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International Master Rensch brings you the long awaited "sequel" series to the Everything You Need to Know on the Endgame video brought to you many moons ago! Well, maybe it wasn't long awaited, but it's here and it doesn't disappoint! Danny does his best to give you practical advice, along with critical "x's and o's" about the final stage of a chess game. Enjoy! | Watch video
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Grandmaster Josh Friedel makes his return as a Chess.com Video Author this month with a "mini-series" on one of the most difficult endgames to learn for any level of player. Combine Josh's instructive breakdowns of the critical positions in Queen vs Rook this month with GM Shankland's practical breakdown of the position and you should be good to go! We start with the Philidor Position... | Watch video
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Get ready for one of the most interesting "Passed Pawns vs a Rook" battles you have ever seen! Of course, you have to sit through twenty minutes of awesome endgame technique by Dr. Tarrasch first, but the wait is well worth it! Try to learn something from how he maneuvers the Rook and dark squared Bishop too. GM Dejan Bojkov is, once again, your guide! | Watch video
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Today the "Towers of Power" have their say in the video series that has become the most in-depth look at the Spanish Endgame Pawn Structures on the internet! GM Dejan Bojkov enlightens further, stressing that the activity of the Rooks along the open files is much more important than the pawns themselves. Learn from more top Grandmaster games today, and enjoy these instructive examples of technique. | Watch video
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In the second half of GM Shankland's game with Gupta, we witness an extremely well played endgame by both sides. Unfortunately, when white chooses the wrong defensive setup, he has a hard time recovering against his opponent's strong technique. The ensuing Knight ending that follows is highly instructive, as is Sam's recount of his own calculations. In the end, a great experience for all! | Watch video
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A pawn breakthrough that almost always yields good results is a pawn breakthrough I'd like to know about! GM Bojkov continues his series on this critical structure with some exciting victories by Magnus Carlsen and Alexei Shirov. The ideas behind the e5-e6 break are threefold: An attack against the stranded black King; to create open lines and targets in black's camp; and to use the e5-square as an outpost. Enjoy! | Watch video
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The more pieces there are on the board, the more points black will score! Or at least it certainly seems to be the case in the Berlin Defense. As we observe in the sixth video of GM Bojkov's series on the structure commonly reached via the Ruy Lopez, black needs to keep some sort of imbalance in the position in order to be successful. The imbalance of the day is Opposite Colored Bishops. Enjoy! | Watch video
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Take that! The black side of the Berlin Defense finally gets some love from GM Dejan Bojkov in today's video! Here we see black's Bishop Pair serve as full compensation for the tarnished pawn structure. As we learn, black can strive for certain types of positions: In particular, positions with a few open diagonals, a couple of well placed Bishops, and a mobile queenside pawn majority. | Watch video
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Will the next Minor Piece step right up?! GM Bojkov's detailed look into the "Spanish Endgames", commonly reached via the Berlin Defense, continues today with a discussion about the Bishops. Here we see that endings featuring Bishops of the same color should also be avoided by black, with high level games from players like Wang Yue, Michael, Adams, Jakovenko, and more to prove it! | Watch video
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The ponies come to the rescue! Well, not really... As we learn in GM Dejan Bojkov's next installment of this very important endgame (important for "Lopez Players" and "non-Lopez Players" alike) the Knights don't improve a worse pawn structure in the endgame much more than the King's do. The maneuverings of the Knights are extremely instructive no less, and is a joy to watch white's well-timed kingside breakthroughs... | Watch video