EASY CHESS ENDGAMES: King & Pawns

[@yelwinaung1608]

Not gonna lie, this channel will blow up with these endgame series.

[@macmillerppp]

It will? It already has, he’s gained like 100,000 subscribers in less than a month it’s absolutely nuts

[@rahilmalhotra001]

This guy was at 100k at the end of october mate. It has already blown up.

[@yelwinaung1608]

@@rahilmalhotra001 He might beat agadmator in a race to mil subs.

[@NeesyPlaysGuitar]

@@macmillerppp he's in a position to get the most out of this growth in chess popularity. None of it is nuts. It is cool, though, couldn't happen to a more sound fella.

[@exactzero]

@priscilla meeskite Cringe.

[@hugopani6393]

“Most common endgame” Pawn starts on E2

[@unknowncaller2597]

That will never happen

[@azzamharzuqi]

And the most common opening is e4 ahhaha

[@azzamharzuqi]

@@franciscolobato3806 no, if that pawn capture to change file, at least it is E3 not E2

[@fayasamd5204]

😂

[@RobertJohnson-nz3xm]

@@franciscolobato3806 Makes sense. The pawn from d1 captured e2.

[@hetsarsava6481]

I can see his efforts to teach us, in his eyes

[@geetaparmar4458]

Nice comment.

[@spearmintage]

his voice is also really relaxing to listen to which makes it easier to learn

[@hoodedR]

tehc

[@hritthikkeshwani7865]

RIP english

[@alpuu7889]

He's getting the hang of it.... BIT by BIT I hope he continues this series.... We wont BYTE

[@sinception5034]

watching this with 2 minutes left in a blitz game

[@inspiringmedia3716]

ahahaha

[@charnielduterte3796]

put the video on >10x speed

[@jeremythomas4744]

Im 1400 + on lichess (self taught) and im glad i watched this video lol

[@the_pykid]

Relatable

[@jaqshemash11]

@@jeremythomas4744 im 1700 on lichess

[@mros9254]

you are an IM in the FIDE RANKING but you are a grandmaster in the teaching for sure

[@imperialrecker7111]

true. I am crushing ppl with endgames and middle games after watching his vids. I am about 900+ in lichess.

[@yootantonystark2738]

@@imperialrecker7111 you basically just master end game and just trade up all your pieces. You bring better players to your battlefield which is your home. You know your terrain better.

[@imperialrecker7111]

@@yootantonystark2738 yea thats what i am doing now.

[@frysebox1]

@@yootantonystark2738 crushing people in the middle game with tactics followed by blundering in the late game is my favourite approach

[@edmund8954]

@@John-eh2zc you know what they say, "dont hate the player, hate the game (sometimes)."

[@noelic6744]

It makes me think the king is walking the pawn down the aisle to make it his new queen. lol

[@karolstevenvillacarillo1036]

lol

[@newt2120]

king is a groomer lol

[@caret4812]

it makes me think the king has 8 spares for his queen and when she is down, he just promotes one to a queen himself....damn chess is weird

[@FredPlanatia]

hey hey chess is poetry too!

[@aryangupta7703]

The beauty of chess

[@UnbearableYT]

The real king learns the king and pawn endgames

[@xirenzhang9126]

martin luther king with them black pieces(and maybe white’s queen’s bishop)

[@ajfev1092]

*You Dropped Your Crown, King*

[@RyanGStephenVlogs]

You mean teaches

[@biggie10101]

Cringe

[@pokszymon]

what

[@frankveeren]

I always found it easier to draw a diagonal line from the pawn towards my opponent King, until it reaches the 8th or 1st rank, then use it as the diagonal of the square. It doesn't involve actual counting and it is faster to visualize specially during blitz or bullet matches. Thank you for the video, Levy

[@bisapathemonke]

Oh wow

[@your_average_joe5781]

That's the way I heard it explained as well 👍

[@sevenssports4421]

