WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:10.370 Hi there in Endgames, the king can become a very, very aggressive piece, so this example tão against 00:10.710 --> 00:21.330 Lisette Sin, played in 1956 USSR championship shows actually that talent is keen to kind of celebrate 00:21.330 --> 00:21.930 that fact. 00:22.110 --> 00:27.840 The probability of becoming checkmated, especially when the queens are not on the board, is a little 00:27.840 --> 00:28.990 bit less here. 00:29.040 --> 00:33.780 We also see --'s on line squares and a bishop on light squared. 00:33.840 --> 00:42.090 So in principle, and this is where all kind of chess IQ is concerned, not actual calculation in principle. 00:42.090 --> 00:50.610 If we look at the adjacent squares on the squares, these should in principle not be fraught with danger 00:50.610 --> 00:51.180 as well. 00:51.630 --> 00:55.800 So we can start adding these facts up that the Queens have come off the board. 00:56.910 --> 01:04.590 Black has done squired weaknesses and in fact, Mekele Tale takes his king on a road trip with King 01:04.800 --> 01:05.220 two. 01:05.700 --> 01:10.710 This is an amazing trip around the board, a journey of discovery. 01:11.100 --> 01:13.230 We see Neidjie King Sifry. 01:13.440 --> 01:15.110 So the king is coming out and about. 01:15.450 --> 01:20.100 This is a major distinguishing feature of endgames and the great end game players. 01:20.550 --> 01:27.870 For example, Capablanca, the Cuban genius, kind of usually brings his king towards the center and 01:27.870 --> 01:29.640 starts using it and endgames. 01:29.940 --> 01:36.060 Passports are a much more significant thing as well because we've less pieces on the board. 01:36.510 --> 01:43.680 There's less possibilities of them being eliminated as not so easy to handle passports. 01:44.460 --> 01:53.100 So Rook's passports and the king all of a sudden start to take center stage in the so-called endgame 01:53.100 --> 01:54.780 phase of a game. 01:55.200 --> 02:00.360 So the king is actually going on a walk here for King DeFore. 02:01.690 --> 02:03.630 I was played too. 02:05.070 --> 02:09.690 We see rookie six nine C5 hitting the rook, rechange six. 02:10.320 --> 02:15.600 So that pawn is in danger, but still carries on now with his king Kingi five. 02:16.920 --> 02:24.030 We see Bishop takes different seats, rotates search for another king, makes his first big threat to 02:24.030 --> 02:30.290 take up this poem that's parried with Rook six, Jack Otter Kingsly seven, notar five. 02:30.930 --> 02:31.500 We see it. 02:31.800 --> 02:34.260 Another King move looking to win a seven. 02:34.440 --> 02:36.030 So the king is a fighting piece. 02:36.690 --> 02:40.650 Steinitz is actually has actually got a famous quotation. 02:40.650 --> 02:47.250 The King is a fine piece, but are some of the statements examples are a bit scary because it's not 02:47.250 --> 02:50.860 even in games he's talking about, but especially in the end game. 02:50.880 --> 02:51.660 It's true. 02:51.900 --> 02:58.980 It's statistically more true, at least that because the probability of not being so easily checkmated, 02:59.310 --> 03:06.330 your king is like a slow moving queen, in effect, being able to move in all directions with less fear 03:06.330 --> 03:07.330 of being checkmated. 03:07.770 --> 03:14.370 So we see nightly Fallbrook up to a five and our route takes our four heads the night the night goes 03:14.370 --> 03:14.730 back. 03:15.660 --> 03:18.190 Robbery for check king fate. 03:18.210 --> 03:26.340 And now the king is brave enough here to actually take on C6 not minding and discovered check. 03:26.880 --> 03:29.820 We have been taxe five check King Tacy five. 03:30.300 --> 03:37.140 The King is hitting D5 Brook 86 and the King actually does take the five out. 03:37.680 --> 03:42.360 So the Kings playing a marvelous role and could also play the role of a kind of shapard. 03:43.380 --> 03:45.000 Quite often in games. 