Nov 24, 2009 FM Rensch |
NEW! Isolated Queen Pawns: Convert to Endgame 
FM/IM Rensch gets into some seriously good anti-iqp play when he brings in Karpov. Karpov does everything you want to do when playing against the iqp: suppress counterplay, control d4, simplify towards winning endgames, take your time, and ultimately create a second weakness; and Danny explains everything you want to know about that process. Shazzam!
Length: 20 min | Views: 979 | Comments: 13
Category: Endgames | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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Nov 11, 2009 GM Dzindzichashvili |
Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames 2
Video 2 of GM Dzindzichashvili’s Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames we discover the nuances in the bishop vs. knight endgame. Roman analyzes one of his own games, a clean and uncomplicated illustration of a winning position for the knight. Learn when knight or bishop is better and how superiority varies depending on endgame positions. Then Roman returns to fundamentals of same colored bishops. Useful for all levels.
Length: 28 min | Views: 1243 | Comments: 5
Category: Endgames | Level: Beginner-Advanced
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| Oct 28, 2009GM Dzindzichashvili |
Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames
GM Roman Dzindzichasvili wants you to know that just like openings every endgame has basic principles too. The lecture addresses corresponding principles in particular endings such as opposite color bishops, knight vs. bishop and many more. After a summary of these principles Roman turns his attention to the subject at hand, minor piece endgames. Using none other than Fischer v. Taimanov to illustrate the principles of import.
Length: 19 min | Views: 1692 | Comments: 7
Category: Endgames | Level: Beginner-Intermediate
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Oct 8, 2009 FM Zierk |
Pawn Endgames 4
In his fourth video on king and pawn endgames, FM Zierk asks the viewer to take the tools learned in his first three lectures and analyze their first difficult endgames. Themes include king activity/penetration, the creation of passed pawns, and some cool positional pawn sacrifices.
Length: 23 min | Views: 1579 | Comments: 7
Category: Endgames | Level: Intermediate
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Sep 30, 2009 IM Shankland |
Endgame Technique: Bishops of Opposite Color
IM Shankland takes a look at a very instructive endgame, with bishops of opposite color, one extra pawn, and a couple rooks on the board. You will learn about rook trades, what color square to put the pawns on, and many other important elements of technique.
Length: 20 min | Views: 2589 | Comments: 13
Category: Endgames | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Sep 24, 2009FM Zierk |
Pawn Endgames 3
In the third video of his Pawn Endgames series, FM Zierk lays out some crucial tools for the viewer including: corresponding squares, king activity, pawn majorities, doubled pawns, and the proper order in which to advance pawns. Most of these tools will come in handy not only in pawn endgame, but in all endgames.
Length: 20 min | Views: 1447 | Comments: 6
Category: Endgames | Level: Beginner-Intermediate
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Sep 23, 2009 IM Pruess |
Development: Simplification Continued
This video just continues to pound in the themes from the first part with further examples/analysis. In more detailed and complicated examples, we see the value of an actively developed rook over an undeveloped one, as the clutter is removed from the board. You need to watch the first part before you watch this one.
Length: 26 min | Views: 1001 | Comments: 6
Category: Endgames | Level: Advanced
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| Sep 18, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Simplification
This is the first half of an advanced lesson on development, appropriate for players over 1700, or anyone who has studied the first 6 videos in my series on Development. In this lesson, we look at some situations where even a mild development advantage can be highlighted by trading, (rather than attacking!) because it may highlight the activity vs passivity of the last one or two pieces on the board.
Length: 17 min | Views: 2407 | Comments: 12
Category: Endgames | Level: Advanced
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| Sep 15, 2009IM Shankland |
Getting Started with the Ruy Lopez 4
IM Shankland completes his short introduction to the Ruy Lopez, analyzing the second half of the Polgar-Morozevich game. If you did not see the first half, be sure to watch Getting Started w/ Ruy Lopez 3 first! This video mostly covers some very fine technique, but also gives an overview of the game, to help understand the whole thing.
Length: 21 min | Views: 1206 | Comments: 4
Category: Endgames | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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Sep 4, 2009 GM Khachiyan |
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 4
GM Khachiyan continues his discussion of the Ruy Lopez exchange, with another surprising opposite colored bishop endgame. Great lessons about practical play, your attitude while playing, and such positional themes as king activity, pawn placement, and anticipating the opponent's ideas. Super!
Length: 35 min | Views: 2397 | Comments: 12
Category: Endgames | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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