Here is the homework applying the thought process steps: 1. Threats: Black is threatening to push g3, because if black can exchange the pawns, it's a draw. And white cannot just avoid the exchange with f3, because it would block the bishop and allow the promotion of the g-pawn. 2. Candidate moves: 1. Bh1 and 1. Bg2. These are the only moves that allow white to play f3, while not blocking the bishops path to the g2-square. 3. Blunder check: 1. Bh1 g3 (the threat) 2. f3 and black cannot let the f-pawn run, e.g. 2...Ke3 3. Kc3 Kf2 4. f4 and the king cannot help the g-pawn, because the bishop can always just move further away while keeping in contact with the g2-square. The other move is a bit trickier, because the king can attack the bishop: 1. Bg2 g3 2. f3 Ke3 3. Bh1 Kf2 4. f4 and the same idea wins, but not 3. Kc3 Kf2 4. f4 Kxg2 5. f5 Kh2 6. f6 g2 and black promotes first. I would choose 1. Bh1, because it is easier.
Homework spoiler - no engine. It would take black six moves with the king to capure the white pawn. However, if it were black's turn they can force g3 fxg3+ Kxg3 draw by insufficient material. White can prevent the draw with Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kf2 f4 and either g2 Bxg2 or Kg1 Bd5 to prevent the pawn push to g2. Or Bh1 g3 f3 with the same lines as above to follow.
Very instructive, very powerful! Both thought processes! I am always looking forward to your videos and shorts. Plus, I am enjoying your courses! 😀🎉 Homework: 1.Bh1 g3 I think Bh1 is better as it gives black the opportunity to give away the pawn. Even more, White does have a tempo reserve Bg2 and Black doesn't have one left as it blocks the pawn. And most important: if the King goes for the Bishop hunt (Kf2), it needs one more move. So there is a free tempo for the pawn to go to f4. The bishop can stay at the h1-a8 diagonal, always in the opportunity to take Blacks g pawn. 2.f3 Ke3. (White pawn is protected, Black can't do anything to bring White into trouble.) 3.Kc4 Kf4 (White will bring the King closer. If Black ever tries to get the Bishop by moving the the King to that h1 corner, the f3 pawn can go for promotion immediately.) 4.Kd4 Kf5 5.Ke3 Ke5 6.f4 Kf5 7.Kf3 and no matter what, the pawn at g3 will be taken by the White King next move. And then everything is set as there is a Bishop and pawn, so no stale mate risks. This is a winning game for White 😀
Loved this lesson, the homework position was great for me as it forced me to look at the boards outside squares to solve the puzzle with Bg2 or Bh1, something that my mind doesn't want to do, as it showed coincidentally in the last episode! Excellent as always 👍
Bh1 is the winning move for White as it unallows the Blacks g4 pawn. If the Bishop is placed between a8 & d5, then the game changes to a draw. Also it is important not to take the Black pawn when pushed to g3. 1. Bh1 g3 2.f3 g2 3. Bxg2
Hi Can! I liked how you distilled everything down to 2 cruicial thought processes. Makes me think of this analogy. Imagine a Kung Fu artist, or any martial arts... you can learn all the moves, combinations, and most beautiful sequences, almost like a dance, an artform. But unless you know how to really hit, really kick, and how to avoid being hit, all the other stuff is secondary. This is what your strength teaching is.
In the homework position we need to put the bishop on h1 or g2 so that it can both stop black's pawn from promoting and also protect the c3 square for our own pawn. Then black won't have anything to do and we can go in with the king.
Maybe H1? Because after Bg2 g3 f3 ke3 kc3 kf2 you can't play F4 because Kxg2 f5 kh1 F6 G2 f7 G1 draw and if you play bh1 he'll play kg1 and you actually lose I guess..
@@GaaikeEuwema u can go Bh1 insteat of Kc3( after ke3) and that should be winning because Kf2 f4 wins cause Bishop still controls the diagonal frm h1 and can sac itself when needed
i really like the way you teach chess.I had to first empty my chess skills and assume i didn't know anything.Then i built my new skills based on your teachings and now i have a clear picture of the game
Thank you Dr. Can, another great video! Re: Homework I've studied this one at length and the only thing I see is getting the bishop in front of the black pawn - either Bg2 or Bh1 (leaning Bg2). This keeps the black king walled-off from getting to our pawn: - If black king meantime tries to go Ke4 to come around the queenside, we can play Kc4 to shoulder them out. Having the bishop on g2 also walls out h3 so that black king cannot approach from the kingside either. - If at any point, black pushes g3 to challenge our pawn, white pawn can just advance past it supported by the bishop and the bishop is stopping or cutting off black's pawn advance to g2. - If the black king tries to get at the bishop we can run the white pawn and I think white queens first in the pawn race that ensues, because black have to waste two tempos - one to capture the bishop and one to get out of the way to advance their pawn - and I think white is faster here. - If black king just runs in circles doing waiting-moves, we can eventually bring our king over to support the pawn and bishop and white should still prevail by eventually forcing black away from defense of their pawn.