Man i was shocked. I asked to make a chess endgame tips video today when he asked what to do.Thanks for making this video.pls make more endgame videos like 2 bishop endgame, bishop, knight endgame etc....😀

[@ryanjacob8957]

Also rook endgames

[@frrf3252]

Pretty sure all of this is already planned

[@michaelhammaker8699]

dude it was all you

[@gordo1191]

Lmao this was prerecorded days ago

[@vatsala6497]

@@ryanjacob8957 Bruh rook endgames will take like 20 videos lmfao

[@zhingyifai913]

Bruh. You explained the opposition better than anyone ever did in all of the videos about it that I have seen. You're a natural coach Levy.

[@Lets_MakeItSimple]

If I had 99 dollars i;d definitely buy your course. You may not be a GM but youre an ammmazing teacher.

[@kunalchaudhari1512]

This video has changed my perspective to look at king

[@mohmmadrafijalgaonkar8028]

That is exactly what i am going say, "Are you stupid!! did you not watch GothamChess video" whenever someone does something stupid

[@lordwiz6653]

I agree I always say that when opposition blunders. 💯🎈

[@Rude_i_Wredne]

They should add that line to the gotham bot trash talk.

[@sjegannath6295]

yeah say that and get banned by chess.com for bullying your opponent. Or atleast that's what i've heard happens.

[@lordwiz6653]

@@sjegannath6295 oh I never kneeeeeeewwww 😀😂👍

[@olliert4840]

Whenever I have an opposition position I'm gonna remember Levy saying "aint NO WAY you gettin in those squares" in his new york accent

[@michaeldey1894]

You are an excellent teacher. I have been playing AT chess for 67 years. Some great games, mostly terrible endings. Since I found you I have been devouring your wisdom and have raised my Rapid Chess Score from 650 to 1250-1300. Obviously I have much to learn still. Please keep adding content and I also enjoy your many other chess offerings.

[@fawzanulhaque483]

67 really ? And you were still at 650?

[@bravosix2960]

@@fawzanulhaque483They did only say playing AT chess, not playing it. Maybe there was supposed to be a difference like they planned on learning it or maybe it was a type idk.

[@davidzakaryan2567]

I CANT LET YOU GET CLOSE! 😳 So awesome to see that Levy is an MMA fan.

[@liorzaphir5358]

amazing

[@TheGrandmaster1]

That does make him even more awesome.

[@og8263]

He keeps getting better

[@claytonberry8141]

Enjoy all of your videos - great passion and fun comes through. For the teaching ones, what I really like is how you show the 'why' of "what not to do" so clearly. Many people say "do this, trust me", but that's not teaching. All of this was perfect - K and pawn basics - opposition, shouldering, the square.

[@ayushanuroop9203]

Me : OK lets push the pawn. Levy : 4:58 Me : OK fine, jeez 🙄

[@ozzyfromspace]

I read about GothamChess on Wikipedia and we both learned chess at the same time (age of 6). But I kinda just played “for fun”, whereas he read books, practiced, and got really freakin’ good! He put up really salient advice at the end there: “Chess is hard. You’ve gotta do the work”. I hear you, boss. Maybe it’s not too late for me to cross 2000+ consistently edit (8 months later): now at 2150, still learning 🙏🏽

[@soumajitsen1395]

Great work man

[@JBLGamingNL]

Good job!

[@iblivs21]

that's awesome! good job for putting a lot of effort, you deserve it

[@newyorkertx7024]

whats ur elo now??

[@corniferjr3300]

Levy: You'll have to go watch the other video on that. Me: Ok cool I'll go look for tha- Levy: Actually that video isn't out yet Me: Well okay then.

[@أحمدقاضي-ذ7غ]

Lol

[@tomislavhoman4338]

It is now :)

[@wildgurgs3614]

An understandably difficult urge to fight. Here's the thing that I have to remind myself much more often in games - checking in itself is actually worthless a lot of the time since the king can just move out of the way.

