Chess Lesson # 90: Capablanca’s Endgame Rule | Chess Endings

[@NMRobertRamirez]

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[@ujjwal10]

It took me 34 moves to checkmate Black while setting up Stockfish level 8 on lichess, as you said. Feeling proud of myself now, all thanks to you. You're a great chess teacher. Glad that I finally found you here. Currently I'm binge watching your valuable lessons. 🙏 Love from 🇮🇳

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hey guys! Here is the link in case you want to review the game from opening to endgame. Do not forget to like and subscribe if you found value in it 👍 www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1116452

[@davidbatchelder85]

I went on the lichess, did the board aspect as you stated, good tool, thank you. I could not do it, it just turned into draw, I did loose twice. Put stock fish review after I was done. 39 moves later wow. Still good study / training.

[@lucassantana6993]

could you make a playlist evaluating endgame positions? i struggle a lot evaluating endgames 😅

[@ductran.ngocminh2838]

my plan: nd4 - centralizing and bringing it to the queen side to help rc3 and b4 - keeping my pieces in good shape. finally try to do sth with my knight, create a pass pawn at the right moment. And also thank you, love from Vietnam

[@aridojikatochiri9120]

Waiting for the 100th lesson it should be special😀also it's your 100th video advanced congratulations 🎉

[@NMRobertRamirez]

😁 thank you!

[@unclvinny]

Terrific lesson, thanks. I had a fairly simple plan... put the knight in front of the c-pawn, centralize the king, then advance the a-pawn. This was (obviously!) much more comprehensive, with lots of great ideas.

[@christian7054]

Most of your videos are great, but this is outstanding to me. So many new ideas, so many tactical tricks. Would be really nice to see some more of these Capablanca endgames 👏

[@woodenfences]

Very helpful advice here with the 'many moves in a row' and the 'keep it easy' principles. My initial plan was to simply trade the pieces and bet on the extra pawn, but I know better now. Winning the endgame in Lichess required a few attempts, there are secrets to explore in that position too. Thank you!

[@GeorgeSmyth]

Thanks for this. I need to start envisioning where my pieces should be when I enter the end game, this should really help.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome, George! 👍

[@edsanjenis9416]

That was excellent instruction on this endgame from Capablanca.

[@PeterSodhi]

You are amazing, the best educational content out there...

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Glad to see you keep enjoying these lessons! Thanks a lot for your comment 😎

[@Midnight890]

Your endgame videos are very instructive. After mastering tactics (relatively by a lot for my elo) I am now going to try to get better at endgames and this is a part of my training plan.

[@rainerausdemspring894]

My ideas for a plan: Try to create a passed pawn on the Queen side - I am a pawn up. Place your king side pawns on dark squares or try to exchange the knight against the bishop or place the knight before the black c-pawn on c5 (or c3?) The white king should go to the queen side. Try to cut off the black king from the queen side. Do NOT exchange rooks. Probably too many plans for a single game😀

[@smar1k359]

White is better due to the pawn majority on the queenside and the fact that black's rook must remain where it is to protect the f pawn. Maybe white can try to cut the black king off of the quenside and push the pawns over there. Also white can first block the c7 pawn and then target it. The knight and king can come in the center or the queenside and help with the pawn pushes or the capture of the f pawn.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent evaluation! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It really helps 👍

[@ChallHatt]

I love such advanced plans. Its like a treasure for an intermediate player like me.

[@somebody7407]

Hello wonderful person, i liked your online chess videos with commentry (moves with explantions). if possible please regularely post that kind of videos too

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Absolutely. I try to post one of those very 10 lessons or so to make sure we cover opening, middlegame and endgame as well 👍

[@RaptureReady2025]

Take it easy rule is so good. 3 fold psychology is interesting too, and so true. Thanks!

[@jamesmunroe6558]

I'm currently paused at 3:03 and I would say that White has the better position. Although Black's King is closer to the centre of the board (2 moves instead of 3), White is up a pawn and he also has the Knight to hop around, which is better for getting forks and also for eliminating pawns.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello James! Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 🙌👍

[@jamesmunroe6558]

@@NMRobertRamirez Your videos are a real pleasure to watch!

