Opposite Colored Bishops Endgames, Part 1 (one pawn, doubled pawns, connected pawns)

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This week’s endgame video is the start of a series on opposite colored bishop endgames, which is the second most common type of endgame, just after rook endgames. The reason for that is that people tend to enter them when they are trying to save a worse position, thinking that all opposite colored bishop endgames are draws. They are not!

In this introductory video, I have covered the basic OCB endgames. Those with only one pawn, those with doubled pawns, and those with connected pawns.

Next week we are on to more complex stuff!

Rules: - 1 pawn: drawn if your bishop can control the
queening square
Doubled pawns: drawn if your king and your
bishop can control the queening square
Connected pawns on the 6th rank: drawn
if they are on knight and rook files
Connected pawns on the 5th rank or
further away from pomotion: Drawn if you are
able to set up a defensive position with your
bishop attacking a pawn and stoping the other
from advancing and if your king is in front


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