I own the 101 endgame book that has at least most of these situations, however watching Danya explain the situations is far better and I feel like I learn faster. Of course watching is 1sr step and then practice on the board is second, but man is he a phenomenal teacher
God I love these so much! I can't tell you the amount of times I have during my game thought, "ahh there's a deepfreeze" or "nice, trousers! Now he's busted!"! You have literally completely reshaped my inner chess monologue vocabulary and understanding with these endgame videos!
100 Endgames You Must Know has some great stuff on this endgame: “knight’s dumb square,” “circuits,” and other useful concepts. Daniel, you already know this, but your content is amazing. Thanks as always!
It is heaven of Earth when Danya releases another Endgame video! Thank you Mr Naroditsky, I have a lot of respect for you, you do these hour long videos which require days and weeks worth of effort and the quality of the result is top notch. And you do this all for free, you have the full support from my heart dear sir. You're a gem
These are simply the clearest and most digestible resource I’ve found for learning endgames. I’ve learned from all of them, even the king pawn endgame which I thought I knew very well. Thank you Daniel.
These might not get as many views as a speedrun the day you post them, but I truly believe as the years go by they will become the most viewed videos on your channel, if not the most viewed chess videos on the internet. This kind of content doesn't exist anywhere, and is so badly needed. People will seek these out and share them with others forever.
28:22 position is not a draw. White can go Nb6, taking away the c8 square from the Black king and enabling White to go Kb8 the next move, ensuring promotion. This doesn't take anything away from the excellent content though. Thank you Danya, much appreciated.
Nb6 Kc7 and what ? Neither the white king nor the pawn can move, forcing the knight to move, freeing c8 for the black king. To win the position, White should prevent Black from stepping on both c7 and c8, which is impossible with a knight. Position is a draw.
COOL you actually didn't give up on the endgame series unlike some channels. looking forward to see what your series has that josh waitzkin doesn't have. this looks like it will be like a free version of what Karsten Müller has on chessbase. like finally there'll be a free, complete and online endgame series that's actually in order. cf 1 - st louis chess club videos are free and online (and maybe complete?) but don't seem to have an order. they seem to be more like supplements to an actual series. 2 - Karsten Müller isn't free 3 - josh waitzkin isn't complete
Сильно удивила фраза: "и если Вы досмотрели, до этого, момента, спасибо Вам". Из-за чего хотелось бы сказать, Даниил, это Вам спасибо за эти невероятно полезные и насыщенные видео.
Thanks so much Danya. Yes you are suceeding in creating the ultimate Endgame Bible. I do have books on endgames but I haven't been able to bring myself to properly study them... With your videos, I know I still have much to review, understand and practice, but it is comprenhensive and full of life. I have never had a chess teacher so most of what I understand nowadays about endgames is thanks to you!
Love this video. I recently hit 1800 and I find that almost nobody has a solid handle on these endgames despite them coming up semi-frequently. There's a lot of blunders made by both the side with the knight and the side without in these endgames, either blundering a fork, or letting a blockade slip away etc. Going to rewatch this one for sure
Hey Daniel, please keep the endgame videos coming. I had mostly watched opening or tactics videos up until now and, while everything is important, I feel those elements of the game are like fireworks, they are flashy and fun, but I now realize I had been neglecting videos on endgames and positional play, which I realize are necessary elements to complement the tactics and gain a deeper understanding of the game and hopefully get out of the 1300-1400 elo rut I have been stuck in for a while now. I almost think people should reverse the usual order and learn endgames first and backtrack from there to middlegames and eventually openings, since understanding if an endgame is winning or not can justify (or not) trading down pieces. Also, I loved how you showed in the pawn race video how positional play such as deciding which square to move your king to to open up a file for the passer can unlock or avoid tactics such as a skewer or a check winning a tempo. In any case, I would like to personally thank you for such high quality and instructive videos, you really have managed to break down concepts that seem complicated into basic elements so that anybody can understand them. These are proving to be some of the best educational chess videos available. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for making these. Your speed runs have made me the player I am, and this endgame series has already helped me tremendously with my fundamental understanding of the game. When I started on my chess journey I found Levy and he taught me a great deal. I stumbled upon your videos though, and everything changed. I know everyone says this but it is amazing that you offer this for free. I paid for some of levy's courses but learned more from your speed runs. Now I advocate you to all of my friends who show interest in chess. I am excited for more opening videos like the one you did with the kings gambit, but I will wait patiently because I know this endgame series is probably a lot of work.
