The Rule of the Square
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2020
- Today is the day I reveal a little secret of mine. "The rule of the square" is something I learned about when I was a kid, but I didn't really get it. After all these years, I still haven't managed to understand the rule!
Luckily, you and I can both learn more about the rule of the square in my app, Magnus Trainer!
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Magnus is the college teacher that never teaches you anything but you know he is actually really smart
Hmm? Yep......But is that good value for your exchange of time! Nope...Will I Watch anymore of his videos....Nope! Or join his Chess channel Nope! But more likely buy one of his Chess books......Some styles of teaching are not classroom compatible....We must all have had some of those “teachers?” Which means teaching is Not You “learning”! Regards.
@@1SpudderR jajaja jaja.... Take it easy, he is just joking
@@josemexi4122 Well! If that suits you fine.......I was just joking? Hmm?
@@1SpudderR lol, relax and take a deep breath. you seem stressed out
@@barbe-rose Hmm? Sounds to me that you are looking in the mirror! What you see is what you are getting! Just chill out man! Or, judging by your name, maybe ? Chill out girl!
Next video: Magnus confesses to not knowing the 'en passant' rule.
"You're allowed to castle queenside!?"
@@theendofconfusion somebody tried to explain it when I was a kid, but I didn't really get it. If the pawns get too close, I just take them. You can castle queenside, of course, it's important to keep your queen safe.
@@tubeytubetuber also, a knight moves like an L, but it can also move like a backwards L.
And still manages to get away with it 😂😂😂
haha
Normal tutorials on CZcams: "So i guess you should learn this"
Magnus' tutorial: "So i guess i should learn this"
Hilarious
Magnus' real tutorial: So I guess Grischuk should have learned this.
Matthew 7:21
Novice: "I go here, he goes there, I go here, he goes there".
Good player: "If the king enters the square he captures".
Magnus: "I AM THE SQUARE".
Next tutorial: Magnus confesses he never understood how knights really move
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
😂 and he just uses his instinct 😉😄
Godly
Magnus: "I see other players move the horse like this so I just copy it"
@@WarsmithGoz 😂👍
The only crucial thing I understood from this video was that to never put the king and queen in the same Diagonal
800s I swear.
Same lol
Nah y'all sleeping , also keep your king Central. Think ahead , so not to be caught out i.e exchange when it favours you.
(never)........except you have good reasons to do so :)
🕋⛪🌍🌏🌎
Today I'll teach you the Scholar's mate. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is, so instead I will show you how to checkmate Grischuk!
hahaha that's so funny
...
AHAHAHAHA
Lmao
You know that’s what we really want. 😛
Legends say he once promoted a pawn to a pawn.
We’re you supposed to post this comment on an agadmator video...
Lmao
Jajaja
@@watfunstu9086 *were
Pawn me!
“Today’s lesson is all about the square... but I actually have no idea what it is”. - Magnus Carlsen 2020
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
😂
"i didn't really get it but i feel like I've gotten away with it in most of my games"
yeah I'd say he's done alright
I’d say he’s done fine, obviously has a little bit of potential
Yeah, I mean... I'd say he's ok
@@themax2848, what if he was just lucky all the time? 🤣
ID SAY HE'S OK....
I bet he's always known the rule without knowing it had a name. It's too obvious and natural to him to even give it a notice.
Magnus is that kid that never studies but always gets an A
More like a person who focused on one thing his whole life and mastered it
@@xyzxyzxyz2959 His iq is much higher than average so its not weird if he ofc he would study but little and still get As
His brain is destined for chess
Helps if you're a genius
Iq high doesn't necessarily Mean good grades
I like this guy a lot but this is the worst instructional video of all time
some people are better at explaining things than others (even a world champion) lol
hahaha^^ what an awesome comment^^ (i thought the same thing too oO)
What did you expect from someone that doesn't know the rule of the square?
@@PJ-oq4mo I expect them not to make a full video about it called “The Rule of The Square”
nope its good video
Every beginner asking a pro:
"How many moves do you think ahead?"
