Which Chess Endgames To Learn (and which to avoid)

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[MrDavePed]

Easiest way to avoid any fork is to keep your king on opposite color of your other piece.

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[wyattthecatlover]

Also Nelson great video! I was literally coming to see if you made any new videos and realized I got gifted a membership!

[paultzi]

guessing: pawns only
question after seeing results: if we trade rooks isnt that become pawn only ending? So when exactly endgame appears?

[ConradAdamsMrJUMBO]

9:50 Here is my calculation:

I put the pathings to 4 groups:
1. King does not move up or down.
2. King moves 1 up and 1 down.
3. King moves 2 up and 2 down
4. King moves 3 up and 3 down

So using combinatorics, the number of paths = 1 + (7C1 × 6C1) + (7C2 × 5C2) + (7C3 × 4C3) = 1 + 7×6 + 21×10 + 35×4 = 1 + 42 + 210 + 140 = 393.

[piguy]

I would say rook endings are most common because rooks don’t tend to come into the game until later

[roblodocus]

I like that this book has tests at the end of each part. Adds a fun interactive dimension to this one.

[FlashBites]

At 2:03 not sure but pawns as many people trade to reach endgame stypically done by the player in advantage to end the game faster but queens hould be second

[michalkloucek]

The position on 17:57 with two knights against the pawn might not be losing, because there are cases where you can create a 'stalemate' except black has that moveable pawn, so white can deliver the checkmate next move.

[andrewbennett]

Another great video, good recap on checkmating material & esp endgame potential pawn trades ! Thanks again Nelson

[kevinmorris]

Thanks for another great educational video. Really enjoyed your course, "Breaking 1500. " It was well worth the money!

[knowledgefuncuriosity.]

Me suprised i got to watch a Members first video, now realizing i got gifted a membership

[danielyuan]

I think rooks are still "more effective" in the center because squares far away are more easily blocked and therefore are "less controlled". When the rook is at the center of the board, it can control more close-range squares.

But usually this extra advantage is small and the fact that it can be easily chased around by pieces outweighs the benefits.

[enderyu]

20:40 If you keep your king and queen on different colored squares it is impossible to get forked (or pinned/skewered by a bishop)

[MegaSchwarzesSchaf]

I think pawns only is the most common - any of the mentioned other endgames could theoretically trade down to it (in some cases more likely than others)

[brickh]

I'd say king and pawns is most common but that depends on the definitions they use. Because a game with minor pieces can always decay into a king and pawns endgame but will the book count that as an instance. Whereas while it is possible to promote and get a piece back, at that point it's usually an instant resignation so nothing would be there to analyse

[GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

My ranking without lookoing at comments:
#1 -- Knight vs bishop
#2 -- Rooks
#3 -- King+Pawn
#4 -- Opposite colored bishops
#5 -- Knights
#6 -- Queens
#7 -- Same color bishops

I was off on the bishops but at least I got the top 3 pretty close.

[jacobgallimore]

Thank you for keeping up the great content Nelson! I am going to guess that the most common type of endgame would be King and Pawn endgames with a very close second being King + Rook endgames

[richardknouse]

The way to avoid a knight fork is to have your king and queen on opposite colors. Remember a knight can only move to its opposite color. So if your king and queen are on the same color and the opponents knight is also on that color, one move by the knight can potentially fork. This is why it is so important to see knight moves as two squares to opposite color rather than the L shaped pattern that is commonly taught.

[williamsquires]

It should also be noted that - if there are other pawns on the board - you can sometimes force checkmate with two knights if the opponent’s pawn is on the a or h file; but this, like bishop and knight, is very difficult to find the win. Of course, if YOU have the extra pawn then it’s a lot easier! 😅

[r.c.drummrboy]

Strangely enough, I had a Knight Bishop endgame yesterday that ended in a draw .