These lessons are truly valuable! Endgames are my next topic of study and I need to digest them as much as possible. I can't thank you enough for these great lessons. Thank you very much for the incredible quality you continue to bring to us all.
Fantastic video. I know that theoritical endgame is a very important subject as it is a decisive part of the game, but i always find myself so difficult in learning them by myself. Your series has helped me tremendously in learning them while not getting bored. Thanks!
Danya, I love these videos! I'm eternally grateful for your passion and commitment to this series. I hope that you'll never stop posting such educational videos, because you have an amazing talent for teaching.
Great series Danya! Super helpful and easily digestable, appreciate all the work you put into this for us and looking forward to the next episode! I’ll be sure to rewatch this series whenever I forget anything too
Amazing content. I watched a video about a gueen vs rook endgame and still couldn't understand that pattern, looked so random. Hope you'll make a video in the future about this theme because you are a great teacher
amazing content. It was very cool to look at positions and understand the pawn concepts and be able to focus on the knight content. Thanks for building a stronger me
Jumping in here to say thank you for making these videos, they are fantastic, now I'll go back to earlier in the playlist so I can watch everything in order :))
Having climbed to 1600, I have found myself to throw winning endgame positions more and more. This is exactly what I had hoped you would upload, so imagine how I felt when I saw the video in my notifications!! Thank you Daniel!
😮 OMG. Amazing content but can you slow down a bit 😅! I’ve been getting stressed agonising over every move in my correspondence chess games and am now WAY behind the Speedrun and now this!! 🤯 I’m going to have to knuckle down 💪
Great video and great series so far danya. Thank you for making all this available for free. I’m waiting most for the rook endgames and queen endgames those seem to me the be most common and complex. also same color bishops.
"this type of end game is so important to study and understand whether you are the side that has the knight or the side that has the pawns" is it so difficult to understand whether you have knight or pawns? i cant believe danya made an hour long video on that
Thank you very much for the amazing series. Would you mind sharing the pgns for this series. I would like to practice the concepts after watching. That would be very kind.
My first impression of the position at 24:06 was to play ...Nf2+, which tries to distract the White knight from preventing Black's furthest advanced pawn from promotion. To my dismay, this fails to win because White's knight can hop cleverly to the defense. The line goes as follows ... Nf2+ Nxf2 b2 Ne4+ Ke5 and either Nc3 or Nd2 covers the promotion square.
In addition to this I highly recommend everyone watch Maurice Ashley’s UA-cam video on Knight Studies. The puzzles are remarkably beautiful and illustrate more amazing endgames with knights and pawns. You will not regret
I actually got mated with only a knight and me being with a rook pawn few weeks ago. I thought i can never lose this endgame :D so i accidentally boxed myself into a corner and was mad as hell when i got checkmated. Now it will never happen again :D I have played over 6k games, and this occured once.
Another amazing video which makes a person wonder how Danya can keep making such quality content for free. At the very least I will keep shilling for you on Reddit anytime I get the chance.
I would say one of my biggest problems with chess is knowing when the tactics are mandatory. For instance, most of the times you tell me to pause the video and find the only sequence to win, I have no problem. Yet, if I were playing the game, I probably wouldn't realize I'm in a situation where there's only one tactic that wins. It's very strange. I'm not sure if it's pressure, or a lack of experience. I'm guessing now that I've watched this video, I will be more cautious of these types of endgames, but it's only one scenario out of millions. What is it for advanced players that alerts them to tactical opportunities? Is it just studying, and then seeing something familiar in game?
Hi Dany, incredible work! I saw a queen vs rook endgame yesterday on your stream in which a highrated player did not manage to win. Could you explain it to us or is it too difficult?
Very good series. Even though, most strong players can "brute force" simple endgames. Having seen them before must be extremely important to quickly realize the ideas in time trouble.
It is absolutely insane that this is all free. As someone who is completely broke and loves playing chess, thank you so much ♥️
I own the 101 endgame book that has at least most of these situations, however watching Danya explain the situations is far better and I feel like I learn faster. Of course watching is 1sr step and then practice on the board is second, but man is he a phenomenal teacher
Completely broke and love playing chess? Maybe there is a connection.
