0:00 Hello everyone 0:47 All of the possible things that can happen 1:531:59 50 move rule 2:463:544:289:08 Elusive green squares 4:014:348:488:55 We are building a WALL 4:55 Sorry about that 9:46 Double attack 11:19 Friends at the bar and the library 11:38 Morphy saga
"Easy" is the complete opposite of the difficulty of this mate. It is in fact the MOST difficult of ALL mates, taking weeks of daily practice to master it. I still go back to practice/refresh every month. Try for yourself if you believe it's "easy": lichess.org/practice/checkmates/knight--bishop-mate/ByhlXnmM/HDj6qwSe
@@thinboxdictator6720 You are correct. It's only possible if the extra pawn is beyond a certain square and that square depends on which file it's on, and all this depends if there's only 1 pawn, if more than 1 exist then more requirements need to met to decide if the position is a win or a draw. It can get really complicated. Check out this page for some position examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_knights_endgame
Someone in the comments asked a good question, so I'm just gonna copy my answer here: In the position at 6:29 1...Kd8 is a more resilient defense than 1...Kf8. So if Black goes 1...Kd8 you follow him 2. Ke6 Kc7, and now 3. Nd7. Notice how even though it seems like the black King is escaping, in reality he can't really go far. So black will go either 3...Kb7 or 3...Kc6, and the important move to remember here in both cases is 4. Bd3! By taking this diagonal, you cut the black king's escape route. I'm going to cut these two lines into two parts, because they are very similar, but it might get confusing to follow two lines simultaneously. So... 3...Kb7 4. Bd3 Kc6 5. Bf1 (or anywhere on the f1-a6 diagonal except of course b5) 5...Kc7 6. Bb5. And now you see the black king is forced back into the back rank. (If he goes 6... Kb7 you follow 7. Kd6 and once again he has to go to the back rank) Now after say 6...Kd8 you go 7. Kd6 Ke8 8. Bc4 Kd8 9. Bf7 and from here it's pretty straight forward. 9...Kc8 10. Nc5 Kd8 (notice how 10...Kb8 does not help black, he can't escape that way anymore) 11. Nb7+ Kc8 12. Kc6 Kb8 13.Kb6 Kc8 14. Be6+ Kb8 15. Bf5 Ka8 16. Nc5 Kb8 17. Na6+ Ka8 18. Be4# 3...Kc6 4. Bd3 Kc7 5. Bb5 (you may notice, it's the same pattern, it's just one move faster) 5...Kd8 6. Kd6 etc. it's the same position as before, so see above how it goes. I will however take the time here to show exactly what happens if 5...Kb7?! is played instead. So 5...Kb7 6. Kd6 Kc8 7. Nc5 Kd8 8. Nb7+ Kc8 9. Kc6 Kb8 10. Be2 Kc8 11. Bg4+ Kb8 12 Kb6 Ka8 13. Nc5 Kb8 14. Na6+ Ka8 15. Bf3#. There are a few moves in these sequences where a tablebase would give you improvements as checkmate *could* be achieved 1 or 2 moves faster, but I tried to keep this method as systematic as possible to make it easy to follow and remember.
Yes, exactly. It is a good video, but this line (the one after Kd8) is really the crucial one and should be included. When I learned this method many years ago, I found this the most difficult part to remember and when I explained it to other players I found that almost everyone - even the very good ones - were struggling at this point, thinking they must have done something wrong beforehand. It might also be worth mentioning, that a mistake during the first phase (driving the king to the edge) is usually not very dramatic, you will lose two or three moves, whereas the consequences of a mistake later on might be more serious (with respect to the 50-move-rule, I mean).
It isn’t an agadmator video without him saying: “Oh sorry about that.” *reaches under desk* *No audible sound improvement* EDIT: Wow, thx for all the likes guys!
#suggestion: dear Agadmator, I am reading Nimzowitsch' "My System" and the author of the introduction mentions an epic game of an epic tournament, the 1912 San Sebastian tournament. The game, non other than: Akiba Rubinstein vs Aron Nimzowitsch of the last round, with Rubinstein half a point behind Nimzowitsch. Rubinstein was able to win the game and therefore the tournament. Nimzowitsch himself considered that game his worst defeat ever! It would be great if you could cover such an epic game, it's been a while since you covered classic games of the past outside the context of a saga, so it would be refreshing if you could do that!
you don't need to remember sequence of moves. you just need to understand how to cooperate your pieces. try it yourself and try to visualize "wall" that you are making rest is just pushing his king with your king until he is at the edge of the board. so 1) push him to edge 2) push him to corner with same color as your bishop 3) checkmate in several moves
I'm fairly new to actually playing chess and trying to get better, It's quite useful to see videos like this as I often find my opponent resigning therefore not giving me the endgame practice that I need.
