Pushing the pawns before activating the King was a bad decision, but of course we all make bad moves in blitz games. Anyway congratuations for the win and the analysis!
for some reason i like your videos even if your quality of game play is less than ideal. black could have won the game without your h pawn move. black made 3 mistakes in a row.
of your h4 was a mistake then he should have played ...h5 immediately. Which brings me to my main point. g4 was THE mistake you should play Ke2 and you have a win I won't give the analysis but simply put if you take off the kingside pawns you have a win on the queenside if it is blacks move since he will run out of pawn moves first. Blacks weakness, the pawn on f6 allows force a locking of the kingside position with black to move since all of your kingside pawns are on their home squares.
You could have prevented him from queening entirely. After taking his pawn on d5, you could have moved your King to c5. If he takes on a3, you take b5 and then push your d pawn up.
Yep,after Ka4, Kc5, (Kc6 works just as well) wins a lot more cleanly, because Black's options are b4 axb4 with a clear win, or Ka3 Kxb5. Granted, your line works, but only because Black promotes on the b file. You have to calculate twelve moves to know that you can take on h and get back to the g file in time. Move the pawns over one file and it gets absurdly complicated... 8/8/8/2p2K2/1k2P2p/1P4pP/6P1/8 b - - 0 1 winds up looking like a draw to me.
3:22, there is a third option, to move the king f2 and let him capture your pawn, then you move next to the pawn. He defends with his king, so it's also a bad option, but there was this third option there.
Keep up the good work, love your vids. You should battle kevin from the chess website and post a joint analysis from both ends :)
When the opponent plays Kb6, he allows you to take the opposition with Kb4. This is one of the most important concepts in endgame study, and I think everyone would benefit from learning about it and mastering it. Do you have a video on it, jrobi? :D
@PrusaksJr If the black king goes to c6, white plays king to a5. The black king is forced to move again but b4 and b6 are both blocked by the white king, and c5 is blocked by the white pawn. The black king is forced to move farther away, and then white can take the pawn on b5, and march up to promote the pawn on the a-file.
nice analysis, very clear. instead of h4, i think the best move was to play kf2. In K+P endgames, it's always best to mobilize your king. Especially because you can't take pawn moves back. Have you ever checked out Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual?
In endgame play where it is down to king and pawns vs king and pawns, it is very important to try and keep your king in opposition to your opponents king. Otherwise your opponents king has free reign to attack. For anyone but an expert, speed chess causes our game to deteriorate, as it gets you into the very bad habit of moving too fast. Speed chess is a comedy of errors as there isn't enough time to think and it's just tossing pieces all over the board.
At 8:04 the more simple way to win the game would be with Kc5 and if ...KxP4 than 2.KxP and the passed pawn will promote into a queen easy win. And after the king went to the c5 square and attacked both pawns there is NO way for black to save the game at that point. The endgame play was indeed bad. At the starting position in this video black is playing for a win and the best white should be able to do is hold a draw.
I was thinking, with the initial mistake you said you made. what would happen if you didnt capture the pawn.
you would be able to move your king one space closer and then when he takes you would have your king right next to his pawn and he would only be able to penetrate the other side of the board and you would have his pawns doubled up. I;m not sure if its a good position but still not taking in that situation and brining your king closer doesnt seem to be that bad.
At 8:02 after he plays Ka4, you played Ke6, but why not Kc5 ? If he responds Kxa3, you play Kxb5, all he won't be able to stop your d pawn for queening, and if b4, axb4 and black has lost ?
Great Videos...clear/concise explanation...cool intro too...love the website...keep expanding! My son is using your site to help him prepare for his first tournament. Thanks again. He requests more on the sicilian!
Thanks for all the vids Jrobichess. Your vids really helped me out! I'm becoming better and better and sometimes I feel like I don't have a clue what I'm doing, because I can't calculate too many steps ahead yet. But I'm still winning a lot! So thanks for all the vids! They really help!
After watching your videos you have inspired me to start looking over ALL of my games, I personally hate annotating, I don't know why... but I want to get better and I figure this is the best way to do so.
instead of his first move od this video b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try to get my king include in to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
after first move from black b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try do get my king include on to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
Not terrible though you lost some tempos you didn't have to. If you'd moved your king up on the first move you could have still kept access blocked to the queenside with your pawns. Instead by pushing your pawn, you made it easy for him to decide to run to the kingside saving him time and energy. Also when you pushed h5 you lost a tempo. You should have play hxg5 then he has to respond by taking and you get to move your king over before he does.
