Chess Endgame: Queen vs. Knight
By request I have produced a chess video about performing a KQ vs. KN checkmate. I made this video in two parts, which were then badly joined using Windows Movie Maker. Not the best video I’ve ever done, but I hope you learn something if you had trouble with this ending before. By the way, the second part was me playing vs. Crafty at chessvideos.tv, I think the part where I explained that got lopped off.
at 3:45 the best way it to play queen e5+ – wins the knight right off
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Great vid… I was stuck with this for 2days… but as soon as I watched this video I am not able to tackle this issue… Thanx
Thanks Matt. I just lost this endgame to WIMP B. Will try to remember the geometry next time.!
i was wondering what will happen in case of rook vs the night.
@fredb1978 That is supposed to be an abstract example. Ignore the kings.
The queen could have also forked the king and knight (which is a check move) and the queen will win the knight that way also. I am referring to the example in this video when the king is not close to the knight so he is not protecting it.
Thank you. Good teaching.
great job. very helpful especially how you showed it in the beginning. silmans book doesnt talk about this but just says watch out for forks, take it slow, etc. thanks matt
thanks, mate
If I might ask a question, what software are you running to pull up these endgame puzzles?
thx greencastleblock ^^
umm you play it like a k queen vs k but you watch for knight forks and slowly back him down as shown above… the knight stuff at the beginning BTW has helped me more than the main topic tho lol
confusing comment
It’s always possible
different people learn differently I guess, sorry you didn’t learn anything
didnt really explain the proccess at all . . . thus not really learnt anything.
but black was agasint the wall . . . if he is not surley its impossible?
You ‘re expecting a lot of checks from a pinned knight.
brilliant video!
i was wondering, has black got a threat of fooling you onto stalemate if you’re not careful at some point?
I like your videos. They are pretty cool!
No, White was in check.
couldnt you play queen b7 at 10:22 is checkmate
very instructive and interesting video. thanks Matt
great video!! thanks. now how about queen vs rook?
its hard to see knight patterns. this helps a lot. five stars, thanks