[@stevechoatie249]

Very good endgame instruction. I do need to take your advice and put the endgame in LiChess. One of the things I need to check is if the black king doesn't move to b8 how to proceed from there.

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Very good tips I learned thanks dear

[@nestor916]

3:03 It looks like white has an extra pawn vs a very active bishop. My plan would be to first improve the position of the knight and going after Black's isolated pawn and then using our pawn majority on the queenside

[@cenmarichess]

Amazing lesson,amazing person . You are a gem in chess community

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! 🙌😎

[@markosborn3079]

Really great content again, I am getting so much from these lessons! Thank you 👍

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That's so great to hear, Mark. Thank you for your helpful feedback as usual 👍

[@sarjilshamyo128]

Your lessons really help me to improve.Now i become a 1600 rated player from 1200 within a month.please do some videos on 100 endgames you must know book lessons

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congrats! That is a huge jump 💪 Thank you for sharing your progress. It means a lot! And yes, we have a lot to talk about endgames 👍

[@sarjilshamyo128]

Thanks and waiting for next videos

[@pasadenapsych44]

Beautifully explained.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Glad you liked it, Kalea! And thank you for your kind words 👍

[@jeanLetourneau1]

Thank you for this other great video! You are a great coach. Your explanations are so clear and easy to understand. In this endgame, I will have exchange my Knight for the Bishop without thinking further down the road. I am a big fan of Capablanca. I love its "take it easy but surely" approach. I also like your comments to RedGamin23 which is "Do not push the passed pawns until we improve our pieces position". I lost too many endgames because I did not follow this rule.

[@johnnyzee383]

In fact after Kd4 by Capa, this is a mistake...Bb5 skewers the rook to the Knight on e2.. Moving the rook to c3 allows ...Bxe2 Re3+ Ke6 Rxe2 Rxa3. and the position is even.

[@RedGaming23]

Have not thought much about the principle of 2 weaknesses being applied to our strength like that passed pawn for example. I think often when I get a passed pawn I tunnel vision trying to promote it instead of trying to create a 2nd weakness.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

We have all been there. Now, you start to consider other options as you acquire more knowledge. Enjoy the process!

[@j.santana7552]

White has pawn majority on queen side but black has a powerful bishop with an open field. Centralize the knight and find a way to target the pawn island. If you could trade knight for bishop do it.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 🙌👍

[@h1gh592]

We are certainly up a pawn but black pieces have the bishop advantage on an open game. However they have an isolated pawn which we could put pressure on by playing Nd4 attacking the Bishop(if they don't move we trade and they don't have that bishop advantage) and when they move it , we can play Nb5 forking the rook and the pawn and eventually grabbing the pawn?

[@Mr354135]

Very instructive video again thanks for your effort i am looking forward to see four pawns next week

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are welcome, Yusuf! Next week, we will probably have a lesson on middlegame and then we go back to openings where we will go over the four pawns variation 👍

[@someguy1717]

Right or wrong, at 2:42 my initial reaction is to put pressure on the isolated pawn at c7, activate my king and push the white queenside pawns.

[@z51racer]

I wrote a novella in my notebook: My eval/plan: White has the advantage, I think about +1.5. White has an extra pawn--passed & protected vs Black's isolated pawn. I like the bishop better here and Black's king is slightly closer to the center which is why I have it at +1.5 instead of +2. Just due to the pawns on both flanks with the open center. I like White's rook much better than Black's rook which seems very passive on a7. So my plan would be to blockade Black's isolated pawn by putting the knight on c6 and then try to push the queenside pawns. Also I would like to trade the knight for the bishop if the opportunity arises. I think the king's first job (for White) is to try to keep Black's king from doing anything on the king side but I'm not really sure on the king side plans at all. Now on to the rest of the video to learn the actual plan. ;)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your insights! 🙌💪

[@stevechoatie249]

My immediate plan would be to try and exchange the bishop for my knight to reduce blacks mobility. If I'm lucky I could give him an isolated pawn as well. There are also some tactical possibilities with my knight. After exchanging the minor pieces I would work toward getting my passed pawn through.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answer, Steve!

