Практический эндшпиль #4: Ошибались ли классики? // Эндшпиль

In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about how the level of endgame play among modern grandmasters does not stand up to criticism. That in Soviet times it was much higher, and classics like Botvinnik or Smyslov would have "rolled" anyone... This is not quite true. Or rather, not true at all! Chess is played more and more effectively every year, the amount of knowledge is constantly growing, and this applies not only to the opening, but also to the endgame. It will not take much time to prove this, and Alexander Khalifman makes a short historical excursion that clearly shows the state of affairs with pawn endgames in different eras - from old Staunton to Alekhine... There were not just many mistakes back then, but a lot. Even the strongest players made mistakes all the time in fairly elementary positions. And these mistakes were expensive. The ex-world champion takes only the most outrageous cases from the games Staunton - Williams, Mason - Chigorin, Chigorin - Tarrasch, Reti - Grunfeld, ending his selection with the 24th game of the 1935 match, Alekhine - Euwe, in which a terrible mistake turned the course of history. Chess training on Levitov Chess    • Академия   All videos on the topic "Practical Endgame" 1. Could Kasparov have been saved?    • Практический эндшпиль #1: А мог ли Каспаро...   2. Pawn "at minimums"    • Практический эндшпиль #2. Пешечный «на мин...   3. "Bizarre" positions    • Практический эндшпиль #3: «Причудливые» по...   4. Were the classics wrong?    • Практический эндшпиль #4: Ошибались ли кла...   5. It's not the gods who burn the pots!    • Практический эндшпиль #5. Не боги горшки о...   6. Count, count and count again...    • Практический эндшпиль #6. Счет, счет и еще...   7. Transition to pawn - a death sentence!    • Практический эндшпиль #7. Переход в пешечн...   8. "What happens if you remove the pieces?"    • Практический эндшпиль #8. «А что будет, ес...   Don't miss the most useful things for yourself on the Levitov Chess channel: — we conduct regular streams with commentary from the best chess players; — we analyze games of outstanding chess players; — we release educational videos; — we talk about chess for beginners; — we film reviews of chess applications and much more. #levitovchess #chessacademy #endgame #chesstraining #chess #khalifman