15 Rules For The Endgame (Chess Ending Principles)
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2022
- From Reuben Fine's very old book, Basic Chess Endings. Hope you learn a thing or two!
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You cant play like this in the middle game you have to watch to not doble triple your pawns later is very hard to push for anything with a clock down too
I work in a library and we normally like old books. Maybe your public library can repair it, even eventually for free😉
Thank you Nelson. Personal notes:
4:42 Rule 3: When ahead 1 or 2 pawns, trade pieces but not pawns
7:00 Rule 4: When 1 or 2 pawns behind, trade pawns but not pieces
7:50 Rule 5: When you have an advantage, do not leave all your pawns on one side
19:42: Rule 14: A rook on the 7th or 2nd rank is sufficient compenation for a pawn (if it can block off the enemy's king)
Love that you basically gathered the keypoints to an interesting book that I would 100% would have never read and made it into something super interesting & easy to understand visually
Blockaded pawn doesn‘t mean backward pawn. A blockaded pawn can‘t move because there is a piece in front of it
and yet there wasn't one of those in the example, hence why he assumed it was a typo.
@@steinanderson9849 Would the two A pawns be blockade?
@@steinanderson9849 check again
A blockade is a technique used by the opponent, it's not a permanent feature of your pawn structure. It's probably a case of a shift in chess nomenclature.
The confusion comes from in typical practical positions if a pawn is 'blockaded' the square in front of it is weak in the sense that you don't have a pawn that can protect that square. Even if a piece is not currently there a piece can potentially move there and physically block the pawn with no fear of being driven away by a pawn. So looking at it literally to say it's blockaded means there is a piece there. If there is no piece there but moving the pawn there would be a mistake then in practical terms it is blockaded.
A similar principle that Edward Lasker attributed to his relation is, in an ending with bishop and knight, put them on the same colour as often as possible in order to control different-coloured squares.
00:00 Intro
00:39 1.Avoid doubled, isolated and backward pawns
02:48 2.Push passed pawns as rapidly as possible
04:42 3.When ahead 1 or 2 pawns, trade pieces but not pawns
07:00 4.When behind 1 or 2 pawns, trade pawns but not pieces
07:49 5.When you have an advantage, leave pawns on both sides of the board
09:03 6.With pawns on only one side of the board, 99% of the time it's a draw (when ahead by 1 pawn)
11:36 7.Pure pawn endings are the easiest to win
12:04 8.Easiest endgames to draw are opposite colored bishops
12:56 9.The king is a strong piece, use it!
13:53 10.Don't put your pawns on the same color as your bishop
15:28 11.Bishops are better than knight in all position (except blocked positions)
16:47 12.2 bishops vs a bishop and knight constitute a tangible advantage
17:49 13.Passed pawns should be blockaded by kings or knights
19:42 14.A rook on the 7th rank is sufficient compensation for a pawn
21:03 15.Rooks belong behind passed pawn
“Hmmm Hitler invading USSR, Japan attacking Pearl Harbor, world in shambles. Now is a good time to write a book about chess endings”
-Reuben Fine, 1941
😂
Books generally take 2 years to write, specialized ones I suppose much longer.
Just a little research on Fine showed that he worked for the USN in researching U-Boat movements (a little like chess), and as a translator. As a Russian Jew, I guess that he would have been very engaged in the war effort. Without much high level play, he probably just needed a outlet for his energy.
well what do you expect, it's not like all life revolves around those war events, you're watching chess videos while russia and ukraine are at war
"No matter how bad the rest of the world gets, I'll be Fine." - Reuben Fine (probably)
Stuck at 1800 because I am weak in endgames… I always lose out due to time pressure in the endgames. Your video is helpful. Thank you.
That's why some are against blitz chess and prefer classic chess, where you can take your time
may I ask what you are rated today?
😊nice 😊
I have this book, although I haven't looked at it in years. English Descriptive notation seems so archaic now. My copy came with an insert listing pages of corrections (or mistakes). At the time nobody had ever attempted such an ambitious encyclopedic treatment of chess endgames. It was inevitable there would be mistakes. In the "Queens Gambit" TV series I recall Beth Harmon telling Benny Watts "I found another mistake in Fine's book". Yes, give us more content like this.