Excellent tutorial! For those wondering what to do at 6:28 if Black tries Kd8-c7-c6, white should play Ke6, Nd7 and Bd3 which creates a blockade on a6, b6, b5, c5 and d5 - the black king cannot go further than c6. Waste a move with Be2 and the king has to retreat to c7. Bf3 then forces the black king to the back rank again allowing which allows the push towards a8.
setting up the wall first such that the knight is in a position to check the opponent king when it is in the wrong corner is the key part of this method that makes it a lot more easier than the other methods that mention triangulation and whatnot. thanks agadmator, that was super intuitive!
@@alainduncan3756 If you're playing against a 'complete beginner,' I would hope that you were playing with a handicap because if you were down a Rook and a Knight against a complete beginner, I really do not fancy your chances of coming back from being that far behind if you have blundered that many points unless they were deliberate sacrifices to gain position.
This is by far the best explanation video of the Knight & Bishop checkmate technique I've ever seen and I should know... I've watched 2 other videos on the subject!
Nice explanation! I knew the "rule of knight" always moving in a "W" shape. I think there is one critical "trick" missing at 6:30 For the case that Black is not going Kf8, but voluntarily to Kd8, trying to escape to a1 via c7. In this case you go ... Kd8 Ke6 Kc7 Nd7 nevertheless! ... Kc6 Bd3! Blocking the black King to escape to a1. This position has to be remembered. ... Kc7 Be4 Kd8 (...Kc8 Kd6 Kd8 Bg6) Ke6 an so on... (Ke8 is met by Bg6+) Cheerio!
I don’t watch many or if at all other chess you tubers but I always like how detailed and visually pleasing ur videos are. Easy to understand and not a strain. Always love ur videos
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If you had the luxury of having a pawn at a lonely side of the board, just push it every 40 or so moves to reset your move count and just keep going lol
Ok, so the triangles and knight zig-zag have been in my memory as parts of how to do this, but the central formation you just showed combined with opposition finally tie everything together for me in a way that makes this consistently possible, after years of not getting it. It feels so rewarding, thank you, I will practice with family and friends, and I know one day in a tournament game I'll be forced to know this. Thank you again, I can also now teach this to my students.
I reckon most 1700s would fail to find a mate against robust defence, unless they've specifically learnt a technique. I say this as a ~1600 :) I've only had this position as the defending side, and my opponent got me to the edge of the board but hung a fork trying to stop me escaping while trying to avoid threefold repetition.
"I have often seen Grandmasters fail to checkmate with Bishop and Knight in Rapid play tournaments" GM John Nunn "I have not included Bishop and Knight vs Lone King in this book as the chances of reaching such an endgame might never happen in one's entire career and it would waste too much of my students' valuable study time" IM Jeremy Silman in Complete Endgame Course. I tried it too against a computer. I couldn't do it. I'm not bothering until I'm master strength. I'll just accept not to simplify into Bishop and Knight ending if ahead, and GLADLY simplify into Bishop and Knight if behind. Believe it or not, if the superior side plays the wrong move, the losing side can FORCE a draw according to Stockfish.
Thank you so much for these endgame videos. It's always good to have different people doing tutorials. Before you get to the bishops vs king, I'm playing Battle vs. Chess on the PS3, and it was one of the puzzles. The catch is, you have to checkmate within 18 moves from the following position: White king A8, bishop A5, bishop E6, black King E4. I was originally going to ask for help as I did it twice in 19 moves, then miraculously pulled it off in 15. Anyways, appreciate all your content as it helped get me back into chess after about 20 years. Thank you.
6:29 You didn't show what happens when the king tries to go the other way, it can get quite tricky because the king can easily escape if you don't play all the right moves. I recommend Danny Rensch's tutorial for this if you really wanna learn this checkmate.
Great video Antonio, but although counterintuitive, it's a much better try for black to run from e8 to d8 instead of f8 when the white king, knight, and bishop are on the squares f6, e5, and h7, respectively. It takes a lot of tecnique to stop the king from escaping, but with the moves 1.Ke6 Kc7 2.Nd7 Kc6 3.Bd3 (Critical to keeping the black king confined to the correct corner!) Kc7 4.Be4 (another critical move taking away even more flight squares and forcing him back to c8 or d8) Kd8 5.Kd6 Ke8 6.Bg6+ Kd8 7.Bf7 (another critical waiting move which creates the same king, knight and bishop vice that was used to push him closer to the correct corner) Kc8 8.Nc5 Kd8 9.Nb7+ Kc8 10. Kc6 Kb8 11.Kb6 Kc8 (one last ditch effort to try to escape) 12.Be6+ Kb8 13.Bd7 (once again setting up the king knight and bishop in the same position we used to push the black king from the wrong corner: now he is confined to a8 and b8) Ka8 14.Nc5 Kb8 15.Na6+ Ka8 16.Bc6#. I hope this helps, everybody!
