Chess Endgame Tips Every Player Should Know

Alexandra shares some tips and principles that will help you get advantage in the endgame and win more chess games. Drop a like and let us know in the comments what other educational content you would like to see next!
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[@d_dave7200]

Considering all the educational chess channels I watch, I want to say this is an unusually good, clear, well-written video. Basic concepts and tips that will actually help people and are easy to understand. Very well done.

[@toriless]

Go to Anna Cremling's channel of you want to actually learn about chess on not just watch pretty girls play chess. She does the best just of any KZbin channel. She is kind of cute too even if her voice can be a bit much.

[@d_dave7200]

​@@toriless I find your comment rude and disrespectful. Also presumptuous about a person you don't know. What they look like has nothing to do with the quality of content, or why I'm here. This is not primarily an educational chess channel, so of course I wouldn't come here specifically to learn about chess. But as an educator, writer and video creator myself, this is a good educational video all the same. I'm qualified to say so. If I wanted to learn about Chess on YT, I'd go to one of the four educationally-focused chess channels I'm already subscribed to, irrespective of whatever the presenter looks like.

[@bruh613]

L ratio

[@idocare6538]

Yep

[@idocare6538]

@@toriless You're not very bright if that is how you think. lol There is good content for every level and this was very well done for beginners.

[@GM_Harry]

we stan an active king

[@jimmey123XD]

I personally like a passive king

[@Hasanthe787]

Yessir

[@orionmendenall5707]

Well said, Alex! One thing I'll add to the opposition section: if you're up a pawn, THINK before pushing the pawn! Because with one move, the opponent can take back the opposition. In general, if you can make a move that forces the two kings to be one rank apart, do it. And don't push the pawn until you know you have the opposition and can keep it :)

[@toriless]

Center your king, the opposite of openings and middle games.

[@GuitarSlayer136]

Ive never heard about that pawn chase square before. I really struggle with visualization and tips like that feel like stumbling onto ancient treasure.

[@furleysbrain]

same!

[@hendrikvandenberg]

Thanks for this - your explanations are easy to follow, would watch more tuts

[@patrickbruce5852]

I’d love to see end games 2 that continues exploring the topic!

[@dsmj7389]

This was helpful. I like short educational lessons.

[@stbauch1]

I want more of that! You are such a great teacher

[@joeykiss6055]

Very well done and highly appreciated for the way that you presented each tip, very simple and precise. This will help me to to teach and explain to some of my friends who are beginners about endgames and certain strategies. Thank you for a very well done video :)

[@Raymund38TVM]

Just control the center of the board and you will win the game. If you are playing as white you can exchange a piece against black because we all know white piece advantage is a board control in early match. So if you are black do not exchange the piece in early until you can control the center of the board before you exchange.

[@karlosdelacruz3803]

Love this type of format for learning Chess concepts. More of These Please!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Sometimes I just don't have the energy to sit through a whole 40 minute explanation of a game.

[@ilya9757]

Main rule: hope your opponent commits to the Botez Gambit! Just kidding, great video Alex!

[@vincenzo6412]

Make more endgame videos. We wanna be as good as Magnus come summer time.

[@toriless]

and I want to lift 500 pounds by summer, you probably have the same odds as I do.

[@vincenzo6412]

@@toriless My deadlift is over 400 so I may get actually get there hahahah

[@100PercentZelda]

I'm loving the new types of content you've been sharing lately. Multumesc

[@brickwitheyes1710]

Thanks for the tips. That squared tip will come in very handy

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Joke's on you, my games never go to the endgame.

[@RidingWithDave]

I had no clue on the drawing a square for if your king will catch a pawn. Thanks for that!

[@MateiCristea]

1. Trade pieces just when you are up material 2. Create passed pawns- pawn majority 3. Square rule 4. King activity 5. Opposition

[@dirkpeloquin1425]

This was actually great. I hate learning about endgames tho lmao.

[@shweyeepoeeaint]

Wow It helped me to 200- 1300. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!

