good technique ! you could have won without aiming for the second zugzwang-position... once you got your king to b3 I would have played Bc8 - sacrifice on b7 followed by Kxg7 Kxh6 and so on but of coarse zugzwang is more elegant (no idea why I'm writing things both of us know allready.. can't help it)
thank you Eike. Yes, I loved this game as the Zugzwang theme is elegant. As for you suggestion, I am having problems following your notation. Bc8? Do you mean Bf1 followed by Bxg2?
oups.. after ... b5 2.Ke1 Kb3 3.Kd2 i wanted to play Bf1 or Bf5 followed by Bf1 and Bxg2 but it's all rubbish , white can just play Kf1-g1-f1-g1 and I'll never get the g- and the h- pawn. I'm sorry, I wrote something stupid. I tried another plan: 1) placing the bishop on e6 or c4 2) walking to a5 with the king 3) offer to exchange bishops on b5 or playing Ba6 but it doesnt' work because once I move my bishop to e6 white can play Be2.. seems as if your method is the only way to win this position
i thought that even more than a zugzwang video this was a great example of good bishop versus bad bishop.
Your Light squared bishop had 2 great fixed targets and no pawns to impede its movement, his bishop had no targets only a pair of pawns to impede his mobility. great win, zugzwang is one of the principle ways i think that a good bishop can destroy a bad bishop in the end game
the video starts after white's 41st move? Anyhow, I don't think sacrificing this pawn by white is a good idea - black gets a very advanced passed pawn.
Ok, I have analysed it firmly now, and its lost, even with g3, because in my variation the e4 pawn will fall if white tries to get g3 pawn (if he defends with the bishop than g4 is good, because if black get a passed pawn, even without being a pawn up, its won).
I wish I could make more. I have a young son so any time I get to make videos is a bonus. I try to make them original and that takes time in itself. Re the sound - I am already on my second microphone. I will try a little trick that kingscrusher suggested for the next video. Thank you for your continued support my friend!
No problem, your videos are a great help. I just won against a 1900 player mondays in a 1 hour training match. I just presured him positional. My own rating is 1508, improving. Many mean i play around 1700-1900
that's interesting! I had previously thought that the word meant "compulsion". When preparing the video I tried a few on line translation tools and they suggested "forced course" or "tight spot". Are you a native German speaker?
I have lived in Germany for 9 years, so you could say that German is my second language. The actual meaning within Chess is 'compulsary move', but 'Zug' means 'move' and Zwang means force or forced.
well.. as dmz said, "Luft" means "air" but of coarse you can use it the way you did. Luft means air, means breathing freely, means space ... ... in terms of chess sometimes you need to create a "Luftloch" for your king when he is under attack. "Loch" is the translation of "hole" so when you use the word "luftloch" you are in a situation where the only possibility to get air is breathing through this hole.
Since i am German i always wonder how 'Zugzwang' made it into the official English chess-language. Anyway its a nice word and it means the state of being forced to move.
If you want to pronounce it correctly you have to say something like "tsoog-tswahng".
Thank you. THis video helped a lot. Now i completely understand this concept. Basically the point where you lose.
yellowman88 10 months ago
Entertaining and instructive as usual.
mraxeguy 1 year ago
An apt example well demonstrated. Very educational video. Spot on, 5 stars. :)
scientologyftw 2 years ago
I used to know a German girl with a nice zugzwang.
DefenceSpeech 2 years ago 2
good technique ! you could have won without aiming for the second zugzwang-position... once you got your king to b3 I would have played Bc8 - sacrifice on b7 followed by Kxg7 Kxh6 and so on but of coarse zugzwang is more elegant (no idea why I'm writing things both of us know allready.. can't help it)
EikeKehrel 3 years ago
thank you Eike. Yes, I loved this game as the Zugzwang theme is elegant. As for you suggestion, I am having problems following your notation. Bc8? Do you mean Bf1 followed by Bxg2?
