Tip: Exploiting Your Knight in the Endgame 2 of 3

Make sure to use your king! When all else is equal, the side with the more active king will get the upper hand. If you're unsure how to evaluate a knight endgame, try to see which king is closer to the center or queenside -- the closer king will be able to contribute to the action first.

If you are reading this instead of viewing a chess puzzle or game, then you must enable JavaScript on this website.

[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown008"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/ppp2rR1/2kn4/2b3p1/2P3P1/8/P2R1PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxd6+ Bxd6 2. Rxf7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0