what's the hardest endgame to win?

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withyck11
post any endgame that's not impossible but extremely hard
SacrifycedStoat
Bishop and knight vs nothing
OursonBen

two bishops vs knight?

ThrillerFan

Queen and Pawn endings.

ThrillerFan
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

B+N vs lone king is easy!

Planet_CHESS0344
ThrillerFan wrote:
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

B+N vs lone king is easy!

Your either an undercover GM or ur joking, theres nothing in between b+n is impossible (can u teach me pls) (this is a joke, if you know b+n thats impressive)

DallasSacsTheRook

what about harest endgame to draw? That seems harder

AGC-Gambit_YT
Planet_CHESS0344 wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

B+N vs lone king is easy!

Your either an undercover GM or ur joking, theres nothing in between b+n is impossible (can u teach me pls)

nope, ur just bad, B + N has a mating pattern.

DallasSacsTheRook

why did you remvoe me as a friend

AGC-Gambit_YT

i did?

AGC-Gambit_YT

i thought i added u lol

AGC-Gambit_YT

um you are my friend

frankweebus
DallasSacsTheRook

oh lol sry thats was my brothers account where I added you earlyietr WinterInTheBoxx

AGC-Gambit_YT

lol

SwavZielin
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

I had the awful experience of drawing against a King, not knowing how the complicated maneuvers to mate

AGC-Gambit_YT
SwavZielin wrote:
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

I had the awful experience of drawing against a King, not knowing how the complicated maneuvers to mate

oof that must be tough

ThrillerFan

How about this one that I failed to win last night over the board? I had 19 minutes left, used 17 and gave in. I had 3 candidates and turns out one actually does win.

So if White goes for the race, whether f-pawn or h-pawn, he promotes first, but Black promotes with check on g1 and draws.

So I thought "What if I threaten g3 a move faster?" Turns out it wins, but I missed the last part of it. The g-pawn can actually be defended.

1.Kxf4! Kc5 2.Kg5! Kd4 3.Kxh4! f4 (otherwise g3 falls), but here I stopped and thought it was drawn, so was trying to find a way out of check without losing the pawn in both the Queen Endings. But no, 4.Kg4! Ke3 5.h4! Kf2 6.Kh3! And White wins.

All 6 moves are only moves - otherwise, it's a draw, which was the result of the game.

Planet_CHESS0344
ThrillerFan wrote:

How about this one that I failed to win last night over the board? I had 19 minutes left, used 17 and gave in. I had 3 candidates and turns out one actually does win.

So if White goes for the race, whether f-pawn or h-pawn, he promotes first, but Black promotes with check on g1 and draws.

So I thought "What if I threaten g3 a move faster?" Turns out it wins, but I missed the last part of it. The g-pawn can actually be defended.

1.Kxf4! Kc5 2.Kg5! Kd4 3.Kxh4! f4 (otherwise g3 falls), but here I stopped and thought it was drawn, so was trying to find a way out of check without losing the pawn in both the Queen Endings. But no, 4.Kg4! Ke3 5.h4! Kf2 6.Kh3! And White wins.

All 6 moves are only moves - otherwise, it's a draw, which was the result of the game.

Wow, nice! Do you have an OTB rating?

MariasWhiteKnight
SwavZielin wrote:
SacrifycedStoat wrote:
Bishop and knight vs nothing

I had the awful experience of drawing against a King, not knowing how the complicated maneuvers to mate

Yeah that endgame is tough.

I dont think its the hardest though; Queen vs Rook for example is even harder.