[@MA-er3yw]

@@wildgurgs3614 I disagree, forks, discovered attacks, forcing moves, making the king stop guarding a piece, stalling, spike checks, game conversion, counter attacks, these all start from checks (edit: I don’t mean every fork comes from a check, or that every counterattack starts with one, I’m just giving examples)

[@wildgurgs3614]

@@MA-er3yw Fair point. What I meant to say is that it's often tempting, especially for novices, to deliver a check without planning out a line of moves, leading to the checked opponent simply moving their king out of the way with no real consequence.

[@onlyrocknroll12]

I enjoyed rewatching this, it really cemented what I had learned but partially forgotten. You have a good way of phrasing things in a concise memorable way, I think you're a natural teacher. "You only follow the king if you can't touch the pawn again." That's so simple and easy to commit to memory

[@codygarrett866]

When it comes to distant opposition, it a good idea to look at it as an odd number of squares between you and the opponent's king after your move

[@godspeed5428]

Can u elaborate like i didn't watch the video plz.. I think you explanation will add value to this video

[@codygarrett866]

@@godspeed5428 so having the opposition comes from being one square away from the enemy king, directly across from your king, at the end of your turn, meaning you move, and now there is one square between your king and the opponents, but its now his turn and can only move back or to the side. Distant opposition is the concept, where one is an odd number of squares, so is 3, 5 and 7, and knowing this, you have the same result if both kings were to start moving towards one another. Its opposition at a distance.

[@codygarrett866]

@@godspeed5428 one square in between the kings i mean, not one square away

[@codygarrett866]

Triangulation is another important concept to try and gain opposition if you don't have it. Look up a video on Triangulation in chess as well. Very helpful

[@godspeed5428]

@@codygarrett866 i think i get it.. So basically the minimum no. of squares between two kings can be 1 which is odd no.(which is common sense), so odd no. Away is distant opposition.. Simple concept.. I feel stupid now that i understand it.. Thankyou..

[@johnpetrila4823]

I love how the last example tied in the practical application of all the pieces of theory discussed in the video, even "the square." Brilliant teaching move, Levy. Well done!

[@herosuperman1538]

Imagine getting a heart from Gotham !

[@cpgautam172]

Imagine having to imagine getting a heart from levy

[@doubledie6875]

he would die.

[@tendyboiz1046]

@@cpgautam172 you sure about that

[@cpgautam172]

@@tendyboiz1046 sure about what?

[@NightRider0101]

I have better things to imagine

[@patrickdrake9033]

Your videos are the best bro. No complicated lingo, clearly described. I run a team at my school and the kiddos watch your videos all the time. Thank you.

[@1991ryanl]

SO thats why I always lose end games! I feel like I can play my best chess for the entire game, but as soon as it becomes just king and pawns, the opposition must think I just switched with a chimp

[@calebklingsheim947]

Thank you, Levy! I found myself in a King + Pawns endgame just a day after watching this video, and thanks to your video (and some practice with the drills) I pulled out a win without external help.

[@yeshasrastogi8769]

The energy while saying or convincing the viewer is getting better & better. Levy on fire💥💥

[@shamanpomedor]

watching this after losing a draw game

[@feiny9361]

“King activity is super important” Sounds like he’s approving the bongcloud to me

[@sjegannath6295]

Happy Hikaru Noises wow 7 likes in a month that's crazy, thank you

[@nilen]

@@sjegannath6295 ??

[@setashua2327]

It’s not even just about chess, the way you say things is really such a nice time! I do love you Levy !

[@nickdawg1014]

I smell the start of another great GothamChess series. Keep up the great work!

[@philiproschactor]

One of the best endgame videos I have ever watched. Thank you so much again. you are an absolutely superb teacher because your delivery has such passion that it makes it easier for the listener to remember the important things.

[@ssiipp7848]

KZbin Levy is becoming a lot more like twitch Levy. And I love it.

[@richdotcom1959]

Levy, you're a good teacher!

