Chess Endgame- Rook vs Knight

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Uploaded by on Aug 13, 2009

The rook and knight chess endgame can be one of the hardest games to win but today we look at just how to get the win.

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  • i got it to a draw tho by takeing the rook.

  • very nice, looks like he should have watched the video :)

  • Nice info

    thanks for this video.

  • glad you like it.

  • thanks

  • np, ty

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  • The Knight in your program looks like a unicorn.

  • im so deep in an endgame of that kind rigth now... and your vid already helped me, although i dont think i can get him, because he has king and knigth very close together all the time...

  • Valuable video, man!

  • this is a great vid ;)

  • what about if it's a rook vs a bishop?

  • @renumeratedfrog I don't think so, that's why he said if the knight is in the center it's a draw, no way to stop the knight from moving to all of his spaces. If the knight and king can pair up before the rook and king can then it is a draw unless there is a mistake. It seems like if you can't take the knight in ~ 3 moves you can't win.

  • :)

  • Excellent video

  • It seems like the king always has to be to squeres orthogonally from the night. What if for example

    White: Ra1, Kh1

    Black: Kb8, K e4

    The night is on one of the critical squeres, but the kings are far away. Is there a way to win?

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