Passed Pawns

Passed Pawns

The idea of creating one (or more passed pawns) is one (if not the most) powerful idea to use in your endings. Let's study this with some games played by the best players.

Chess Endings - Complete Training Course

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Introduction to the Course

  • Introduction
  • What You Need to Do the Course

The 2 Most Important Ideas in Endings

  • Passed Pawns
  • Attacking Pawns
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

What Is the Ending?

  • Intro
  • What Is the Ending?
  • Quiz

Rook Endings

  • Intro
  • Rook Plus Pawn Win Against Rook
  • Rook Draws Against Rook Plus Pawn
  • Rook Plus Rook Pawn Against Rook
  • Connected Passed Pawns
  • Importance of Piece Activity
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

Pawn Endings

  • Intro
  • King Plus Pawn Against King
  • Geometry of the Chess Board
  • Combining Ideas
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

More Ending Themes

  • Intro
  • Stalemate
  • Perpetual Check
  • Building a Fortress
  • Zugzwang
  • Underpromotion
  • Pawn Majority
  • Slowly Improving Your Position
  • Good Bishop versus Bad Knight
  • Good Knight versus Bad Bishop
  • Principle of 2 (or More) Weaknesses
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

More Endings with Pawns

  • Intro
  • Opposite-colored Bishops
  • Opposite-colored Bishops with Additional Pieces
  • Minor Piece Against Pawns
  • Minor Piece Against Minor Piece
  • Queen Endings
  • Queen Against Pawn
  • Other Endings
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

Pawnless Endings

  • Intro
  • Simplest Checkmates
  • 2 Bishops and King against King
  • Bishop, Knight and King against King
  • 2 Knights and King against King
  • Queen against Rook
  • Rook against Minor Piece
  • Rook and Minor Piece against Rook
  • Other Endings
  • Activity
  • Solution
  • Outro

Final Activity

  • Intro
  • Final Activity
  • Solution

Next Steps

  • Next Steps
  • Bonus 1: Key Points Summary
  • Bonus 2: Instructive Endings for You to Study
  • Bonus 3 - Favorite Ending 1: An Amazing Triangulation
  • Bonus 3 - Favorite Ending 2: Breaking a Fortress
  • Bonus 4: Join Our Private Group