Really helpful! Thanks for the videos now I know how to win with minor pieces against a rook
A practical endgame - Rook and Bishop vs. Rook and Knight
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Kohlithebest wrote:
Really helpful! Thanks for the videos now I know how to win with minor pieces against a rook
It is not about winning with minor pieces against a rook. I think you haven't watched the full video. 
Feb 21, 2025
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Bgabor91 wrote:
Kohlithebest wrote:
Really helpful! Thanks for the videos now I know how to win with minor pieces against a rook
It is not about winning with minor pieces against a rook. I think you haven't watched the full video.
Oh yes of course also drawing endgames!
Feb 22, 2025
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That is cool! But in most games it goes like this (I was white here) :
- O-O Bxf7
- Rxf7 Nxf7
- Kxf7
So I lose a pawn (1p) and a rook (5p) which equals 6p and my opponent loses a bishop (3p) and a knight (3p) which again equals 6p. But when I put it into analysis, it was telling +1.02 for me. But how? The position and the material remains equal, doesn’t it?
Feb 22, 2025
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SGP_Chess2 đã viết:
That is cool! But in most games it goes like this (I was white here) :
- O-O Bxf7
- Rxf7 Nxf7
- Kxf7
So I lose a pawn (1p) and a rook (5p) which equals 6p and my opponent loses a bishop (3p) and a knight (3p) which again equals 6p. But when I put it into analysis, it was telling +1.02 for me. But how? The position and the material remains equal, doesn’t it?
Okay, but losing the chariot is a big loss. Because the chariot plays a very important role.
SGP_Chess2 wrote:
That is cool! But in most games it goes like this (I was white here) :
- O-O Bxf7
- Rxf7 Nxf7
- Kxf7
So I lose a pawn (1p) and a rook (5p) which equals 6p and my opponent loses a bishop (3p) and a knight (3p) which again equals 6p. But when I put it into analysis, it was telling +1.02 for me. But how? The position and the material remains equal, doesn’t it?
Guys, please, don't talk about the video without watching it. The video is not about a Rook vs. two minor pieces. It's about a Rook and a Bishop vs. a Rook and a Knight.
Feb 22, 2025
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The book is out of print, so you'd have to get a used copy likely, but one of the best books I ever read was called "Bishop v Knight: The Verdict" by Steve Mayer, written I believe in 1997. He has a full chapter on R+B vs R+N, calling it "The Grindible Ending".
Also in there is The steinitzian Restriction Method (when you have the 2 bishops), Chigorin's ideas with the two knights, the Problem Bishop, the Problem Knight (i.e. a5 Knight in the ruy lopez), the overrated Knight, the overrated bishop, increasing the speed of your knights, Queen and Bishop vs Queen and Knight endings, etc.
Dear Chess Friends,
One of my students played an rapid game in which a really instructive, strategic position occurred on the board, so I made a video about it, starting with the critical position. You can watch the video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/practical-rook-122790284?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
The main topics what you can learn from this video:
- Rook and Bishop vs. Rook and Knight battle
- Bishop vs. Knight battle
- The power of the outside passed pawn
- Pawn races in pawn endgame
I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me.
Kind regards,
Gabor