[@philrobichaud3063]

i often mess up the end game, so even beginner tips like these are good to keep top of mind :) thanks!

[@mrbrightside2937]

Thank you thank you. I suck at endgames and I'm drawing too much from winning positions. I'll put these lessons to use right away

[@Clearlight201]

You're a really good chess teacher Alex, very clear and informative and the examples illustrate perfectly. Thank you!

[@shadowfightwarriorsn97]

Hi Sister. How are you Sister?

[@nikmathur]

more videos 👌👌👌👍👍 more videos of this type please!! how to win with only knight and bishop, one video on this pls..

[@rja9784]

Ever seen a woman best a world chess champion? 😂😂😂

[@djvelocity]

This is such good advice! My endgame is not so great because I only know how to checkmate with rooks/queens 🤔😕

[@vipxaeve8553]

It's helps for those people who blunders their queen because of time pressure

[@romanrobledo64]

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[@beasttransformation6030]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@carlmichaelx]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Definitely more educational videos.

[@abpu_upbgeedvin4722]

4:36 how can black draw in this position

[@vereda7972]

chess hoodie, interesting! smart!

[@raheelKhalil]

Why are you so beautiful 😍

[@DinoBegic]

I bought dvoretskys end-game manual because you mentioned it. I've been watching the channel since pre covid, and it is great to see how this channel blew up. These educational videos are great, and you offer a lot of variation of content on a chess based channel. Amazing job. Now i just need to meet women who are as passionate and driven as you are. Those are my biggest takeaways from this :)

[@userac-xpg]

Silman's complete endgame book is the best ever written.

[@DinoBegic]

I will check it out. Thank you

[@michaelchen2718]

the square rule is so cool!

[@Aaliyah7777]

Bro, TF is vise versa 🤣🤣

[@AndreiSam]

Thank you for making chess sexy! ;-) I run local chess meetups and your videos are very helpful! Glory to UKRAINE! Putin is dead!

[@chessloversonly]

Awesome stuff Alex!! I really love how you joined all the strategies together! It makes it easy to see how it all links together!! I've also made endgames videos on my channel too! It would be really cool if you check it out! ^^

[@jesusflores2121]

Great tips!! Good content.

[@vichunited]

Beauty and brains.❤❤ Very nice instruction for beginners too. :) keep bringing them more. I would recommend to do a series on middlegames. Strategy and tactics. Open files, good bishops, knights, Colour complexes, Pins, stacking rooks, Battery. Use examples from famous positions in historical games from morphy era onwards. If you do them as a series i am sure it will be a hit.

[@an5hhhh]

Damn i just forgot to focus on the board gotta rewatch this

[@Abhi_Khade-c8s]

🌚💀🫠

[@noxteryn]

Very cool and concise instructional video! It would be really cool if more women would enter the educational chess scene.

[@seanobrien2306]

Hi, Alexandra..., Excellent chess video and very informative, and "Thank you" for sharing the video... I learned more about Chess tonight and I..., "Thank you." * Alexandra..., you are bright, intelligent, and attractive... " Semper Fi " Mike in Montana P.S.: I would like to know more about Checkmates and "Pawn Storms", and one question: #1) "Who is "Lu Miaoyi"..., a 13-year-old chess player..., that is beating Chess Grandmasters' all over the world ?" Her mother is "Xu Yuanyuan" Woman Grandmaster ( WGM )... Chess Grandmasters' are talking about this young chess player... * Alexandra..., "Who is this 13-year-old from China and the United States..., ( Lu Miaoyi ) ?" Thank you... Mike is in Montana :)

[@danielstuart3270]

Excellent video! Thanks for the lesson. I look forward to more.

[@ghostroc]

Take my subscription! You're now the 4th chess channel I'm subscribing to for learning, thank you. If I may make a suggestion, time stamps for each of the points you discussed would do wonders for revision and retention. Thanks again!

[@candrealxchess]

just wondering what the other 3 are!