The world champion:
"At this point I think I have to take and think later"
what a senseless comment this is, dude!
@@nivedhsingh2178 it's a joke. Seems like you are describing your own comment though.
@@nivedhsingh2178 By the amount of likes on each comment here, it’s pretty clear the other other guy is in the wrong. Oof
@@nivedhsingh2178 dude YOUR comment is the useless one because he is actually right. a lot of beginners think that grandmasters calculate 20 moves ahead every time, but in most cases it's just about pattern recognition and experience
Honestly, that's something I find the most fascinating. When people really master a skill, not just chess, the fundamentals become so ingrained that they arrive as a gut feeling rather than a conscious thought. I notice how much Magnus says things like "I feel" or "I intuitively knew". A lot of my favorite instrumentalists and people who are highly skilled at some other hobbies I have speak similarly. Can only put time in and dream of reaching that level of mastery in something!
"I don't know the rule of pawn square" - The greatest endgame player who ever lived
Not really, Capablanca is on level
Mindgame is more better then endgame avengers.
@@AdityaKumar-ox3wz people only say this to make argument. Capablanca would get mowed down by anyone in the top 10 right now, let alone Carlsen, you can't compare players of the past with these guys. if in the future someone else comes along and beats Carlsen easily then they would be the best ever untill another comes along. chess players are only getting stronger with modern engines, past players are quickly outdated.
@@eg2821 People will never unerstand that unfortunately lol .. there is always this mystery bias ! someone who lived in the past who was so great and powerful ...
@@eg2821 its everywere like that,in any sports...its constantly evolving...thats why you cant say someone is the best ever,you can say he is the best ever of his ERA
i don’t remember formulas. I derive them when I need to
Ik I’ve never been taught the square thing but it seems obvious what it is straight away
Lmaoo
Physics in a nutshell.
Literally did this in school sometimes. Absolute genius moments.
that's my friend who had to make our Physics teacher ask our Math teacher how she had solved a problem of generators or something she just gave us as a "prank", since we had not learned about them yet. meanwhile when asking for her help with a simple equation I'd be "I did just the exact same thing you did! how can the answer not match?!", she'd take a quick look, make a polite "so close!" face, then point to my notebook and "here. you put the wrong sign"
oh, well... **shrugs**
"Today I will give you a little secret, and fail to explain it at all. You're welcome"
He reminds me of a native speaker who can't explain the rules of grammar to someone who wants to learn his language.
Even if he didnt say what the rule actually is, I kinda got it anyway. Basically if he took the queen one move earlier the king would be taking the queen on the C file and be one square closer to H file and would be able to catch up with the pawn and take it as it became a queen, whereas now as he moved the queen back to B, the king was also in B file instead of C and had one square extra to move and not get to H file in time. I imagine this will be intuitive for most chess players at this level and not really having to remember the rule itself.
@@Johnsli Yes exactly. On the chess board there are the same number of squares vertically as diagonally; if a pawn has to move 5 spaces to become a Queen, and the king is 5 diagonal spaces away from its final spot, then the pawn can be taken.
So basically draw a square from your pawn’s position to where it can Queen. E.g. a 5x5 square. Is the king within that square? If yes, you’ll have to distract the King somehow, to get your pawn past.
Lol
@@paulkerrigan9857 better explanation than the video lul
Magnus: "Today I'm going to teach you about something I do not understand."
CZcams: 41K Likes
Lol lol lol
He doesn't teach, he just shows you how it works with those moves, including good and bad results 😂
"the king is not in the square of the pawn- if only I knew what that means"-The greatest endgame player ever
Fischer would have found all moves in a matter of seconds
I wonder what Fischer would be like if he had all the computer technology in his prime to use as a training tool.
@@bradholtzclaw3768 fisher trained playing against himself, the problem is he always lost
When did Capablanca say that? Just kidding.
rofl
"I'm going to teach you the rule of the square"
Proceeds to not teach it
He kinda demonstrated that it doesn't work sometimes, I think that was his point ..
The rule of the square worked, because it says the king cant catch the pawn and not you are winning the game
He did teach it. He just didn't know that's what it was called.