FatAndMad 3 years ago
oups.. after ... b5 2.Ke1 Kb3 3.Kd2 i wanted to play Bf1 or Bf5 followed by Bf1 and Bxg2 but it's all rubbish , white can just play Kf1-g1-f1-g1 and I'll never get the g- and the h- pawn. I'm sorry, I wrote something stupid. I tried another plan: 1) placing the bishop on e6 or c4 2) walking to a5 with the king 3) offer to exchange bishops on b5 or playing Ba6 but it doesnt' work because once I move my bishop to e6 white can play Be2.. seems as if your method is the only way to win this position
EikeKehrel 3 years ago
why is it called zugzwang?
trixapete 3 years ago
yup zugzwang = forced move
llazyoli 3 years ago
i thought that even more than a zugzwang video this was a great example of good bishop versus bad bishop.
Your Light squared bishop had 2 great fixed targets and no pawns to impede its movement, his bishop had no targets only a pair of pawns to impede his mobility. great win, zugzwang is one of the principle ways i think that a good bishop can destroy a bad bishop in the end game
spartanica 3 years ago 2
some people must have bad speakers.. its fine for me
lovetowatchvids 3 years ago
Does 41. g3 work?
furrer08 3 years ago
the video starts after white's 41st move? Anyhow, I don't think sacrificing this pawn by white is a good idea - black gets a very advanced passed pawn.
FatAndMad 3 years ago
I mean the first move made by white in the video :D
ANd the pawn is easily won back with the king, im just checking it with frit ok?
furrer08 3 years ago
Ok, I have analysed it firmly now, and its lost, even with g3, because in my variation the e4 pawn will fall if white tries to get g3 pawn (if he defends with the bishop than g4 is good, because if black get a passed pawn, even without being a pawn up, its won).
furrer08 3 years ago
Please make more VIDEOS!
and follow ichderjens recomdation.
furrer08 3 years ago
I wish I could make more. I have a young son so any time I get to make videos is a bonus. I try to make them original and that takes time in itself. Re the sound - I am already on my second microphone. I will try a little trick that kingscrusher suggested for the next video. Thank you for your continued support my friend!
FatAndMad 3 years ago
No problem, your videos are a great help. I just won against a 1900 player mondays in a 1 hour training match. I just presured him positional. My own rating is 1508, improving. Many mean i play around 1700-1900
furrer08 3 years ago
Zugzwang literally means: forced move, or forced to move. Translating into 'a tight spot' is incorrect.
dmz17 3 years ago 2
that's interesting! I had previously thought that the word meant "compulsion". When preparing the video I tried a few on line translation tools and they suggested "forced course" or "tight spot". Are you a native German speaker?
FatAndMad 3 years ago
I have lived in Germany for 9 years, so you could say that German is my second language. The actual meaning within Chess is 'compulsary move', but 'Zug' means 'move' and Zwang means force or forced.
dmz17 3 years ago
thank you for clarifying the German for me. I may need your help in the future!
FatAndMad 3 years ago
Another good German chess expression is Lebensraum, meaning living space. Translates into space advantage on the board.. ;-)
dmz17 3 years ago
like "luft"?
FatAndMad 3 years ago
Not quite. Luft is air, Raum is room, space
dmz17 3 years ago
well.. as dmz said, "Luft" means "air" but of coarse you can use it the way you did. Luft means air, means breathing freely, means space ... ... in terms of chess sometimes you need to create a "Luftloch" for your king when he is under attack. "Loch" is the translation of "hole" so when you use the word "luftloch" you are in a situation where the only possibility to get air is breathing through this hole.
EikeKehrel 3 years ago
Since i am German i always wonder how 'Zugzwang' made it into the official English chess-language. Anyway its a nice word and it means the state of being forced to move.
If you want to pronounce it correctly you have to say something like "tsoog-tswahng".
Please keep your videos coming, i like them :-)
Ah4b 2 years ago
Nice videos, but please buy you a new microphone... your sound is very bad and quiet! :)
ichderjens 3 years ago 4
I thought it was okay. Certainly far from great, but you could still hear him clearly.
Good video!
charlesworthd 3 years ago
Great video. Awesome positional play to give your opponent nothing but bad positional choices!
jrobichess 3 years ago 3
Great stuff. These are as instructive as entire games, if not more.
I love chess endgames. So few pieces, such rich possibilities!
elbay2 3 years ago 3
splendid
firedwired 3 years ago 2