I learned descriptive notation a long time ago. Perhaps because it was the first thing I learned I like it better than algebraic notation. It seems more elegant to me. However, I will acknowledge that algebraic is easier to learn and less confusing. But still, I like descriptive notation better.
@@Paul_Hanson I hear you. I'm sorta stuck with it, because I have a lot of old chess books, and, like you, I learned on it. After years of algebraic, it's kinda jarring to use descriptive, but it's nostalgic as well.
Is it Laskers Manuel
@@marcconnelly5652 No, a different book.
@@alancoe1002 I still default to "English notation" faster than algebraic. I glance at the board and instantly know whether it's a King Knight's file, Qneen's Bishop's file, etc., and it is quicker to count the squares going forward (as is always done in English or descriptive notation) than to count them backwards as one must do when one has the black pieces with algebraic notation. But I do like that algebraic gives every square a unique identifier.
I would definitely find it interesting to see more endgame techniques. Quite often I find myself with a palpable advantage and then blunder it away into a draw or loss in the late middle or end game.
Im not the best at end game either I know bringing the king into game at that point is a must having more pawns than your opponent is a plus
Right now I'm thinking that I'm bad at endgame and you just post at the same time as I'm thinking that lol
That happened to me too, but it's because I'm thinking that all the time xd
@@sorinacios07 I as well 🤣
what rank are you?
You cant do nothing just practice this is hardest thing in chess
@@theboss6264 i am 1700 now i went nuts for almost year to improve this
Doing summaries of books and key takeaways is a great idea. Thanks!
I’m so glad that you found this old book and summarize the 15 rules. This was very interesting. Nice job
I love how simple yet complex the endgame phase is! Thanks for another amazing video Nelsi
Man, you're some kind of psychic. I've been watching video after video about the endgame because I essentially lose every game that gets down to K+P or K+P+a piece and stockfish yells at me a lot, and now you come out with this nugget of gold. Thank you :)
What's your rating
@@lakshmanmohanlanka9334 1000-1100 ch*sscom
Great teaching, great concepts and PACE. Many others are moving at lightspeed and are difficult to follow. Bravo.
I haven't played chess in years, but this is a really good tutorial! You can learn a lot in 22 minutes! Excellent presentation! You make it seem easy. Well done!!
This was great, thank you. I don't think I would like a more indepth video, but this was right on my level.
Your content is so useful that every video I feel like adds up a little brick building my chess knowledge, it's perfectly sumarize, it really shows you spend time preparing your content. Thanks Nelson
I love your channel Nelson! I really like the format of videos which are on the short side, with easily digestible lessons. You also have a really nice way of imparting chess theory. Cheers,
Its so cool to see you use all of these old resources. There's so much knowledge out there. Databases and engines are not the only resources! I love how you've been doing this.
There was a time when Fine's book was well respected. Then in the 1970s, numerous errors were found in the analyses, causing players like GM Larry Evans to comment that he had a lot less faith in the book than he once did. When you see these generalizations, just remember that, as with almost any chess principle, the real answer is "it depends" - it depends on the position. Anyway, a red flag should be raised anytime someone say "99% of the time" (or 99.9% of the time, etc.), as the statement is almost always an exaggeration. Humans have a weak understanding of probability.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. Those are really helpful rules to follow.
Really enjoy your videos with understandable analysis and exploring options of each position
Great stuff there. I'll be happy to see more advanced concepts covered in videos like this one. Keep up the great work brother.
Love the way you reference old books vs stockfish odds, very good to analyse
Oh geez, another high quality content! Great video as always
Thank you ! There is a revised version of this book by Pal Benko, and the conclusion now contains 20 rules.
On rule number 2: “can still win the game using that” that is the point of Reuben Fine using that pawn to the advantage not necessarily protecting it to promote to queen like you were explaining. That is why he is a GM.
I have a copy of the same book. Many years ago, when chess engines had been developed, I decided to put some of the positions from the ook into the engine. Now, I can't recall what games they were, but, I found at least 2 endings, that Fine said were wins for white, that were in fact draws! So I tried other books and found that the expert's conclusions were also wrong. So you should be careful with these old books. Modern, powerful chess engines can often come to completely different conclusions with some of the positions.
