Hey Kevin, your voice is so soothing that I can watch you instruct chess for hours without getting bored. Great job, as always. Thanks man, really appreciate it.
Hey Kevin, from the Philippines here. I'm college already. I learned chess from you when I was 8. Thank you. It's been a hell of a ride and many chess players have learned from you.
I know what can result. It is an educational video. All avenues should be shown how they can end up for students. Being smug is a typical flaw for self professed chess "experts." It's childish.
@@rogerscottcathey No, no, I am no expert. I still manage with just the e4 opening, make lots of mistakes and blunders in the middle game and mastering endgame is a far far distant dream! But since I could make out this, I thought I will share my views. Just for the fun of it!! Cheers!!!!
I remember seeing this very thing in a video by Calvin Parnon, interesting how both videos were entertaining even though this one is 11 minutes and his is 90 seconds.
Kevin make some end game series.. Rook vs pawns, Knight and pawns vs Bishop and pawns, knight vs pawns, Bishop vs pawns, etc.., with at least 5 examples.
4:07 "...and white should easily win a queen versus a rook endgame". Queen versus rook endgames are extremely difficult unless you know the correct technique or your opponent blunders. In the position shown, after c8=Q, it's Mate-in-20 with correct play from both sides.
Will likely result in a draw or lose for white, pawn is pinned, king has to move and black can capture the pawn before then getting their rook captured (or not, if the king moved away from defending pawn)
At 4:10, I don't see how white can "easily win". The white king is essentially confined to the A and B ranks. If he ever moves to the C rank, he loses the queen. He can't stop being checked, and can only block with the queen. It should be a drawn position surely?
How do you prevent a draw if black just plays rook d2 en then after promoting rook b2, A2, B2, a2,... And after king goes to c file rook c2 picking up the pawn?
It it’s black to move it’s a draw, I assume the base idea is from a white to move perspective Which is confusing me because if 1.c7 Rd2 2. c8=Q what stops just rook Checks on the A and B files for the rest of eternity? If the king goes on the C file he gets skewered and then it’s a draw
The white king can move to first a5, then b4 and after that it can go to c3 and the rook can’t skewer the king and queen from c2 because it would be hanging.
Every time I see this position, I ask my self: What was so hard to see about the move kb3 and forced win??? I understand g8=Q is answered with Rc4+ and after QxR its a draw. Thats easy. But after c8=R black must play Ra4. And now!! Isn't it obvious and clear and easy to see the winning move Kb3 Just think about the fact that for years they thought it is a draw, untii Saavadra "discovered" the imortal move Kb3... I'm sorry to ruin the party, but every 1700-1800 in lichess will play Kb3 and win. What happened to all chess players back in the late 19th century?? Why didn't they see this simple, obvious move?? I read so many articals about this genius move!!! Kb3!!! So many videos in RU-vid about this Saavadra... What happened to all of you, my friends? It is just one more very simple problem of "white to move and win". Isn't the fact that for years it was considered as "white to move and draw" that make this mistery glory around this riddle?? All you have to say is: not c8=Q because Rc4 and stalemate, so the right move is c8=R and after Ra4, white play Kb3 and forced mate. No WOWWW!!! No AMAZING!! No UNBELIEVABLE!!! No IMORTAL!! Just a simple bullet move in 1/2+1 in lichess...
