How Good Are Your Pawn Endings?
Hello dear chess friends!
Sorry for not posting here in a long time! I was unwell for some time, and also had some personal challenges to sort out.
For today's blog post, I want to share a nice video on a tricky pawn endgame from the good old days! Pawn endgames not only contain a lot of interesting tactical ideas, but they are also great for training our calculation, as in a pawn endgame, we can figure out the correct result with best play (win for White, draw or win for Black).
The key position is as follows:
For serious chess students, I would recommend spending at least 15 minutes analysing this position, and recording your analysis, before continuing with my video below. That way, you will actively train your calculation, and notice, from your own experience, the key ideas you need to hone to be a pawn endgame master!
Either way, enjoy my video below, where I explain this pawn endgame in detail!
While writing this post, I noticed that I failed to address an important defensive possibility for Black in the video. I've covered how White wins against a waiting approach by Black in the fragment below:
