Chess Endgame Study: Triangulation

This video explores the chess tactic triangulation, a technique that allows you to obtain the opposition from the same position at the cost of a tempo. The video contains basic examples, leading up to the technique being used at the grandmaster level of play.

Channel: Education
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: jrobichess

Length: 10:57
Rating: 4.94
Views: 15785

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Video Comments

prodigy0521 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Thank you..i can use this in tomorrows tournament^^.....i wan to be just like wesley so....Im from philippines too.... thanks for the upload

60moonwalk03 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

great! these moves would give me an advantage in a game

PhilomathBret (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

If move A gives you a losing position, that doesn't mean that you have to do move B if that also gives you a losing position :)

manuelfranco1 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing, metricprime: in the second position play goes 1. Kd2 e3+ and you say 2. Kxe3 Ke5 is still a win for white. Can you show me a forced win for white? I can't seem to find it...it looks like a draw (with best play for black of course).

metricprime (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

...um...it does ensure opposition, but the opposition was only applied when the pawn was there, if he takes the pawn, white will win from a pawn push on the queen side (but we're not going to argue about that). The goal of this was to ensure the e pawn does not push, and it has achieved that goal, even if there is opposition when King captures pawn at e3.

manuelfranco1 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Hey nice video! You forgot to mention in the second position the tricky move e3+. If that happens white can't simply take the pawn because that ensures the opposition and a draw for black! White must instead play Kd3.

KnightedMagi (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

At the way start why doesn't white just move his pawn to D5 checking the black king. The black pawn on C7 would capture whites D6 pawn checking white. Then white would block blacks pawn and promote his c6 pawn.

spiky1265 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

no it is not winning if black plays correctly.

inholtz (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

euh d6+ is also winning ;)d6 ...xd6 then Kd5 and the black king must go away from the pawn

cardeater473 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

in the match between spassky and tal...when spassky moved his king to d2...c3...d3...did his king have to go to d2..or could it have gone...c2...c3 then d3...would that work too?