IDK I NEED HELP AS WELL
Help me in these endgames!
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Jan 5, 2024
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#3
Queen vs rook:
is hard to win and I think it is actually a draw if played correctly.
Queen vs knight:
Don’t put your queen and king on the same color. That prevents a fork. In the endgame you try to put your opponents king to the side of the board and mating them or threaten to mate or capture the knight.
I wouldn’t think of studying these games because there are countless studies on other endgames you should be studying.
is hard to win and I think it is actually a draw if played correctly.
Queen vs knight:
Don’t put your queen and king on the same color. That prevents a fork. In the endgame you try to put your opponents king to the side of the board and mating them or threaten to mate or capture the knight.
I wouldn’t think of studying these games because there are countless studies on other endgames you should be studying.
Jan 5, 2024
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#4
Study the most frequent endgames not the ones you see every once in a while if you want more skill for studying time.
Jan 5, 2024
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#5
swarminglocusts wrote:
Queen vs rook:
is hard to win and I think it is actually a draw if played correctly.
Queen vs knight:
Don’t put your queen and king on the same color. That prevents a fork. In the endgame you try to put your opponents king to the side of the board and mating them or threaten to mate or capture the knight.
I wouldn’t think of studying these games because there are countless studies on other endgames you should be studying.
is hard to win and I think it is actually a draw if played correctly.
Queen vs knight:
Don’t put your queen and king on the same color. That prevents a fork. In the endgame you try to put your opponents king to the side of the board and mating them or threaten to mate or capture the knight.
I wouldn’t think of studying these games because there are countless studies on other endgames you should be studying.
Queen vs rook is a forced win for the queen, but can be tricky against the best defense. It would be useful to study at some stage when going over rook endings, as in some rook endings you need to sacrifice the rook to force a pawn through to a queen. There are some resources on this site on how to win with the queen against the rook. There is a series of videos by Derek Grimmell which is probably one of the best resources available for the queen vs rook ending.
Queen vs knight is unlikely to come up in practical play.
@1
The key is to make them split up. Using checks and checkmate threats disconnect them and then win the piece with checks and checkmate threats.
I tried queen vs rook out once in a daily thematic tournament. But there were only 4 games (two with White and two with Black). It is actually quite simple. Hardly anyone can play the perfect way to win, but hardly anyone can defend perfectly either.
The only thing you need to know is the Philidor position. I was able to win both of my games with White because one opponent blundered the rook and the other slipped into the Philidor position fairly quickly.
In my other games I was totally losing, but was able to hold both games because the opponents apparently didn't know the Philidor position.
Jan 6, 2024
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#8
swarminglocusts wrote:
Study the most frequent endgames not the ones you see every once in a while if you want more skill for studying time.
One exception to that is you should study the B+N vs lone king mate. While I have only had it occur 4 times over the board in about 3350 games (3 times on the side with just the king), it is a good one to know as it improves one's skill in piece coordination. Anybody can coordinate a queen and a rook. But Bishop and knight requires precision. Piece coordination is an important skill to have in all parts of the game, not just the endgame.
Jan 6, 2024
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#9
ThrillerFan wrote:
swarminglocusts wrote:
Study the most frequent endgames not the ones you see every once in a while if you want more skill for studying time.
One exception to that is you should study the B+N vs lone king mate. While I have only had it occur 4 times over the board in about 3350 games (3 times on the side with just the king), it is a good one to know as it improves one's skill in piece coordination. Anybody can coordinate a queen and a rook. But Bishop and knight requires precision. Piece coordination is an important skill to have in all parts of the game, not just the endgame.
I wouldn't worry about that until maybe reaching 1700..
Can anyone show how these endgames should be played?...
Apart from these endgames I do know some complex ones such as Bishop and Knight...