Play Chess Endgames Like Magnus Carlsen

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1:26 Queen Endgames
9:32 Rook Endgames
22:20 Knights and Bishops
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[@andresrossi9]

Keep going with this type of material. Free chess lessons are the most beautiful thing in the world. Thanks Levy

[@talphazero1036]

Free chess lessons have existed since the dawn of time🤣 This is nice in the sense that he's reviewing actual games, but when he brings up stuff like the Philodor position...which not everyone knows...and tells us we need to know it when he could just tell us now? That's a bit too much of a cutthroat teaching method. Tell us the simplest things a thousand times, instead of telling us to remember it. He needs to start adding some baby steps for the lower Elo and newer viewers(I am neither, just being a bit critical of him)

[@donricscott1604]

@@talphazero1036 where gave these chess lessons been

[@asadbekkhudayberganov2115]

the most beautiful thing ?

[@Midnight890]

I actually really like the way he makes training lessons. Some can have less quality or lack depth while Gotham chess generally has good ones. Other good ones are chess vibes and GM Yasser

[@nametry3]

@@talphazero1036 But he already did! he has a series of 3 or 4 videos about specific endgames

[@YellowBellow75]

magnus: breathes levy: How to breath like magnus carlsen in chess 101

[@jayure1346]

original comment for once

[@johnkelly5156]

Anything for views

[@sterbern6762]

Fuck its so accurate though haha

[@jayure1346]

@@nicbentulan why don't you try beating anybody above 1000 rated if magnus is so talentless then what are you commenting out here on youtube instead of constantly training 24/7 like it takes to be a gm

[@jayure1346]

I also realize that that comment is probably a troll tho lol

[@seanmiller3756]

Levi I know these "evergreen" intermediate teaching videos don't give you the same financial return on your time that GtELO or N00b arena do but I appreciate this so much. You have a real skill for understanding how low level players think and your content is so much easier to watch and digest than any other teacher on the internet. I'll always watch the recaps and the funny segments, but stuff like this is what keeps me coming back to the channel.

[@sepehrzandi7069]

exactly!! thanks Levi.

[@RishabhSharma10225]

Do you know about Daniel Naroditsky? His educational content is wayyy better than Levy. Not hating, just the truth. I honestly didn't learn anything new from this video.

[@TuringMachine001]

@@RishabhSharma10225 Danya and Levy have different teaching styles, both useful. Danya gives clear and logical explanations for every single move he makes in his speedruns, but sometimes goes for lines that he considers beautiful rather than simple lines that beginners could play. Levy, on the other hand, focuses on keeping things simple for beginners, teaching basic stuff like "checks, captures, attacks, " for tactics and "king safety, piece activity, material, space and pawn structure" for strategy, but sometimes is superficial in his explanations of GM games.

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

Levi “I want to end the clickbait videos.” Also Levi “Magnus goes brrrrrrrrrrr”

[@ghostbaconhair]

LevY!*!&^!^!$!%!:

[@Entrophius]

This is one good way to kill clickbait, yes.

[@gourdtube]

whoever is making the thumbnails needs a raise.

[@kosmickalamity7071]

when did he ever say he wanted to stop clickbaiting

[@JunctionWatcherUK]

@@kosmickalamity7071 community post yesterday. Keep up.

[@thebagelsandwich5501]

How to Play Endgames Like Magnus Carlsen: Step 1: Sacrifice the Queen for no reason. Step 2: Somehow win the game 5 moves later.

[@pianissimo7121]

What if magnus doesn't have queen?

[@impishlyit9780]

@@pianissimo7121 See step 2

[@ydgames4291]

@@impishlyit9780 the beginner way is to promote a queen and go back to step 1

[@impishlyit9780]

@@nicbentulan Cope

[@pianissimo7121]

@@nicbentulan really? 90% chance that you are trolling and simply trying to annoy people.

[@fabiomcmuffin]

I’d love a series where you play out these kind of endgames against subscribers, maybe with a +0.5 eval or something, explaining your thought process for each move

[@mcbescheiden725]

Noob Arena reversed

[@hellopleychess3190]

I'd love to eat more asian food.

