How to use your King in the Endgame? | Mikhail Tal’s Genius Idea

July 20, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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You would have heard the famous chess quote by the first world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz: “The King is a fighting piece. Use it!”. That is exactly what you will learn from this instructive video lesson.

In this video lesson, the RCA guest coach IM Mat Kolosowski will teach you how to use or activate your king in the endgame by analyzing a game played by the former world chess champion, the Magician from Riga, Mikhail Tal.

What’s interesting to note is that you would usually never expect such a strategic masterpiece from a player like Tal, who is a tactical genius with an aggressive style of play.

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00:00 Introduction
02:59 Why Be3?
05:34 Poisonous idea
10:02 Complex Endgame
11:19 Critical moment in the game
12:05 Tal’s genius idea of using the king
13:25 An active king in the endgame
14:45 King as an extra piece
15:16 King is unstoppable
17:24 Final winning moments

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