After munching up the D pawn, you should have went to C 5 or 6 so that way he cant take your A pawn without losing his B pawn and that way you would promote without him ever even getting close promoting.
@NYjon888 It would have been cleaner, but for some reason I quickly calculated the other line first and saw it was winning so just went with it to save time on the clock. Good catch though - thanks for checking out the vid!
instead of his first move od this video b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try to get my king include in to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
actually it would have been better not going after the d pawn at all. a4, bxa4, kxa4 and after the exchange of pawns is a basic win with no counterplay to even think about. the king wins the d-pawn with no headaches.
also this was poor endgame technique overall. make a ``buffer`` of pawns when even with the enemy kings penetration it can`t do nothing. prevent ghost threats is unnecessary and shows poor technique and understanding, regardless of the result of the game.
i know this is blitz, but what i would do in this endgame, rather than push all my pawns and create weaknesses/try to prevent the king from coming in, i would activate my own king because it gives you a better chance to win, obviously it didn't matter here but I think its better in the long run to be activating the king before moving your pawns in the endgame :)
@tomonated Usually I would do that, but I was concerned at the time with the location of my king vs. the opponents, so I wanted to buffer it up a bit first. However, centralizing the king is super important in endgame play, no doubt about it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
@jrobichess ......b6?? move by black looked anti-positional to me. I would be thinking of moves like h5! With the idea of Prophylaxis against you trying to control the square f5. then if h3, king comes to e6 threatening to come into f5, so g4 needs to be played to stop this. Unfortunately after an exchange pawn to f5 can be played and this is a real problem!!! As it is now clear that the king will make threats to the king side pawns! Any attempt by white to try on the queen side is slowed by a6
Hey man! I'm from Brazil and I'm a big fan of yours, lots of my friends are too. That was a great study, I learn a lot from your videos! I'd love to see more matches (not blitz), like the ones you post some time ago, something like "Chess Match: jrobi (xxxx) vs somebody (xxxx)". Those were my favorites! Take care and congrats, I'm pretty sure that someday you'll be a Grandmaster.
Black's Kb6 error stemmed from a lack of basic understanding of king opposition which is critically important in endgames. Anyone looking to cement their understanding of the subject should check out GreenCastleBlock's video titled 'Chess Endgame: Opposition Quiz' which I highly recommend.
I love your videos. They're so much better than "thechesswebsite"'s videos. I like the fact that you go into details and completely show and explore all avenues, rather than just make assertions about avenues.
@jrobichess I politely request more videos on "pawn structure", such as, 1) how to decide when to trade, push, or build tension with attacking pawn tactics, 2) en passant - when and when not to, 3) how to to play solid vs open pawn structures; also, jrobi, address how to analyze and create ideal pawn skeletons, and what is "pawn storming"?
Thanks for sharing your videos, and for friending me on chess.com
@thekoolestguyaaa I am not guarding my rating, it's on my personal game videos right in the titles (although it does need to be updated - it's higher now ).
If this position were played in an official tournament, would the players had agreed on for a draw? If not, why should black believe that he has a winning position? What about white?
@MrGatherfield It would have been an agreed upon draw for sure - there's no way top level players would make a mistake in that position. Maybe in extreme blitz (GM's have dropped queen's before) but definitely not in any normal game. Thanks for checking out the vid!
@jrobichess On the other hand, it is only fair, both of you to have a clean, equal position for the endgame. In that way you know that you'll win only if you don't make the last mistake :)
Hi I don't know if anyone pointed it out as yet but at 8:05 in the video your opponent moved his king to A4 and you played king e6 if you however played Kc5 you would dominate the position without a pawn race
@Stealpawn Definitely a winning line, but the first winning line I saw I went with due to the time remaining. As soon as I figured out it was a winning move, I just played it to save time on the clock. C5 would have been more clean, but E6 was winning also. Thanks for checking out the vid!
at 8:01 Kc6 is imo better , cause when he moves his king to capture your pawn , well you are just gonna eat his pawn on b5 and if he moves with his pawn , well then you just capture axb4 he goes Kxb4 and u are gonna escort ur d pawn to safety and queen , and win ;P or have i miscalculated something ? :P
@misterkefir Both are winning - in the blitz game I quickly figured out that the other move was winning as well and didn't bother looking for another way. Thanks for checking out the vid!