@@ich7me618 sigh .... He demonstrated that "even though his pawn was queening and the white king couldn't reach it (because of the rule of the square) white still had a way to win by marching he king to escort his own pawn" ...
@@TheHigherSpace My comment was just for comedic purposes. I think Magnus teaches something very interesting here, but it was funny to me that at no point he shows the famous "square area" that the pawn defines when trying to queen. He kinda just mentions the word "square" but doesn't reference its geometrical meaning.
"This time I am going to tell you a little bit of a secret...I am Magnus and you are not."
"I dont know what im teaching you, but im Magnus, so its brilliant"
Thought the same thing
This feels like satire and it's amazing.
Magnus Carlsen: *handshakes and press the clock*
Me: *resigns*
Thats a double handshake
If he handshakes, starts the clock, and then decide to takr off his jacket, I am running from there
@@stefankljajic8771 haha, nice one bro
0:27 "Someone tried to teach it to me when I was little but I didn't really get it." ...... well that rules out me having any chance of understanding it then.
the funny thing is, it's not complicated. just look at how many squares until the pawn reaches the end of the board, then make a square with that dimension to the left and to the right of the pawn, if the king is not in either square, the king cant catch the pawn
My understanding is that Magnus wasn't talking about square rule, he was talking about using offense with pawns instead of chasing the opponent's pawn.
Like he didn't get he could do that instead of square thing, but still somehow did that in real games he'd played without realizing.
The video isn't about the Square Rule. It's about alternative to square rule.
Very badly put video though.
Magnus Carlsen look's like Thor Ragnarok and Matt Damon combined
Lol.
They make a joke about that in the show Ragnarok.
@@tc8135 yea
I wasn't familiar with what the Thor Ragnarok reference is so I looked it up. Of course I know Matt Damon, but the I found this video about Thor and Matt Damon pops up, weird LOL: czcams.com/video/T6x-kDiQsWM/video.html
😂🤣😭
"For those of you who don't know Alexander Grishuk: he is costantly short of time" quite accurate lol
I watched the video too!
If Sasha is lucky, he’ll be late to his own funeral.
@@ChrisHyde537, I hope he'll get away with it!
Of course, Magnus didn’t learn about the square, he learned the dodecahedron, apparently.
This comment is underrated
Sorry, but the rule of the dodecahedron is for 4 player chess.
He learned the tesseract rule
@@geoffreycolpitts8163 hi
He learned the alphazero
For those who get confused (like i did hahaha), the rule is about when you have a pawn you can promote and want to know if the opponent`s king can take that pawn, just imagine a diagonal to the end of the board in this way forming a square from that diagonal, if the opponent´s king is inside that square it means that that pawn can be taken otherwise if it´s outside of the square he can´t take it (Hopefully my explanation helps, please forgive me if I made grammar mistakes, my English is a work in progress hahaha) :)
I was about to be chess world champion like Magnus, but know I possess knowledge about the rule of the square and therefore I lost all my chances. Thank you, random stranger!
i refuse to think that magnus doesnt understand the rule. Dude is a god of chess and this rule is so simple. So maybe he's acting he doesnt understand to hook people into getting into the Magnus Trainer
Thank you!
Ur Endglish wuz saw ronge
That rule works unless the pawn is on its original position, since it can move forward 2 squares on its first move
So this is magnus, I’m back, and this time I’m gonna tell you a little secret. There’s this game called chess, and you play it by... well I don’t know how you play it. Someone tried to teach me when I was little but I never really got it
"I choose to believe that I would have been fine.... But... Who knows??""
- Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion
Alpha Zero knows more..
"I've think I've been worse for most of the game, as I usually am against Grischuk"
also ''Grischuk is always short on time''
I think*
One of the greatest players of all time teaching us a simple concept: "idk lol"
Magnus: *Does something twice*
Magnus: it's one of my specialties
hahaha
Mugnus Dongson: I thought I was playing checkers, but people told me it's actually chess.
