Saw the key move almost immediately (from the symmetry principle often used in these problems). But then it took me a few minutes to go through all the variations.
Very nice and tricky puzzle. I looked at the key first move for a long time but I discarded it because I missed the checkmates after the rook captures. Grrrrr!
thank you for your great job bringing us these puzzles! It has different mates, some nices, the king has two possible captures, the black rook can check white king (nice white answer ). IMHO The problem mechanics is very good . May be the only little flaw is the strong key...
What I like in this problem is the nice changed mate after Rc3+. Before the key, if black plays Rc3+, white answer is Qxc3#. So, you might think that the queen must guard the c3 square. But the key completely change that. After the key, there is another mate after Rc3+. It is Bd3# ! Very lovely !
Oof... I was trying to solve it just by looking at the thumbnail, but I assumed that the pawns were moving in the opposite direction, and couldn't do it. When I started watching the video and saw that the presumed direction was wrong, I did manage to find a solution. EDIT: Nevermind. What I discovered was actually a mate in 3: 1) Bxc4, Rxa5, Qc3+, Ka4, Rxa5# 2) Bxc4, Ra2, Qc3# (Ra1 and Ra3 are possible, but pointless and the outcome is the same)
Got it, but it took a long time. Great puzzle. When I found the bishop move blocking the check then I knew I was on the right track.. It meant I could move the queen off the diagonal it was on and black couldn't check me without losing.
Excellent puzzle. What I always learn from your videos is, use all your pieces together to play like a champion. Sometimes one piece may not be actively doing anything but indirectly it might be blocking and helping our positions. Also reminds me of a great player (my coach's father) who used to play with me without one or two pieces. He just knew how to use every piece well and use it effectively. Thank you very much and God bless you.
Once again, I'm a victim of my inability to visualize the board after mentally moving the pieces. My instincts told me Qb8, but I couldn't see there was still a discovered check (and mate) should black's king take either rook. A very beautiful puzzle.
hikaru would love this ... criss-cross, applesauce. the "difficulty" actually makes it "easy" ... nothing works ... so, if you can't find a POSITIVE move, how about something that forces black into a worse position?
Why not move the bishop on b5 to take the rook on c4, then black is in zugzwang and can only move the rook on a4. It won't matter where he moves it, because the next white move is queen to c3 for checkmate. This is the two-move win that I arrived at, and was so excited to finally get one (I only solve about 2% of these). So, how is my solution wrong?
Saw the key move almost immediately (from the symmetry principle often used in these problems). But then it took me a few minutes to go through all the variations.
First move also: bishop b5 takes the black rook in c4. Why not?
There is no mate after 1...,Rxa5
As often is the case, I saw an rejected the winning move early on.
I looked at it too, but don't have the skill as yet to parse through all the possibilities. It felt right, but I couldn't prove it.
Very nice and tricky puzzle. I looked at the key first move for a long time but I discarded it because I missed the checkmates after the rook captures. Grrrrr!
The same, unfortunately 😢
Start with bishop takes rook ?
Then only move for black is the rook on the A file, then checkmate with the queen move 2nd instead of first. Are we missing something?
@@FlyRc23 Yes. After Bxc4 Rxa5, Qc3+ isn't mate because the king can go to a4.
thank you for your great job bringing us these puzzles!
It has different mates, some nices, the king has two possible captures, the black rook can check white king (nice white answer ).
IMHO The problem mechanics is very good .
May be the only little flaw is the strong key...
What I like in this problem is the nice changed mate after Rc3+. Before the key, if black plays Rc3+, white answer is Qxc3#. So, you might think that the queen must guard the c3 square. But the key completely change that. After the key, there is another mate after Rc3+. It is Bd3# ! Very lovely !
Oof... I was trying to solve it just by looking at the thumbnail, but I assumed that the pawns were moving in the opposite direction, and couldn't do it. When I started watching the video and saw that the presumed direction was wrong, I did manage to find a solution.
EDIT: Nevermind. What I discovered was actually a mate in 3:
1) Bxc4, Rxa5, Qc3+, Ka4, Rxa5#
2) Bxc4, Ra2, Qc3# (Ra1 and Ra3 are possible, but pointless and the outcome is the same)
Got it, but it took a long time. Great puzzle. When I found the bishop move blocking the check then I knew I was on the right track.. It meant I could move the queen off the diagonal it was on and black couldn't check me without losing.
Excellent puzzle. What I always learn from your videos is, use all your pieces together to play like a champion. Sometimes one piece may not be actively doing anything but indirectly it might be blocking and helping our positions.
Also reminds me of a great player (my coach's father) who used to play with me without one or two pieces. He just knew how to use every piece well and use it effectively.
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Yes, the site is good. But to learn chess, it's just as good to study and analyse master games. I think a good chess teacher can bring you a lot!
Yes. Took a minute.
Once again, I'm a victim of my inability to visualize the board after mentally moving the pieces. My instincts told me Qb8, but I couldn't see there was still a discovered check (and mate) should black's king take either rook. A very beautiful puzzle.
Same 👍
Ooo I got this one fast since you've taught me to try the sneaky moves first.
It took me an hour to solve, wow.
I saw it but unfortunately mistakenly opened the comments and read the comments section and unwillingly read the solution😒
One of my lessons has been to not open comments till either I know I have it or have watched the solution 😂
@LiamWakefield as told, I didn't want to open them, just my finger passed by and opened it.
@@giovannicorno1247 yeah, bad luck there.
hikaru would love this ...
criss-cross, applesauce.
the "difficulty" actually makes it "easy" ...
nothing works ... so, if you can't find a POSITIVE move, how about something that forces black into a worse position?
Got this one. Took about 5 minutes!
Why not move the bishop on b5 to take the rook on c4, then black is in zugzwang and can only move the rook on a4. It won't matter where he moves it, because the next white move is queen to c3 for checkmate. This is the two-move win that I arrived at, and was so excited to finally get one (I only solve about 2% of these). So, how is my solution wrong?
@@MichaelDBritton After Bxc4 black plays Rxa5. Then Qc3 is not checkmate since can take the rook on c5 with his king.
Aw, man! Thank you for showing me what I missed. I remain at less than 2%. 😅
Won't black resign long before this position is reached? Easy puzzle, actually.
I didn't get this one. It was too hard.
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Too easy. I saw the qeen move in 2 seconds.
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