That was a very good explanation, but you didn't mention what if he goes to d8 at 6:26, then there is another concept that we have to use our knight and bishop to create a staircase. I learned it from another video I can now mate in at least 33 or 34 moves from any position. Thanks!
I enjoy all of your videos! Not many people here in Balkan help to teach chess like you. Your explanations are simple and your videos are highly entertaining. Much love from Bosnia
always force a knight & bishop endgame just to deliver this fancy checkmate. I am a kinght-bishop specialist now but you should really see the death messages I get.
I'm very happy to see Antonio fiddle with the colours, which hasn't happened in a while, and also to report I couldn't make out a single difference being red-green colourblind
I was going to get my earphones but I accidentally clicked and on loudspeaker I heard "HELLO EVERYONE"....long story short, I didnt get my earphones and continued watching.
I was 12 and I we went to a chess competition at school. Somehow I made it to this ending but we agreed to a draw, cuz I didn't know how to checkmate. Now I know it haha
This was the method I was originally worked out (my father said "first you have to force the king to the side, then to the corner; a book said that you can't stop the king from running into the wrong corner first") but every few years I'd forget how to do it. And I'm not as clever as I once was. But everywhere I look, they teach the triangle method, so thank you for those of us who learned it the old fashioned way.
This is my favourite endgame. It shows how complicated and beautiful can be chess with only 4 pieces on the board. I regularly practice this endgame and I can do it in less than 3 minutes. I won this endgame twice in blitz games. Knowing the best defense can earn sweet half-points when the opponent is unaware of the required techique. Indeed, it is a rare endgame, but it worths every second spent to study it, purely for its artistic value. It also gives confidence to know it. Thank you for the video!
6:30 "of course he's going to go back" - actually I set this up against the engine and it chose to go towards the light corner, slipping round the side of my king. How to prevent this?
that is actually worse for black. but it is common tactic, because it is not as "simple" so given position in timestamp: W: Kf6 Ne5 Bh7 B: Ke8 if black goes 1... Kd8 (instead of Kf8 as in video) in hope of escaping, correct way is to cut of him with 2. Be4 with the idea that if black "continues to run" 2. ... Kc7 you reply with 3. Nc4 .. creating "wall" b6 c6 d6 and you push him with king via 7th rank
Me:"I'm going to win, I've got king and two bishops against your lone king, you should resign." Opponent:"But they have to be opposite colour bishops...."
i think the triangle is easier for beginners, you always have the same setup for knight and bishop, just getting a smaller triangle until you hit the corner, and opponent king moves are not so relevant, is just about doing the knight and bishop 1 square away triangle and chasing the king with your king until you make a smaller triangle, this method in the video is a better/more efficient technique, but you have to be aware of the opponent king's moves to not let it escape. But i don't know, some people might find this mate easier
I had this in blitz. The guy was already in the correct corner, I had 2 seconds left and I moved the bishop first and stalemated. Good to know this, thanks Antonio
If you suspect that your opponent doesn't know how to checkmate with knight and a bishop it's a good idea to play. But not at the higher ELO obviously.
Great video. It’s many years since I read Paul Keres’ Practical Chess Endings and I never could understand his description of mating with B & N. However, after your explanation followed by some practice against Stockfish, I find it really is pretty straightforward!
Excellent tutorial, I had tried to learn this mate before but had not succeeded, now I easily achieved it against stockfish, which for me already validates that I learned it. Thank you very much for the methodology. P.S. the variant that stockfish takes is a bit more difficult to follow (after Kne5 he continues through Ke8, trying to escape from the last row through C7, a process that he succeeds) however after a similar attention from the knight and a "tempo" it is easy to contain the king and force mate. Again, thank you for the excellent tutorial, I am happy with a new trick up my sleeve. (please excuse my english)
Hi Agadmator! I studied this endgame some months ago and I think that when the setup is Kf6, Ne5 and Bh7 for white and Ke8 for black, it is actually much more resilient to play Kd8 instead of Kf8 for black. The point being that you want to escape through the d8-a5 diagonal.
I love this method very simple concept and you don’t have to necessarily remember the moves, just the concept, push the king along. I came up with many of these moves before agadmator said them just through logic so I assume I could probably do the same in a game
I've played over 1300 games of chess online and just experienced my first knight bishop endgame. I didn't have a clue on how to checkmate but my opponent admirably resigned and gave me the win :)
Hey Agadmator! I have been a subscriber to your channel before it even reached 100k. I congratulate you for the recognition you deserve for the awesome chess commentary, keep it up always! So, without further ado, I suggest you make one of these educational videos, but this time about how to avoid stalemate through understanding Zugswang and pawn endgames. Thank you, and as always, stay active, informational, and fun!
