Everything You Need to Know About Chess: The Endgame!

[@chess]

We've updated Danny's course with a bunch of new lessons! Find his new course here: chessable.com/chess

[@nevinkuser9892]

I love that 1.6 million watched the chess opening video and only 450k still here for the endgame. Pretty much sums up every study in the world that takes effort.

[@antonpresura3728]

What if I told you I came here just for the endgame

[@hmm7808]

@@antonpresura3728 ahh!!! A fellow comrade who seeks true wisdom I see here.

[@abdualziz9]

Because most people don't reach to the endgame but surely will play the opening

[@Ccirgrg]

@@antonpresura3728 I'm sure you watched Avengers endgame before the previous movies

[@FlamingFireThunder]

Every pawn is a potential queen.

[@joshdelacruz1082]

Nick correct

[@shii_tea4979]

Quoted!

[@blasttrash]

and thats the reason I think its better to call that piece as minister instead of queen. Since any servant can rise to ranks of a minister if he/she works hard. Since queen means someone should be royal. And its not possible to become royal unless you are born so. At least thats what I learnt after watching medieval tv shows about kings and queens

[@aoxiang]

@Nim Boo Is that true? It's really cool.

[@tbf2732]

Wait does that mean that the king has all girls for pawns?? ara ara

[@capta1nbarbosa88]

I seem to do well until endgame. Just terrible at it.

[@bonniegomez5333]

Same. I can take out pieces like no tomorrow but when it comes time to put them in check mate i suddenly make all these mistakes

[@karthik_silkroads]

lolol im the opposite

[@zinxgaming5156]

Don't worry Thanos had the same problem

[@sleepyguy4237]

@@zinxgaming5156 bro im dead

[@jongxina3595]

I much prefer endgame over midgame

[@tracyhouser4100]

Man.. The whole series, and especially this one was just so concise and clear. Broad but detailed enough to adequately cover the topic, even in such a rapid-fire format, and without any junk or baggage to distract from key principles. Dense with potent insight. Consistent in principle, and I actually managed to retain it. Thanks so much!! Excellent video!

[@pierse26]

I like your hair

[@tracyhouser4100]

@@pierse26 Hey thanks ^^

[@pierse26]

@@tracyhouser4100 No problem, Tracy!

[@erictko85]

It is great teaching. very good series

[@cbasallie]

What an amazing teacher. I just saw everything that I do wrong. I knew I was too aggressive with my queen but I found 3other flaws. 1)I move more than once before the 10th move. 2) I undervalued my King in the end. 3) I make little or no effort to get a pawn across. I just learned so much :)

[@pierse26]

Your hair is nice

[@Blue_]

@@pierse26 She's not making you a damn wig from her hair Pierse quit asking.

[@NebirosVT]

Bloody well written that. Expertly delivered too! Should help my games a lot since the Endgame is where I have most of my trouble.

[@alasfouroday9427]

this combined with chessnetwork endgame and agamadator will make u good

[@zinxgaming5156]

*we’re in the end game now* -Doctor Strange

[@carlosjiansley4965]

Dormamu, i've came to check

[@liams5056]

He

[@lizardking2716]

ur mom's in the endgame

[@katie-mz6si]

This is literally what I thought the minute he started talking

[@ericzhang8778]

Lizard King with ur step brother

[@chess]

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[@chief7445]

I highly like this series. I was not able to beat a computer until I stumbled upon this series.

[@paulcrooks3876]

How does black win

[@godless789]

Can you beat deep blue now?

[@fakecubed]

@@paulcrooks3876 Typically in high level play, black plays to draw, not win, although there are exceptions and there are (many) times white makes a mistake and black is able to seize the advantage and win.

[@charimuvilla8693]

@@godless789 Probably talking about stockfish levels. Even level one is really hard for a beginner to win (I'm talking about the levels on lichess)

[@stephla3851]

This video series taught me a lot about chess. Thank you!

[@Fr0stbite1801]

Just shows that with effort and perseverance even the humble pawn can become the most powerful piece.

[@lewist.8150]

Wow! Thanks for uploading this series. I was that 90%, started learning playing on the computer via trial and error, so I did not progress very far. Always felt like there was something missing in chess--basically I did not know the principles/purpose/goal (besides checkmating) of chess. But I was good enough to be in a position where the cpu kept marching its pawns to promotion, but I was too dumb to use that same strategy. I'll revisit chess sometime soon.

[@Foxygrandpa2131]

Blunder: I am enevitable

[@pierse26]

You have a good smile

[@xitaris5981]

I've played quite a bit of chess (never took formal lessons or anything) and this just blew my mind how simple the end game becomes when you understand the dynamics between pawn and king

[@Charlie-rh8od]

What?! I'm still on Infinity War.

[@mmmtsp]

spoiler alert

[@Phoenix-ox2jr]

"Everything you need to know about the endgame is now complete" biggest lie I've heard in my entire life.

