Got this in a game once. I had two knights and my opponent had a bishop and pawn. My opponent just parked his bishop next to my king to be captured and then immediately offered a draw. Little did he know... I accepted and went to take a shit.
@@pairot01 Not quite, you can still mate, it just can't be forced. The only situations where it's draw due to insufficient material are: K v. K, KB v. K, KN v. K, and KB v. KB where the bishops are on the same colour
I love his opponents cooperation when he gives him more time. Every now and then a position shows up that is so interesting or special that opponents want to see it happen more then they want to win. That’s true love of the game right there.
Great video Eric! Interestingly, in the NIemann game, the pawn was not behind the Troitski line, so it would have been interesting to see where Black went wrong, because he could have theoretically held the draw.
It's usually because the player takes their king to the wrong corner. I believe it's even happened to Karpov. Unbelievably difficult to play OTB if you haven't looked into it before.
You need to make a combination to force the king to an edge, then you need to force it to go up, by moving your king up a square, then the rook one and repeat, until in the corner, and then is easy
Wow! This was just incredible to watch holy crap i love this channel. You dont realize the joy your videos bring me. I hope you are having a fantastic day and cant wait to hop in for a stream!
according to tablebase, the position at move 56 in Hans' game (20:08) actually is winning for white (though it theoretically violates the 50 move rule) the Troitsky line determines whether white can force a win given any possible position of the other four pieces, but this doesnt rule out that some positions involving the pawn passed the line might still have a forced win for white. (Also, it doesnt take into account the 50 move rule. Theres a "Second Troitsy line" that does)
Honestly the person playing against him will be excited to see/hear/play against him and see his reactions. I feel like even the most dishonourable people would still want to give time to eric in this situation
I encountered this only the other a day. Trying to win from what seemed a good advantage point was so frustrating and brain-draining that I was actually relieved to be forced into a draw.
When the pawn has crossed the Troitzky line, there is always a drawing zone for the black king. In this case, the drawing zone is between the a1 and a8 corner (furthest away from the blockading knight). Hans' opponent didn't know enough theory to know that staying on the a-file would have been enough to draw the game.
I honestly have such huge respect for Hans. He seems to get quite of lot of criticism but I hope he can shrug it off and continue to produce such entertaining games.
This is why chess is so amazing. Logically, it doesn't make sense that giving the opponent an extra pawn takes it from a draw to a forced mate, but tactics trumps logic.
Just had a game that resulted in me having one knight vs two knights it turned out to be a draw when my opponent took my knight if he did not take i think its possible for him to win
IM title is already really great. It's a big deal. But you're still young. Do you have plans to get gm title in the future? You have almost gm like knowledge.
What a masterpiece! Who would think it's possible that having a king and pawn instead of a lone king is actually a disadvantage? "Here! Take my pawn! Please!!"
@@apotato1213 In order to deliver mate, white has to put the black in a position where it has no legal moves before manouvring a knight to deliver a check. This would result in a stalemate if it wasn't for that pawn.
I just ended up in an endgame with 1 knight and my king vs a king and thought that there was a checkmate I was missing. Is there any way I could have won that game? It ended in a draw
No, it's impossible to checkmate with only a king and knight against a king, even if your opponent is trying to help you do it. There's no way to put the king in check and also cut off all his possible escape squares because a knight can only threaten squares of one colour at a time.
Not really, no. It all depends on your starting point. I was an 833 in November of '21 and as of September '22 I'm a 1600 and with consistent studying i will be crossing the 1666 barrier having doubled my rating. Going from 2000 to 2700 in a year? Absurd for the average player. Going from 700 to 1400 in a year? Incredibly reasonable imho