[@nimamotamedi4544]

This is a phenomenal video lesson. I was literally just teaching my brother this yesterday. I have friends and family learning chess-Best believe I will be recommending this to others to be sure. Excellent recap Levy. Keep it coming!

[@clap5108]

I got into chess about 8 months ago when I watched you and Hikaru on stream and seeing these videos just makes me want to take my chess journey further. You make chess fun to watch and interesting to learn. You and Hikaru have helped so many people find out about chess and I think what you are doing is great. I’m looking forward to the next endgame video. I find myself using little tips and tricks that you mention throughout videos and it helps tremendously.

[@sarthakmaheshwari3813]

Thanks Gotham, I got king and pawn endgame in a game I played immediately after watching this video, and was able to win it. I really appreciate your work and hope you will come up with more such intersting videos😀

[@akshargajjar8135]

This is the most instructive chess video I have ever seen. Thank you, Levy! As a beginner, this idea of opposition is so fascinating and once you see the tactic it changes your perspective on the way kings and pawns move. This channel is on the path to greatness.

[@cpgautam172]

I am reading silmans complete endgame course, and this is chapter 2-4. Chap 1 was simple checkmates

[@Rohitsarma-uk5lk]

Excellent work levy 💯 kept engaging and great insights . Thankyou

[@abdallahradiy8525]

11:14 was that a Chael Sonnen reference? Since Levy is an MMA fan I’m definitely subscribing.

[@Scary_Sceptile]

Dude i was drinking and did a real life spit take

[@friendlycoy]

well, glad I subbed lmao

[@andrewszaflarski5379]

Uncle Chael!!

[@darylang1065]

18:30

[@gordonsaut]

Levy : this is completely winning for white Me : OK great

[@frankwilliams5479]

I can’t stress this enough but THESE VIDEOS ARE SO HELPFUL ! LEVI IF YOU SEE THIS PLEASSSEEEEEE CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAINING VIDEOS 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@albertbatfinder5240]

I want to see Levy’s Dominican Republic series, where he sits in an Hawaiian shirt at a plastic table under an umbrella like “Newman” in Jurassic Park.

[@parthdurgude2617]

He's just an awesome teacher... teaching such theory is not very easy when we are not face to face... too good man!!!

[@Zephirum37]

This might be your best video yet, can't wait for the rest of the series

[@rogerwinright2290]

Man, I love the content you create I've always failed at an endgames with Kings and pawns, and this helped me immensely! Keep up the good work!

[@jasperberton9237]

He's just prepping us for a new sub war

[@masterofkaarsvet]

"OPPOSITION TRADITIONALLY IS DEFINED AS, you know, eh if you like the, eh, it's like a certain amount of rows between the kings, you know" -Levy

[@Omsamara6]

1:04 "And hopefully we know how to win this position" Me not knowing how to win that position - :O

[@lukeskywalker8267]

It's hard to screw up

[@tomassousa3104]

Insuficient material is the saddest way to end a chess game. Imagine if two whole armies sacrifice all their soldiers for it to be a draw

[@wilfredding25]

When levy makes another endgame video. Thanos: snickers in anticipation.

[@severesidefxgames8035]

Been playing chess for about 6 months and starting to get better. This video helps alot. Tired of loosing and ending in stalemate

[@mohammadzuhairkhan8661]

I need more pawn endgames. King moves are very counter intuitive a lot of the time

[@Questionmark142]

i think one of the reasons for king moves being counterintuitive comes from diagonal movement. a king on a1 needs the same amount of moves to get to a8 then he needs to get to h8, even though the latter is much further away. so a king moves sort of faster when he goes diagonal.

[@PriyanganiGunarathne-x9k]

Bro I like your videos. You should be a grand master quickly. Good luck bro

[@sachindey2]

He really puts in efforts to teach us these stuffs , hope this channel gets the success it deserves. Love u man

[@Chikari_2010]

Thank you for being such a patient teacher! Your videos make all of this so much easier to understand.