Good observation, Dave!
I particularly hate examples of games where a player resigns too early. Don't assume it was a lost game. For instance, the commentator of that game in Logical Chess Move by Move (von Scheve vs Teichmann in Berlin 1907) totally missed the move 18.Bxf7+ that could have turned whites game totally around and at least played for a draw or possible win. That really surprised me.
@@michaelkrailo5725 I used to play a lot of weekend,competition chess back in the '70's, and I remember having to carry a suitcase full of reference books with me! These days, you have to be very careful using old chess books. Modern chess engines can often completely invalidate the conclusions reached by the authors.
General rules are what I would like much more of :) Well done :) Thank you :)
Amazing teaching skills and very straight to the point! Thanks. Subbed
You know I've never read a chess book. I came to know most of these endgame principles after thousands of games. For anyone trying to progress up the ranks, I imagine reading chess books is a must.
Great video Nelson. I'm trying to break 1200 for the first time and I think these principles will really help 👍
I'm so glad UA-cam recommended you. Thank you for everything, it's a huge help!
I enjoy hearing all the principles and instruction you go over I’m not a beginner my game does need improving for sure it’s more relaxing for myself to listen in sometimes instead of playing less anxiety producing
Mr Nelson ur channel is the best chess channel on youtube. I wish u to become a GM. U desereve it
Awesome stuff.... seriously this is the channel which provides all sort of info to improve the game
I owned a copy of BCE and it might still be somewhere in my mother's house. I wasn't ready for it at all (was in high school) but I managed to get through the basic mates and about two-thirds of the K+P endings. It was just too big and exhausting. So when I returned to the game after college, having heard about the importance of endings, I studied Averbakh's "Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge" pretty hard, and I one my next tournament and in two tournaments bumped up from an 1100 to a 1300 Elo. I'm returning to the game again in retirement and, yes, I've got a couple of endgame books to start my study (De La Villa and Silman). I hope it's as helpful.
I really love your endgames and tactics videos. I really think they are one of the best ones on UA-cam.
Really great video, Nelson! Thank you!
I have had that book for years but never thoroughly read it. Thank you for pointing out the list of rules in the back!
Loved it! More, more, more please!!!
Ive Got a 60s paperback edition,I'd forgotten about that list. Take it out tomorrow, time for a review.thanks.
Learned a lot from this - great video
10:33 Zugzwang is much rarer if there are other pieces, especially line-pieces (e.g. bishops). I think the point is that if the only way one side can win is using zugzwang, the position is probably drawn.
Didnt know that zugzwang found its way into englisch Language 😁 it means turn obligation directly translated
Amazing Video Like Always. These types of videos are my favorite, very instructive and helpful. Keep up the great work Nelson.
And if you study the book itself, it’ll be even more instructive.
Good video. Funny have Fine’s endgame book, but never waded thru it & didn’t know it summarized endgame rules at the end!
Well presented using the rules as an outline.
Nice, all your videos have been quite instructive.
LOVED this vid - thanks a lot.
Helps understanding the endgame. Thanks for sharing
Excellent! Thank you.
Solid stuff. Thank you!
Thanks. good rules to remember, simple.
Really enjoyed this.
I had that book and the Art of the Chess combination by Znosko-Borovsky when I was a kid and studied them all the time. My openings sucked, but if I survived to the middle game, I always won.
Love it your teaching style is awesome man please make more endgame videos
Great video. Sure I would like to see more
The rule about trading pieces and not pawns when up a pawn or 2 is somethjng I never thought about and this just gained me 100 ratings thank you so much! Everything about this video is so simple and easy to follow but I never thought about
It is really very very interesting! Thanks, Nelson
I was blown away. Not because of the rules but when he said horses change color every time they jump. I never noticed that. Excellent video overall, thank you
Just for reference, I'm 1820 rated and the majority of these were not new to me, but definitely not all of it! The combination of what to trade when up or behind (rule 3 & 4) makes sense, but I've never seen it stated like that. Then there's rule 13, which might be a bit more position dependent, but is good to think about. Great video.
Hey nelson, I love this channel it taught me chess for a long time but can you teach me how to trade properly because after some long trades I feel like I'm in more losing positions
well if he sees this he might do it
Thankyou for sharing important rules.