[@sakthivelb9074]

Really?

[@photon3566]

These are just beginners guides, you cant expect everything you need to know to be handed to you on a silver platter

[@sakthivelb9074]

@@photon3566 hahaha.

[@Luke_TCO]

No, it a joke, he meens the movie

[@baums5808]

For the example given at 13:24 how is white defenseless against the pawn 2 on 1? After h5 can't the king go F1? Then g5, kg2, h4, white take h4, black take h4, then king to h3 blocking the outside pawn? What am I missing?

[@hannadr]

I FEEL OBLIGED TO THANK U FOR THESE VERY CLEAR AND GREAT LESSONS ABOUT EVERYTHING BASICS WE NEED FOR CHESS' DANIEL RENCH SPEAKS SO CLEAR AND FULL VOICE' THAT IS SO ESSENTIAL FOR US ELDERLY, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU. I THOUGHT THAT I SHALL NEVER CATCH OR OBSORB THIS GAME, BUT DANIEL PROVED ME WRONG.. GOD BLESS YOU..

[@hockeylife141]

Please stop it with the Caps Lock.

[@stoickcs]

there's a key on the left of the "A" key, please learn to use it :)

[@arjunbagga2009]

Hannah Dror 'obsorb'

[@nicecubin]

lmaaaao

[@nicecubin]

these replies are priceless

[@at8630]

Concise and informative. This helped a great deal, thank you.

[@dynaheart]

Me and my friends started playing chess and I'm too competitive to lose to them so here I am

[@scottcornish9427]

@13:26 I am confused. Doesn't Kf1 then Kg2 block the pawn advance? How does black win 'quickly' here? I am not seeing it...

[@kenduwilliamson5436]

I stuck at chess. I really need help. I keep trying take pieces instead of having a strategy.

[@pierse26]

I like your beard

[@kenduwilliamson5436]

@@pierse26 thanks...

[@amirlandau3643]

@@kenduwilliamson5436 you got this king

[@hmm7808]

Start playing only one opening and branch out theory and traps in that opening through an engine (computer)

[@Scarecrowman27]

These videos were extremely helpful and exactly what I was looking for

[@samuelrw2696]

I have lots to learn about endgame. Thank you!

[@niklas3595]

I'm watching this at x1.5 speed, because watching a video for 15 minutes offering me the collected wisdom of generations of chess theorists is just not good enough for me.

[@rickyjames2328]

Then chess probably isn’t for you

[@hannadr]

I AM PROUD TO LET U KNOW' THE SHARKS THAT PLAYED WITH ME COMPLIMENTED MY IMPROVEMENT', AT THE GAME ..THANK U

[@lordharambe3418]

+SnugOFP r u being sarcastic

[@alexradice8163]

@@lordharambe3418 no

[@hamzapatel5931]

This series has helped me so much

[@nemi7916]

tothose who reached the end of the series, i congratulate you. You're now a GM!

[@G1SUNPLANT]

Great series! Helped me a lot with tactic and strategy of the game! Thanks a lot!

[@erikcasillas5866]

He said “I hope you have your popcorn” and I’m literally eating candy popcorn 🍿 🍬

[@pierse26]

I like your duck

[@Eveer.r]

This is what i really needed.. Thank you, time for a re-watch

[@alxmart]

at 6:30 is the immediate win because the black resigns?

[@zestastic3359]

10:04 what would you do after this to win though?

[@eugenvataman7726]

Haha! Awesome series. Won my first game of (online) chess today after watching these videos ^^

[@chickenchauffeur3791]

6:20, why wouldn't the king take the pawn on f 7 on it's journey to protect the pawn?

[@profroche]

I wondered that too. Obviously doesn't make a difference to the strategy, but I don't see a point in avoiding taking material if it's available

[@MrPurplecabose]

@sugmc he said that when black moved the king to one of those squares, white then moves its king to the square to the diagonal of balck's, thus protecting the pawn and forcing promotion.

[@tylergrashaw4949]

In the scenario at 4:00 why can’t the black king move to the right in order to block the white kings advance towards the black pawns?

[@tylergrashaw4949]

Nevermind it’s blocking the pawn from progressing forward

[@taniac8]

Thank you for the videos. Very helpful series.

[@dechex4511]

Thank you !! Detailed and articulate explanation !!

[@redhadoken3172]

2:50 why not? The white king could go to e5 protected by the pawn

[@OldSchoolGM94]

That puts him in check due to enemy king

[@Dart11112]

wouldnt it be easier to define the end gme by how many points a player has on the board? for example if 1 player has 12 points worth of piece left on the board its the end gme.

[@bontentengu]

Why doesn’t the king take the pawn on f7 when moving to assist the pass pawn? Why go through the pawn structure?

[@anuproy1062]

Thank you! You are my Guru.