Stunning content.
I'm a modest but experienced chess trainer (around 2100 FIDE), and I claim this is godlike level of training for improvers.
God I love these so much! I can't tell you the amount of times I have during my game thought, "ahh there's a deepfreeze" or "nice, trousers! Now he's busted!"! You have literally completely reshaped my inner chess monologue vocabulary and understanding with these endgame videos!
100 Endgames You Must Know has some great stuff on this endgame: “knight’s dumb square,” “circuits,” and other useful concepts.
Daniel, you already know this, but your content is amazing. Thanks as always!
@Memes shorts Why not? 😂
Friday night, no girlfriend, no friends and an endgame video drops. Time to drink a coffee and enjoy the ride.
you should probably get out more
Ain't nothing wrong with that, enjoy!
ain’t nothing wrong with being completely isolated from the world? I’m all for being single but at least try and make some friends…
can yall just let the dude bask in the chess, and not be UA-cam psychologists? lmao.
@@bat51 Maybe he’s been around forever and more than you could imagine,so now it’s time for peace & quiet game.
Muchas gracias Danya excelente video. Se agradece mucho tu esfuerzo y trabajo. Saludos y mucho cariño desde México 👍🏼
Danya, your videos and speed runs have taught me a tremendous amount and have also given me a lot of peace during some hard times. Much love!
It is heaven of Earth when Danya releases another Endgame video! Thank you Mr Naroditsky, I have a lot of respect for you, you do these hour long videos which require days and weeks worth of effort and the quality of the result is top notch. And you do this all for free, you have the full support from my heart dear sir. You're a gem
These are simply the clearest and most digestible resource I’ve found for learning endgames. I’ve learned from all of them, even the king pawn endgame which I thought I knew very well. Thank you Daniel.
These might not get as many views as a speedrun the day you post them, but I truly believe as the years go by they will become the most viewed videos on your channel, if not the most viewed chess videos on the internet. This kind of content doesn't exist anywhere, and is so badly needed. People will seek these out and share them with others forever.
I feel like I got a private lesson with Danya by watching this, such a rich video series that I’ll need to rewatch multiple times.
Been waiting patiently for the next endgame video! Danya an absolute legend!
Bless you Danya, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
28:22 position is not a draw. White can go Nb6, taking away the c8 square from the Black king and enabling White to go Kb8 the next move, ensuring promotion.
This doesn't take anything away from the excellent content though. Thank you Danya, much appreciated.
Nb6 Kc7 and what ? Neither the white king nor the pawn can move, forcing the knight to move, freeing c8 for the black king. To win the position, White should prevent Black from stepping on both c7 and c8, which is impossible with a knight. Position is a draw.
COOL you actually didn't give up on the endgame series unlike some channels. looking forward to see what your series has that josh waitzkin doesn't have. this looks like it will be like a free version of what Karsten Müller has on chessbase. like finally there'll be a free, complete and online endgame series that's actually in order. cf
1 - st louis chess club videos are free and online (and maybe complete?) but don't seem to have an order. they seem to be more like supplements to an actual series.
2 - Karsten Müller isn't free
3 - josh waitzkin isn't complete
Сильно удивила фраза: "и если Вы досмотрели, до этого, момента, спасибо Вам". Из-за чего хотелось бы сказать, Даниил, это Вам спасибо за эти невероятно полезные и насыщенные видео.
Thanks so much Danya. Yes you are suceeding in creating the ultimate Endgame Bible. I do have books on endgames but I haven't been able to bring myself to properly study them... With your videos, I know I still have much to review, understand and practice, but it is comprenhensive and full of life. I have never had a chess teacher so most of what I understand nowadays about endgames is thanks to you!
I’ve studied these positions before but this video has made a lot of the theory so much clearer and memorable.