[@helloagain4546]

Can you please shed some light on the thought process for reaching this ideal position with Ke3 Rc3 Nd4 and pawn formation with b4 f4? Because for me I only saw Nxf6 and create a "2 weakness" situation. How do you learn this style of thinking of "control" and actually knowing it will be fully controling rather than "cashing in on what is visible on the board right now"? *I understand you did mention controlling up to 5th rank and that may answer the 1st part of my question but... Maybe naive but why would even controlling up to 5th be so good for us, and how do you know which positions this concept can apply to and which not? :)

[@vladislavshevchenko634]

I believe white is better, white has an extra passed pawn, which is protected. Black has an isolated pawn. But black has a bishop which could become annoying if rooks get traded off, because it can control both sides of the board unlike our knight. Id find a way to trade off light pieces, cut off the black king, activate my king and push my pawn majority 16:18 of course its a check because there's only one legal move take the pawn in-passing 20:05 yeah, I know what it feels to blunder a queen in the endgame because you only have 10 seconds left. Luckily I had 2 passed pawns left and i managed to to win with only 1 second on the clock

[@arthursewu]

This was so helpful

[@79-souravsutradhar53]

I think in this position, black is slightly better as the bishop can roam freely and has no pawns in the middle of the board to obstruct it

[@amitmookerjee3401]

Looking at the position at the start I think white should taje advantage of the extra pawn on the queen's side and try to push them to promote

[@mehdilolar286]

thaaannnkkkk youuuu soooo much for the link i learn all the game and capablanca give his oponent with 2 isolated pawnsat the beginiing in move 12 13 i learned it by heard thhhaaa,,kk uuuuu sooo muchhh

[@articuno_3167]

2:35 my plan would be to create a passed pawn on the queen side.. because there is 2 vs 1 situation. I will activate my knight and king also.

[@cedrics7374]

Since there are pawns left and right the bishop is better. White is up a past pawn though. My overall plan for white would be to trade the knight for the bishop and try to promote the past pawn. White should have the upperhand here I think. You can also sez that black is a bit stuck here having to protect that c7 pawn with the rook.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent assessment, Cédric! You have definitely been paying attention.

[@jamesreed4483]

I want to get my Q side pawns rolling eventually. Takes time. My R should protect them but I do not want the R on a white sq so Rc3 then b4 to stabilize the Q side. Then my Nd4 and my K to the center. Perhaps placing my K side pawns on black if attacked by the B. Then a dance between my pieces and his resulting in me pushing the Q side pawns. Capa was a master at handling pawns so I am guessing he will handle the K side pawns with more purpose than what I can see.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

He was a master of the endgame for sure! Thanks a lot for sharing your answer by the way 🙌👍

[@a.tigerjr.6132]

Greetings Robert, another great video! Very clear, very easy to follow the point being driven. I just joined your channel and just want to ask, I have played chess since college but strictly as an amateur, no study or serious intention. Now I am more interested in improving. I would like to start from scratch(if there is such a thing). What do you suggest I start learning first? Thanks man! This is a great channel.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you, Alvin! And it's great to know you are back 💪 If you want to start from scratch, I recommend you do the following: 1) Go over the title of the lessons in this channel starting from # 1 and start where you see something you don't know or need to refresh. Every material is in order and you should not skip anything. 2) Train tactics (a lot) from websites like chess.com/lichess or from books, which are my favorite source since you will find explanation for every exercise. 3) Pick up a Chess book where the author reviews games and explains the moves and ideas from opening to endgame. It is just a great way to complement your training and you will learn a lot of Chess. In the description of this video you will see my book recommendations. Depending on your level, you might like the one about Carlsen or the one about Kramnik. With that said, there are other great books out there -even for free. 4) Play games. 5) Ask me any questions you might have. Hope this answers your question 👍

[@richardweddel3453]

Can you do a video on the Byrne Attack against the Pirc? e4 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 g6 Bg5. I'm pretty comfortable playing into the Austrian/150/Classical but Bg5 is another variation I see a lot of the time.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Yes, that one is definitely coming soon 👍

[@AnindyaBasu27]