Thanks for this. In fact, I was playing a blitz game online with a Brazilian and I had two bishops plus king vs a black king and I COULD NOT checkmate the black king until my time elapsed. I was pissed, so I had to go learn that yesterday. Now, seeing this one (night plus bishop plus king vs black king) is even more interesting and actually more difficult that the bishop pair plus king combo!
It was for me the first time I tried this after watching video on it. Took a while to encounter after video but I thought I had the gist of it, but I was wrong. King kept slipping away to wrong corner.
Its all fun and games untill you actually encounter a knight and bishop endgame
I encounter b+n endgame twice and could not deliver checkmate couse I was to lazy to watch carefully tutorial like this.
Lol
I give away my pieces to force it sometimes
If that happens then I will just agree to a draw, or try to flag
I had it one time in blitz (1700-1900) in over 5000 games and only had 30 seconds left on my clock with no increment, I failed to deliver checkmate.
For me, this would be a draw by insufficient intelligence.
Not inteligence, this is just memorizing patterns
same lmao
lmao
it's almost the same for 100% who are watching this video.
@@fakereality5204 being so unintelligent that you cant even *just* memorize mere patterns
0:00 Hello everyone
0:47 All of the possible things that can happen
1:53 1:59 50 move rule
2:46 3:54 4:28 9:08 Elusive green squares
4:01 4:34 8:48 8:55 We are building a WALL
4:55 Sorry about that
9:46 Double attack
11:19 Friends at the bar and the library
11:38 Morphy saga
You're fast
Really fast
Dedicated
Wtf so fast
Feels weird to not see capture capture. Anyways, can you add "but yeah" or "so yeah" in the future?
Why
I think he put these time stamps to use them in future for edits. Am I right?
I think you’d agree that “easy” is subjective after watching me fumble around an endgame.
Easy is definitely a relative term when we are talking about mating with Bishop and Knight, but after some practise it gets easier.
"Easy" is the complete opposite of the difficulty of this mate. It is in fact the MOST difficult of ALL mates, taking weeks of daily practice to master it. I still go back to practice/refresh every month. Try for yourself if you believe it's "easy": lichess.org/practice/checkmates/knight--bishop-mate/ByhlXnmM/HDj6qwSe
@@PushyPawn Completely agree.
@Ayan Sharma I think that is possible only in some positions,no?
@@thinboxdictator6720 You are correct.
It's only possible if the extra pawn is beyond a certain square and that square depends on which file it's on, and all this depends if there's only 1 pawn, if more than 1 exist then more requirements need to met to decide if the position is a win or a draw.
It can get really complicated.
Check out this page for some position examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_knights_endgame
I already see myself stalemating my opponent after like 1h of pushing him into the corner.
50 move rule draw*
your opponent: just checkmate me I got a date tonight
FYP ..... Into the WRONG corner !
I felt this
I'd try to waste moves instead and win by time if it comes to this since most times i'm like a minute above my opponent
I’ll try not to forget that so I can impress my friends at the bar and the library 📚 🍺
For my brain, it takes a lot of practice
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Who has friends at the bar AND the library?
@@dustybrown4599 he's lying about the second
@@dustybrown4599 maybe he has different friends at different places?
Someone in the comments asked a good question, so I'm just gonna copy my answer here:
In the position at 6:29 1...Kd8 is a more resilient defense than 1...Kf8.
So if Black goes 1...Kd8 you follow him 2. Ke6 Kc7, and now 3. Nd7. Notice how even though it seems like the black King is escaping, in reality he can't really go far. So black will go either 3...Kb7 or 3...Kc6, and the important move to remember here in both cases is 4. Bd3! By taking this diagonal, you cut the black king's escape route. I'm going to cut these two lines into two parts, because they are very similar, but it might get confusing to follow two lines simultaneously. So...
3...Kb7 4. Bd3 Kc6 5. Bf1 (or anywhere on the f1-a6 diagonal except of course b5) 5...Kc7 6. Bb5. And now you see the black king is forced back into the back rank. (If he goes 6... Kb7 you follow 7. Kd6 and once again he has to go to the back rank) Now after say 6...Kd8 you go 7. Kd6 Ke8 8. Bc4 Kd8 9. Bf7 and from here it's pretty straight forward. 9...Kc8 10. Nc5 Kd8 (notice how 10...Kb8 does not help black, he can't escape that way anymore) 11. Nb7+ Kc8 12. Kc6 Kb8 13.Kb6 Kc8 14. Be6+ Kb8 15. Bf5 Ka8 16. Nc5 Kb8 17. Na6+ Ka8 18. Be4#
3...Kc6 4. Bd3 Kc7 5. Bb5 (you may notice, it's the same pattern, it's just one move faster) 5...Kd8 6. Kd6 etc. it's the same position as before, so see above how it goes. I will however take the time here to show exactly what happens if 5...Kb7?! is played instead. So 5...Kb7 6. Kd6 Kc8 7. Nc5 Kd8 8. Nb7+ Kc8 9. Kc6 Kb8 10. Be2 Kc8 11. Bg4+ Kb8 12 Kb6 Ka8 13. Nc5 Kb8 14. Na6+ Ka8 15. Bf3#.