@Userz4fun It was looking like a draw up until his mistake, so when it happened I jumped all over the opportunity. When I looked back on it, I was glad he missed mine. =)
Amazing that that game finished as a win...even more amazing that it was a win for you, it was clearly black who should have been playing for the win in the initial position.
@Cream147player Initial position was actually dead even in terms of positional strength. With solid play from both sides it would have been drawn. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Awesome stuff JRobi. I wish you'd upload more videos. I really enjoy you commentary and analysis. It's very straightforward, clear, and easy to understand.
There's a lot of chess analysis on youtube, but I find your to be clear and away the best - not only because the analysis is good (others have good analysis as well) but because you so obviously love what you're doing, you're open to other's thoughs and suggestions, you're clear and concise, and over all you just seem like a likeable and funny guy. My hats off to you, sir. You do fantastic work.
Yes, this is very good! :) These types of positions on the board, only pawns are often the most tricky! Magnus Carlsen is know to be very good in pawn end games, even though he has slacked of slightly these last months :p hehe... To much pretty women with the G-start Campaign perhaps! :) ThU
@TheRoopeKonna That was a winning option as well, but after calculating quickly the win after E6 I went with it given the time remaining in the blitz game. If E6 wouldn't have been winning I would have most likely found C5. Both win in the end. Thanks for checking out the vid!
@rbass311 Actually, yes they do both win. E6 wins because of what was covered in the vid. It was the first path to the win I thought of, and didn't bother looking for others due to the time remaining. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Pushing the pawns before activating the King was a bad decision, but of course we all make bad moves in blitz games. Anyway congratuations for the win and the analysis!
SuperPeristilo 1 month ago
Woah surely he just takes your pawn enpassant in the first move?
DotSimLtd 1 month ago
make more vids
SmashApple90 2 months ago 3
Fee-in-CHE-toe!!!
RaD1K4l 2 months ago
@RaD1K4l
I asked an Italian dude. He said it is actually pronounced Fee-aan-KE-toe. :)
But there is a lot of conufsion about the correct pronounciation.
Fluffisnoterm 1 month ago
Nice vid keep em coming !
0CitizenOfTheWorl 6 months ago
It is cowardly of you to trade away all the pieces because you can only handle the pawns. Real chess players use all the pieces.
YappyRaccoon 6 months ago
@YappyRaccoon lol, real chess players play to win.
JACKSunsuited 5 months ago
are you dead?
GadgetsMadness 6 months ago
At 3:55 You reach remis with kf3!!
zwetschgagselz 6 months ago
@zwetschgagselz No draw lol... I'll push the h pawn and go with the king on the d4 pawn wich cannot be protected !
lordsebzyy 4 months ago
That is a stupid mistake it only happens in timed games. I am not even good at chess
tony232cool 6 months ago
for some reason i like your videos even if your quality of game play is less than ideal. black could have won the game without your h pawn move. black made 3 mistakes in a row.
tedz0999 6 months ago
*If not of
I also forgot to mention that the win is caused by you having the opposition so black should have played ...Ke7! instead of e6.
yungf4st 7 months ago
*If not of
yungf4st 7 months ago
of your h4 was a mistake then he should have played ...h5 immediately. Which brings me to my main point. g4 was THE mistake you should play Ke2 and you have a win I won't give the analysis but simply put if you take off the kingside pawns you have a win on the queenside if it is blacks move since he will run out of pawn moves first. Blacks weakness, the pawn on f6 allows force a locking of the kingside position with black to move since all of your kingside pawns are on their home squares.
yungf4st 7 months ago
You could have prevented him from queening entirely. After taking his pawn on d5, you could have moved your King to c5. If he takes on a3, you take b5 and then push your d pawn up.
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ruinsofkunark 7 months ago
Your videos are excellent! Thanks!