*Magnos
Mangos
*El Magnito
Mafisto*
masdipo*
The rule of the square:
You draw a square from the pawn to where it promotes (in this case 6x6) and towards the file where the opposite king is. When its the pawns move: If their king is in that square, the pawn wont make it. If the king isnt in that square the pawn will make it and be able to promote.
Do u know what chess set magnus has used in this video?
Thanks
Me: learned the rule of the square many years ago, rating roughly 1800
Magnus: I still don’t know it, calculate it over the board every time, peak rating 2889 and arguably the greatest player of all time
Life is not fair 😂
"I don't know the rule of the square, but at least I'm not always in time trouble, like Grischuk."
Yeah, but you tend to be worse than Grischuk for most of the game.
He's teaching at the same time he's also learning. Very humble and generous man. 👍
So he intuitively knows how to win endgames ? that's kinda scary ..
yes . every GM knows .
@@Q_QQ_Q no no one would wanna go end game vs magnus, look at his record
Well...thats his thing i guess? He always makes a comeback in endgames.
That‘s why he is the best
Yes intuitively after more of twenty years studying and playing endgames dont stop
Magnus: "I don't know how to play chess, my hand just knows what to do".
Clever Bruce Lee reference. “I do not tell my fist to punch, it punches all by itself.”
@@firejuggler31 perfect say
Man to think that one of the greatest chess player to ever live is just handing us content and tutorials is crazy
not one of the greatest, *THE GREATEST*.
Good video, sounds like he's on horse tranquilizer, but that's his relaxed nature I guess.
Its because he's Norwegian
Lmao
I bet you've never taken ketamine? It's lovely
That's why Norwegians have one of the highest intakes of alcohol and coffee, so we can be a little more lively
this comment checks out alot more after watching queens gambit lmao
I am now convinced Magnus is just three children in a trench coat that Mr. Magoo-ed his way into becoming the world chess champion.
When you're too genius to understand/explain basic shyt 😭
How can you not love Magnus 😂
“It’s about... I don’t know what it’s about!” - Magnus Carlsen
He's teaching like his sponsors not really paying well...
It's his own app.
probably he ain't paying himself well
If you become a grand supreme elite legend fuckboi of beyblade and try to teach a scrub the dynamics of vertical thrust force in relation the spin of the blade, then you're going to find yourself coming up short a lot of the time.
Once you know SO much about something it becomes difficult to gauge where others are at - and this gap makes it hard to teach because you don't know what they don't know and you don't know what's appropriate for their level., since you might as well be teaching a 30 year old a tactic/motif you understood when you were five.
What does it take to teach? It certainly doesn't take being the best at the thing you're teaching.
hes tired probably? 😁
Yep ikr
Manhandling the pieces.
😂😂😂😂
baahahahhaha yes
That depressing music at the end fits damn well
The best part about this lesson is his humility in each potential position, and his frankness towards his opponent in the real position. He makes no arrogant claims, he also tacitly explains the nature of blitz games, honestly signalling that Grischuk would never find himself in that position - or make such a decision - with more time on the clock. The true lesson he buries inside his modest analysis of his own "Rule of the Square" understanding is that - as he puts it - nothing is absolute.
This is the most unenthusiastic tutorial I've found on youtube.
And yet, it is still so compelling!
It's like his dad told him to make this video on Square Rules and he says: do I have too?
Alright, so he puts it together, half-heartedly, and is forced admits that he doesn't know what the Square Rules is all about.
@@radicalrick9587LoL
I thought it was really entertaining. Right up there with Bob Newhart or even (can I say it with a straight face) - better.
yep... however, for the best boring video, watch the interview Neil Armstrong gave after coming back from the moon....
it cures insomnia!!
“I dont know the rule of the square, I just calculate it every single time”
Lemme teach you
1. Count the number of squares (including where the pawn) is to queening
2. Take that number as one side of a square and draw it horizontally on the board too, this will form a square
3. If the king can enter within that square in his next move, he is able to stop the pawn
@@Faust4541 GOD!
You just beat carlsen to dust.
