This is video #16 from the “Beginner to Chess Master” playlist. It’s the King and Queen versus King and Pawn type endgame. How difficult can that really be? The queen is so much more powerful than that little pawn, how could it ever stand a chance? You might be surprised to know that there are several positions where winning is simply not a possibility with best play. We need to know how to win the won positions, and draw the drawn positions without any guesswork. One wrong slip, and a winning position can fall into drawn territory in this must know endgame, one that is no less important than King and Queen vs King. After this endgame is discussed, a pop quiz of 10 questions related to this topic is presented. How well will you digest the content, and how will you score come quiz time? Even an experienced player may stumble!
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At 8:42 what about queen d2
8/10 can't believe I got tricked by the 9th. Didn't think it'd be that easy and other is 7th. I was using board editor and stockfish always beat me with white instead of draw so I'm not sure about that one
That was a long intro. Get to the video.
8/10
Dislike for the 3-minute irrelevant intro. Get to the point man, you talk too much.
I will not get forked by a tricky knight
I will not get forked by a tricky knight
that's what I get for missing the two last ones lmfao
6:59 qb4-ka1-qa3-kb1 and all day for the white king to come close and mate
IT WAS SO CLEAR I DONT KNOWED THIS BUT I AM A LITTLE EXP LEVEL PLAYER BUT I GOT 9/10
I didn't hear the part where you're allowed to pause the video. I tried to get them all in those 2 seconds and ended up with 6/10 lol
6/10
8 of 10 It is the 8 and 10 th problem I failed.
How can I become unstopable in games with time limit 7 minutes without any extra time. I would play in some amater legue soon. I'm waching and playing chees with computer almost every day. Witch gambit should I study?
got 8/10. very happy with this… seeing as i didnt know much about this end game before this video. will make me not resign automatically next time i find myself with a pawn against a queen, if nothing else. great stuff…
i got 6 of 10 on the test
9/10. Miscalculated 5th one. Thank you so much for the video
Better way to remember: if the enemy pawn is one move from promoting on the a, c, f, or h files you're FACH'ed.
explain the puzzle
Been watching your vids since 2009. 😁
I had watched this earlier so i went queen vs pawn in a game. and i lost.
now I am here again to correct my mistakes
thanks very much Jerry, another excellent video, very well explained. I tried the quiz at the end & failed on 7&10, which you predicted would fox a lot of people. thanks again
8/10, last two tricked me
8/10
Great series!
Got an 80 #8 and #10 stumped me.
Learn so much with this series, thanks jerry
I am astounded at how good this playlist is. Thank you.
Jerry, thanks for being my teacher! I got 6/10 but adjusted for accuracy I got 8/10 LOL. I should have known 8 &9 were wins! Thanks again.
I stumbled on 10 didn't correctly analysis the game critically
Much more effective than learning from a book. Thank you
How does one retain this?
5 right
Sad
Now 8 correct… Better
3:36 Qd6 and they just play d8=Q lmao
10/10
1842 USCF
9 correct! #10 got me just as you said.
I think a better mnemonic is for the winning conditions: d, b, e and g = don't beg!
Wish I saw this before I accidentally entered a queen vs rook pawn (as the side with the queen) position and threw a game so hard
Here’s another tip: instead of just writing down your answers, set up these positions and play against the computer. If you think it’s a win, try to win it as white. If you think it’s a draw, try to draw it as black. I had a wrong answer, #10, but after trying to win it I immediately saw why it was a draw.
Wow. I finally get this now. I bought a 30$ course on endgame and didn't "really" get it after I went through this section. Now with this, it all makes so much sense. Thank you Jerry
I would pay a lot of money for you to present quicker/more efficiently
wait.. you kinda sound like nili from aoe2 de. Are you nili!!?
7 out of 10
Such an instructional video. You have a knack for this!
0:00 Introduction
3:11 Position 1 (intro position, pawn way too far from promotion for any complication)
3:55 Position 2 (rook pawn one space from promotion, king two spaces away, our king far away)
5:08 Position 3 (rook pawn, king one space away, our king far away)
8:45 Position 3 (bishop pawn, king one space away, our king far away)
10:05 h.a.l.f handy reminder for (probable) draw (half point)
12:29 Position 4 (center pawn, king one space away)
13:20 (key squares for queen in these types of positions. I found this especially helpful!)
19:37 Position 5 (knight pawn, king one space away)
21:49 Summary so far
22:30 Position 6 (rook pawn, pawn two spaces from promotion, king one space away, our king far away)
25:39 Position 7 (bishop pawn, pawn two spaces from promotion, king one space away, our king far away)
29:51 Position 8 (center pawn, pawn two spaces away from promotion, king one space away, our king far away)
30:40 Position 9 (our king gets closer, which changes everything! bishop pawn)
32:47 Position 10 (same, rook pawn)
34:15 Puzzles/Quiz/Test (highly recommend trying)
37:45 Answers
42:18 An important example of an exception (you may well have got this puzzle question wrong)
46:10 Wrapping up
"a little bit later" 1:20
9/10 for me. #7 stumped me.
6.5/10 actually I cheated on the last one I put it on a board editor and tested it myself but I didn't know it would be a win if the king is in a different spot so there is always something new to learn. Thanks jerry
Hi, for the example where black pawn is on a2 and king on b2, why can not we not just move the white queen to e5? That checks the king and also prohibits pawn to move to the corner, because we can take if it moves and king is one square away so it cannot attack us.
Unless I am missing something, either black and white have traded sides or the black pawn is trying to promote by moving to rank 1 of his own side. Am I making any since?
7 for 10. Great playlist!