There are a few moves in these sequences where a tablebase would give you improvements as checkmate *could* be achieved 1 or 2 moves faster, but I tried to keep this method as systematic as possible to make it easy to follow and remember.
Scrolled down hoping this was addressed, ty!
I just tried to beat stockfish with B+N and he played Kd8, thank you a lot
@@dadadada6464 same here 🤣🤣
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Yes, exactly. It is a good video, but this line (the one after Kd8) is really the crucial one and should be included. When I learned this method many years ago, I found this the most difficult part to remember and when I explained it to other players I found that almost everyone - even the very good ones - were struggling at this point, thinking they must have done something wrong beforehand. It might also be worth mentioning, that a mistake during the first phase (driving the king to the edge) is usually not very dramatic, you will lose two or three moves, whereas the consequences of a mistake later on might be more serious (with respect to the 50-move-rule, I mean).
And it was in this position that red promoted to green.
When Agadmator loses Bishop and Knight in Endgame : Sorry about that.
Agad: we can checkmate in 33 moves.
Me: misses mate in one, 33 times in a game 😐
Teach*
omg 33 likes
Thats Dark.
Muhammad nah. The only reason you shouldn’t play chess is if you don’t enjoy it. That’s it. There’s no base ability required to play.
Good enough to get 33 mate in one in a single game but you can't find a single one🤣🤣🤣
It isn’t an agadmator video without him saying: “Oh sorry about that.”
*reaches under desk*
*No audible sound improvement*
EDIT: Wow, thx for all the likes guys!
Yeah hahahahahahaha
Lol, yeah
Best comment!
That is well said sir!!
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"We will build a wall, a great wall, and we will make the black king pay for it (by checkmating him)."
said the orange guy
It crazy how the bishop and knight make a perfect wall, my mind is blown.
I didnt know about that until this video, thats one of the reasons I'm 1250, can't wait to make it to an endgame lol!
Agag you really helped me with this , you have something rare that explains casually yet precisely. Pls continue with this style
Now that u have made this, I think it's only fair that u do the Two bishops checkmate.
Agreed! I'm really enjoying these instructional lessons
That u can watch in chess network
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That is easier than this
Two bishops checkmate is the same principle as two rooks.
#suggestion: dear Agadmator, I am reading Nimzowitsch' "My System" and the author of the introduction mentions an epic game of an epic tournament, the 1912 San Sebastian tournament. The game, non other than: Akiba Rubinstein vs Aron Nimzowitsch of the last round, with Rubinstein half a point behind Nimzowitsch. Rubinstein was able to win the game and therefore the tournament. Nimzowitsch himself considered that game his worst defeat ever! It would be great if you could cover such an epic game, it's been a while since you covered classic games of the past outside the context of a saga, so it would be refreshing if you could do that!
*Bold of you to assume that I can remember all of these* 😂
the video is clearly meant for people who actually play chess, and for people who play chess well, which implies people who at least study chess
I learned this mating process a week ago, not that hard.
@@user-jh3kz7dp2z yeah I'm 1600 player, just kidding man 😉
@@aniruddhsinhjadav4045 LoLua-cam.com/video/-u0Lx1TcXa4/v-deo.html
you don't need to remember sequence of moves.
you just need to understand how to cooperate your pieces.
try it yourself and try to visualize "wall" that you are making
rest is just pushing his king with your king until he is at the edge of the board.
so
1) push him to edge
2) push him to corner with same color as your bishop
3) checkmate in several moves
I'm fairly new to actually playing chess and trying to get better, It's quite useful to see videos like this as I often find my opponent resigning therefore not giving me the endgame practice that I need.
Agadmator is killing it lately with the thumbnail game.
What's that?
@@souravsuresh2766 where you make a thumbnail
RubyPiec still didn’t get it. What is a thumbnail.
@@souravsuresh2766 the photo of the video
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Excellent tutorial! For those wondering what to do at 6:28 if Black tries Kd8-c7-c6, white should play Ke6, Nd7 and Bd3 which creates a blockade on a6, b6, b5, c5 and d5 - the black king cannot go further than c6. Waste a move with Be2 and the king has to retreat to c7. Bf3 then forces the black king to the back rank again allowing which allows the push towards a8.
Thank you m8
This is the sort of thing that you can do well if you know the pattern, comes with experience.
setting up the wall first such that the knight is in a position to check the opponent king when it is in the wrong corner is the key part of this method that makes it a lot more easier than the other methods that mention triangulation and whatnot. thanks agadmator, that was super intuitive!
still at that stage in chess where my opponents and myself inself included, we resign when we're down a whole rook and a knight
Anyone would and should resign in that situation unless you're playing against a complete beginner (or have a chance to flag your opponent).