@@mohammadsulieman6213 Thanks Mohammad. Yes I put the moves down in the wrong order. Basically Bh1 and when (or if) black plays g3 white plays f3 THEN Ke3. I need to be more careful!
Black wants the draw. g3 forces the pawn exchange. White can not win with only a bishop. White has to hold onto his pawn. Bh1 and Bg2 are the moves. If white then goes g3, we push f3. Do not take g3. Then it gets more complicated. If black moves his king away, I would move my king closer to force the black king further away (opposition) and then push my pawn to queen. If black tries to attack the g2 bishop with the king, Bh1. I am ready to sack the bishop on the pawn. If the bishop is already on h1, black does not have time. White will queen first. Incidentally, I won a tournament game last weekend in large part because the opponent pushed his h pawn instead of g. I queened first. Exactly the topic Can discussed in this video.
Thanks Dr Can! I don’t think a B and K alone can ever checkmate, so I must promote my P. Black’s threat is g3. Then if Pxg3, Kxg3 is stale. Or if f2 stays put, Pxf2 is unstoppable. Or if f2 advances, Pg2 is unstoppable. I can’t prevent g3, so must block further P advancement by Bg2 or Bh1. Then Pg3 is countered by Pf3. K can’t take defended P, only (after some relocation) B, but that gives my P a clear path to promotion.
Recently I learned a couple of interesting "rules". The first is the triangle, which states that if the king can enter the triangle made by a pawn, then it can be captured. If the king is outside, then the pawn will promote (minus any other pieces in the way) and the box method of getting checkmate with a queen or rook against a king. I would be interested in seeing if there are more geometric type patterns that would give me an advantage over my opponent, and that sounds right up your alley, as they say.
Homework: After Bh1 Black can resign. But maybe he/she is a skeptic. With poor play there could be chances for a draw. Unfortunately Black is in a form of zugzwang. Any legal King move allows the White King to eventually support its pawn. If instead ... g3, hoping for fxg3, Black would be disappointed by f3 instead. With little else, the Black King could start his march toward White's Bishop, ... Ke3. White can make a minor improvement with Kc3 or Kc4 and wait, perhaps. If ...Kf2, then f4 and it's "game over." Black has nothing. He/she can't catch the White pawn and he/she can't Queen their pawn. With the long diagonal open, the Bishop is free to escape the Black King's grasp and still keep an eye on g2. There's no need for a pawn race. If ...Kf4, blocking White's pawn, then Kd3 or Kd4. Since White's pawn will Queen on a dark square, the White light square Bishop will not be able to dislodge the Black King - he can hope for a stalemate with poor play by White. However, the White bishop is always free to make tempo moves so the White King should, with proper play, be able to obtain and keep the opposition. That's it ... I think. ;2)
A bit basic endgames but I can see what can go wrong if you don't apply these 2 crucial thought processes! Homework position needed attention to prevent g3 (in particular calculating 1.Bg2 was hard if you're under time pressure!)
I don't know how you keep producing such crispy and instructive videos so regularly! Really enjoy all your work and you are improving my understanding of the game, which I greatly appreciate. Bg2 looks good, stops the pawn and keeps our passer alive.
@@Dr.CansClinic I have 4! I am almost finished chess crimes and punishment and it is my favourite course. It illuminates so many of those situations where you don't know what to do and muck it up. One's initial intuition in chess is often wrong, you need to learn some key ideas first and then you see more clearly. Keep up the good work and stay enjoying what you do!
Homework is just either Bg2 or Bh1. Black wants to play g3 which forces a trade of pawns resulting in a draw. You cant play f3 then because of g2! Thats why you have to go back with the bishop so you can avoid the pawn trade.
I must be getting better, or you are lowering the ELO of your target audience (neither is a bad thing), or maybe I am just getting better at end games. In the last puzzle I would go Bh1. The king has no squares in front to go. It threatens to take his pawn, and if g4g3 then f3 (covered). If 1 ke3 kc3 2 kf2 f4 and no way of catching. If g2, bxg2. I thought Bg2 initially to blockade, but then he takes your bishop and he can keep his pawn. I think.