Thank you Coach! enjoyed this lesson as well :) looking forward to more endgame knowledge! I have watched hundreds of videos on KZbin on chess, but I always find new ideas and lessons in your content. Also, I have been playing KI and Pirc's from black side and getting awesome results in bullet and blitz! I keep watching the videos over and over again! looking forward to more KID videos! Also, if you could please switch back the KID lesson format the way you taught Pirc's defense! Love from India

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are welcome as always, Anindya! I really appreciate your feedback. What do you mean about the Pirc lessons format specifically? I want to make sure I get it right 👍

[@AnindyaBasu27]

@@NMRobertRamirez in lesson 86, I think you had asked which format do we enjoy more when it comes to the lessons. The KID lessons were done in a little different way as compared to the Czech Pirc and Pirc lessons. In the Pirc and Czech Pirc lesson series, you had described few lines in the initial lessons, then ideas for those lines and then played games. Would love if you would continue the rest of the KID series in the way you had taught us Pirc and Cezch Pirc.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@AnindyaBasu27 you got it! Thanks again!

[@leeseekhim6075]

My plan for this endgame is to get pawn to a3, b4, rook protect the root of pawn at third rank, King and Knight pair up to the left, possibly putting knight at c5 as outpost. Honestly speaking from here onwards if my opponent defend well and dont make mistake i dont have any clear plan to win if the A pawn could not advance. I dont know how to create second weakness that you show us on the right hand side with equal number of pawns. I have read some lesson regarding queen side / king side minority plan. But really no idea how to win if both side are equals (without double pawn).

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Lee. Hope this lesson helped you reinforce some of these ideas! We will be talking more about the concept of the second weakness soon 👍

[@supbb7350]

It seems that endgames should be the first to be mastered if you're an amateur. I studied endgames here on your channel and from more than 1 year being stuck in 1700, I reached 1800 in just 2 days. Thanks

[@getrightw1tcha]

First position: I‘d put my pawns on darksquares, h4, g3, f4 if possible. Activate my king; bring it to d4 as a first step if allowed. Get my knight to c5 without giving black the opportunity to trade it off. If all that’s done, slowly advance the queenside pawns. Evaluation +- (white is winning)

[@RedGaming23]

My plan would have been: Try to get pieces to dark squares. If I can get a knight outpost on c5 that could help promote my a-pawn. If I got chance I probably wouldn't trade the bishop for knight as I need the knight to keep attacking the blockading squares so I can keep pushing my pawns. I don't envisage my king being a big part of the pawn pushing, I think he just guards the kingside. Am about to watch the rest of the video now but thought I'd put this here upfront so you know what level your viewers are at.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent! Thank you so much for doing this. It helps me a lot 👍

[@vinothindrakannan2240]

Please make a lesson for KID against four pawn attack.. Thank you

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Absolutely! That is the next lesson we are going to have on openings 👍

[@vinothindrakannan2240]

@@NMRobertRamirez i became a great fan for you and your videos.. I am so glad that i improved my games a lot with your informative videos.. I increased my rating from 1850 to 1960 in one month.. Hoping to reach 2200 on next three months is my target.. All credits to you.. Thank you very much.. Pls keep up the good work

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@vinothindrakannan2240 congratulations on that jump! over 100 points in such a short period of time is impressive 💪 Now, you will probably find some resistance at 1900 and you might even go down to 1800 once or twice, but then it is a matter of time before you break through 2000. Just keep training consistently 👍

[@vinothindrakannan2240]

Happy to see your responses and you fully understood my situation :-D.. Sure i will learn amd practice more to break 2000 rating.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@vinothindrakannan2240 excellent! Keep me posted.

[@Silvermist78]

Thank you! 🙏💪

[@AngelPerez-tk7rp]

I played it Stockfish level 6 Ne5/Rb7/Bd5/Nd7/Ke8/Nc5/Ra7ect....