[@kiliabgonzalez7826]

That’s basically his how to win at chess series but with only end games lol. Don’t think that’s gonna happen.

[@DDP-Gaming]

This is why you're the most subbed chess content creator, all your endgame tutorials smushed into one giant video

[@TrishitDas]

@@nicbentulan can you post a link ?

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

I thought it was the Magnus clickbait

[@TrishitDas]

@@nicbentulan thank you !

[@TrishitDas]

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[@yzfool6639]

@@nicbentulan Why do you assume most of Levy's subscribers can't play chess? Are most of Levy's subscribers beginners?

[@Art1factlol]

This is exactly what I need right now as I am preparing for my first ever chess tournament (over the board). End games have been a huge weaknesses of mine

[@skye2192]

I hope your tournament goes well!!!

[@janpeke1948]

same! hope your tournament goes well

[@jarige4489]

Good luck!

[@davidemmanuel9418]

Oh wow! Good luck

[@christopherholder2565]

Good luck! Endgames are one of my major weaknesses too.

[@MegaAtlas101]

I love this! I feel like the only thing that's missing is examples that actually don't have any mistakes, i.e: a position that's equal and is played out until the draw, either by repetition, trading everything correctly or forced stalemate. I know it's kinda boring content but I feel like it has much more instructional value. I see equal endgames going wrong all the time in my games, but I almost never see them going right and I feel like seeing some examples of that with explanations could be very useful.

[@XVRMEDIA]

Rarely do you get an equal position coming out of middle game. Most of the time you get an inbalance that may or may not be exploitable and this is where player endgame technique comes in. Sometimes the inbalance can be as little as having a rook placed on an open file and it could take another 30 moves of really precise play in order to turn that small inbalance into a decisive advantage. And if defensive is also precise, all it takes is a less active move on your side for your opponent to equalize and turn the position into a draw. In other instances you can even be a pawn up or an exchange up and not be able to win because your opponent’s pieces are more active. Sure, it takes a lot of precise play from your opponent, but guess what? Players that are weak in middle games tend to be strong in endgames because there are less pieces to pay attention to. This is why when you start learning chess, you start with endgames not with openings or middle game. A strong endgame techique can recover a lot of what you lost in middle game. In rare instances where a position coming out of middle game is actually equal, strong players don’t even play anymore and they agree on a draw. And also this is how strong players defeat less stronger (not weak) players: by creating an imbalance that they know how to exploit in the endgame. For example damaging the opponent’s pawn structure, creating a weak pawn on the opponent’s side, creating a strong pawn on own side, moving into a bishop vs knight endgame where pawns are placed on both flanks (bishop is stronger because it can travel faster from one flank to another), moving into a bishop vs bishop endgame where opponent’s pawns are placed on the wrong color, moving into an endgame where own king can reach center board faster than opponent’s king etc…

[@thezetes]

Just watch high rated players (2200 elo or so). They will be often equal in the endgame and will draw in the end (not like the GM's that draw somewhere mid game xD

[@grape_salad]

feels like some good ol classic gotham content, the event recaps are also great but these kinds of videos are why I subbed THANK ya

[@jean-luckonicek5483]

I loved how you went over bullet points, then examples, then back to the bullet points. It helped me soak in the wisdom kind sir.

[@martywhite2988]

This is refreshing. You're a good teacher. This is coming from a professor. Your full courses are fantastic too.

[@alexudumitreu1583]

Paid actor

[@freeEnd_]

Gotham, you can log off, your alt account is exposed

[@kenadams9725]

He's like disappointed father😂 his subs making blunders it's hilarious😂😂

[@PlayableJackson]

I subbed for the lessons. Enjoyed the game reviews but I'm stoked the lessons are back.

[@pietersteegmans5155]

Love it! An excellent breakdown of 'simple' endgames in an entertaining way! Keep up with this great educational content!