Love this video. I recently hit 1800 and I find that almost nobody has a solid handle on these endgames despite them coming up semi-frequently. There's a lot of blunders made by both the side with the knight and the side without in these endgames, either blundering a fork, or letting a blockade slip away etc. Going to rewatch this one for sure
A few days ago I decided to cut down on my time spent watching UA-cam, but Danya's videos are the exception
Hey Daniel, please keep the endgame videos coming. I had mostly watched opening or tactics videos up until now and, while everything is important, I feel those elements of the game are like fireworks, they are flashy and fun, but I now realize I had been neglecting videos on endgames and positional play, which I realize are necessary elements to complement the tactics and gain a deeper understanding of the game and hopefully get out of the 1300-1400 elo rut I have been stuck in for a while now. I almost think people should reverse the usual order and learn endgames first and backtrack from there to middlegames and eventually openings, since understanding if an endgame is winning or not can justify (or not) trading down pieces. Also, I loved how you showed in the pawn race video how positional play such as deciding which square to move your king to to open up a file for the passer can unlock or avoid tactics such as a skewer or a check winning a tempo. In any case, I would like to personally thank you for such high quality and instructive videos, you really have managed to break down concepts that seem complicated into basic elements so that anybody can understand them. These are proving to be some of the best educational chess videos available. Keep it up!
the best and only video on some of the knight endgames on yt
Thank you so much for making these. Your speed runs have made me the player I am, and this endgame series has already helped me tremendously with my fundamental understanding of the game. When I started on my chess journey I found Levy and he taught me a great deal. I stumbled upon your videos though, and everything changed. I know everyone says this but it is amazing that you offer this for free. I paid for some of levy's courses but learned more from your speed runs. Now I advocate you to all of my friends who show interest in chess. I am excited for more opening videos like the one you did with the kings gambit, but I will wait patiently because I know this endgame series is probably a lot of work.
6:00 note the Knight attacks always same colors. To aviod forks use the other color for the King (pawn on black -> king on white)
These videos are absolutely amazing. I've watched them multiple times. Best chess content on youtube by far
Powerful. Master these concepts…deeply…and the wins will rack up.
These lessons are truly valuable! Endgames are my next topic of study and I need to digest them as much as possible. I can't thank you enough for these great lessons. Thank you very much for the incredible quality you continue to bring to us all.
These videos are so important to players who want to improve but don’t know exactly what to study. Thank you so much Danya! Very much appreciated!!
Thanks so much for these end game videos Danya, they’ve helped me improve my rating and win more games than I ever thought I could.
Thank you Daniel, you really helped me to improve my endgames. I was so proud that I found that knight sacrifice and then the promotion :).
Yes! I was looking forward for this serie to continue
Fantastic video. I know that theoritical endgame is a very important subject as it is a decisive part of the game, but i always find myself so difficult in learning them by myself. Your series has helped me tremendously in learning them while not getting bored. Thanks!
Blessed to catch this live
Danya, I love these videos! I'm eternally grateful for your passion and commitment to this series. I hope that you'll never stop posting such educational videos, because you have an amazing talent for teaching.
I admire the fact that a man that young makes a coach that mature. Thank you very much!
Yes yes yes, the return of the best video serie ever
Great theoretical video Daniel!
Great series Danya! Super helpful and easily digestable, appreciate all the work you put into this for us and looking forward to the next episode! I’ll be sure to rewatch this series whenever I forget anything too
I love the endgame series. Please keep making the videos. Superb chess instruction
Free , new content from a GM, amazing!
Happy to see this, a great way to end my evening!
Amazing content. I watched a video about a gueen vs rook endgame and still couldn't understand that pattern, looked so random. Hope you'll make a video in the future about this theme because you are a great teacher
What a tricky and slippery piece! wow
Благодарю тебя, Даня за новый урок!
Давно ждал продолжения этого курса.
YESSSS ANOTHER ENDGAME VIDEO! Highlight of the day. Thanks Danya!
Thanks again Danya, incredibly instructive-really appreciate your efforts with this series!
amazing content. It was very cool to look at positions and understand the pawn concepts and be able to focus on the knight content. Thanks for building a stronger me
You love to see it, I've just been catching up on the last few endgame videos this week.
Outstanding content. I kind of knew it but this video really solidifies it.
Jumping in here to say thank you for making these videos, they are fantastic, now I'll go back to earlier in the playlist so I can watch everything in order :))
Phenomenal teacher! I wish I had you teaching every subject back in school!
Excellent Endgame lesson!
You continue to blow me away with your educational videos! Love this type of stuff!
Please make the next one! Your endgame videos are brilliant!
Thanks danya for continuing this series
Having climbed to 1600, I have found myself to throw winning endgame positions more and more. This is exactly what I had hoped you would upload, so imagine how I felt when I saw the video in my notifications!! Thank you Daniel!
Danya, could you please do videos about plans on the middle game, pawn structures
Great video, thanks Daniel!
