Understanding the Sixth Rank Rule in chess

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Understanding the Sixth Rank Rule in chess

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Robert Plunkett's Chess Lab

4 ай бұрын

Understanding the Sixth Rank Rule in chess

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@FredPlanatia 3 ай бұрын

I like these little vignettes on different endgame topics. Perfect format for a short YT video.

@chesst3212 3 ай бұрын

I agree.. these are so much more valuable than those lengthy videos that jump around topics and such

@user-gg6df4xr3i 3 ай бұрын

Great upload thank you.

@JP-su8bp 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@user-pt6hz8et9z 3 ай бұрын

Woah, I learned something new today, perfect for my chess competition next week!

@SpaceCadet4Jesus 3 ай бұрын

The knight pawn is hardest to promote when the opposing King zags into the corner. The trick is to focus on getting your king on the rook file on the 6th rank with opposition, forcing the opposing king onto the knight file, then drive your pawn up the board. Practicing the position repeatedly until it becomes motor memory. It's very easy, but not intuitive if you don't know it.

@maicolc7216 3 ай бұрын

This is very helpful

@neiloppa2620 3 ай бұрын

Solid video. Thank you for the lesson bro ❤

@adnanghaleb2196 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@nirmalrgr4217 3 ай бұрын

Nice

@antoniotruong5647 3 ай бұрын

Videos like this makes KZfaq valuable. This helped so much.

@jeremaj7513 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff! Do you have a play list for these endgame lessons?

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

Yes. Here it is. kzfaq.info/sun/PLlK3vqd-ffcz6UMQVnypRpew2xw6FtW56&si=5NkNTyqZnsXIMu96

@jeremaj7513 3 ай бұрын

@@robertplunkettschesslab Thanks! 👌🏻

@garysikon1812 3 ай бұрын

What exactly is the 6th rank rule? I must have missed it...

@SpaceCadet4Jesus 3 ай бұрын

Get your King to the 6th rank on a file closest to the edge of the board, driving the opposing king out from the rook file.

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

The sixth rank is the only rank that the king does not have to be in front of the pawn to win. That's the rule. Details are in the video. LOL

@jaybingham3711 3 ай бұрын

"I was always told..." that every single thing I get told about playing chess has at least one exception...but typically multiple exceptions. 😭 Except, of course, there's an exception to that too...forced moves! 🥴

@user-ue7ri7pq7j 3 ай бұрын

In 4:06 white is still winning after kg6

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

Yes, but Kf7 is still a wasted move. Kg6 is correct. It admits the mistake of Kf7.

@user-ue7ri7pq7j 3 ай бұрын

@@robertplunkettschesslab I often when playing I play it like this and I think it is much easier because I pushed my pawn

@dadonkas5541 3 ай бұрын

2:42 am I missing something? I thought this position was checkmate, not stalemate? If the black king moves to the left the pawn would take it. If it moves diagonally the white king would take it, and if it attacked the pawn the white king would also take it

@ristovirtaharju5030 3 ай бұрын

The black king is not in check and has no legal moves. That is why it is stalemate. If the pawn could capture forward, then it'd be checkmate, but it can't

@SpaceCadet4Jesus 3 ай бұрын

Recheck that position. What piece is putting the King into checkmate? It's blacks turn to move and since it cannot move into check, it's got nowhere to go.

@stephennorton8151 3 ай бұрын

If there is no legal move and the king is IN check, checkmate. If there is no legal move and the king IS NOT in check, stalemate. The king in that position has no legal moves, as you observed, but is NOT in check, resulting in a stalemate.

@rp1894 3 ай бұрын

Did you break into a museum of technology and steal one of their cameras to film this? Is it an actual potato?

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

Your not the first person to point out I need a better camera. I always just figured people were looking at the board and not me. I appreciate the feedback though. LOL.

@rp1894 3 ай бұрын

@@robertplunkettschesslab I feel like i'm time traveling.

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

@@rp1894 does the board at least look okay?

@SpaceCadet4Jesus 3 ай бұрын

I thought it was fine, the board was clear and so is your instruction. Those are the only two important things you need in this chess lesson.

@robertplunkettschesslab 3 ай бұрын

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I actually appreciated the feedback on the webcam. I need to upgrade it. I'm going to be getting a better one and trying it out. Something with a higher frame rate to at least get rid of the motion blur with my head movement. Hopefully my future videos will be a bit better.