Do This to Improve Your Endgame Technique - The Amateur's Mind

[@TheSuperF21]

I have seen lots of endgame videos on KZbin, this had to be one of the best I have seen, if not the best!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks , I really appreciate it !

[@julek94]

Not so long ago this channel had like 5k subs, it was brilliant but somehow struggling to get views. I had a longer break from chess but now I'm back and I see you're starting to reach bigger audiences, that's awesome to see! Ive learnt a lot from your videos, will have to catch up with your content in the last few months. Cheers.

[@OctavianIV]

Your explanation of the timing of a4 for White was really helpful. Great stuff!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks, glad you found it useful.

[@ignacioherraiz9713]

Thank you so much for this very useful lesson. This is a perfect example of a real-life endgame where you explain each mistake in an easy-to- follow way. Great stuff!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

You're very welcome!

[@Road2ChessMaster]

Liquid gold again. These chess lessons are so instructive Andras. I am improving rapidly because of these videos and your Chessable courses. Thank you!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you like them!

[@b.1565]

You are a great guy

[@richardlee-shanok5578]

That was a very instructive video! Please make more like this! *Very* useful to see the bad moves with an explanation of why they are bad (something you probably need a coach for as I would probably not figure out out by myself or with stockfish)

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aravindkr]

Thank you from India , this was very instructive! I learnt about color complexes, fixing pawn structures, winning a won game, piece activity and much more

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks mate, glad you like the content!

[@alan5788]

Appreciate the detailed analysis.

[@TheMoonIsTheEnemy]

Amazing video! Please make more of this.

[@sebastienfixary1442]

Really awesome video and idea, would love to see more of those

[@trent797]

Very instructive video Andras! I would have made many of the same mistakes as the players in the video.

[@blundergoat]

Very interesting and instructive, thanks for the longy

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks so much !!!!

[@johanvanaelst8976]

Very useful lesson indeed! I definitely would've made some of those mistakes. Thanks!

[@adrianross7615]

I just played a 2400 during a vacation and my endgame skills have never felt more inadequate

[@Trelmix96]

This just sounds antithetical to “vacation”-ing lmao

[@basilisperis4651]

Thank you coach Andras 😊

[@TikariChess]

Great video as always. Kudos to Coach as well as the two gentlemen who contributed to helping us all learn alongside.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Much appreciated!

[@gvgthewave602]

the best coach ever 💪🏿

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Cheers!

[@joeldick6871]

This video reveals the inadequacy of the current endgame literature. You can read a hundred books on endgame theory and know Two or Three Hundred Endgames You Must Know, including opposition, triangulation, trebuchet, Lucena, Philidor, and even how to checkmate with a bishop and a knight, but you still won't know how to approach an endgame like this in practice. Maybe Shereshevsky's book touches on the practical aspects of endgame strategy, but even that doesn't do enough to help amateurs approach these kinds of positions.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Yes, endgame technique is a tough one to find good literature on

[@b.1565]

What about Hellstens endgame strategy? Could fit very well.

[@joeldick6871]

@@b.1565 Good question. I don't have that book so I can't really check. But I do have several others on "practical" endgames, like Capablanca's Best Endings, Smyslov Endgame Virtuoso, and they're good, but still this video is ten times better than anything I've gotten from any of those books.

[@b.1565]

@@joeldick6871 You could test it on chessable with the possibility of returning it within 30 days.

[@BMWE-hm7uz]

The books are fine. It's the reluctance to practice them that's the issue. I've found people memorize the lines in the book but not the point of why that's the best line. Nor do they understand the practical aspect of sometimes slightly inferior moves. Plus the tabia positions for some reason people don't think of. Like in this game Be1, for what reason? Youre gonna play Bxg3 and give black 2 connected passers on the 3rd rank? The books say that 2 pawns on the 6th or 3rd beat a rook. So why would you go into that? There's a disconnect between someone learning the theory, and actually using it.

[@girator2010]

Great lesson, great video. Thanks Andras

[@lucassantana6993]

“in the endgame, ignore hanging material…” i’m particularly good at that 😂

[@GuilleBSO]

I know it is off-topic, but I did not found an email to write you. I just wanted to tell you that I'm using your beginner repertoires among other of your courses and videos and today i won my first official classic game against a 1550 elo player and i cant be happier now. Your formula against colle system worked like a charm. Thank you and congratulations for your job (Sorry my english, im a "chico" from Spain)

[@michaelf8221]

This position was from "eval like a GM" for others who want similar positions to try sparring against a friend with

[@ChessCoachAndras]

👍

[@boomshanker61]

Fabulous, thanks a bunch 👍

[@cheesiechess3656]

You make then endgame clear and more fun!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

That's the idea!

[@joeldick6871]

At 5:09, Andras highlights all the light squares, and then all the dogs started barking. Because they saw the Purina logo, as Ben Finegold likes to say!

