King and rook checkmate

Coach's take: The clearest version of this lesson here - the numbered box-shrinking steps make the method really stick.

Coach's take: Finally, a video that actually explains the tempo trick instead of hand-waving past it.

Coach's take: Calls out the stalemate trap that ruins this checkmate for most beginners - the one warning you actually need.

Coach's take: Good technique plus two practical tips (the 50-move rule, and a shortcut) that most versions of this lesson leave out.

Coach's take: Explains not just how but why efficiency matters here - good beginner lesson.

Coach's take: Gives you an actual method you can reuse in any position, not just one memorized sequence.

Coach's take: The 'shrink with the rook, else move the king' rule is exactly the kind of simple heuristic beginners need.

Coach's take: Calls out exactly where people mess this up -- worth watching just for that.

Coach's take: Gives you an actual checklist you can use over the board -- this is how you teach an algorithm.

Coach's take: Calls out the exact moment students usually get stuck -- worth it for that alone.

Coach's take: The knight's-distance-plus-waiting-move rule is the missing piece that stops you from just shuffling forever.

Coach's take: Thorough, correct, and flags the stalemate trap that catches most beginners.

Coach's take: Great box-method walkthrough, and it actually warns you about the stalemate trap that ruins this ending for most beginners.

Coach's take: Makes you actually think through the waiting move instead of just showing it -- good teaching instinct.

Coach's take: Good rule, a bit rambling in delivery, and the efficient method gets cut off just as it starts.

Coach's take: Clear, concrete, and finishes the mate — good beginner resource.

Coach's take: Memorable framing that will stop you giving pointless checks -- solid, if a notch less precise than the very best of these.

Coach's take: Gets the method right and walks through an example, if a little by-the-book.

Coach's take: Gets the job done and the technique is correct, but it's a less polished walkthrough than other versions of this lesson.

Coach's take: Good technique, but you have to wade through a lot of storytelling to get it.

Coach's take: Accurate mechanism, but abstract without the visual.

Coach's take: Quick and correct, but it's a recap more than a lesson -- better as a refresher than a first watch.

Coach's take: Right structure, but skates past the one idea (tempo) that actually gets you unstuck.

Coach's take: Correct but very bare-bones — no worked example.

Coach's take: Right idea, too short to actually get you to mate on your own.

Coach's take: Decent summary of the idea, but you're getting the highlights, not the full technique.

Coach's take: The idea is in there somewhere, but it's told as a ramble, not a method you can take to your own games.

Coach's take: Just a move list with no explanation - fine as a drill if you already know the idea, not useful as a first introduction.