1. Bh1!! g3 2. f3 and black loses because they have to either capture the bishop and let our pawn promote, or wait and allow the white King to come closer and force matters on the kingside.
#1 white threatens b6 break through so we need to play b6. c6 if white plays b6 right away. #2 h5 freezing black’s pawn majority. black should have played g6 then h6 then g5.
#3 black threatens g3 drawing or winning. Bh1 or Bg2. I haven’t found a difference. Still searching. Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kf2 f4 or Bf1 g3 f3 Ke3 Kc3 Kf2 f4 keep our B on the long diagonal and promote.
I can’t see it clearly but Bg2 may not work due to opposition. Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 forces* Bh1 Kd4 and black has opposition. I’m not sure if white king can penetrate. If white tries to waste a move Bg2 then Ke3 again forces Bh1. Probably white king can penetrate but I’m not sure he can. *if instead Kc3 then Kf2 f4 Kxg2 f5 Kh2 f6 g2 f7 g1=Q f8=Q draw Where as Bh1 g3 f3 Ke3 Kc3 and white has the opposition. So I prefer Bh1 but I suspect they both work. Edit: Missed f4 here that SF showed me. Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kd4 f4 Can’t approach the P and in Zugzwang. Have to retreat K and pawn promotes.
Here is the homework applying the thought process steps:
1. Threats: Black is threatening to push g3, because if black can exchange the pawns, it's a draw. And white cannot just avoid the exchange with f3, because it would block the bishop and allow the promotion of the g-pawn.
2. Candidate moves: 1. Bh1 and 1. Bg2. These are the only moves that allow white to play f3, while not blocking the bishops path to the g2-square.
3. Blunder check: 1. Bh1 g3 (the threat) 2. f3 and black cannot let the f-pawn run, e.g. 2...Ke3 3. Kc3 Kf2 4. f4 and the king cannot help the g-pawn, because the bishop can always just move further away while keeping in contact with the g2-square. The other move is a bit trickier, because the king can attack the bishop: 1. Bg2 g3 2. f3 Ke3 3. Bh1 Kf2 4. f4 and the same idea wins, but not 3. Kc3 Kf2 4. f4 Kxg2 5. f5 Kh2 6. f6 g2 and black promotes first. I would choose 1. Bh1, because it is easier.
I just loved your answer. Thought process breakdown was excellent!
Wow... what a great amazing answer 👏
Homework spoiler - no engine.
It would take black six moves with the king to capure the white pawn. However, if it were black's turn they can force g3 fxg3+ Kxg3 draw by insufficient material.
White can prevent the draw with Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kf2 f4 and either g2 Bxg2 or Kg1 Bd5 to prevent the pawn push to g2.
Or Bh1 g3 f3 with the same lines as above to follow.
Excellent as always!
Very instructive, very powerful! Both thought processes!
I am always looking forward to your videos and shorts.
Plus, I am enjoying your courses! 😀🎉
Homework:
1.Bh1 g3
I think Bh1 is better as it gives black the opportunity to give away the pawn. Even more, White does have a tempo reserve Bg2 and Black doesn't have one left as it blocks the pawn. And most important: if the King goes for the Bishop hunt (Kf2), it needs one more move. So there is a free tempo for the pawn to go to f4. The bishop can stay at the h1-a8 diagonal, always in the opportunity to take Blacks g pawn.
2.f3 Ke3. (White pawn is protected, Black can't do anything to bring White into trouble.)
3.Kc4 Kf4 (White will bring the King closer. If Black ever tries to get the Bishop by moving the the King to that h1 corner, the f3 pawn can go for promotion immediately.)
4.Kd4 Kf5
5.Ke3 Ke5
6.f4 Kf5
7.Kf3 and no matter what, the pawn at g3 will be taken by the White King next move.
And then everything is set as there is a Bishop and pawn, so no stale mate risks. This is a winning game for White 😀
Excellent Mark! Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️
Lovely. Dr. Can. Every video of yours makes me a stronger chess player! You are an outstanding instructor!
Amazing to hear your kind feedback, really glad that I am helping :)
Loved this lesson, the homework position was great for me as it forced me to look at the boards outside squares to solve the puzzle with Bg2 or Bh1, something that my mind doesn't want to do, as it showed coincidentally in the last episode! Excellent as always 👍
Excellent answer, thank you! 🙏
Bh1 is the winning move for White as it unallows the Blacks g4 pawn.
If the Bishop is placed between a8 & d5, then the game changes to a draw.
Also it is important not to take the Black pawn when pushed to g3.
1. Bh1 g3
2.f3 g2
3. Bxg2
Excellent!
