00:00The right move and you win. So if white has to move, it should go Kc7, attacking the pawn, and after Kg5, Kc6, winning.
00:10Now if black has to move, it goes Kg4, attacking the pawn. Remember, don't touch the square before Kc6, Kg5, winning.
00:20So it's Zugzwang and mutual Zugzwang. And many, many positions.
00:24I can go on and on. We can spend hours and hours, hundreds of hours of different pawns, endgames, and you will be shocked, positively shocked, surprised, amused by the depths of this analysis and the studies and the beauty of these combinations.
00:45Very few pieces, just pawns and kings, but so many intricate details and so many patterns to learn.
00:55Next one is the combination of Zugzwang and elements of stalemate.
01:13It's, let's say we have white, and white Kg5, and it's two pawn versus one pawn.
01:25How to win? If you go straight forward, Kg6, Kg8, F7 check, Kf8, Kf6, stalemate.
01:36Throw. You go Kf5, black goes Kf7, and your king is blocked. You cannot get to g6.
01:44So, how can you force black, either to play Kf7, for you to go Kf5, or go Kg8, and you go Kg6, and you take an opposition.
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