Lucena Position Explained (Bridge-Building)

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[@agmmarketing4466]

These shorts sometime are more knowledgeable than videos

[@sandykarmakar]

Now Please explain Philidor Position Sir 🙏

[@Squashh_1]

I had that exact position like 2 days ago 💀 i thought it was a draw

[@ashleysaniel-munoz1423]

This is the first lesson my mentor taught me

[@jamesrodriguez8830]

This kind of End game is very helpful. Thank you GM Igor! More power for your channel. 👍🏼😊

[@TheE_Baron]

Bruh i watched this from gauri a little while ago

[@Bwcbaker]

Orrrrr…… YOU CAN SACRIFICE THE ROOOOOKKKK

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Nice one but the theory is force opposite king away from pawn at the same time avoid continues checks to your king and job done, thanks.

[@prembhattarai1093]

nice move

[@thiyumsasmitha4329]

Nice

[@diveshplayschess2468]

Lucena bridge

[@gurvanshar9058]

Who watched this puzzle on gauri chess?

[@JTBettencourt]

It would be easier to watch your videos if they didn’t pop around so much.

[@user-rz6eo9qt2e]

Lucena?

[@vicentevazquez3917]

If 1... Kg6, and 2... Kg5?

[@JeanLeRoux-nq2jf]

1. Rf5 2. Rd5. There are a lot of weird variations in these positions. Causes me grief when I check it on the computer.

[@UnknownOP11]

Isnt this the lucena position?

[@crazyrun2024]

yes

[@rybiryj]

OK, but why is it called a bridge?

[@jacobcarrizales427]

Probably due to just having a rook controlling the file. Another way to think about it is you build a bridge to let the pawn safely cross onto the promotion square. The name doesn’t really matter though.

[@MinhKhang_876]

bruh wtf are these comments

[@UnknownOP11]

fr

[@-AxisA-]

At step 2, why not just rook to f8? Sac your rook and it's a winning queen - rook endgame.

[@leerobbo92]

Rf1, Rxf1, and you still have to move your king out of the way of the pawn. The moment you bring the king out, black checks you.
You can't move away from the pawn, so you either move in front of it, in which case black keeps checking you into a draw, or you move in front of it, which allows black to move their own king toward the pawn and actually gives black a win.

[@-AxisA-]

​@@leerobbo92 Sorry I meant rook to f8.

[@mark_a1998]

​@@-AxisA- Which step 2
1. Rf2+ Kg7
2. Rf8? Then it's auto stalemate after Kxf8

[@leerobbo92]

@@-AxisA- My bad! If you play Rf8 and black takes, then that's just stalemate...

[@-AxisA-]

I don't know what was I calculating when I made this comment:D Of course the king can't move and it's stalemate. I guess some how I thought the pawn could promote on next move.