5 Chess Endgames You MUST Know

These are 5 pawn endgames you must know in chess :) let me know if you wanna see me doing this same type of video but with other pieces such as rooks, queens, bishops or knights!

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00:00-00:31 Intro
00:31-3:00 The Box
3:00-8:34 Opposition
8:34-11:50 Rook Pawns
11:50-15:38 Separated Pawns
15:38-20:23 Pawn Breakthroughs
20:23-25:53 Beautiful Endgame Example

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[PaulaBean]

Yes, I like these instructional videos. The 'below 800' was interesting too! Can you make some more?

[soulreaper]

Thank you Anna for these amazing lessons!

[thomasdalton]

Thanks, Anna! Your educational videos are really accessible for beginners, which is much appreciated!

[moosewild]

Very clear explanations. Definitely do all the other pieces. It would make a nice complete reference guide. Thanks for the time you put in in your videos.

[willdubois]

This is exactly the type of content I've been looking for! Easy to understand explanation of endgame patterns. It would be really cool to see some of the things you mentioned towards the end as well, like knight / bishop endgames!

[eddarby]

Great choice for starting Endgame lessons.

Opposition
Distance Opposition
Diagonal Opposition
Long Distance Opposition
The Square of the Pawn
Rook Pawn exception
Pawns separated by one file
Three Pawns against Three

An illustration of why bishops are better than knights in open positions, rook mating patterns, queen mating patterns, delivering mate with two bishops, (maybe) delivering mate with bishop and knight (I forget that exercise), why you can't mate with two knights, how to save an endgame with a minor piece sacrifice, and the rook vs bishop endgame.

Also, there is a situation where the knight pawn is a draw, correct?

Keep going. You're doing a fine job.

[jeffquerner]

Anna, Your videos are very instructive for beginners, intermediate players ! Although when I resume playing tournaments I will climb above 1900 and 2000 rating classes. You reminded me everyone must know and remember key fundamentals . Great job, Anna !

[perpetualbystander]

Great instructional endgame video. 👌Would love to see more endgame examples with other pieces involved. 😊

[LunaTuna]

You’re such a great teacher! I learned a lot from this lesson! ❤️

[colinjava]

When you say the king goes one step back in a different file 7:08, I think you could just say to place the king where it can't be put in opposition, so that's why you don't play Kc7 (cause of Kc5) even though Kc7 appears safest.

[shared-value]

thank been playing chess a long time, and have seen pawn endgame videos, even the "opposition" concept....but it was never really labeled or explained as such....I now know how to deal with "opposition" from both offensive and defensive situations....thank you again ;- )

[Alexei]

5:13 actually once White's king gets to the 6th rank, he is winning. You won't need frontal opposition after that (you only need it for ranks 5 and lower and the pawn not being on the a or h files). c5 (instead of Kc6) Kd8 c6 Kc8 c7 Kb7 Kc7.

[UOUPv]

The box can also be drawn by drawing a diagonal towards the king from the pawn. I feel like that's an easier way to think of it.

[viperhd]

I'm amazed I still know these end games. I haven't played chess in 20+ years and did some studying as a teen. Somehow the notions of the 'square' (don't think I ever saw it called the 'box') and 'opposition' must have stuck with me forever. I always loved studying end games a lot more than openings, probably because the latter is much more pure memorization.

[-souravsutradhar]

Plz make more endgame strategies.. this really helps beginners like me

[RbAgsts]

Hi really enjoyed your content. Any chance of doing a video on the Sicilian . The classical would be the best, but also any other styles would be welcomed. Thanks again.

[Chris.M]

Great content Anna. I am around 2000, but still enjoyed our course. The bonus content was great!

[MaruShawnx]

Very Mature Anna well done. Thanks for showing me how to utilize king and separating pawn segment was good improvement strategy I learned from you.

[TheDMFW]

Good lessons, thanks. I've been playing chess long enough to know I *should* have all these ideas firmly established in my head but I'm also aware that the end game is one of my weaknesses. It was only the first two lessons (which were very well explained) that I fully knew before watching. Lessons three, four and five were concepts I'd seen but hadn't really learnt properly. This systematic analysis will definitely help me to remember the principles behind these positions.

[joeremus]

Thanks Anna. Please show us more end game analysis.