[@jackofclubs1510]

People pay a lot of money for lessons like this and we get them for free!!

[@richardmorgan1588]

This is the video that introduced me to “100 Endgames…” which I have now in book and Chessable form. I didn’t realize that so much of this is already solved! It’s definitely a great resource which will keep me learning for a long time.

[@alkamishra9974]

18:08 ummm.... F4 blocks that move. Levi: You lost again man? What did I tell u? Me: Confused noises

[@thermon6945]

"Red carpet" LOL!! Incredible video, loved it

[@x_Heffe_X]

Love the uncle Chael reference! Undefeated, undisputed, never lost a round.

[@ElijahStormblessed]

I've tried getting better at this before, but nobody's ever explained this as well as you have! Thank you!!

[@MohamedZashim.R]

12:35 that red carpet is awesome 😂. king be like🤴 "oh my dear new queen 👸 ....now it's safe u can go💃🕴️"

[@aluminiumknight4038]

I'll sacrifice you in the next game

[@jatloe]

@@aluminiumknight4038 LMAO

[@AUG_Glow]

@@aluminiumknight4038 LMFAO

[@davide4607]

You easily have the most engaging teaching style of any chess teacher I've ever seen. Keep it up man these are gold!

[@vishnusai0425]

18:19 That's what GM ABISH MATHEW ,does in his games.

[@swarajsahu732]

we are not considering engines tho

[@saurabhshukla31]

@@swarajsahu732 😂😂😂

[@vishnusai0425]

@@swarajsahu732 😂🤣😂

[@Kevin-cy2dr]

Its Hon'ble GM ABISH MATHEW SIR

[@danieltjones01]

These concepts gave me much more control in the game I have just played. I had a bishop and knight up but I won the game by using my king to protect the free pawn to promote and then rather than using the queen with bishop and knight I just used my king to push their king down the board and did 1 queen move to finish - versus my usual scramble of allowing their king to just move out of the way. Thank you (Y)

[@Araz907]

That Chael Sonnen reference was peak. 10/10 great video

[@kshitijsharma759]

I dont have words man this is so informative at the same time entertaining I don't need to rewatch the video , I got in just one go, hope you make a whole series o such videos

[@daven6569]

Thank you for this. Your enthusiasm and ability to teach allowed me to watch the entire video no problem! I typically turn off end game videos in a few minutes. I have rules to follow for my games in these positions. THANK YOU!

[@hectorgrazio9372]

An Ultimate Fighter reference in a Chess breakdown, oh my god I love this guy

[@Ysna-re2or]

If only thanos had watched Gotham chess

[@dannygrove9078]

Thank you for making this video. I've been doing very well in my end games now, and it's all because I started flanking. It's especially helpful against extremely aggressive players. So, thank you again.

[@coubyplayz]

Love you Gotham want a 1v1 as a video title "Seeking a player who plays for a month and how much better you can get!!!"

[@coubyplayz]

Any end games

[@mdiehl192]

I don't know what it is, but the way Levy explains things makes understanding and remembering the important ideas ten times easier. More pawn and ___ endgames please.

[@Makron5]

I wish he'd do two bishops because that's confusing for me.

[@colewogan2006]

important parts of 2 bishops endgames are 1) centralizing all pieces, 2) slowly narrowing the amount of space king can move (but im pretty bad at chess so even then its sitll hard for me to convert as well)

[@rogg0224]

@@colewogan2006 its non intuitive

[@Brko-rx1hs]

I already know it i found a cool video of 2 bishop vs King u should search it up

[@marksd5650]

Brilliant! Thank you. I never pause, I don’t know enough to figure it out. All my best dude. You are extremely helpful to us beginners

[@ssiipp7848]

This might be something for Alireza....

[@TimeRemnant772]

nice one

[@jwanfontana9658]

😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@dennisdzeko3916]

Magnus approves.