Hi Can! I liked how you distilled everything down to 2 cruicial thought processes. Makes me think of this analogy. Imagine a Kung Fu artist, or any martial arts... you can learn all the moves, combinations, and most beautiful sequences, almost like a dance, an artform. But unless you know how to really hit, really kick, and how to avoid being hit, all the other stuff is secondary. This is what your strength teaching is.
I just loved reading your comment, beautiful analogy. These fundamental processes must be fixed first before we delve into other chess beauties...
In the homework position we need to put the bishop on h1 or g2 so that it can both stop black's pawn from promoting and also protect the c3 square for our own pawn. Then black won't have anything to do and we can go in with the king.
Maybe H1? Because after Bg2 g3 f3 ke3 kc3 kf2 you can't play F4 because Kxg2 f5 kh1 F6 G2 f7 G1 draw and if you play bh1 he'll play kg1 and you actually lose I guess..
@@GaaikeEuwema u can go Bh1 insteat of Kc3( after ke3) and that should be winning because Kf2 f4 wins cause Bishop still controls the diagonal frm h1 and can sac itself when needed
@@spark5010 ah you're right!
Excellent, thank. you!
i really like the way you teach chess.I had to first empty my chess skills and assume i didn't know anything.Then i built my new skills based on your teachings and now i have a clear picture of the game
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Thank you Dr. Can, another great video!
Re: Homework
I've studied this one at length and the only thing I see is getting the bishop in front of the black pawn - either Bg2 or Bh1 (leaning Bg2). This keeps the black king walled-off from getting to our pawn:
- If black king meantime tries to go Ke4 to come around the queenside, we can play Kc4 to shoulder them out. Having the bishop on g2 also walls out h3 so that black king cannot approach from the kingside either.
- If at any point, black pushes g3 to challenge our pawn, white pawn can just advance past it supported by the bishop and the bishop is stopping or cutting off black's pawn advance to g2.
- If the black king tries to get at the bishop we can run the white pawn and I think white queens first in the pawn race that ensues, because black have to waste two tempos - one to capture the bishop and one to get out of the way to advance their pawn - and I think white is faster here.
- If black king just runs in circles doing waiting-moves, we can eventually bring our king over to support the pawn and bishop and white should still prevail by eventually forcing black away from defense of their pawn.
Excellent thought process, excellent answers (Bg2 or Bh1)!
Your explanation of why g6 is the key move was worth the price of admission alone. Excellent material, beautifully presented. Your subs will grow.
Extremely kind of you, thank you!
Both Bg2 and Bh1 wins, Bh1 is more cleaner
Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 and then The only winning move is Bh1! ( so its cleaner to play Bh1 at the start itself)
Nice! Thank you.
Home work 1. Bh1 Ke3 2. f3 Kf2 3. f4 Kg1 4. Bd5 White's pawn will promote, and if black plays g2 it will be captured by the Bishop.
Ke3 is an illegal move
@@mohammadsulieman6213 Thanks Mohammad. Yes I put the moves down in the wrong order. Basically Bh1 and when (or if) black plays g3 white plays f3 THEN Ke3. I need to be more careful!
Black wants the draw. g3 forces the pawn exchange. White can not win with only a bishop. White has to hold onto his pawn. Bh1 and Bg2 are the moves. If white then goes g3, we push f3. Do not take g3. Then it gets more complicated. If black moves his king away, I would move my king closer to force the black king further away (opposition) and then push my pawn to queen. If black tries to attack the g2 bishop with the king, Bh1. I am ready to sack the bishop on the pawn. If the bishop is already on h1, black does not have time. White will queen first.
Incidentally, I won a tournament game last weekend in large part because the opponent pushed his h pawn instead of g. I queened first. Exactly the topic Can discussed in this video.
Excellent, thank you!
Wow, what a way to win the game! It is good I did not publish this video before your tournament game 😅
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Thanks Dr Can!
I don’t think a B and K alone can ever checkmate, so I must promote my P.
Black’s threat is g3. Then if Pxg3, Kxg3 is stale.
Or if f2 stays put, Pxf2 is unstoppable.
Or if f2 advances, Pg2 is unstoppable.
I can’t prevent g3, so must block further P advancement by Bg2 or Bh1. Then Pg3 is countered by Pf3. K can’t take defended P, only (after some relocation) B, but that gives my P a clear path to promotion.
Excellent, thank you!
Recently I learned a couple of interesting "rules". The first is the triangle, which states that if the king can enter the triangle made by a pawn, then it can be captured. If the king is outside, then the pawn will promote (minus any other pieces in the way) and the box method of getting checkmate with a queen or rook against a king. I would be interested in seeing if there are more geometric type patterns that would give me an advantage over my opponent, and that sounds right up your alley, as they say.