Yep,after Ka4, Kc5, (Kc6 works just as well) wins a lot more cleanly, because Black's options are b4 axb4 with a clear win, or Ka3 Kxb5. Granted, your line works, but only because Black promotes on the b file. You have to calculate twelve moves to know that you can take on h and get back to the g file in time. Move the pawns over one file and it gets absurdly complicated... 8/8/8/2p2K2/1k2P2p/1P4pP/6P1/8 b - - 0 1 winds up looking like a draw to me.
trod999 7 months ago
3:22, there is a third option, to move the king f2 and let him capture your pawn, then you move next to the pawn. He defends with his king, so it's also a bad option, but there was this third option there.
Keep up the good work, love your vids. You should battle kevin from the chess website and post a joint analysis from both ends :)
SideriteZ 7 months ago
I'm new to chess and I know that in a King and Pawn endgame - Maintain the Opposition!
sanctionbuster 8 months ago
Thanks for the vid, I am sure it will help me in the future!
ghero97 8 months ago
good stufff man i really appreciate your work!
MrJovani212 8 months ago
When the opponent plays Kb6, he allows you to take the opposition with Kb4. This is one of the most important concepts in endgame study, and I think everyone would benefit from learning about it and mastering it. Do you have a video on it, jrobi? :D
F1N1TY 8 months ago
Great videos as always, what part of Canada do you live in?
TheXenoyr 8 months ago
8:04 king to c5 is better because no queen
mcpartridgeboy 8 months ago
Hey jrobi!
Could you probably tell us which program you create your diagrams with?
Nice videos, thank you!
ConCori 9 months ago
What about 9:36 the black king still could go c-6 and cover both pawns couldn`t he? and then it would be draw anyways.
PrusaksJr 9 months ago
@PrusaksJr i think he can just go king a5
BmaRayCyrus 8 months ago
@PrusaksJr If the black king goes to c6, white plays king to a5. The black king is forced to move again but b4 and b6 are both blocked by the white king, and c5 is blocked by the white pawn. The black king is forced to move farther away, and then white can take the pawn on b5, and march up to promote the pawn on the a-file.
shogundapker 8 months ago
nice "analysis" haha
OceanderTethyseus 9 months ago
nice analysis, very clear. instead of h4, i think the best move was to play kf2. In K+P endgames, it's always best to mobilize your king. Especially because you can't take pawn moves back. Have you ever checked out Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual?
OnlineChessLessons 10 months ago
i think its a nice little movie for beginners and mediums, but if you look cleary at the beginning, you see directly, that this is a draw.
(sry if there are any english mistakes i'm just a 16 years old pupil.)
N0tyeet 10 months ago
Thanks.
InsaneCylon 10 months ago
In endgame play where it is down to king and pawns vs king and pawns, it is very important to try and keep your king in opposition to your opponents king. Otherwise your opponents king has free reign to attack. For anyone but an expert, speed chess causes our game to deteriorate, as it gets you into the very bad habit of moving too fast. Speed chess is a comedy of errors as there isn't enough time to think and it's just tossing pieces all over the board.
JohnQuincyAdams1 11 months ago
At 8:04 the more simple way to win the game would be with Kc5 and if ...KxP4 than 2.KxP and the passed pawn will promote into a queen easy win. And after the king went to the c5 square and attacked both pawns there is NO way for black to save the game at that point. The endgame play was indeed bad. At the starting position in this video black is playing for a win and the best white should be able to do is hold a draw.
MrPawnpusher88 11 months ago
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GigsixstringOfficial 11 months ago
I was thinking, with the initial mistake you said you made. what would happen if you didnt capture the pawn.
you would be able to move your king one space closer and then when he takes you would have your king right next to his pawn and he would only be able to penetrate the other side of the board and you would have his pawns doubled up. I;m not sure if its a good position but still not taking in that situation and brining your king closer doesnt seem to be that bad.
thanks for the vid.
d5fox 11 months ago
At 8:02 after he plays Ka4, you played Ke6, but why not Kc5 ? If he responds Kxa3, you play Kxb5, all he won't be able to stop your d pawn for queening, and if b4, axb4 and black has lost ?
Thanks for the videos !
lemaire90 11 months ago
u made this game a draw....u coulda won or at least could have has chances for one
ivBeats 11 months ago
Great Videos...clear/concise explanation...cool intro too...love the website...keep expanding! My son is using your site to help him prepare for his first tournament. Thanks again. He requests more on the sicilian!
markfperretta 11 months ago
thanks for posting, much appreciated.
lsefia 1 year ago
"we just get into this kind of fiasco, dance with the Kings"... haha :)
ILikeGirlsWthBigEyes 1 year ago
Thanks for all the vids Jrobichess. Your vids really helped me out! I'm becoming better and better and sometimes I feel like I don't have a clue what I'm doing, because I can't calculate too many steps ahead yet. But I'm still winning a lot! So thanks for all the vids! They really help!
