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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.
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'm here because I ruined my game because I can't figure out how to do this in time
thank you!
After so many attempts I've finally mastered the way of check mating with only a rook and the king
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!!!
I forgot how to checkmate with a rook and drawed :/
What happens if they just move their king back and forth to try and draw
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.
1 minute on the clock to win. Drew on time.
I cam after a draw by 50-move rule 🙁
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
thank you very much
mee to
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.
Pruess is such a great teacher.
This was really helpful I will never draw a game with a king and rook now thank you!
This doesn't have to be 10 minutes long
So obviousI just got to stalemate because my brain was too slow
I just stealmated with a rook and a bishop for nothing!!
I just tied one…i need to improve
THANK YOU this shi was pissing me off
now ik where i got draw
i was just in this position and i had to draw
Zugzwang.. Wieso Deutsch😂
I made a comeback from my friend from my queen being trapped then got a rook and king end game but couldn't win because i didn't know how to checkmate him 😢.
I’ve been playing Malala yousafazai (a bot for women history month) for the entire month losing over and over FINALLY i got a winning end game but didn’t know to checkmate so i searched it up and won THANK YOU.
JESUS JUST TEALL ME HOW TO MATE WITH KING AND ROOK
bro why can't you just show us how to do it? All that unnecessary bullshit had me ending in a draw because I was watching this video while chasing his king cause i didnt remember how to do it
Gut I was playing with kept repeating his king moves
Three stalemates finally figured I'd look it up. So much easier then I expected
Backed his king in the corner, searched for this and checkmate! thanks
I see why i always mess up now i never ever play a waiting move to get whatever that word was, so it always draws
I fricking draw the damned game by repition
I let a dalit draw because I forgot this, very embarrassing
very educative
thank you, i almost got a draw but thankfully i found this video
11 years ago?
just show the sequence…. 30 sec video… dang!
OMG dude talk faster.
Im YTing this in the middle of a match. I don't have 9mins!
I came here after my opponent couldn't checkmate me after 50 moves forcing a draw😂
Yo the game after I watched this vid I checkmated someone with my rook and king bro
Im here after Drawing by 50 Move rule😭
It is super dumb for game to tell you it a draw and not letting you check mate the king.
Get to the point already
I want 8 minutes of my life back
OMG. I wish I could upload this photo I snapshot ON AI Level 15… I had 3 Queens, 1 King, Knight,Rook, and Bishop all looking at the red king. It said it’s a Draw ✍️ the king is Block but not in check. Damn if anybody can tell me how and I’ll upload it.
having trouble checkmating in general, kinda annoying to have the opponent move his king back and forth when I cant get a checkmate, I can get checks but never a solid win.,
my brother just taught this
I am trying to learn how to rook checkmates but while this time writing the English words in this video And that way I am learning two things at the same time 😅 thanksss <33