[@elijahzarwan]

Thanks for this. First discovered you through your opening instruction videos, have since really enjoyed your commentary on master games (especially on the Candidates last month), but happy to see another instructional video.

[@elijahzarwan]

@@nicbentulan Thanks for the tip. I study endgames a lot of ways, and I'll check out Waitzkin's course as well. I'm grateful for free lessons from anyone better than me. You must be really good. Have you beaten Levy lots? Can I take a course from you?

[@mikekenworthy]

That was one fantastic video, a straight forward expert tutorial on end games. Well done!

[@rbcdelta6561]

"Be careful!!" Excellent video. I'll be replaying this one a few times as each example has multiple learning points. Checklist is a good 'deep breath' focus point as you enter the end game. Thanks!!

[@ZEWXEL]

Thats kind of stuff I really love to see! Great job! Thank you Levy!

[@joshuacheung1066]

WOW! This was an amazing video. I’ve been looking for this kind of educational type videos on chess for a long time, and your style combined with knowledge makes for an informing and entertaining video. Keep it up!

[@flurouu]

THANK YOU LEVY!! Thank you so much that you have made a video for the Gotham community to watch in order to improve in chess. I would love to see more educational content in the future! :)

[@ABCDEFG-cj7mr]

This sounds like a bot comment

[@flurouu]

@@ABCDEFG-cj7mr nahhh, i am just bad in english :(

[@zacharyshafer3550]

Thank you Levy for going back to some educational content!

[@RainingArtillery]

The thing with king and pawn endgames as well is that they're extremely sharp and very often decisive. King and pawn endgames are rarely drawn.

[@stu3847]

Woah this was what I was missing from ur channel the good old strategic videos👍

[@copyninja_03]

Thank you for this particular video Gotham. This Helped me a lot and I really enjoy your work on youtube. Keep Rocking King.

[@ponzii6915]

Hi levy! Just wanted to say that I wouldn't mind videos on the theoretical techniques like you used to teach for example in the video with philidor and lucena. This is great too of course thank you!

[@eulermachado3968]

I think these videos really dont go well with the algorithm and there is a bazillion of them on youtube... so I think Levy wont do them, only teach on his personal lessons

[@SimsHacks]

He's done all a decent player needs. Theoretical endgames to know : King + Queen vs King and other mating techniques King + pawn vs King Rook and pawn vs Rook - Philidor, Lucena etc. Queen vs pawn on 7th rank That's basically everything you need under 2000 rating. Of course at 2000+ you study some more complex theoretical endgames but it's not that important.

[@gregorrecnik6900]

The practical endgame strategies are often the deciding factor when both players know their opening theory and don't risk too much in the middle game. Feel free to expand on this topic in future videos.

[@SwayomKantiGhosh]

Hi Levy First of all, thank you for all the content you provide us Don't know if you would see this, but could you do a video on the legendary 1959 Candidates? Probably all the best players of that time were playing in that It would really mean a lot to me if you see to my request

[@mrsir8968]

gr8 idea

[@desmundreid3368]

This was solid knowledge! Great content! Thank you very much for touching on this subject.

[@marcinz.3570]

I would add one advice: it’s not about who has more pawns, it’s about whose pawns are better, aka who queens first

[@yzfool6639]

Even simpler - the ONLY way to win an endgame against good moves is to promote a pawn. In that case, you can have fewer pawns and a horrible pawn structure and win simply because you recognize this and your opponent doesn't.

[@pengchengfang8103]

You should make a detailed Endgame course.

[@PitcanaryRamFan]

Brilliant video and content as always...just learned more about engames than I have in 40 years...thank you so much!

[@roiaknin123]

thank you so much for this video Levy!! please keep on creating this kind of content🙏🙏

[@adrientchamitchian4990]

Hey gotham, watching this i thought that myself and probably many other chess players have a real problem understanding colour complex and how to play with them, especially when one or two bishops have been traided. Do you think this would be a good topic for a futur video ? Great job as always, thx for the content and knowledge

[@santiagofernandez7274]

I really loved this video, really simple a practical information for the endgame!!

