Pawn Structure #1: Maróczy Bind | Strategy Session with Jonathan Schrantz 

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Or an introduction to antichess strategy, but there it's better to keep the king till the end

I agree

Even after reading this comment I had to think about it for a bit to visualize why that works.

what are you talking about? there is Rxf5 after Bxf5

@@hellopleychess3190 Qxf5

What he means is b5 generally, but not necessarily on the next move. Maybe he should just say that then?

in the maroczy bind white will sometimes stop you from playing b5 but b5 is just a pawn break so you could also play f5 and sometimes e6 and d5 or f5 so when he says a move "like b5" he means b5 or d5 or f5 or other words all the possible pawn breaks. there are some variations where b5 is the only pawn break that's when you should say black wants to play b5

+James Alvarez I disagree. Language just isn't always literal. (Even though the others point out there still literal meaning in this specific phrasing.) It stopped bothering me once I realized most information in social interaction is conveyed through tone and body language anyway, slight logical inefficiency is really no biggie. If you like your language always literal, maybe take up a programming language?

If 'most information in social interaction is conveyed through tone and body language' then I may as well listen to the lecture in Chinese right? I have no problem with logically processing the meaning, I am just saying it is slightly annoying, as is my prerogative!

I hate to let you go around sprouting nonsense too: www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/busting-myth-93-of-communication-is.php

I found a better idea I think! to play Nc7 and then Ne6!

If it's a pawn on g7 black can't win. He can draw with Rg1 and Rxg8. And for your second question, if it's just a white king and a queen versus a lonely black king it's a draw if white runs out of time. If black has 1 minor piece vs a queen, it's still a draw, as black can't mate white by any means. If black has a pawn or a rook, it's a win for black.

thanks

Matti Kauppinen - if there is a knight vs queen and the player with the queen runs out of time then the player with the knight would win because king and knight can win from a king and queen. Imagine the position white -king a6, Nc4 and black-king A8 and Qb8 and its white to move then white can simply win by Nb6# but this is not possible in case of bishop . let's imagine the same position with a bishop with white to move . white can not win because when he tries to mate black with Bd5+ black can play Qb7 and white has to take the queen on b7 with Bxb7+ and now we reach a position with king and bishop vs king which is a draw

Phan Anh makes no difference; if it's something you want to learn from, you can. The only way I'd recommend not watching it is if you know everything being said already, at which point your rating probably isn't an issue.