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@@alainduncan3756 If you're playing against a 'complete beginner,' I would hope that you were playing with a handicap because if you were down a Rook and a Knight against a complete beginner, I really do not fancy your chances of coming back from being that far behind if you have blundered that many points unless they were deliberate sacrifices to gain position.
This is by far the best explanation video of the Knight & Bishop checkmate technique I've ever seen and I should know... I've watched 2 other videos on the subject!
Nice explanation! I knew the "rule of knight" always moving in a "W" shape.
I think there is one critical "trick" missing at 6:30
For the case that Black is not going Kf8, but voluntarily to Kd8, trying to escape to a1 via c7.
In this case you go
... Kd8
Ke6 Kc7
Nd7 nevertheless!
... Kc6
Bd3!
Blocking the black King to escape to a1. This position has to be remembered.
... Kc7
Be4 Kd8 (...Kc8 Kd6 Kd8 Bg6)
Ke6 an so on... (Ke8 is met by Bg6+)
Cheerio!
Yes! Thanks so much! I was practicing and it went to d8 and I was so lost until I read your comment!
Here;s another explanation: ua-cam.com/video/7OGAiz5p_L4/v-deo.html
@@mingming9604 Thank you for this link! Seems like the same method but clearly explains what to do if the opponent isn't cooperative!
exactly my issue practicing against the engine, thanks
@@mingming9604 this is gold, explained way better, i managed to beat the engine
I don’t watch many or if at all other chess you tubers but I always like how detailed and visually pleasing ur videos are. Easy to understand and not a strain. Always love ur videos
6:44“ now he’s gonna try, a well he doesn’t have have anything to try,”😂
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The 50 move rule now is actually 50 moves without taking anything
Or without moving a pawn. ie. you don't need to take anything as long as you have a pawn and move it. But obviously white doesn't have a pawn here.
If you had the luxury of having a pawn at a lonely side of the board, just push it every 40 or so moves to reset your move count and just keep going lol
@@softlocked9586 or just promote that pawn and make it easy for yourself?
@@Erik-ij5jb yea, but you're forgetting that you want the flex of checkmating with a bishop and knight
Ok, so the triangles and knight zig-zag have been in my memory as parts of how to do this, but the central formation you just showed combined with opposition finally tie everything together for me in a way that makes this consistently possible, after years of not getting it. It feels so rewarding, thank you, I will practice with family and friends, and I know one day in a tournament game I'll be forced to know this. Thank you again, I can also now teach this to my students.
I needed this
I was always confused in this
By the way I saw a 1700 who was unable to checkmate using knight and bishop
Thank you for this agad
I saw a gm who didn’t know the proper technique, so a 1700 doesn’t necessarily have to know it, it almost never happens
female grandmaster failed to do it few years ago, i forgot who it was
The scoop is to found a 1700 who does know ahah
I reckon most 1700s would fail to find a mate against robust defence, unless they've specifically learnt a technique.
I say this as a ~1600 :) I've only had this position as the defending side, and my opponent got me to the edge of the board but hung a fork trying to stop me escaping while trying to avoid threefold repetition.
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"I have often seen Grandmasters fail to checkmate with Bishop and Knight in Rapid play tournaments"
GM John Nunn
"I have not included Bishop and Knight vs Lone King in this book as the chances of reaching such an endgame might never happen in one's entire career and it would waste too much of my students' valuable study time"
IM Jeremy Silman in Complete Endgame Course.
I tried it too against a computer. I couldn't do it. I'm not bothering until I'm master strength. I'll just accept not to simplify into Bishop and Knight ending if ahead, and GLADLY simplify into Bishop and Knight if behind. Believe it or not, if the superior side plays the wrong move, the losing side can FORCE a draw according to Stockfish.
The opponent king: *Premove randomly*
Me *Running out of time trying to checkmate*
*After a while: and now that's a nice stalemate you got there
Thank you so much for these endgame videos. It's always good to have different people doing tutorials.
Before you get to the bishops vs king, I'm playing Battle vs. Chess on the PS3, and it was one of the puzzles. The catch is, you have to checkmate within 18 moves from the following position:
White king A8, bishop A5, bishop E6, black King E4.
I was originally going to ask for help as I did it twice in 19 moves, then miraculously pulled it off in 15.
Anyways, appreciate all your content as it helped get me back into chess after about 20 years. Thank you.
6:29 You didn't show what happens when the king tries to go the other way, it can get quite tricky because the king can easily escape if you don't play all the right moves. I recommend Danny Rensch's tutorial for this if you really wanna learn this checkmate.
