well for this particular endgame you would want to start moving you passed pawns forward, and it is probably a good idea to put your king on the likes of c6, then rely on the bishop having greater mobility than the knight in order to convert into a queen eventually. the connected passed pawns really helps you out, along with white's pawn being the a pawn and not, say, an extra g pawn. I realise you are a stronger player than I am, but if this helped then I'm glad.
How to win this endgame?
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I think the simplest option is to first try to win his pawn while avoiding the loss of your own. If you place the bishop on e7 I don't see how he can get to the pawns without trading the knight for the bishop, in which case he still cannot take your pawns. Once you've won his a-pawn, it should be rather easy.
Of course, trying to promote your pawns right away might also work, but could be more complicated.
That makes sense. I knew that just his king going after my pawns was nothing to be worried of (since if the minors come off they're immune), but I couldn't figure out how to keep the knight away and pick up the a-pawn.
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Stockfish puts the position at -3.1 or so, and I feel like its a long enough endgame that it goes beyond what a computer can analyze. However, since play is on both sides of the board, and the black king is better placed, I find it tough to believe that a bishop is not winningly better. Though obviously the actual evaluation has nothing to do with how things are played :P
The main problem for black is that white can sac the knight for either pawn, provided he gets his king in front of the backwards one. So I think he has to put his pawns on dark squares, not just play Be7.
It's tricky, to the point where an inaccuracy draws. Instructive though.
why wont chess.com allow ,e to post links?or is it my pc.? i wanted to post a link to shredder chess engine.
go to shredderchess.com then endgame database
So I recently had the black pieces in this endgame, and I wasn't able to convert. What is the general strategy here, and what might be some general endgame ideas to take out of it going forward?