Chess Endgames: Converting the Extra Pawn

Ever heard that grandmasters can win with just one extra pawn? Today FM Kostya Kavutskiy discusses the general strategy on how to win a king and pawn endgame with a single pawn extra. Enjoy!

[@MrArty303]

nice vid, I can't even count how many times I've lost these sort of endgames because I didn't efficiently manage my pawns, great tips:)

[@Picasanta]

me to! And is so irritating when one loses a games that in theory is a completly (well not completlt) winning game!

[@jindanand99]

good for u teaching chess!

[@asherabensour4873]

i like how the pawns look here

[@jonwill]

Well done; thank you.

[@_Anna_Nass_]

Good info, thanks!

[@Apapilootoe]

@ChessLearningCenter He put it in a playlist.

[@ChessLearningCenter]

I have watched your vids and you have ultimately inspired me to make my own vids (yeah!)... Quick question... How did you put your vids in sub categories... Such as, CHESS OPENINGS, The Sicilian Defence, Grandmaster Chess, Chess Positional etc... Thank you for your time and potential help...

[@kikook222]

@ChessLearningCenter You make the video, upload it, then create a playlist.

[@Sharpshooter649]

6:10 so how would you manage that endgame then?

[@cefdaunce2272]

NASTY ASS PAWNS FR XD

[@leonardjoesten1222]

At 3:36 what if black takes with the bishop pawn? Then h3xh4 and black pushes his rook pawn to h4. That looks like big trouble for white.???

[@CollegeVideoFreak]

white's king is in the square of the h4 pawn, hence the pawn cannot promote without the help of the black king. Unfortunately for black, his king is tied down to the f and g pawns, so white will just come around with his king and take the h4 pawn, while all black can do is to watch the f4,g5 pawns. If he steps outside the square of g5 pawn (after g5+), white promotes it.

[@leonardjoesten1222]

Got it! Thanks!

[@CollegeVideoFreak]

Again, for the h4 pawn to be any threat, white's king has to be outside the square of this pawn, or black's king should be free to help promote it, or black should have another passed pawn somewhere else on the board to threaten winning by "the principle of two weaknesses". In the above variation that you give, none of these are the case.

[@zachariasmoerk-jensen7973]

@@CollegeVideoFreak Anthony?

[@VladChess]

@renamorcen. stop spamming, little kid!

[@renamorcen]

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