[@davidbatchelder85]

I have been trying to complete this end game, man I can not get this to work, I work against the computer but I lose every time. I played it over 100 times. Drew a few, white or black I just can not seem to close it. As you have so poetically stated, end games are where the money is. Just like golf, drive for show, Put for the money. I will continue, thank you for all that you do. May Jesus bless us all. Amen

[@FredPlanatia]

Thanks for your lesson. You never explained the logic behind Capablanca desired position. How does he arrive at these objectives? Regarding that final position at the end of the video: It is really hard to win against best playing computer. I tried 8 times. The position is by no means simple at that point. Preventing the opponents counterplay is difficult. I guess you thought it would be easy. I find it very difficult. I'm not Capablanca or a National Master! I did recognize that white has two outside passers against blacks lone passed pawn on the queens side and so the object was to promote one of those. Edit: Ok, further down you described how you approached it. I was able to win with white following that advise. I too had started with moving Rg7 but I did not move my Kc5 and was finding it difficult. Black also plays an alternative move order and then i still get draws and could not win: 1. h4 Ba2 I have tried several moves but i could not find a way to win. In this case I did not find a way to force a rook trade to simplify the game.

[@RedGaming23]

I'm rated 1950 on lichess rapid, I tried this with the computer and I got a draw 3 times. I haven't done too much endgame study other than silmans endgame course up to 1600 USCF which I would be below I imagine so I'm focusing on other areas of my game for now.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I tried it because other viewers also gave it a go . I think we have to continue with the same mindset as Capablanca. Do not push the passed pawns until we improve our pieces position -in this case, our king. I started with Kc5 after they did Bh7 and then offered a rooks trade. Soon leaving me with a simple King and Knight + two pawns vs King and Bishop. Here is how it went: [Event "Casual Standard game"] [Site "lichess.org/Db4fNI6Q"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [White "RobRam"] [Black "lichess AI level 8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.04.20"] [UTCTime "00:18:51"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "1k3rb1/8/3N2R1/8/1K3p1P/P7/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1... Bh7 2. Rg7 Bc2 3. Kc5 Bd1 4. Rf7 Rxf7 5. Nxf7 f3 6. gxf3 Bxf3 7. a4 Kb7 8. a5 Ka6 9. Kb4 Be2 10. Ne5 Kb7 11. Nd7 Kc6 12. Nf6 Kd6 13. Ne4+ Ke5 14. Ng3 Bd3 15. h5 Kf6 16. Kc5 Kg5 17. Kb6 Bc4 18. a6 Bd5 19. a7 Bf3 20. Kc7 Ba8 21. Kb8 Bd5 22. a8=Q Bxa8 23. Kxa8 Kf6 24. Kb7 Kg5 25. Kc7 Kf6 26. Kd6 Kg5 27. Ke6 Kg4 28. h6 Kf4 29. h7 Kxg3 30. h8=Q Kf3 31. Qd4 Ke2 32. Qc3 Kf2 33. Kf5 Ke2 34. Kf4 Kf2 35. Qd2+ Kf1 36. Kg3 Kg1 { White wins by checkmate. } 37. Qg2# 1-0

[@trojanhorse6991]

Hello, I need help reading a chess book I got. It is the 15th Edition of Modern Chess openings. Do you have anyway I can contact you?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Of course. Here is my e-mail: [e-mail] Anyways, feel free to review lesson # 9 where we learn how to read Chess notation 👍

[@C05Mik]

I'd say white is slightly better since they are one pawn up and they are connected. Black's bishop and king are more active than white's knight and king aaaand... I have no idea which plan I should opt for as white. Struggling to take advantage of small advantages. :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for your helpful, feedback, Michael. Good job with your evaluation by the way!

[@C05Mik]

@@NMRobertRamirez great explanation of Capablanca's plan, the way to prepare the pieces before moving the pawns looks so logical. In a game I would simply focus on pawns, I think I've learned some stuff! :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@C05Mik I have been there myself. We will continue to reinforce this idea and before you know it, it will become second nature to you.