You're a lifesaver dude, danny did actually explained it a more simple way and quite beautifully
Great video Antonio, but although counterintuitive, it's a much better try for black to run from e8 to d8 instead of f8 when the white king, knight, and bishop are on the squares f6, e5, and h7, respectively. It takes a lot of tecnique to stop the king from escaping, but with the moves 1.Ke6 Kc7 2.Nd7 Kc6 3.Bd3 (Critical to keeping the black king confined to the correct corner!) Kc7 4.Be4 (another critical move taking away even more flight squares and forcing him back to c8 or d8) Kd8 5.Kd6 Ke8 6.Bg6+ Kd8 7.Bf7 (another critical waiting move which creates the same king, knight and bishop vice that was used to push him closer to the correct corner) Kc8 8.Nc5 Kd8 9.Nb7+ Kc8 10. Kc6 Kb8 11.Kb6 Kc8 (one last ditch effort to try to escape) 12.Be6+ Kb8 13.Bd7 (once again setting up the king knight and bishop in the same position we used to push the black king from the wrong corner: now he is confined to a8 and b8) Ka8 14.Nc5 Kb8 15.Na6+ Ka8 16.Bc6#.
I hope this helps, everybody!
That was a very good explanation, but you didn't mention what if he goes to d8 at 6:26, then there is another concept that we have to use our knight and bishop to create a staircase. I learned it from another video I can now mate in at least 33 or 34 moves from any position. Thanks!
Which video?
I enjoy all of your videos! Not many people here in Balkan help to teach chess like you. Your explanations are simple and your videos are highly entertaining. Much love from Bosnia
always force a knight & bishop endgame just to deliver this fancy checkmate. I am a kinght-bishop specialist now but you should really see the death messages I get.
This is exactly what I needed!! Thank you so much Antonio! The timing couldn't be better! Love you 3000!🤩🤩🤩
This thumbnail is art, perfection!
Amazing! Thank you! My friends at the bar and the library will really be impressed!
Is it just me or does anyone else like these thumbnails!
Haha I don't, I think they are a little weird.
I liked it
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I'm very happy to see Antonio fiddle with the colours, which hasn't happened in a while, and also to report I couldn't make out a single difference being red-green colourblind
Who else likes these agadmator videos where he teaches mates!
Thank you so much Agadmator for finally teaching this... I was waiting for this video for a long time.
I was going to get my earphones but I accidentally clicked and on loudspeaker I heard "HELLO EVERYONE"....long story short, I didnt get my earphones and continued watching.
Wow... thanks for sharing
Perfect. Thank you Agadmator!
I was 12 and I we went to a chess competition at school. Somehow I made it to this ending but we agreed to a draw, cuz I didn't know how to checkmate. Now I know it haha
This was the method I was originally worked out (my father said "first you have to force the king to the side, then to the corner; a book said that you can't stop the king from running into the wrong corner first") but every few years I'd forget how to do it. And I'm not as clever as I once was. But everywhere I look, they teach the triangle method, so thank you for those of us who learned it the old fashioned way.
this is the simplest tutorial i have seen of knight and bishop checkmate
Two pieces are better than a rook, but a rook mate is lot simpler
Great video Agad. I'd really like to watch a good video about "Queen vs rook endgame". I just can't get it.
This has to be one of the most situational tutorials out there, but none the less still a great one!
"Phase 3 would be delivering absolute checkmate"
But what is Relative checkmate then..(laughing)
This is my favourite endgame. It shows how complicated and beautiful can be chess with only 4 pieces on the board. I regularly practice this endgame and I can do it in less than 3 minutes. I won this endgame twice in blitz games. Knowing the best defense can earn sweet half-points when the opponent is unaware of the required techique. Indeed, it is a rare endgame, but it worths every second spent to study it, purely for its artistic value. It also gives confidence to know it. Thank you for the video!
6:30 "of course he's going to go back" - actually I set this up against the engine and it chose to go towards the light corner, slipping round the side of my king. How to prevent this?
that is actually worse for black.
but it is common tactic, because it is not as "simple"
so given position in timestamp:
W: Kf6 Ne5 Bh7
B: Ke8
if black goes
1... Kd8 (instead of Kf8 as in video)
in hope of escaping, correct way is to cut of him with
2. Be4
with the idea that if black "continues to run"
2. ... Kc7
you reply with
3. Nc4
.. creating "wall" b6 c6 d6
and you push him with king via 7th rank
if black tries to repeat moves
2. .. Ke8
you cut him with bishop again,but not from h7 but from d5
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Me: *wakes up and sees no new videos from agadmator*
Also me: *Hello? Police?*
Lol so true
These end game videos are awesome! I felt like you did a really good job of simplifying the idea.
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Every Chess player should learn this checkmate pattern...
Very useful stuff....
Me:"I'm going to win, I've got king and two bishops against your lone king, you should resign."
Opponent:"But they have to be opposite colour bishops...."