I've read Fine's book, but seeing it explained by you is informative.
Excellent video, liked and subbed.
Very interesting. Thanks!
I currently have this book, I borrowed it from my uni library. It's s do old that it makes it hard to understand and super long, but that also makes it kinda cool
Very informative, thanks.
i love how this author managed to figure all of this out way before there were computers to suggest or confirm anything 😀 ... thanks for dragging this ancient tome out ... this information is invaluable!
A "blocked pawn" is a rather general term that describes a pawn that cannot advance because the square above it is occupied by pieces or pawns and in certain rare cases it can be blocked by a fellow pawn as in doubled pawns the rear one is blockaded. This is different from a backwards pawn, which is a pawn that is behind all pawns on the adjacent files and cannot be safely advanced. A backwards pawn is frequently blockaded, forces built up behind the blockader, then when the blockader moves, can be attacked and won.
Excellent stuff
Great endings book, good chess presentation!
Great video, I could use all the endgame help you have to offer haha
I can understand the confusion but I checked the book and I think Fine meant blockade. "blockade" appears 57 times while "backward" is only mention once in the context of passed pawns, which aren't even necessarily connected, (406) "If the more advanced pawn is not yet on the seventh in such cases, there may still be time to make use of the more backward one." The most explicit evidence for his intent is Example NO 81 (Page 40) "shows why blockaded pawns are such a serious handicap".
Another great video brother
Ngl, the video idea is amazing
Thanks Nelson! I would love to see a rating climb where you trade down into a winning endgame each game. I think would be instructive!
Or just any type of rating climb.
I know you have some, but I really like them. I love hearing the thought process behind the moves of a great player.
I have read that book. Its an excellent one. I wish I remember more of it.
You are one of the best channels I follow. Hands down.
I loved this video. Yes, more like it please.
these rules are so good, tell us more from the old book -)
It may be an old book, but its author was seven times U.S. Open champion and a four time Olympiad gold medalist. He tied for first at the famous 1938 AVRO chess tournament with Paul Keres ahead of two world champions (one past and one future), Mikhail Botvinnik and Max Euwe. His endings book was the best work on the subject for years, despite some errors. It would not be a stretch to say that Fine was one of the best players in the world in the 1930s. The Second World War and his career in psychology kept him from a legitimate chance at being world champion himself. Fine may have been the best American chess player after Frank Marshall and before Bobby Fischer. Just some FYI. Nice recap of the 15 rules for endgames. God bless.
Nice. Thank you
Would love to see a series of video about rules for different types of endings. King & pawn endings. Rook endings. B v N endings
Thanks for the video game informative 👍 for a beginner
I think the 15th rule is actually about when you have a passed pawn and a rook, the rook should be supporting it from the back.
It doesn't matter of which color the passed pawn is. You should put your rook behind it nevertheless.
@@rizka7945 thats litteraly what im saying but ok
Endgame is the less studied but most important part if the game. It can be classified due to little presence of pieces and technique helps when one is tired after playing opening and middle game.
Blockaded doesn't mean backwards, it means there's a piece in front and the pawn can't legally move
excellent class.
Blockaded pawns are pawns blocked by pieces, especially isolated ones or pawns that are pushed past their support if I'm remembering the terminology. I saw something based on this book before and I'm like 1300 so if it is too complex for my scrub mind or have no brain my apologies
Great Video!♟
About 13: I think there's an important difference between blocking and watching. Watching doesn't require standing in front of it, just being its warden so that it can't go anywhere. Other pieces used to do this are being wasted more than a knight would be in that activity. Yes, it's two different rules.
Very nice lecture Coach
Great video, solid list that you can remember in the endgame
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@@roblodocus2539 I am not a patron member, I am member through UA-cam. I think that's the key difference. Hope this helped.
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again very useful
I reckon your caveat to rule number is why the rule said "as possible."
Nice video, I'm new at chess, I haven't read any book so I like this idea
Rule 1: blockaded means blockaded, not backwards. In this case, black a5 is blockaded because it can't go forward and thus an attack on it will put the black team in a position where they will have to protect it with pieces (and not pawns, BTW). In other words, it will distract black's forces.