@@Faust4541 let me re-teach because you don't need to count anything, you just go along the diagonal of the pawn to the end of the board and that's the limit
@@guinapovocals you mean diagonal of the king? Its the same thing, you need to visualise the square, experienced players dont need to count but im telling the unexperienced players how to count it
@@Faust4541 I just watched this video confused as hell to realise its counting tiles
@4:44 “what is important to know now is that the king is not in the square of the pawn. If only I knew what that means” 😂😂😂😂
Iconic
😂😂😂😂
2:48 actually.
2:36 Me, ordering at McDonald's
Magnus: I'm gonna teach you some things about chess.
Magnus, later: I don't know things about chess, why you asking me for?
If we skip all Carlsen's achievements in chess out of envy , we can never deny that he promoted online chess as no one ever did before and he's the reason that chess survived during the COVID19 lockdown!! Thank you Magnus!!
This is a very good educational video because it is perfectly clear that Magnus does understand the Rule of the Square, which is a very simple rule, and the video is driven by Magnus’s self-effacing sense of humour and fun. The game chosen illustrates the Rule perfectly clearly.
I agree but I can see why it would be confusing to someone who doesnt know what the rule is to begin with. They shouldve put in a little graphic explaining the rule although i suppose a simple google search is enough for the enterprising viewer
I agree. And not only that, the game he chose also provides a good example of why chess "rules" like the square can sometimes be ignored and still get a good result, as in the variation that he showed in which the white king could just ignore the past pawn and mate him faster than he could promote. As he says, there are no absolutes in chess, and this is why this is a very instructive tutorial
That's a great video! He's funny with his wry sense of humor. Anytime he talks chess you can learn something even when it's not on topic. A really great champion too. Totally open to the people!
The music at the end makes it feel like it was Jesus talking
You mean it wasn't?
magnus christo
is it just me or didnt he actually explain what the rule of square is? i know it but a beginner probably wouldnt understand what he means
he should have drawn the square, then it would be clear... sqaure means at 6:31 a5 -> a1 -> e1 -> e5 -> a5. If the king is not inside the box he can not get the pawn.
He did say he didn't know it
I think what he meant to say was that he never believed in it 😂
@@bewatermyfriend7355 if the king cant enter the square with his move he wont be able to catch the pawn
@@bewatermyfriend7355 if the king cant enter the square with his move he wont be able to catch the pawn
Simple, but helpful, specially the last little bit about long enough time controls. As I get older I find myself struggling more with blitz and bullet, but focusing on rapid and classical helps me keep good blunderproofing practices like this. Amazing how simple advice is best.
Video name: the rule of the square
Magnus: I don’t even know the rules of the square, I didn’t get it as a kid lol
Rule of the square:
Draw a line from your pawn to the promotion square. Now draw a line of equal length left or right (towards the enemy king). That creates a square, and if the king cannot enter the square on their move, it cannot catch the pawn.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thank you. This is much better then calculating. Makes sense
Rule of Magnus: If it comes to an endgame and if you don't get flagged, then Magnus will promote a pawn and checkmate you.
My opponents are complaining that I draw on the board too much! 😜
Now I get it why he said he'd calculated the moves every time for 20 years lol. Thank you for the explanation!
Just follow up the diagonal to the 8th rank
"There are no absolutes"
Jedi Master Magnus confirmed!
U are an amazing buddy every single day I watch your matchs and I am learning from you 🖤
Can't wait for the lesson on the Circle followed by the Triangle, this is exciting!
My rule of the square: Passed pawns should be placed on the next square.
And then you lose it right.
What are passed pawns
@@alienwarex51i3 or enemy pawns ahead of it on the same file ^^
@@alienwarex51i3 ty
@@afbdreds ty
Thanks I'm gonna stick with "ok so I go here, he goes here, I go here, he goes here, I go here .. well there goes my pawn" !
Like kasparov's masterclass promo 😂
Epic
Who knew Magnus is so good at teaching. I liked his calm vibes
Finally! A channel of my chess idol! Wohoooooo! Will definitely stick to this channel from now on
I‘m still calculating it because for some reason I never trust this rule
Well you should unless you are joking and you use it
Whats your elo?