[@melos3810]

This is very helpful! Showing mistakes and how to solve them I find the best way to learn, thank you!

[@Methylimidazol]

The endgame is the phase of the game when you are supposed to activate your king.

[@charlesburgess933]

Great video. That is the type of content I need to move my game forward!!!

[@gnedramos919]

Miss this kind of content levi, this is how it all started. Love you man

[@josephfrancis4665]

Hey. I don't really comment on stuff much, but you breaking things down is so dope. Appreciate it a lot, man.

[@m168maa5]

We need to know theoretical endgames to know what we should do in practical endgames. So please make more video about theoretical endgames.

[@macus23]

Love the instructive content! Any tips to train for faster calculation in king and pawn endgames? I am around 800 blitz and I tie king and pawn endgames that post game analysis shows were winning more than I feel I should.

[@BNelTwo]

Very instructional. Cool video idea. Nice change of pace.

[@hawaiitinbaor587]

Magnus: blunders the game in 30 secs Gotham: how to blunder like a super GM

[@impishlyit9780]

"Cry like a grandmaster", as I once heard.

[@raph6709]

It's nice to see this kind of content is back on your channel, keep up!

[@pranitmathur8994]

Hey levy, this is one of the most practical and interesting videos that I have ever seen on this channel. Brings back 2020 vibes. Good job and keep it up!

[@Chess4everyones]

Levy! Can you please do "top 5 "chess games of Mikhail tal 👍🏻

[@nathancrow8148]

This was very useful. It’s good to the practical endgame transform into the theoretical endgame.

[@blizzard2376]

Can you do another video on theoretical endgames, like queen vs pawn, lucena position, rook and bishop vs rook, more

[@Wassup92294]

Pawn breaks pt.2 would be a great video for instructive content. I think pt.1 is one of your most important videos

[@vincentcyrilliansantoso9858]

Awsome stuffs right here! Keep it up Levy!

[@jw0725]

loving the more educative videos! Even though they get less views I find these the best. I'm very grateful for you!

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Great lesson Levy Thanks ! That 1 miracle endgame win was worth the 7 loses in a row for me. I love the endgame !! tricks, tactics, swindles, repetitions, en passants, exceptions to the rule, indirectly protected, is it safe? , checkmate threats, stalemates, pawns vs pieces, heart breaks. Killer Kings or the rare Discovered King mate!! good fun ay !

[@kiasmorningstar]

When you posted your comment I wanted to ask for end game stuff but I thought maybe that was too complicated. So I am delighted to get end game knowledge. Thank you. 👍🏼

[@harshachess4979]

Please make more theoritical endgames like the previous ones in the past

[@falcon4125]

very nice video, would love to see more endgame videos

[@dfreitaspa]

great material to study. Thx Levy

[@TrigTrag24]

When you posted asking what kind of learning content we'd like this was my first suggestion thankn you so much

[@dinofazlovic111]

Thanks for educational video Levy, its always appreciated❤

[@WindyNight114]

This is a phenomenal video! Thank you so much!!

[@riccardozanoni2531]

Love this type of content! I learned a lot in the past two or so years thanks to your videos

[@linaryyouthgroup6529]

Super helpful video thank you!

[@neurovis]

Great video. Thank you. Would love more of this.

[@kinggator9878]

Levy you are one of the best creator I have known literally your content has helped me to get better at chess. You are awesome

[@boardvision4965]

It's funny that the Eval bar went down as levy was drawing the downward arrows for the pawn race @7:30

[@atharvagandhi551]

It's awesome...learnt and enjoyed a lot. Thank you Levi, your efforts and talent is appreciated. Love from India

[@hehehhe8935]

Could you make videos on different theory for endgames. Etc 2 bishops, queen vs king

[@mickeyvangieson6858]

I am a 1650 but suck at end games. Definitely needed this big time

[@CSRunner7]

Really enjoying the more educational ones like this 👍

[@tropicalbadger3744]

Hi levy pretty new to chess and I’m just loving the content. Keep posting and maybe make your fav black defenses or openings or what ever.