[@russpalmeri]

White is better. White has an extra pawn and a protected passed P on the a file. My plan would be to advance that P. Any opportunities to trade the knight for the bishop or to trade rooks would also be helpful.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 👍💪

[@srollins67]

My plan would be to promote the pawn on the a file. Trade my knight for the bishop, rook for rook, and checkmate with queen. Exactly how I would achieve this plan is another question.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback, Scott! I see you indeed pay attention to endgames 💪😎

[@Countdown420]

Sir, I have a problem. I watched a video and it told me to put pawns on the same colour as the bishop to ‘restrict squares from it.’ However, another person said to put it on different colour as bishop so it won’t get attacked. Which is it sir? Please help

[@dansdendanable]

Very nice!

[@mehdilolar286]

from the middle game capablanca left him with 2 isolated pawns and then he exchanged queens to enter the end games and exchanged the good knhight of his opponent; I have not yet finished the lessons to see the rules but I think he will play on the colors of the scares now etc; the rapid activity of his knighte etc; maybe he will change the rooks or not but I prefer the position of capablanca more strategic, playing on the colors the oppositions etc hehehhe, if not sorry for my comment I wrote it before finishing the lesson; I just learned the game by heart on the link you shared and I stopped at the position you are going to show without knowing the result by trying to put myself in the place of capablanca if I'm right I'll be proud otherwise I will have learned a lot of things after learning our lesson; thank you sooo much muster; if you have other capabalanca games, tal; anand to tell me you will make me happy if you share their links like that too; I wish you happiness dear brother

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You go it, Mehdi! I will make sure to send them your way as I come across any areat games 💪👍

[@mehdilolar286]

@@NMRobertRamirez thhhhhaaaaaannnnkkkk youuuuu sooooo muchhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!

[@mehdilolar286]

@@NMRobertRamirez it's cool !! I'm looking for that right now; thank you again and again !!!

[@Rockson920]

question in the qb6 sic what if white delays d4 say with nc3 first?

[@crazyclips6231]

Please make a difference video differenciating pirc ,kid and kia please

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I have talked about it in the different lessons about Pirc and King's Indian Defense. At the beginning of lesson # 85 for example. The King's Indian Attack is simply with the white pieces as we covered in lesson # 79. The Pirc is with Black vs 1.e4 while the King's Indian Defense is with Black too, but against 1.d4. Hope this makes sense 👍

[@Mukeshmukesh-vq1uo]

20.10 I Suggest to go on Rf5 R×f5 Nd6+ Thats Simple too..

[@МаксФофанов-ы8э]

White is better. The plan is to put the knight in the center/centre possibly trading rooks and activate the king

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Nice evaluation! Thank you for providing your feedback. It helps a lot, Marc 👍

[@AngeloGene]

My plan was different compared to his. What I thought of was to put the rook on c3 and advance my b-pawn. Reasoning is, I see a pawn majority on the queen side and my opponent's rook is tied down to defending the c7 pawn. One idea I thought my opponent can do is to bring the King to defend the c7 pawn though and enabling his own rook to move. But what do I know, I'm just some 1400. xD Another simpler idea I thought of was to just to plop my knight on e4 just to threaten Nb5, forking the rook and pawn while also threatening to just take the bishop and I just assume I have a better position leaving my opponent with 2 isolated pawns once I bring my King into the game.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts, Angelo! I like your evaluation and plans. The concepts covered in this lesson are just to provide you with a different perspective and additional tools for you to consider when playing endgames. Next time you have to evaluate an endgame position, you will consider these rules for sure. That's part of the process 👍

[@ahmadnagar673]

I guess my plan would be involving my king to this endgame by something likr Kh2 Kg3 Kf4 and I'm waiting for the right moment to play Nd4 and try to attack the bishop then the weak pawn.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts, Ahmad!

[@eldoreschess2428]

14:00 used it vs Hikaru at the new in classic in may

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Nice! Did it work?

[@eldoreschess2428]

@@NMRobertRamirez lichess.org/broadcast/new-in-chess-classic--finals/finals-day-1/BueO56UJ Day 1 game 5 Move 41 yes it worked

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@eldoreschess2428 you are right! Thanks a lot for sharing this 👍

[@GrimeBot-io7ho]

I always suspected part of Capablanca's game was to make his opponent think a tooth pulling would be less painful than playing him.

