King and Pawn Endgames - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2015.02.24

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• SA

  @samuelgamper6926 · 11 years ago

  I just love that Grandmaster Seirawans lectures. When he shows his own games he makes even fun of himself. What a great person! Modest, polite and competent. I cant imagine a better teacher.<br>Thanks for sharing the lectures on youtube. I profit a lot.

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• KA

  @kacy6014 · 11 years ago

  lol &quot;And every good grandmaster would see that right away.&quot;

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• CR

  @Craigevansagain · 7 years ago

  I love Yasser&apos;s vids and his &quot;WHOOAH!s&quot;.

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• PA

  @PaulRabilIsGod · 6 years ago

  These are outstanding scenarios to analyze. As someone new to chess, king-and-pawn endgames are a fascinating place to start! Thank you for covering some fundamentals.

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• JY

  @jyotirmoysarma1523 · 5 years ago

  GM Seirawan is a true Gentleman.

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• AV

  @Avor85 · 11 years ago

  Saw the first game in an earlier lecture. Very instructive. Loved the breakfast story in that one :)

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• DA

  @DATR01 · 11 years ago

  At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=2348">39:08</a> it is a very famous position, I remember it as:<br>&quot;Push the middle pawn and make a square&quot; so if hxg6 play f6, if fxg6 play h6, the four pawns make a square.

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• AM

  @amaarquadri · 5 years ago

  In the position at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=1825">30:25</a>, another possible win would be f3, Kd3, e4+, Kxe4, Kxc4, Kf5, Kd3, Kg5, Ke2, Kxh5, Kxf2, Kxg4, Kg2 and white will queen 2 tempi before black.<br>I think this is simpler than the solution shown at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=1891">31:31</a> with f4, where white has a lot of passed pawns &nbsp;and there are a lot more complications.

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• SA

  @sasodiarvas · 10 years ago

  In Seirawan&apos;s calculation at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=193">3:13</a> Ivanchuk could promote just playing e7, not exf7 not to lose his queen after black&apos;s queen check I think

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• SG

  @sgs9274 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I just wanted to point out that at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=1801">30:01</a> 1...h5 wins for black: 2.Kb3 f4 3.Kc3 f3! wins - the threat that Yasser points out of Kd3 followed by Ke4 and Kxe5 is not real - if white tries this, then black takes on c4 and then f2 and promotes his f3 pawn. In fact, even if white does not take the e5 pawn, he cannot stop black from breaking through. eg. 4.Kd3 Kb4 5.Ke4 Kxc4 6.Kxe5 Kd3 7.Kf4 Ke2 6.Kg5 Kxf2 white can resign. 3.gxf4 exf4 4.Kc3 doesn&apos;t save white either: 4...h4 5.Kd3 g3 and white&apos;s king is too slow to stop promotion. These variations seem much simpler to me than the position Yasser calculated but I&apos;m just some patzer on the internet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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• HE

  @HebaBeats · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMl1imTVA4&amp;t=538">8:58</a> :D