[@impishlyit9780]

Thank you for the lesson, Levy! Very helpful for a relatively bad player like myself.

[@tkienjoyer]

I like how the botez sub is in a queenless endgame

[@Midnight890]

I exactly asked for this in the poll thank you

[@jcgrejaldo6018]

Glad that the educational content is coming back

[@mrstuartwallace]

Very instructive. In the last example I also would have traded bishops wrongly. Now I will think twice. Practical endgames are difficult but studying them will yield more elo points than anything else. . Recently I had a queen and pawn endgame with pawns on one side of the board that I assume was drawn, but it was super tricky. My king was a little exposed and opponent used his Queen to attack my weak pawns with check. I wanted to create perpetual check but his king was safe. Every move was life and death. In another, I was a piece up for two pawns, but opponent's pawns were central, connected and one of them was passed. Again, super tricky. Would love to see more content like this.

[@almightyhydra]

I define endgame as when there are at most 3 pieces left for each side ("piece" here means everything except pawn and king).

[@DmyBy]

Thank u very much, finally we have lesson to learn and to memorize!

[@kaseabernathy3642]

Love the educational content like this. Keep them coming!

[@youdontknowme8042]

Yes! I was hoping an end game strategy video was coming.

[@johncarolan4685]

Great instructional video! Thanks

[@hindifandubs]

Great endgame tutorial. One of the best on internet.

[@MrEduart3]

thanks Levy, that was a great lesson!

[@photodynamis6431]

0:05 Opening: is very complicated. Middlegame: is the most complicated. Endgame: Damn, Levy. At least make this one look not as complicated.

[@SomeGuy1117]

I always just thought of endgame as the part of the game where King activity becomes necessary. In opening and middle game you need your King to be guarded and getting it active would be losing. This is ofcourse a subjective way to measure endgame but I've found it useful enough for most analysis. Also I appreciate you giving the opponent a different name every time. Just funny.

[@mihagolod2393]

Amazing to see another endgame video!

[@brianmccormick8328]

Great video. Apparently I have much to learn in the endgame. As do many others.

[@luitmeinen1902]

Thanks a lot for making this video! I know that videos like GTE probably get you more views, but I needed a video on this and it is extremely helpful to learn it from one of my favourite youtubers!

[@Gunslayerovic]

this was one of your best educational videos! thank you Levy.

[@dankness420]

I was in the middle of this video, when i saw that all the opponents were not "random noob" I literally LOL'ed when i noticed it was example 3 and as someone with little to no bias in the matter, fair enough, you saw an opportunity and took it

[@mal5673]

Love educational videos like these! ❤️

[@commentwarrior]

I think that the game is an Endgame if there are a maximum of 3 major pieces for every side on the bord. But it can be different from position to position

[@Kkaran8404]

I loved this video thanks. Keep up the great work 👍

[@eliyasne9695]

I like to define the engame as the point at which the king is better active than safe.

[@Draco-nd1zs]

Yay! A NEW video more about the teaching side! *knowledge acquired

[@TalEl59]

For practical purposes, I mark the beginning of an endgame as when both sides have exactly 4 of their major pieces. If one of the 4 major pieces is a queen on both sides, then I call it a half-endgame. If however, the situation is 3 v 3(in terms of major pieces), where one of the major pieces is a queen, then its a full endgame.

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

Another great video idea would be seeing how Magnus handle endgames one piece at a time.

[@stuarthys9879]

Could you do another one with high level games? Maybe looking at some of Magnus’ games and how he managed to win from equal positions, or examples from your own tournament games. It would be much more instructive, although beginners will learn something from this already.

[@armstrongtixid6873]

Could you do an endgame series ... like common ones

[@sshadowzlmao]

the endgame is when you need your king to win material. typically less than 7 pawns on each side and no sooner than move 30

[@catalansimp]

Great honestly just great even very instructive for 1900s