The position is a known draw IF Black can capture the pawn, OR get his King to any of the four squares of g7, g8, h7, and h8. White's goal is to stop Black from achieving either, and that may require coordination from White's Bishop, pawn, and possibly the King. Only one first move works. 1.Bd7 No other move wins. Any king move is met by Kg1, and the pawn is history. If 1.Bg2 (or 1.Bf1), Black moves 1...Ke3, followed by f4, e5 (if necessary), and a beeline for h8. On any of 1.Bg4, Bf5, or Be6, Black will be able to pick up a tempo by attacking the Bishop , aiding the King's path to h8. For example: 1.Be6 Ke3 2.h4 Ke4 (and not Kf4 3. Kd4, and Black is locked out and must move away from the White pawn's queening path) 3.h5 Ke5, and Black reaches h8 safely. Also, 1.Bc8 doesn't allow White the ability to block out Black's King later, as the Bishop can no longer control the h5 to e8 diagonal. 1....Ke3 Black needs to stay in the "square" of the White pawn's queening path. This move also gains the opposition. 2.h4 Otherwise, Black simply goes to f4, followed by the eventual e5, f6, g7, and h8. 2.... Ke4 The immediate Kf4 is met by Kd4, gaining the opposition and forcing Black out of the pawn's queening path ("square'). Other moves simply allow White pawn to head for h8. 3. h5 Otherwise, Black proceeds to e5, f6, g7, and h8 as above. 3...Ke5 Forced if Black is to stay in the queening path/square. 4. h6 Transposing this with the subsequent Be8 also works. 4....Kf6 Forced in order to stay in the pawn's queening path/square. 5.Be8 Putting Black in Zugzwang. Black must move the King out of range of the pawn and allow it to Queen.

U stuck yourself on the edge restricting the B,for no reason 😅

Lovely.

That's a really nice study! Your explanation was a little bit rushed, but clear enough to follow. I thought Bf1 was the solution but your analysis shows that's wrong.

At 14:46 how is it an "elementary" Checkmate? The King can move to any of 3 squares - d7 e7 or f7 and be out of check. Please explain your statement here. Thanks.

@YourAverageChessPlayer

14 күн бұрын

Since it is a king vs king and queen ending, I called it an elementary checkmate position. I have not covered the technique to checkmate with a king and queen on the channel but there are definitely loads of content online on this checkmate pattern. I will try to cover the sequence of moves from my next video until checkmate if it helps. Thanks for watching my video! Appreciate it.

@HD-fy2wu

13 күн бұрын

Queen and King vs a lone King is an elementary checkmate. Nothing to do with the position.

@anthonyfernandez1768

13 күн бұрын

@@HD-fy2wu Thank you for your input. I didn't know about that nomenclature. It turns out that, when asked, even ALEXA , through my Echo Dot device, knew this. I learned something new about the game of Chess today.

Enjoyed that. Maybe never withdraw a piece more than is necessary or less than is necessary. The full withdrawal of the Bishop lessened it's power for no reason.

@YourAverageChessPlayer

13 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :D

L170 I enjoyed your video.

@YourAverageChessPlayer

13 күн бұрын

Thank you very much

Bishop g2 After h4 ,5, 6, 7, 8=Queen...

@YourAverageChessPlayer

13 күн бұрын

Black King can catch up with e3, f4 to the pawn and that is why Bg2 does not work. The winning move is Bd7.

@angelamaro6689

13 күн бұрын

@@YourAverageChessPlayer yes ,i was wrong

very simple...pls give a harder one...

@YourAverageChessPlayer

16 күн бұрын

I will try my best :)

Good video, could have been shorter.

@YourAverageChessPlayer

8 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

Bg2 and win

@YourAverageChessPlayer

15 күн бұрын

Bg2 does not work in this position unfortunately. Note Black is not forced to capture with Kxg2. Sample line: Bg2 Ke3 H4 Kf4 and black catches up with the pawn. This line is similar to the famous Reti Endgame Position

Before we start, won't Bf1 win? Black can't threaten the pawn and all we need to do is to go for g8 with our king

@YourAverageChessPlayer

29 күн бұрын

Black can play Kf3 with threat of playing Kg4 and then play Ke4 to block our king from progressing. Then black king can take the route of Ke5-f6-g7-h8 uninterrupted and there is nothing white can do about it. The first variation in the video that we look at is indeed Bf1 and you can have a visual explanation there on how this plays out over the board.

B c8

@YourAverageChessPlayer

14 күн бұрын

Bc8 does not work. Bd7 is the only winning move!

after bf1 kf3 be2 comes kg2 and draw

@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz

21 күн бұрын

No, Kg2 h4 and white win. Only Ke3, Ke4 or Kf4 is draw move

A good player on blacks side would simply ignore the bishop and chase the pawn no matter what move is played because they understand that's the only way for white to win. In that scenario this game only ends in a stalemate. Am I wrong?

@francisminiter2692

18 күн бұрын

You are wrong. First, know the difference between stalemate and draw. Second, the position is such that black cannot directly pursue the pawn. Black must try to use Reti's idea about the unique geometry of the chessboard. White, however, has the bishop to frustrate that plan.

@gavin2870

18 күн бұрын

@@francisminiter2692 "Black cannot directly pursue the pawn" yes it can, what do you even base that off of? ???????????

@garys5175

17 күн бұрын

@@gavin2870 because the pawn and the bishop can prevent the black king from accessing the needed squares. Did you watch the video?

@dante0817

14 күн бұрын

did you watch the video?

@featureboxx

13 күн бұрын

did you watch the video?