[@ghostroc]

@@candrealxchess Gotham Chess, NM Robert Ramirez, Hanging Pawns. I've added a few more since making that initial comments 🤣

[@candrealxchess]

@@ghostroc Ahh i see, I too watch all the channels you mentioned. I just wanted to see if there's anyone you watch who I don't XD

[@candrealxchess]

@@ghostroc btw just wondering are you from SE Asia?

[@pessimistium5507]

I think the best way to remember to use your King during endgame is: The King is King during daytime. (The beginning of the game til Midgame). The King is an Assassin during nightime (Endgame) meaning, the King goes around assassinating pawns and advancing.

[@julianpm2680]

Not relevant but I'm just noticing today how beautiful she is. And rly unique looking. I already watch hikaru and Gotham and ither random lesson but I'm also realizing she has some good instructional too. And get to watch and watch, yay!!!

[@userac-xpg]

these are all very basic endgame concepts. I would like you to show how to win king and Queen vs King and Rook endgame, also how to mate a lone king with 2 bishops and with bishop and knight. I learned how to do all these. 2 bishops isn't that hard but knight and bishop and Q vs R endgame are very difficult. By the way I'm only somewhere between 1600-1800 so anyone can learn these with study. You should also discuss Zugzwang, diagonal opposition, triangulation, square/color weakness, zwischenzug, bishops of opposite colors, and other complicated endgames. These may be above your average channel watcher but the real chess players will appreciate it.

[@seanobrien2306]

Hi, Alexandra..., more educational and institutional chess videos on "Checkmates" and "Pawn Storms". Excellent chess video and very informative, and "Thank you" for sharing the chess video... * Alexandra..., you are bright, intelligent, and attractive... I learned more about Chess tonight and I..., "Thank you." More educational and institutional chess videos are very helpful, especially for chess beginners, post beginners, and Club Players... Once again, "Thank you." " Semper Fi " Mike in Montana P.S.: I "Subscribed" to your excellent chess channel and rang the bell, too... Looking forward to more educational and institutional chess videos'... Thank you... Mike :)

[@Multicam44]

"Hit her with the motorbotez" Jk 😂, Good video explaining ending games, Alex. That's something I've had trouble with during my learning of chess as I'm still a noob.

[@Korbin0815]

I'm a total dumbass when it comes to chess. But I like watching geniuses destroy enemies. The last game I played is years ago (rather decades, but I don't want to think about it). I'd be definitely interested to get the most basic tips to not suck at the first 6 moves and some survival techniques. Ah yes. Survival is my jam. Show me your survival pouch! :)

[@elite3221]

Poți să faci un video despre tips and tricks pentru inceputul jocului? Baftă salutări din Romania (sper că înțelegeți româna)

[@studio48nl]

@3:24 "white wins". I'm a beginner, but how? I guess I'm less than a beginner... 🤔 For a beginners video, you need to have a lot of 'progression of the game experience'.

[@ajitkumarsahu1242]

1.Pass pawn(in front of pawn 3 squares me agar pawn nhi he toh) ..create pass pawm by majority Opposition King activity in end game

[@risingmojofilter]

Too brief, IMO. I do really like educational content, but would have liked to hear more in-depth discussion of the concepts. It took me a lot of effort to start understanding kings taking opposition a few months ago when I first learned about it, and I'm not sure how helpful this introduction to the concept would have been. On the other hand, I've been reminded, repeatedly, that I am not the sharpest bulb in the crayon box.

[@johnnydoe3603]

This was actually Informative 👌🏾 I thought i was Running into a Trap by Clicking on the Video. 😅

[@c.l.8213]

Hey Alex, How drunk does a chess noob have to make their chess-playing friend to have a good chance to win? Asking for myself, of course.

[@chessidychess]

2:55 the square rule is wild. When you have these kinds of tricks, you have to do waaaay less calculations. I can definitely see how some people seem to be aliens regarding chess. I bet they have lots of these kinds of principles that makes calculating faster for them

[@ShunnyFii]

1 million - GG !

[@mastrake]

I think these are very good tips . Great work!