Cannie1986 1 year ago
After ... Ka4 best was 2. Kc5 which makes sure that black can neither prmote nor stop black from promoting, but the other variation is winning too.
rootboxen 1 year ago
@rootboxen oh never mind, I just saw someone else had spotted it.
rootboxen 1 year ago
This game should have been drawn, but Kc5 was much simpler than Ke6
rogleo14 1 year ago
After watching your videos you have inspired me to start looking over ALL of my games, I personally hate annotating, I don't know why... but I want to get better and I figure this is the best way to do so.
SpicyDuck1 1 year ago
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instead of his first move od this video b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try to get my king include in to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
Good video, thanks for making this !
vikgames 1 year ago
after first move from black b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try do get my king include on to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
Good video, thanks for making this !
vikgames 1 year ago
Learned a lot. Thanks.
tantzer 1 year ago
this is a good example of how important is to have opposition. If opposition belongs to you, you pwn.
lostextremeable 1 year ago
Not terrible though you lost some tempos you didn't have to. If you'd moved your king up on the first move you could have still kept access blocked to the queenside with your pawns. Instead by pushing your pawn, you made it easy for him to decide to run to the kingside saving him time and energy. Also when you pushed h5 you lost a tempo. You should have play hxg5 then he has to respond by taking and you get to move your king over before he does.
Tempos can be big in the endgame, nice game.
lawltaxcuts 1 year ago
i like you jrobi but sometimes your kinda, maybe, just a little stupid.
geollnyz 1 year ago
@0652411 yes.
LukeGeoDude 1 year ago
I saw Kasparov today in the restaurant, no kidding :>
LukeGeoDude 1 year ago
With Kc5, white could have also prevented black's pawn from advancing.
RisingToGreatness 1 year ago
Lol, E sex at 8:08.
qwertyzz7 1 year ago
Good Study...!!
brucenunn37 1 year ago
After munching up the D pawn, you should have went to C 5 or 6 so that way he cant take your A pawn without losing his B pawn and that way you would promote without him ever even getting close promoting.
NYjon888 1 year ago 35
@NYjon888 It would have been cleaner, but for some reason I quickly calculated the other line first and saw it was winning so just went with it to save time on the clock. Good catch though - thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
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instead of his first move od this video b6-b5, I will play king move from d6-c6, and try to get my king include in to action first and make good use of his king pozition which is far away from the centar!!
Good video, thanks for making this !
vikgames 1 year ago
@NYjon888 I was just gonna say that!
laughingtulkas 1 year ago
@NYjon888
actually it would have been better not going after the d pawn at all. a4, bxa4, kxa4 and after the exchange of pawns is a basic win with no counterplay to even think about. the king wins the d-pawn with no headaches.
also this was poor endgame technique overall. make a ``buffer`` of pawns when even with the enemy kings penetration it can`t do nothing. prevent ghost threats is unnecessary and shows poor technique and understanding, regardless of the result of the game.
leeponroof 9 months ago
i know this is blitz, but what i would do in this endgame, rather than push all my pawns and create weaknesses/try to prevent the king from coming in, i would activate my own king because it gives you a better chance to win, obviously it didn't matter here but I think its better in the long run to be activating the king before moving your pawns in the endgame :)
tomonated 1 year ago
@tomonated Usually I would do that, but I was concerned at the time with the location of my king vs. the opponents, so I wanted to buffer it up a bit first. However, centralizing the king is super important in endgame play, no doubt about it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Excellent video! Thanks for posting!
enilkja 1 year ago 3
@enilkja Thanks E!
jrobichess 1 year ago
@jrobichess ......b6?? move by black looked anti-positional to me. I would be thinking of moves like h5! With the idea of Prophylaxis against you trying to control the square f5. then if h3, king comes to e6 threatening to come into f5, so g4 needs to be played to stop this. Unfortunately after an exchange pawn to f5 can be played and this is a real problem!!! As it is now clear that the king will make threats to the king side pawns! Any attempt by white to try on the queen side is slowed by a6
ECCLESCHESSCLUB 1 year ago
Good video, thanks for the insight
kunukn 1 year ago
we love you jrobi!
grillmeasteak 1 year ago 8
@grillmeasteak Thanks for checking it out!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Hey man! I'm from Brazil and I'm a big fan of yours, lots of my friends are too. That was a great study, I learn a lot from your videos! I'd love to see more matches (not blitz), like the ones you post some time ago, something like "Chess Match: jrobi (xxxx) vs somebody (xxxx)". Those were my favorites! Take care and congrats, I'm pretty sure that someday you'll be a Grandmaster.