Yesss, I've been waiting for the next one in this series!
😮 OMG. Amazing content but can you slow down a bit 😅! I’ve been getting stressed agonising over every move in my correspondence chess games and am now WAY behind the Speedrun and now this!! 🤯 I’m going to have to knuckle down 💪
Fantastic. Naroditsky Golden Nuggets of knowledge.thank you
Thank you so much for this outstanding series
Yay! More endgame series!
I am amazed that we can learn from a world-class chess grandmaster on UA-cam for free. What a world we live in.
waiting is over, thanks man👑
after fumbling through various chess youtubers I think I found my favorite :)
Great video and great series so far danya. Thank you for making all this available for free. I’m waiting most for the rook endgames and queen endgames those seem to me the be most common and complex. also same color bishops.
Danya, please keep making more end game videos, i already watched and learned them all)
yes!! Yes!! YEEES!!! The endgame series continues!!
Really instructive, looking forward to next lesson
Oh wow I've watched almost all of these but never seen one live I don't think.
As ever,danny teaches us Grand master chess.Love this channel,and what a nice man he is.
It’s Sat morning/afternoon on other planets
Amazing content as always, Danya. Thank you!
"this type of end game is so important to study and understand whether you are the side that has the knight or the side that has the pawns"
is it so difficult to understand whether you have knight or pawns? i cant believe danya made an hour long video on that
saw your video last night and got into a knight endgame today, objectively i was lost but this video won that game
Thank you very much for the amazing series. Would you mind sharing the pgns for this series. I would like to practice the concepts after watching. That would be very kind.
These are fantastic. I'm really looking forward to your treatment of rook endgames.
Nice line,nice example of endgame often use in real game
I love this kind of educating contents, plz continue ✊️
My first impression of the position at 24:06 was to play ...Nf2+, which tries to distract the White knight from preventing Black's furthest advanced pawn from promotion. To my dismay, this fails to win because White's knight can hop cleverly to the defense. The line goes as follows
... Nf2+ Nxf2 b2 Ne4+ Ke5 and either Nc3 or Nd2 covers the promotion square.
I've been waiting for this!
Thanks a lot Danya ❤️
I have an exam on Monday but this video has a priority for sure!
This is amazing, thanks a lot!
Great content, thank you Danya!)
Can you do more endgames like
Rook vs Past pawn,
Queen vs Rook,
Rook + pawn vs Rook?
Ngl this should get more attention
Excellent Video
In addition to this I highly recommend everyone watch Maurice Ashley’s UA-cam video on Knight Studies. The puzzles are remarkably beautiful and illustrate more amazing endgames with knights and pawns. You will not regret
I actually got mated with only a knight and me being with a rook pawn few weeks ago. I thought i can never lose this endgame :D so i accidentally boxed myself into a corner and was mad as hell when i got checkmated. Now it will never happen again :D I have played over 6k games, and this occured once.
thank you sensei, you da best
Another amazing video which makes a person wonder how Danya can keep making such quality content for free. At the very least I will keep shilling for you on Reddit anytime I get the chance.
I would say one of my biggest problems with chess is knowing when the tactics are mandatory. For instance, most of the times you tell me to pause the video and find the only sequence to win, I have no problem. Yet, if I were playing the game, I probably wouldn't realize I'm in a situation where there's only one tactic that wins. It's very strange. I'm not sure if it's pressure, or a lack of experience. I'm guessing now that I've watched this video, I will be more cautious of these types of endgames, but it's only one scenario out of millions. What is it for advanced players that alerts them to tactical opportunities? Is it just studying, and then seeing something familiar in game?
Hi Dany, incredible work! I saw a queen vs rook endgame yesterday on your stream in which a highrated player did not manage to win. Could you explain it to us or is it too difficult?
In the Salvio Study, can't the other side intentionally run out the clock to get a draw by insufficient material?
Danya: Long video.
Me: The longer the better.
Thx for endgame 1 suggestion can you make playlist on middlegames like bishop vs knight how to play positional that will help
Very good series. Even though, most strong players can "brute force" simple endgames. Having seen them before must be extremely important to quickly realize the ideas in time trouble.
I'm stuck on 1200 I needed this video! Weird timing
44:05 I'd argue Qe4 is even prettier. Guess I've been doing too much of Laszlo's mate in 2's