[@dharshm2013]

Plan ne5 nc6

[@troylowe8650]

Hi I've you video and I like them ! The pirc and kings indians as black! But I have trouble playing the king's Indian defense ! I castle kings side and fall into trouble

[@mwk1979]

I tried to finish it against Stockfish but couldn't do it. I tried a gazillion times with take backs :-(. What's the strategy??

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hey Mark! I just tried it. I think we have to continue with the same mindset as Capablanca. Do not push the passed pawns until we improve our pieces position. In this case our king. I started with Kc5 after they did Bh7 and then offered a rooks trade. Soon leaving me with a simple King and Knight + two pawns vs King and Bishop. Here is how it went: [Event "Casual Standard game"] [Site "lichess.org/Db4fNI6Q"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [White "RobRam"] [Black "lichess AI level 8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.04.20"] [UTCTime "00:18:51"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "1k3rb1/8/3N2R1/8/1K3p1P/P7/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1... Bh7 2. Rg7 Bc2 3. Kc5 Bd1 4. Rf7 Rxf7 5. Nxf7 f3 6. gxf3 Bxf3 7. a4 Kb7 8. a5 Ka6 9. Kb4 Be2 10. Ne5 Kb7 11. Nd7 Kc6 12. Nf6 Kd6 13. Ne4+ Ke5 14. Ng3 Bd3 15. h5 Kf6 16. Kc5 Kg5 17. Kb6 Bc4 18. a6 Bd5 19. a7 Bf3 20. Kc7 Ba8 21. Kb8 Bd5 22. a8=Q Bxa8 23. Kxa8 Kf6 24. Kb7 Kg5 25. Kc7 Kf6 26. Kd6 Kg5 27. Ke6 Kg4 28. h6 Kf4 29. h7 Kxg3 30. h8=Q Kf3 31. Qd4 Ke2 32. Qc3 Kf2 33. Kf5 Ke2 34. Kf4 Kf2 35. Qd2+ Kf1 36. Kg3 Kg1 { White wins by checkmate. } 37. Qg2# 1-0

[@jahonten5]

Why do you put in so much energy when saying the letter “T” ?

[@moura_time655]

I would try and win on the Queen side 2vs1 pawn. But no idea how

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for your feedback! 🙌👍

[@akashgupta7214]

So i was not alone losing these endgames, but now i won’t thanks mr robert

[@chandrkantdekhne4346]

In the first position i will play rook takes pawn

[@hiphopesq]

White is winning. I would create a passed pawn on the a or b file supported by the rook.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent! 💪 Thanks a lot for sharing your answer! 🙌👍

[@rainerausdemspring894]

Repeating a position two times may be a bit dangerous. Your opponent might prove it was the same 10 moves before 🤪

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Indeed 😅

[@charleslittledale275]

Guys that was great guys. Ok guys

[@mitchellwalters4678]

+~3 for white

[@muza3000]

My plan would be Ra1 to push the a-pawn, if Bd7 then Ne5. Then later try Nc6 or push b-pawn to help

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It helps a lot 👍

[@growwithsomangshu1463]

so i have to train my devil mind now lol ;} no light to remain at the end of the tunnel :}}

[@31acruz]

Just fastforward to 7:51 before that he just talks you to death and keeps repeating himself.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You must be a sharp learner who does not need any kind of reinforcement or repetition 👍💪 However, for every comment like yours, I get 10 saying how much they appreciate the repetition. Believe me...I can go straight to the point and wrap things up in 5 minutes, but then many people would be full of questions. Please, appreciate the free information and avoid the negative vibe 😎👍

[@karanarora1468]

👍👍

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Your Indian fan

[@AmitKumar-ze4tv]

💯♥️

[@joqiii3]

i would take white and go for a pawn promotion

[@articuno_3167]

I really don't know why some people disliked ...... Dead people's.

[@31acruz]

For Pete's sake man get to it already! you talk this thing to death making the same point over and over again, get to it already!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hey Pete! Maybe this channel is just not for you 👍

[@lorenzolim94]

I just don't know what u'r waiting for? Too much nonsense! Make it simple will you?!! A lot of coach would make it more easy to understand!!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Lorenzo! It's a good thing there are other coaches out there. Must likely this is not the course for you 👍😎