Marckins 1 year ago
@Marckins Thanks Marckins! More of those vids will be coming. Say hello to everyone for me!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Excellent video jrobi!
Black's Kb6 error stemmed from a lack of basic understanding of king opposition which is critically important in endgames. Anyone looking to cement their understanding of the subject should check out GreenCastleBlock's video titled 'Chess Endgame: Opposition Quiz' which I highly recommend.
siddharthp1983 1 year ago
Why didn't you push paw f2 to f4? Yuo would have created a barrier that protects the center of the broad.
SlyCopper23 1 year ago
at 8:05 white should play Kc5, it's not a pawn race, white just wins
Mudd0000 1 year ago
I love your videos. They're so much better than "thechesswebsite"'s videos. I like the fact that you go into details and completely show and explore all avenues, rather than just make assertions about avenues.
raby760 1 year ago
I love your videos and hope to see many more of them.
saifrizwan 1 year ago
@saifrizwan Thanks!
jrobichess 1 year ago
@jrobichess I politely request more videos on "pawn structure", such as, 1) how to decide when to trade, push, or build tension with attacking pawn tactics, 2) en passant - when and when not to, 3) how to to play solid vs open pawn structures; also, jrobi, address how to analyze and create ideal pawn skeletons, and what is "pawn storming"?
Thanks for sharing your videos, and for friending me on chess.com
strong8action 1 year ago
@thekoolestguyaaa I am not guarding my rating, it's on my personal game videos right in the titles (although it does need to be updated - it's higher now ).
jrobichess 1 year ago
Good to see a new video. I would love to see more, your analysis really helps.
H0rcrux 1 year ago
@H0rcrux Thanks for checking it out H!
jrobichess 1 year ago
If this position were played in an official tournament, would the players had agreed on for a draw? If not, why should black believe that he has a winning position? What about white?
MrGatherfield 1 year ago
@MrGatherfield It would have been an agreed upon draw for sure - there's no way top level players would make a mistake in that position. Maybe in extreme blitz (GM's have dropped queen's before) but definitely not in any normal game. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago 2
@jrobichess On the other hand, it is only fair, both of you to have a clean, equal position for the endgame. In that way you know that you'll win only if you don't make the last mistake :)
MrGatherfield 1 year ago
Hi I don't know if anyone pointed it out as yet but at 8:05 in the video your opponent moved his king to A4 and you played king e6 if you however played Kc5 you would dominate the position without a pawn race
Stealpawn 1 year ago
@Stealpawn Definitely a winning line, but the first winning line I saw I went with due to the time remaining. As soon as I figured out it was a winning move, I just played it to save time on the clock. C5 would have been more clean, but E6 was winning also. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Insightful as always, Jrobi.
atomicmatt3 1 year ago
@atomicmatt3 Thanks!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Another great video, thanks Jrobi!
Lebraun77 1 year ago
@Lebraun77 Thanks for checking it out Lebraun!
jrobichess 1 year ago
at 8:01 Kc6 is imo better , cause when he moves his king to capture your pawn , well you are just gonna eat his pawn on b5 and if he moves with his pawn , well then you just capture axb4 he goes Kxb4 and u are gonna escort ur d pawn to safety and queen , and win ;P or have i miscalculated something ? :P
misterkefir 1 year ago
@misterkefir Both are winning - in the blitz game I quickly figured out that the other move was winning as well and didn't bother looking for another way. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Wow! That was just wow.
EdderCMG 1 year ago
ha ! ive read almost all of your moves ;P
good stuff
misterkefir 1 year ago
@misterkefir Thanks!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Instructive end-game analysis.