That means you under promoted a pawn to the same color bishop , which is STUPID !!
i think the triangle is easier for beginners, you always have the same setup for knight and bishop, just getting a smaller triangle until you hit the corner, and opponent king moves are not so relevant, is just about doing the knight and bishop 1 square away triangle and chasing the king with your king until you make a smaller triangle, this method in the video is a better/more efficient technique, but you have to be aware of the opponent king's moves to not let it escape. But i don't know, some people might find this mate easier
You said it was easy. You lied to us! Betrayals! 😭
once about 20 years ago I asked a teacher : ""Is it hard?" and he told me:"everything you don t know is hard and everything you know is easy...."
I had this in blitz. The guy was already in the correct corner, I had 2 seconds left and I moved the bishop first and stalemated. Good to know this, thanks Antonio
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Wow, Agadmator! I already knew how to checkmate with bishop and knight, but the highlighting of the squares really helped out!
Me trying to think of what to comment since I’ve never clicked so fast before:
*hi*
love these educational videos interspersed with the normal chess coverage! i'm trying to improve my chess, and these really help
i just resign to avoid even more humiliation
If you suspect that your opponent doesn't know how to checkmate with knight and a bishop it's a good idea to play. But not at the higher ELO obviously.
Thanks
, your style works in educational videos perfectly
4:07 this position is famously known as D. Trump's favorite chess position: "The great wall".
Except that Trump always tries to trap the queen in a corner.
Great video. It’s many years since I read Paul Keres’ Practical Chess Endings and I never could understand his description of mating with B & N. However, after your explanation followed by some practice against Stockfish, I find it really is pretty straightforward!
"you can use it to impress your friends at the bar and the library"
Looks like I have the wrong friends.
I really enjoy you're educational Videos :D
That wasn’t simple.. Queen and Rook are my favorite pieces to checkmate
Thank you very much for this video A.! Watching you carefully push the black King around the board was eye-opening
Last time I was this early, I was this early
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Excellent tutorial, I had tried to learn this mate before but had not succeeded, now I easily achieved it against stockfish, which for me already validates that I learned it. Thank you very much for the methodology. P.S. the variant that stockfish takes is a bit more difficult to follow (after Kne5 he continues through Ke8, trying to escape from the last row through C7, a process that he succeeds) however after a similar attention from the knight and a "tempo" it is easy to contain the king and force mate.
Again, thank you for the excellent tutorial, I am happy with a new trick up my sleeve.
(please excuse my english)
"easy"
I know this V method already. But the central position which Agadmator showed was new to me. Nice.
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Hi Agadmator! I studied this endgame some months ago and I think that when the setup is Kf6, Ne5 and Bh7 for white and Ke8 for black, it is actually much more resilient to play Kd8 instead of Kf8 for black. The point being that you want to escape through the d8-a5 diagonal.
How do you counter this? I’ve been banging my head against the wall for an hour.
I love this method very simple concept and you don’t have to necessarily remember the moves, just the concept, push the king along.
I came up with many of these moves before agadmator said them just through logic so I assume I could probably do the same in a game
Never have this endgame because I have a tendency to trade bishop and knight as early as possible XD
Will still learn this though, just in case.
The video was great, please also show the other method of doing this checkmate.
excellent demonstration with the use of the walls
This is simply effective, with the bishop delivering the mate rather than the knight which anyway, is good as well! Thank you so much for the share!
Thank you very much Antonio, that was fantastic instruction!!
Great educational video! Please make more of these videos.
You are an excellent explainer of things that are possible and knowable.
Please bring more of these videos....I mean the lesson ones....
And by the way, you're a great teacher man....
Thank you for explaining these endgames so that us mere mortals can understand,
as an intermediate player these are valuable lessons
I learned this W maneuver a year ago and implying it or even playing it with computers but still I am learning new things in this video. Thanks!
I've played over 1300 games of chess online and just experienced my first knight bishop endgame. I didn't have a clue on how to checkmate but my opponent admirably resigned and gave me the win :)
Hey Agadmator! I have been a subscriber to your channel before it even reached 100k. I congratulate you for the recognition you deserve for the awesome chess commentary, keep it up always! So, without further ado, I suggest you make one of these educational videos, but this time about how to avoid stalemate through understanding Zugswang and pawn endgames. Thank you, and as always, stay active, informational, and fun!
Thanks for this. In fact, I was playing a blitz game online with a Brazilian and I had two bishops plus king vs a black king and I COULD NOT checkmate the black king until my time elapsed. I was pissed, so I had to go learn that yesterday.
Now, seeing this one (night plus bishop plus king vs black king) is even more interesting and actually more difficult that the bishop pair plus king combo!
The best way explained Agad. I liked it.
Checkmating with knight and bishop is the same as trying to catch a slippery fish with your bare hands.
It was for me the first time I tried this after watching video on it. Took a while to encounter after video but I thought I had the gist of it, but I was wrong. King kept slipping away to wrong corner.