Love the Endgame and You will get better at it!

[@pianissimo7121]

Oh my god, thumbnail is something else. i didn't spot the king March in the last one, i did spot the bishop takes pawn tactic. I recommend Silman's endgame book to anyone scared of pawn races, rook endgame, minor piece endgame. It's simply amazing. I didn't finish the book, but i am so much more confident in my endgames that i knowingly go into drawish minor piece endgames , cause i know i can outplaye the opponent. You feel like you are magnus Carlson (until you switch stockfish on).

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

I went through Silman endgame book and it made me go from 2000 to 2150 in rapid...endgames are really essential to transform our advantage... I remember i used to avoid trading queens because i wanted flashy games like Simon Williams(no wonder i wasnt improving)

[@fourlanchurro9670]

Awesome endgame discussion

[@TheBigGuppy]

Endgame work is all I do since starting to play again two years ago. I like it. They are fun. I hated endgames in the 70s and 80s. In the US we had this book called Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine. Just Pages and pages of endgame lines. It scarred me for 3 decades. Posted for the algorithm.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

"Bad at it because they don't like it" and then "don't like it because they are bad at it" forming a perpetual cycle, is true for many areas in any competitive game/sports or life. You have to find a strength of will to break this cycle, to learn something that you dont like and once you start understanding it you will start liking it and further learning process becomes a joy. Not to mention that when people say "I am bad at something" it usually _only_ means they didnt put in even the minimal effort to learn it.

[@cobeferraro3464]

MORE ENDGAMES! MORE! MORE!MORE!

[@Shellback13202]

Great perspective on endgames. I think studying endgames gives you a great advantage exactly for the reason you mentioned, that most club players avoid it.

[@julek94]

I was shocked to find out at how bad at endgames club players tend to be when I started playing OTB tournaments last year. Even knowledge of basic concepts like king activity might give you the edge.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

So true. I literally can't count how many games I had where after all the piece trades the endgame is a clear win for me, and once I offer trade the opponent willingly and joyfully trades everything, we reach the endgame and they resign in a couple of moves. I am not a good endgame player by any measure but even that little knowledge I have gives a very clear edge to me, I'd even go so far as to say it's the most significant thing I learned to improve my chess skill, far more important than even the openings, and everyone likes learning the openings for some reason.

[@julek94]

I also loved this Karpov endgame when I first saw it. Thank you for another great lesson!

[@chimbiepaladin4629]

All I want to say is that the caption for this video is the funniest caption I've ever seen in my life. Haha. I learn the most from your videos. I love the endgame. To me its not boring. Its like clarity. And clearness.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you liked it! Also happy you learn from the videos, that's the goal!

[@tonyaldridge8917]

Love that first game style awesome 👏👍👊

[@SLKCHESS]

Nice Endgame lesson

[@nomoreblitz]

Great inspiration, Coach!! Please consider covering a game or two (or three) from Champions Chess Tour (FTX Road to Miami)?

[@Chessdrummer83]

Great video! I went through silmans endgame twice and am now 50 pages into Hellsten’s mastering end game strategy. I love studying endgame!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

That's awesome!

[@Headhunter_212]

This was tasty. Gracias Maestro.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@todesque]

Another great lesson by the best chess coach!

[@rumpelRAINS]

Great video!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Ysspiano]

Dude I love endgames!

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Endgame lover here ! more endgames please !! interesting examples. Like in real life, I enjoy living in the country side. More space and less people around ! hahaha. Thanks Andras ! btw Genuine absolutely awesome excitement !! = Rapture !..... love it. He had a rapturous feeling about his a chess position.

[@KeepChessSimple]

I agree! Endgames can be very beautiful. Like it has some elegance to it. Especially games from Capablanca or Smyslov. Although officially above my level, I really enjoy Hellsten's ' Mastering Endgame Strategy'. Which happens to have a lot of Smyslov examples. With endgame concepts I have more 'aha' moments compared to middlegame strategy. Maybe it is easier to grasp than middlegame strategy because of less pieces on the board? It feels more elemental.

[@masetade]

The end game that sat with me is Magnus vs Nordibek Tata Steel 2023.

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

Lol that was an awesome thumbnail XD

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks!

[@NidusFormicarum]

My favourite endgame is two bishops vs kinght. I have always been fascinated by highly technaical endgames like queen vs rook and queen and pawn vs queen - especially if they are usually too hard even for the top grandmasters! The more unlikely it is to occur in a real game the more I'm interested, becuase it feels more exotic and I'm especially fascinated if almost nobody makes material about it and virtually everyone thinks it is boring - that just mes me even more interested!

[@elihowitt4107]

Thanks great video. How does one find the chess game (or any) you mentioned? I entered the names and date into google and no results

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Google “ Karpov Lautier 1993 “. and you shall find!

[@Hot6Sauce]

@@ChessCoachAndras 1992* :)

[@GarySlegg]

Very informative, thanks for posting

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@timwoods3173]

Thank you

[@Ryu53898]

Where can I find a list if theoretically endgames like this? It’s easier to remember when they have names

[@pathofmelee6746]

Super GM's say that they easiest way to win is to get better at endgames. So i did it and I jumped+300elo , now I'm 1950 lichess

[@felbas4224]

What was the rating of your opponent? I don't understand how a 2000+ rated player can make such an horrendous mistake as to exchange rooks here

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

Bruh

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

That was a blitz game..soo..ya

[@ChessCoachAndras]

In blitz things just happen…😉

[@felbas4224]

@@ChessCoachAndras no but that's the thing, in blitz I rely on chess principles and intuition(I assumed that's the case for everyone). I understand that in blitz even the best players of the world can make horrendous tactical mistakes such as giving a queen away or missing that the king is in check. It is the type of mistake that strike me here. It screams "I don't understand how bad bishop Vs good bishop is super important in endgame" which I assumed every 2000+ player knew (I'm around 2000 myself). Don't take me wrong, ink not saying "ahah they're so bad" I'm rather wondering if I'm not missing something on the initial position that could justify your opponent's thinking

[@sharkema]

👍

[@vivekdahiya9297]

How can I contact you?

[@bluefin.64]

A wonderful lesson. I share your love of endgames. I changed my attitude recently when studying pawn endgames for the sake of improvement led to instantly realizing a position Ernst Grunfeld once resigned in was drawn! I felt power! Now all endgames fascinate me. Okay, maybe not so much rook endings, but nothing's perfect. Colle vs Grunfeld, Carlsbad, 1929 8/8/8/p6p/P4K1P/8/4k3/8 b - - 3 77

[@vivalakid]

[@sukitha001]

Great video!