[@deepakjeina121]

Glad to know of your great knowledge about endgame, BUT WHY ARE U STILL A 2000 RATED 🤣

[@johningle1]

I generally think myself a smart guy. But chess strategy is pretty complex. I get that if you put enough hours in. But just saying, props to anyone good at chess. You are driven and dedicated. I do know how to play the game, but have never got into strategy.

[@jamesnorman2061]

As someone who knows how to play chess but is not competitive and only plays very rarely I was thought to move the pieces to the center and attack outward making a X on the board this simple tactic has always allowed me to win against most of my opponents aka family and friends

[@keepquite4273]

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[@JPSM8691]

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[@dwaynesimeon5]

The word of God says as Iron sharpens Iron. One man sharpens another. In this case one pretty teacher sharpens smart student. Best Teachers are always also best students. Ever learning.Shaolin warrior hero Bruce Lee slap his student in the forehead,and said don't think . Know! Listen to a good teacher growth is short cut to your goal.

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

Good stuff ! Thanks for taking a moment to explain this to us! It is a lonely planet. And trying to sell merch! That is not the easiest. Hug a cop!

[@SLKCHESS]

Nice quick endgame tips video

[@michaelhazel4727]

Very clear and helpful. Thank you : ).

[@coreygraham860]

The pawns in this vid are like the microphone. They're both blocking something valuable.

[@franciscarriere6191]

Great video straight to the point. something I would like to see is ideas to attack the castled king with piece sacrifice for instance

[@ajdinmahmutovic8596]

Old chess masters say that in pawn endings you should always go with the king to the side on which you are weaker. Which in practice really makes sense

[@anatoliy_nogotochki]

I feel myself being Alexandra's little sister (guess whooo) so that feeling I have a box training in 30 mins

[@gunagunn]

sist you have to check out her, Irene Sukandar she's in US right now. could you win over her?

[@NaliniSree]

Short and to the point,simplely love your video style and inform.

[@abeeeeeeeee]

I am confused by the scenario where black had opposition, wouldn't white be able to move the pawn up there?

[@shadowfightwarriorsn97]

I am a Small player. But giving you a challenge Sister. I am your big fan Sister.

[@copywritergrzegorz]

Hey, why are you not a psycho on this one video? You sound really strange so calm and composed.

[@Zeeshan_Khan88]

You're very strong in chess can we play a game but friely

[@tspeptx]

nothing make any sense on the left side of the screen when there is an extremely beautiful women is talking on the right side of the screen.

[@DeadDylan]

This is definitely the hotter of the two sisters. So much more naturally beautiful.

[@cumexolaf3276]

smarter taller older better at chess less annoying voice bigger cake

[@kwismwikama]

3:55 thats the end game of BOBBY FISCHER , i remember it

[@jamesguimary1252]

Your explanation is the best and your so very cute 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ЮрийПоповский-в1х]

Always struggle with endgame. Even when up some material

[@treaceeames4697]

Im just here to ask you why change the camera focus 10 times in the first 5 seconds

[@Aziz69420]

*Queen Dies* *Pawn gets to enemy side* King: "You're my wife now"

[@haimkichik]

Thank you for the instructive knowledge ; )

[@RandomReddit239]

Thank you for this vid my rating went up by 200

[@danielwatson7915]

End game is a weak point for me, I love these instructive videos id like more

[@Sameenashah]

I’m studying endgame because the goal of the middlegame is to get a good endgame

[@muratt_chess]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@igorgmbh]

Some Middlegame would be nice i guess in the future :))

[@ahmadsaeid]

can you analyze your best/worst games on this channel?

[@ramilacilo435]

Haha.I am concentrating on the beautiful face,not on the board. haha

[@Chanokh]

The past pawn is the unseen enemy. Grabbing the sniper rifle.

[@butterbengel6279]

I always promote first. I promote so fast, it has become a problem.

[@wheretonext2337]

needed this thanks for sharing 🙏

[@SMacCuUladh]

Someone told me there's a chess board in this video but I didn't see it.

[@fibonacci5993]

Alex gives DCAU wonder woman vibes