[@khusilchaudhari872]

1:32 I was literally eating popcorn lol

[@joshuabyrd4866]

Great video series. Thank you.

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Really very useful. Thank you

[@codpieceofjustice4595]

Very educational and greatly appreciated

[@NoWayToHell]

Nice video. Thanks I have a problem, and maybe you can help me out. I cant play on a real chess board anymore. I get lost and cant keep track of what is happening in front of me . I think it is because I spent years plating it on my phone and tablet/laptop. Is there a solution you can suggest me please? I tried force playing on board and still .. lol

[@joshuavink2653]

Thanks for the explanation😁

[@kevindexterpattee]

He was indeed ready to rock and roll.

[@DanNguyen-oc3xr]

Ok, so now how do I recover from a losing position? Is it possible?

[@MsKTMvalley]

Passed pawn monster! :O

[@arjunksen200]

Nice Videos .. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@TimLippert]

I like how these videos...judging by his opening statement in this video...........are in the playlist in the wrong order?

[@marcusbystrom8462]

Why not take the f7 pawn at 6:20?

[@rivalflash4569]

Marcus Byström it stops the rook

[@gm2407]

It seems that you should consider a trade down into an endgame each turn as the game goes on.

[@xIpyschoIx]

Could you make a series on how to win on black. If I played someone know all of this as I do him/her being white gives them a great advantage so how do I win as black knowing white knows all that I know. I'm all your examples white was victorious

[@hunter4hire]

Try the Sicilian opening.

[@jaaaa1759]

Just defend every attack and think behind every step white makes. Wait for blunders.

[@zzzonezz]

great vids but the big question is... how did u get to the top of the q when i type chess?

[@venkateshbabu5623]

Number calculation is good for end game.

[@visom97]

Thanks!

[@BushcraftingBogan]

This was a great series!

[@savvypalateart944]

Chess makes me feel so powerful. That's why I like it. ♟

[@luigimini2124]

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[@DukeJon1969]

great advice 👍

[@CoachvikrammisChessImprovement]

very nice sir

[@naderaldukanji5747]

very helpful

[@BrokenG-String]

He didn't really go over stalemate strategies in this one

[@Shadow-dv1fy]

Chris Reebs stalemate means a tie meaning that no one wins

[@Danbot26]

Shadow sometimes a stalemate is better than a loss and you would want to force that

[@sebastianrex6697]

Really helped a lott...

[@kaionunes7162]

Amazing

[@staycoolman5836]

i need to go to tournamant tommorow.i think this will be helped

[@SnigAwsomeness]

Staycool Man Same!

[@im.the.wanderer]

Really good video series

[@revivalofthefittestonlythe2757]

Thanks

[@dancingdog6732]

Can't king just take pawn

[@Fahnder99]

brilliant.

[@davvidcamachoromero3057]

I think I got the wrong trailer

[@FancyShrimpp]

I always struggle with the endgame because I can never grab the king

[@FloatingSunfish]

I've been calling them Fast Pawns my whole life. 😅

[@afifkhaja]

High quality stuff

[@KahHongTan]

wow you're a great teacher

[@burningmime432]

spoiler: white wins every game in this

[@derekma6482]

just like in real life

[@portercarr7197]

13:25

[@hpds3133]

*DAS RACIST!*

[@NoWayToHell]

Bullshit x)

[@Haroon4Cesc]

burningmime Black won the last one.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

I've been so frustrated with modern play. No one knows how to play an endgame. A statistical advantage is not an actual win. Being able to capture the king is the end of the game. A piece and a chair, to paraphrase poker, is all you need. The statistics of a perfectly played game does not represent a person with a momentary piece advantage and no endgame, and it does not equate a victory.

[@adambeck369]

We’re in the endgame now

[@yusufahmed2157]

I find the endgame the easiest but he middlegame the toughest

[@jordycorporan3468]

7:44 how would it be victory ??

[@domis4388]

because your pawn would get promoted

[@karthik_silkroads]

skikamaru who is the real king...

[@sugmc]

What the hell is King infiltration at 7:37?? Kings can't check each other.............

[@omarshehta8789]

Great

[@niklas0000]

'Everything'

[@davidseitiso4911]

merci'

[@King-yyy]

Holy fuck... avengers endgame

[@biscuitcrow]

awesome

[@jeffic9249]

SO INSTRUCTIONAL

[@joshua17111]

Nice

[@akhandabharath4511]

Super

[@INCNetski]

I seem to do better in Endgame. My middlegame is trash.

[@aaroncoelho-irani4460]

I thought this had something to do with the movie

[@alexradice8163]

You're a fucking idiot lol

[@logango-zs1lm]

I know how play alredy

[@Anthony-qg5hj]

I don't even get to endgame

[@eldcole7440]

Avengers endgame or something idk never watched the movie

[@jeshurun4616]

Thanos