Khemistry101 1 year ago
@Khemistry101 Thanks for checking it out!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Nice to see a new vid Jrobi
Nilgard 1 year ago
@Nilgard Thanks!
jrobichess 1 year ago
love it...
wasn't expecting a win for you in that position, did you calculate that you could win the game if he played kb6 or did you kinda get lucky? :)
Please make more videos they are amazing - i dont think you realise how good they are.
Userz4fun 1 year ago
@Userz4fun It was looking like a draw up until his mistake, so when it happened I jumped all over the opportunity. When I looked back on it, I was glad he missed mine. =)
jrobichess 1 year ago
At 8:07, after black king to a4, white should play king to c4. No need for any race. Gain a queen without worry about black promoting.
jerkasmo 1 year ago
@jerkasmo Definitely another path to the win, the first one I found I went with though due to the time on the clock.
jrobichess 1 year ago
Amazing that that game finished as a win...even more amazing that it was a win for you, it was clearly black who should have been playing for the win in the initial position.
Cream147player 1 year ago
@Cream147player Initial position was actually dead even in terms of positional strength. With solid play from both sides it would have been drawn. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Awesome stuff JRobi. I wish you'd upload more videos. I really enjoy you commentary and analysis. It's very straightforward, clear, and easy to understand.
So, time willing...More videos Please!!!
Nola213 1 year ago
@Nola213 Going to try and get more out on a frequent basis - thanks for checking this one out!
jrobichess 1 year ago
maybe you ain't the best chess player out there, but you surely are the best commentator :)!
kriss456 1 year ago
@kriss456 Thanks Kriss!
jrobichess 1 year ago
There's a lot of chess analysis on youtube, but I find your to be clear and away the best - not only because the analysis is good (others have good analysis as well) but because you so obviously love what you're doing, you're open to other's thoughs and suggestions, you're clear and concise, and over all you just seem like a likeable and funny guy. My hats off to you, sir. You do fantastic work.
P.S. I love your website too. =)
/end fanboy rant
antec06 1 year ago 23
@antec06 Thanks antec - I appreciate the feedback!
jrobichess 1 year ago
@antec06 Thanks antec - I appreciate the feedback!
jrobichess 1 year ago
amazing analysis, that was some quick thinking at the end!!!!
sqbsbear 1 year ago
@sqbsbear Thanks!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Yes, this is very good! :) These types of positions on the board, only pawns are often the most tricky! Magnus Carlsen is know to be very good in pawn end games, even though he has slacked of slightly these last months :p hehe... To much pretty women with the G-start Campaign perhaps! :) ThU
Thomas
thomandy 1 year ago
@thomandy Thanks for the comment Thomas!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Interesting indeed. :o
Iced1992 1 year ago
@Iced1992 Thanks for checking it out!
jrobichess 1 year ago
it's funny that if you wouldn't make that mistake on h4, you woul;dn't win the game anymore. thanks for sharing!
cpandreylaur 1 year ago
@cpandreylaur Gotta love chess - it's often one move that will either kill you or win the game! Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
Please do these more often! :) I like your style how you expose your mistakes.
At 8:18 why not Kc5? If Kxa3 then you just Kxb5 and he cannot deny the promotion of your pawn.
TheRoopeKonna 1 year ago 29
@TheRoopeKonna That was a winning option as well, but after calculating quickly the win after E6 I went with it given the time remaining in the blitz game. If E6 wouldn't have been winning I would have most likely found C5. Both win in the end. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
@jrobichess Sorry man but Kc5 is the winning move. No, they don't both win. In fact, Ke6 is more of a drawing move. Kc5 Kxa3 Kxb5 is a forced win!
rbass311 1 year ago
@rbass311 Actually, yes they do both win. E6 wins because of what was covered in the vid. It was the first path to the win I thought of, and didn't bother looking for others due to the time remaining. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 1 year ago
@TheRoopeKonna thats what i saw but it was blitz people make mistakes
MrEpic777 1 year ago
@MrEpic777
I agree, we cannot say could we've been able to spot it in game.
TheRoopeKonna 1 year ago
8:06 it's a horrible move, c5 was much more powerful. Your games are full litle mistakes like that.
venato75 1 year ago
@venato75 There are often a variety of paths to a win, and C5 would have been one but E6 was one as well figuring in the queen trade.
jrobichess 1 year ago
@venato75 I was thinking the exact same thing, I wonder why he didn't even think of c5 after analyzing
labanp 1 year ago