Ricardo Milos 1842
I used to do that a lot but you have to believe
The rule of the square does in fact work. Knowing the system or rule of the square, cuts down on having to go through long calculation process
monkaW :+1: MAGNETO GOOD VIDEO
Magnus's friends: hey magnus ,tell us how you beat that guy everytime.
Magnus: okay, let me tell you, i do not know.
Magnus's friends : bruh!
Hey Magnus, if you imagine a vertical line in front of your past pawn and make the square of that distance on the horizontal you get the square of that pawn. The king can never reach that pawn unless its inside this square. Thanks for teaching me that rule
Continue plz, never stop, teach us as often as you can...
I love Buddy
1:35 Could he possibly move his queen more nonchalantly?...
Lmfaooo
Dude spent 24 years of his life to the board, if my man wants to move the queen by sliding it or by even gripping it with his penis he should be able to!
@@agarion101 uwu
Lego hands style
the way in which he moves the pieces so precisely and fluently is awesome
Nice! Thank you for sharing this!
Today I will teach you how to play chess
The truth is
"I dont know how to play chess"
Is he telling the truth or trolling? I can never tell with him.
Great video! Keep up the great content
Thank you for sharing what you are so good at doing.
This is the most hilarious chess video on CZcams
He's just so smooth 😂
This rule is a bit complex at first but if you break it down by playing it out by yourself you will see the sequence. This is very helpful and I have won many games with this rule.
Thank you, Magnus, so much: ideal for learning- and not just for chess, but life as a whole. This sends ripples of deep peaceful contentment through me.
The outro reminds me of the Mr. Bean intro.
Is this a CZcams genre? I could get into tutorials where things are mentioned, ignored, and subsequently explained as unimportant. 10/10 I have no idea what the rule of the square is.
A bit late of a reply but the rule of the square is an actual thing. Basically if say the white h pawn is on h5, that means it is 3 squares away from promotion. What you then do is imagine a line from the pawn going (in this case) 3 squares to the sides, then 3 squares up. This will make a square. If the king is inside this imaginary square it can stop the pawn from promoting. If it's outside it it can't
Thank you for your advice Mangus
Thanks I loved this video ;)
Some day soon another gm named Magnus will emerge and we'll get what we've all been waiting for... The Battle of the Magnii... that would be fun, no?
yeah, i'd be game for that
I've always imagined on Halloween Magnus gets together with some chess pals and he dresses up as a mongoose. And they're like, "Magnus, what are you supposed to be?" and he says, "I'm Magnus... the mongoose." And he'll get maybe a few courtesy laughs out of it
@@learndastronomer5105 sounds like a rockin' party
Maggy vs maggy
Lol Magnus is real for saying this. I remember someone mentioning "the square" not too long ago either on some video or stream and Magnus said well he believed he intuitively understood it but never really learned it. At least he wasn't fake and said "Yeah, of course I know it. I'm the 🐐."
Magnus is so great. Couldn't ask for a more humble, yet somehow omniscient, world champion
Omg that chess board looks so well made. I love how pieces can glide on it. ❤
Hello Idol Magnus Carlsen.
From philippines ♥️
The outro music made me buy the membership
The best chess video on CZcams that I have yet seen. I hope that Carlsen is going to pen a few books, not necessarily about chess.
For those that dont understand what he is trying to explain. Basically in endgames, you simply take the number of moves needed to promote a pass pawn, and form a square with the number of moves starting with the pawn as the bottom corner. (bottom left or right depending on the position). If the enemy king is in the square, it is able to capture the pawn, but if it is outside the square, the pawn promotes to a queen
1:57 the greatest truth of chess, which every player knows
Good video kid, train hard and one day you might be a really strong player, maybe even World Champion, we nver know
Greatest lesson ever. Thank you
I think the square is calculated by how many spaces the pawn is from promoting. It uses that distance as the sides of the square. If the enemy king is inside that square (or right on the line) after his move, you will not be able to promote. If it is just outside, run.