[@newstatejim]

Great lesson Andras, thank you 👍♟️

[@jacobleedgaard5968]

Great stuff!

[@osogeo]

Another great video!

[@gpuretic]

Really fantastic content, I feel as someone is literally pouring deep chess knowledge into my brain, keep it up! Just a side note: you should adjust the volume of your mic, as the volume of your video/videos is considerably lower than youtube ads and other videos.

[@JoelKasslin]

A truly excellent video! This really illustrated what the strategical thinking process in an end game should be like, and what happens when you go astray. Thank you!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

My absolute pleasure, glad you liked it!!

[@lukastux3024]

Brilliant video! Andras delivers again in my favourite series. I think that the 1700 player has much better chess understsnding than reflected by his level, but is held back significantly by his calculational abilities. Even the unactivating moves where due to calculation mistakes. Had he calculated te better moves you showed, he woulr certinly have payedthem and beaten a much higer-rated player.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Yes it was a very interesting duel!

[@rdm5687]

Amazing Stuff. Coach Andras is the GOAT of chesstube.

[@miroslavcebic7239]

Great video

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks sir, glad you liked it!

[@sholom90]

This is really terrific -- thanks! I think this is a great example of how engames, in most games, is just strategical chess, but with fewer pieces on the board (and, perhaps more straighforward goals). Great vid! (And, as others have noted -- great to see videos of others' mistakes -- because they are making a lot of the same mistakes that I would have made)

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Appreciate the kind words sire!

[@lordekka6453]

What an amazing video

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it!

[@jamestgr9090]

Great analysis, thanks. Btw, what was the time format in this practice? Obviously, the blaming is not the same in case of a 3+2 compared to a 60+30. Also, in your opinion, from the educational point of view, what would be a good time format in order to carryout this exercise?

[@authentichealth1065]

Lots of useful stuff in there. Are there any resources you woul;d recommend for learning how to develop endgame plans?

[@MarpleExpress]

Got to agree with a lot of the comments. Definitely a big hole in chess instruction with endgame evaluation and strategy for lower rated players. I looked at Shereshevsky but it was above my level. A new series or Chessable course maybe?

[@federicoversari8486]

When he played the very passive Ra2 I remembered a comment by korchnoj on one of his games played in his youth where, pawn up in a rook endgame he put the rook in a very passive square to keep the extra pawn. Years later, commenting the game, said about himself "I don't know why I played this...that kind of moves can't be played even if they are WRONG !" btw: excellent contents ! thank you !

[@dmitryalekseev1999]

31:44 That awkward feeling when I planned Rh1 too :DDD

[@joeldick6871]

I saw that position and my immediate reaction was: white winning due to the two bishops, but he MUST keep the bishops on the board, or his advantage will vanish in a moment. I knew this from playing a lot of the black side of the Ruy Lopez Exchange.

[@thimojansen5136]

Andras one thing that keeps confusing me is the following. In first scenario you say blacks best option is to play c6 and sit tight. Whole on the other hand I hear you and others say activiry is everything in endgames, to such an extent that it's usually worth sacrificing material for Could you elaborate on when to go with one of these approaches?

[@robinesperoza]

I would be curious about time management of white in the second game. I bet the moves immediately after being the exchange up were played to fast. Somehow my results improved alot when I started spending more time on easy, rahter than difficult positions.

[@hmartinlb]

You need to normalize the audio volume.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

What does it mean exactly ?

[@hmartinlb]

​@@ChessCoachAndras It means the audio volume is too low compared to other videos. By normalizing the audio viewers don't have to adjust their volume between different yt videos. Also sometimes it's not trivial for viewers to adjust volume higher than 100% (if they are already at 100% for every setting they have). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_normalization

[@thimojansen5136]

​@@ChessCoachAndrasthis is true I keep turning volune down when ads play and then back up, your a bit quiet

[@risingmojofilter]

Same. Ads were blowing out my eardrums. Really awesome video, otherwise.

[@RonvirBilkhu]

How do I learn this “Russian school”stuff he mentions? Which books? I’m 38 years old no one taught me it

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

Hmm love your vids usually. Not a fan of seeing subpar moves though even though they are explained as mistakes.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Wouldn't you say that one of the best ways to learn (and to avoid mistakes) is to see something done wrong and then seeing it done to perfection?

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

@@ChessCoachAndras I do agree with this. It probably is a good technique for teaching students. For some reason though, it makes me subconsciously think the mistake is now an option on the board. Right after this I watched more of your vids and found the game tisdall vs Agdestein super insightful. I think it’s just better for me to see the right moves first, then go into some pitfalls the gms had avoided along the way

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

@@ChessCoachAndras by the way, my elo improved by 300 points in just 4 days after binge watching some of your vids from September 12-16! Hit 1750 peak after 1 year of play. I want to try your coaching after I do all that I can in training myself and watching vids!

[@songbrothers4342]

A very interesting pawn structure, what opening is this from?

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Honestly don’t know