Chess Endgame: Changing the Base of the opponent's Pawn Chain

Look, another chess video. This one is an instructive King and Pawn endgame. I encourage you to pause the video when instructed and try to work out for yourself what the best moves are. This position occurred in an Internet game... White had a winning position but it became a lost position because of an incorrect (automatic) plan.

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Sports

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• chess
• pullin
• pawn
• chain
• endgame

[GreenCastleBlock]

300 views and 34 thumbs in 2 days... so basically you guys are telling me you enjoy chess videos much more than other videos ;)

[TheHuginMunin]

Thanks: Very instructive in two ways - The start was very simple, but i'm afraid especially in a blitz game I would have automatically tried to attack the base of the chain. - This puts a question mark to the inernalizing of rules of thumb in general. Maybe some more vids about situations where ones autopilot goes astray would be helpful.

[GreenCastleBlock]

@TheHuginMunin King and pawn endgames are hard. There is no substitute for calculation. Even masters avoid going into them if they don't have to. There are devices (e.g. the "square of the pawn") to help you understand the geometry between kings and pawns but the bottom line is you have to calculate moves before you enter the king and pawn endgame. If you misevaluate it by overlooking an opponent's move (e.g. g4!) you are dead.

[SuperPeristilo]

Really instructive. I won this position in another way against chessmaster, but your method is far easier! I will never forget this idea of changing the base of the chain. Thanks for this fantastic lesson!

[Jdreeve11]

I think it's good to note that at 11:20 when e4 the better move is Kg5, going for blocking black's rook pawn. Then there's no opposition to white's pawn queening and no threat of black's pawn queening. I know it's off topic from the point of the video but I thought I'd point it out.

Still a great video though, keep it going.

[thebigoneisbig]

Great video. This is one if my weakest scenarios

[derickocrusher]

@GreenCastleBlock Thanks very much for posting this video. it has been very informatibe

[dragonheadofthewest]

@GreenCastleBlock i still having problems with difficult opposition were you have to make really many kings moves in pawn endgames liek in laskers endgame were you make like 20 king moves in a row, you have an idea what to study to learn that stuff??

[LAGAMER50]

Do you have any games in the CHESSGAMES com database?

[LAGAMER50]

Do you have any games in the CHESSGAMES com database

[Electromusicaus]

Very informative thank-you - keep uploading!