Great feedback, thanks! I will consider making more videos on these recurrent and important geometric patterns.
Homework: After Bh1 Black can resign. But maybe he/she is a skeptic. With poor play there could be chances for a draw. Unfortunately Black is in a form of zugzwang. Any legal King move allows the White King to eventually support its pawn. If instead ... g3, hoping for fxg3, Black would be disappointed by f3 instead. With little else, the Black King could start his march toward White's Bishop, ... Ke3. White can make a minor improvement with Kc3 or Kc4 and wait, perhaps. If ...Kf2, then f4 and it's "game over." Black has nothing. He/she can't catch the White pawn and he/she can't Queen their pawn. With the long diagonal open, the Bishop is free to escape the Black King's grasp and still keep an eye on g2. There's no need for a pawn race. If ...Kf4, blocking White's pawn, then Kd3 or Kd4. Since White's pawn will Queen on a dark square, the White light square Bishop will not be able to dislodge the Black King - he can hope for a stalemate with poor play by White. However, the White bishop is always free to make tempo moves so the White King should, with proper play, be able to obtain and keep the opposition. That's it ... I think. ;2)
I love how you think! :) Thank you so much for your detailed breakdown!
A bit basic endgames but I can see what can go wrong if you don't apply these 2 crucial thought processes!
Homework position needed attention to prevent g3 (in particular calculating 1.Bg2 was hard if you're under time pressure!)
Thank you! Great answer. Bh1 also works.
I don't know how you keep producing such crispy and instructive videos so regularly! Really enjoy all your work and you are improving my understanding of the game, which I greatly appreciate.
Bg2 looks good, stops the pawn and keeps our passer alive.
So motivating to hear. It stems from my love for the game, as well as my passion for teaching. Please check my courses for more! ❤
@@Dr.CansClinic I have 4! I am almost finished chess crimes and punishment and it is my favourite course. It illuminates so many of those situations where you don't know what to do and muck it up. One's initial intuition in chess is often wrong, you need to learn some key ideas first and then you see more clearly. Keep up the good work and stay enjoying what you do!
@@briandwi2504 Super nice to hear that!!
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That is the next level: uploading my videos directly to your brain, so you won't even need to sit down and watch the videos...
Homework is just either Bg2 or Bh1. Black wants to play g3 which forces a trade of pawns resulting in a draw. You cant play f3 then because of g2! Thats why you have to go back with the bishop so you can avoid the pawn trade.
Nice one!
Thanks Doc! Unfortunately the dog ate my homework so you’ll have to trust me this week 👍🏼
I am trusting you. My raven loves to tear apart homework papers too...
I must be getting better, or you are lowering the ELO of your target audience (neither is a bad thing), or maybe I am just getting better at end games.
In the last puzzle I would go Bh1. The king has no squares in front to go. It threatens to take his pawn, and if g4g3 then f3 (covered). If 1 ke3 kc3 2 kf2 f4 and no way of catching. If g2, bxg2.
I thought Bg2 initially to blockade, but then he takes your bishop and he can keep his pawn. I think.
Very strong, thanks! I think you are getting better ☺️
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1. Bh1!! g3 2. f3 and black loses because they have to either capture the bishop and let our pawn promote, or wait and allow the white King to come closer and force matters on the kingside.
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#1 white threatens b6 break through so we need to play b6. c6 if white plays b6 right away.
#2 h5 freezing black’s pawn majority. black should have played g6 then h6 then g5.
#3 black threatens g3 drawing or winning. Bh1 or Bg2. I haven’t found a difference. Still searching.
Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kf2 f4
or
Bf1 g3 f3 Ke3 Kc3 Kf2 f4
keep our B on the long diagonal and promote.
I can’t see it clearly but Bg2 may not work due to opposition.
Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 forces* Bh1 Kd4 and black has opposition. I’m not sure if white king can penetrate. If white tries to waste a move Bg2 then Ke3 again forces Bh1. Probably white king can penetrate but I’m not sure he can.
*if instead Kc3 then Kf2 f4 Kxg2 f5 Kh2 f6 g2 f7 g1=Q f8=Q draw
Where as Bh1 g3 f3 Ke3 Kc3 and white has the opposition.
So I prefer Bh1 but I suspect they both work.
Edit: Missed f4 here that SF showed me.
Bg2 g3 f3 Ke3 Bh1 Kd4 f4
Can’t approach the P and in Zugzwang. Have to retreat K and pawn promotes.
Nice!
Excellent!