03:45.660 --> 03:49.260 The King can help shepherd these pawns to help them. 03:49.260 --> 03:53.250 Queen we see her before eight x eight. 03:54.350 --> 03:55.140 Kingi seven. 03:55.410 --> 03:56.880 The rookie's protecting before. 03:56.880 --> 04:06.150 After all her king see five or six rook defoliants cuts off the opponent's king from potentially being 04:06.150 --> 04:11.550 annoying in trying to stop this pass pawn and its potential for Queen in check. 04:12.030 --> 04:14.910 King C6 Check King see seven. 04:15.450 --> 04:16.200 Rukia five. 04:17.700 --> 04:22.590 So the rook is trying to stop this passport check king of six. 04:22.590 --> 04:25.890 But now the King and it's shepherding role plays. 04:25.890 --> 04:26.760 King CSX. 04:28.830 --> 04:33.180 It's fighting against that rook stopping port from moving. 04:33.870 --> 04:38.880 So Rook have to and now we have G for protecting that pawn pawns. 04:38.880 --> 04:45.060 A very very important and games of that pawn was eliminated then Black's eight pawn would have no problem, 04:45.390 --> 04:47.700 would have a free road to come down. 04:48.720 --> 04:50.460 A free pass by here. 04:50.820 --> 04:51.210 Yeah. 04:51.360 --> 04:59.420 It puts a lock and key on the pawn by playing for H5 and that has actually taken King G5. 04:59.430 --> 05:05.790 Black wants to try and use the F pawn, but currently the rook is also blocking in that effort on the 05:05.790 --> 05:07.710 rook would have to get out of the way at some point. 05:08.280 --> 05:11.550 So White is kind of winning this pawn promotion race. 05:11.760 --> 05:18.480 Sometimes you do get these kind of race scenarios whose passports will arrive first to become Queens 05:18.750 --> 05:28.890 and five is with Tampoe before it's often good to get your rocks behind your passports before we see 05:28.890 --> 05:31.900 B6 afraid of after B seven. 05:31.950 --> 05:33.900 The game actually ended here. 05:34.880 --> 05:40.920 The game continued with Rook C to check say king desex afta. 05:40.920 --> 05:42.210 Why is Quailing first? 05:42.210 --> 05:46.950 And this is devastating because Queen G.H. check. 05:48.090 --> 05:53.490 If the King steps on the EFO, then we're just going to pick up the opponents queen. 05:53.850 --> 05:57.600 If you like that check and we're going to step off the opponents queen. 05:58.020 --> 06:05.280 If the king goes to take on H5 then here Queen G for Czech. 06:06.150 --> 06:09.330 Queen H for Czech, rook G for Czech. 06:09.330 --> 06:12.240 And we're actually going to chat, make the opponents king. 06:12.930 --> 06:22.020 So anyway, the point of this dramatic game example is the philosophy of and games. 06:22.050 --> 06:23.460 What actually happens. 06:24.460 --> 06:27.540 Certain pieces start to take center stage. 06:27.990 --> 06:31.530 Your own king can start to take center stage. 06:31.530 --> 06:33.690 It can start hurting --'s again. 06:33.690 --> 06:37.830 Start roaming the board with less fear of being checkmated. 06:38.040 --> 06:40.110 Your king is like a slow moving queen. 06:41.370 --> 06:43.140 Of course, you do have to be careful. 06:43.380 --> 06:48.030 Quite often kings do get caught up in mating, that there is a risk. 06:48.810 --> 06:50.970 Passports are much more important. 06:50.970 --> 06:52.560 There's less to stop them queening. 06:53.400 --> 06:55.770 It's less about checkmating the opponents king. 06:55.770 --> 06:57.300 It's more about the passports. 06:58.110 --> 07:00.630 The rook's play an amazing role. 07:00.990 --> 07:11.130 Quite often you want to get your rocks behind your opponents passports and also behind your own passports, 07:11.130 --> 07:13.140 you know, supporting them like in this example. 07:15.120 --> 07:15.570 So. 07:16.460 --> 07:21.920 Very, very interesting angle, illustration, one of the iconic ones I thought I'd share with you that 07:21.920 --> 07:25.640 had a profound influence on my understanding of endgames. 07:26.180 --> 07:29.780 So I hope you enjoyed this example as very much.