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IM David Pruess explains how to checkmate with a King and Rook vs lone King, touching on important chess concepts such as Zugzwang and Waiting Moves along the way.
Chess Endgames: Checkmating with a Rook
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IM David Pruess explains how to checkmate with a King and Rook vs lone King, touching on important chess concepts such as Zugzwang and Waiting Moves along the way.
i was just in this position and i had to draw
now ik where i got draw
THANK YOU this shi was pissing me off
I just tied one…i need to improve
I just stealmated with a rook and a bishop for nothing!!
So obvious
I just got to stalemate because my brain was too slow
This doesn't have to be 10 minutes long
This was really helpful I will never draw a game with a king and rook now thank you!
Pruess is such a great teacher.
I got so tired of trying that I offered if a draw which he refused because he was 3 minutes up in time. I got so embarrassed that I had to sack my rook to get a draw.
mee to
thank you very much
there are only so many times you can chase a king around the board with rook/king before searching this video xD "ENOUGH" i say
I cam after a draw by 50-move rule 🙁
1 minute on the clock to win. Drew on time.
Lost one of my best games at this end game from the 50 move rule draw. Immediately watched this video and I hope to never have that happen again now.
What happens if they just move their king back and forth to try and draw
I forgot how to checkmate with a rook and drawed :/
Chess existed 11 yrs ago? Damn!
Im practicing this now and I’m literally failing every time. The black King keeps moving south and it throws everything off for me and I can’t get him to move up. This is so frustrating!!!
After so many attempts I've finally mastered the way of check mating with only a rook and the king
thank you!
I'm here because I ruined my game because I can't figure out how to do this in time
Can you use the same principle to checkmate with king and queen? I find it easier to stalemate with queen, so keeping a distance would make it easier
I did exactly what you did and it didn't work
Very nicely explained !!
this video is so useful for me, after watching this now I can handle the situation.
Why is this video 9mins long? 😒
I'm here because forgot how to after not being in the situation for a long time 😂… I drew😭
bruh just put your king in front of his king whilst the rook is defending yours.
Thanks I always went to stalemate 🤦♂️ pisses me off 🤣
Very helpful. Thank-you
great video I could never do this but this video explained it very well hopefully should lead me to more wins in this postion instead of a draw
i had 2 queens and he just had a king and i couldn’t get it
I came here after my opponent failed to checkmate me with his rook and king.
I was like 20 points up material, then I made a stalemate
who came here after a draw with a King Rook
Who came from nick💀
My god how long winded
this isn’t nick eh 30
I drawed a chess game district because of this i couldve been champion
For some reason, i just randomly learnt how to do it the other way
Why is this guy a better teacher than my college professors
Ass
Getting to this video after getting a draw with this situation 😅
Best Chess video. Very simply explained. Looking forward to watch more videos from this guy.
Lost a game cuz u talk too much
This only works if your opponent doesn't know what they're doing and voluntarily puts themself on the back rank and in front of your king instead of just moving back and forth in the middle
Is there any particular reason to why you don't use the box method
About 8 minutes too long.