Rook vs Knight Endgame

[@Azelide]

Your dog should play chess with Agadmator's dog, they would definitely create an immortal game😊

[@corevetti4853]

I think medo would lose but maybe with a little preparation and some tactics he could win medo would have to do puzzles and know a lot of opening theory and good endgame skills

[@HangingPawns]

Kira is only 4 months old. Medo has waaaay more experience. He's been watching chess for years. Give her some time:D

[@corevetti4853]

@@HangingPawns i believe kira is avery smart dog give her 2 months and she can be a gm watching you

[@64square46]

thanks for everything, i learn a lot from your videos. During this lockdown, i trying to improve my chess gameplay. hi from Malaysia !

[@timothysoar1321]

Whilst a dog is sleeping she is processing her new life, if she sleeps securely, comfortably she will develop her confidence.

[@dilosalty]

I have been waiting for this video, thank you

[@randomperson7569]

Thanks for your videos Have helped a lot and i have improved a lot. Especially like your opening videos! Very Instructive Thanks

[@BaeBox]

Aww Stjepan, dogs are so much joy. Have fun to all three of you :)

[@ELOFIDE-sb3qk]

Please make video on 2 knights vs pawn checkmate

[@deadalnix]

Man, your videos are gold. Super useful.

[@cndbrn7975]

Hanging Pawns IM John Bartholomew gave you a shout out in his video the other day ;)

[@alekhinealexander9655]

Thank you sir!

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

What are the chances that I get a rook vs knight again? Small. But better safe than sorry! Best video explanation on KZbin. Gracias!

[@zachbensky3733]

10:40 after the king goes back to b8 and the rook pins it, can’t the king to to a8 with ideas of stalemate when the rook captures the knight?

[@hgjgjfjfmd]

After king a8, the rook can move to b2, forcing the king to move to b8 again.

[@VaSavoir2007]

You sate near the ned that it doesn't matter which is in which position out of the two. I take this to mean that if the king is on b7, b2, g2 or g7, and the knight on a8, a1, h1 and h8 respectively that the position is lost. This conforms to my intuition but I wonder whether there are any further qualifications to be made. These positions actually seem even worse for the side with the knight than those with it on the square one square diagonally away from the corner square, which latter case is what is what I am dressing here.

[@adityapaul6361]

Thanks sir 👍

[@tfwtgf]

John Bartholomew sent me

[@dr.mokhtarfal5407]

Wow, I always resign when knight vs. Rook. Thanks man for the outstanding information and great demonstration 🌹❤️👍🏻

[@rizka7945]

At 2:38 if you want the game to end asap, you can play the smart move ...Kg1! instead of ...Kf1 (which is enough to draw but takes more effort). After ...Kg1! white can of course check Ra1+ but after ...Kh2 .Ra2 Kh1 it's ½-½. More notably, white could play Kf3, Kg3 or Kh3 and win the pawn. But against any of those black has the clever response Kh1, and there is nothing better for white than play Rxg2 STALEMATE. Obviously, if we move everything towards the center, this trick no longer works and you MUST promote to knight and draw like Stjepan showed.

[@kumabrostambayan6436]

After your Kg1 move, there's Kg3 for white, and now, you totally lost instead of having a draw.

[@rizka7945]

@@kumabrostambayan6436 Nope. As I said, after Kg3 black has Kh1!, threatening to promote the pawn. The only way white can stop it is to take the pawn, resulting in a stalemate.

[@rizka7945]

@@jidionclips_fan5720 No it can't. After Kg3 and black's Kh1, Ra1+ by white isn't checkmate because black blocks the check by promoting the pawn on b1. Folks just believe me, Kg1! is a simple draw. I know what I'm talking about here and anyone who disagrees clearly doesn't.

[@rizka7945]

@@jidionclips_fan5720 Nonsense. Either Kf2 or Kh2 draws. You clearly aren't calculating anything, just guessing. Poorly.

[@bakonator]

Pluuus Stjepan John Bartholomew shouts you out on 12:42 of his video dismantling hanging pawns

[@vishalmehta2959]

Hellow sir , My rating on lichess is 1833, what would be my fide rating??

[@spyros07]

Around 1145 sir

[@spyros07]

@@mikhails5483 bro stop playing chess, its a waste of time

[@enkor9591]

@@mikhails5483 I'm 1800 at lichess and I didn't even got 1300 at my first FIDE tournament, so no

[@berndcotman4656]

Damned,a dog. Now i cant focus on chess. HEEEEELP

[@randomperson7569]

agadmator dog lul

[@prathameshjadhav2422]

Kira means killer right ? Don't know Japanese Just saw it in death note..

[@HangingPawns]

Kira is the Croatian version of the Gaelic word “Ciarán” meaning little dark one. Keira is the English version.

[@prathameshjadhav2422]

@@HangingPawns sorry I forgot to mention ....awesome video. What you think about rook vs 2 Knight or Knight and bishop

[@bakonator]

What a beautiful dog, and man I have one question, hypothetically if you don't become a grandmaster in the next 6-5 years, will you still be satisfied with any other chess title.

[@HangingPawns]

I will never stop until I achieve the goal I set. I think it's the amount of work and the number of games played (experience) and analyzed properly. Not much more. So the only way for me not to achieve the title would be to not work properly or hard enough. And that would be my deliberate choice. In which case I couldn't be dissatisfied. I try not to look that far ahead for now. Yearly and monthly goals are overwhelming enough. One step at a time.

[@ivanarados6669]

Hi Stjepan i really like you middlegame and endgame videos would you like to play vs me on lichess I already asked you on liches(my name is MateSirius) if you want to play vs me just say when.

[@unclepodger]

Bring Hira in Thursday's livestream :) (I confused your fiancée for your dog whoops)