[@raghavdhabe7359]

U shouldnt disrespect alireza like that. Even gm can blunder simple things, everyone blunders , even if u r really good at that concept

[@maxgrobe1355]

The last example was the best lesson, when i tried as you said i did the mistake on going to the left. Great for learning.

[@Kajal-gk9bg]

Someone pls guide Magnus Carlsen so that he can learn the square rule, the guy made a video on it with the first sentence being I don't understand it

[@mrnobody5763]

Carlsen is like one of the strongest players all time in end games. And he didn't study them a lot, but he's like Mozart was with music, a genius.

[@cujobyte]

Thank you so so much for this vid, i had no idea how much thought went into the “endgame”.

[@luciano53688]

"Dont run away from me" How could I run away from the greatwst chess master on KZbin?

[@vincenzovalvano]

I'm going to thank you under ALL your videos , it's a threat ! You're a GREAT teacher

[@bigxmacxattack941]

Aye Levy, this video was very good. Keep up the good content

[@vinayxis1242]

You haven't even watched the vid yet. Although we all know it's going to be a good video

[@StvB31459]

Gotham ... love you man... You’re funny, articulate, intelligent, spontaneous. Love watching and listening to you. I’ve learned so much over the past month watching and studying your videos. All to say .... THANK YOU !!!!

[@Sam-kd5cx]

It’s funny how similar the endgame tactic “shouldering” is to sports such as AFL with “shepherding” and basketball with “box out”. Love the videos

[@bobon123]

Easily the best chess endgame video around.

[@alexcaruso6085]

Me: gets checkmated before the endgame starts

[@arikkarim4790]

Man, you weren't kidding about the lesson videos you said you would make for beginners in the sub battle with Hikaru. Mad respect

[@zairak4911]

Out of Context: Do a three way Sub Battle You- Samay- Naka

[@mircokruger6283]

I play chess for over 20 years now and I´ve learnt something new. The powerful tutu position.

[@hetsarsava6481]

Please maka a video on the movie "pawn sacrifice"

[@DavidRodriguez-hh6kx]

Doood so helpful. I've never heard engames explained as clearly.

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

When is a Queen stronger than two rooks? It seems clear on most situations with otherwise equal material that the two rooks will prevail, how far ahead on pawns/what positions etc. can the Queen at least draw if not better? Is one pawn enough in most cases? Anyway, your lesson with NL brought me here, love the content already.

[@AhmadRizviYT]

i heard him saying 2 rooks is only better than 1 queen when the queen is not active and the 2 rooks are coordinated

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

I love the passion you put into your lessons, Levy! I can almost feel the smack at the back of my head when you are trying to emphasize a point! LOL! Keep up the amazing work!

[@michaeld519]

8:32 "There's no way you're going to get that king out of the corner." But why not? We need you to finish the lesson and demonstrate it so beginners understand. You can say it, but I don't understand why that king can't be moved. If you'd taken ten seconds and shown what happens it would make sense.

[@willsheekey7747]

ikr!

[@LqwAbidingCitizen]

Because the black king will keep shuffling between a8 and b8 and you cannot get it out of the corner because the position will eventually lead to the pawn behind the black king in the corner and the white king will be either on a6 or b6 and moving away from the pawn results in a draw as well

[@SmileyHeartsCafferyLynn]

I'm having the time of my life watching these lessons! A teacher with a good sense of humour? Yes please!!!

[@SpontaneityJD]

Easier way to see the square: draw a line down the diagonal.

[@alvpd1111]

Great material - I really enjoy how clear and passionate your explanations are - it is easy to pay attention

[@Sam-mh9mw]

Thank you, this is definitely gonna be more useful than screaming "DEATH OR GLORY!" and kamikazeing the board 😂

[@kkounal974]

Found my guy!

[@dheerajbalodi7030]

Dude...ur a beast. Thats all i got to say. You have really taught all of us a lot over the last few years and thank you for that mate..thank you