In position 3 with the kings and one pawn each, playing Kf2 first does still win, but it takes a few extra moves. The line given by SF14 NNUE is: Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4 g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 g2 Kf2 g1=Q+ Kxg1 then white queens and wins. After Ke3! if black at any point tries moving the king instead of pushing their pawn then black just loses a tempo and loses a couple moves sooner. For example, g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 Kh3 b7 g2 Kf2 and black can't queen because if they try Kh2 then b8=Q+. So yeah Kf2 first still works as long as after g5+ white avoids Kf3?? and plays Ke3!
I love these. Who’d have thought a knight could cover almost all of a bishops squares on an empty board?! Another change up of pieces back there again as well I see. I’m kind of fascinated by all these sets. How many sets does Nelson have? What actually were those ghostly looking ones from last episode? Reminded me of the haunted house Laurel and Hardy.
A knight is really strong three squares away from a bishop on the edge of the board, but that only controls four of its escape squares. I've never seen it control so many squares just because the position of the king makes all those forks possible. That position was amazing.
Cool video. I love these kinds of problems and am currently working through a book of award-winning Mate In 2 puzzles. I set the puzzle up on a board in the living room so that anyone passing through can try to solve it.
For the puzzle at 3:45, I was trying Kf2 to lure the black king to h2 but the issue is both sides lose a tempo because of the check. I tried to find a win after g3+ Kf3 g2 b7 g8=Q b8=Q+ Kh8 but even though black is stuck in the corner there's no way to force mate. The key is that by playing Ke2 we force black to h2 without stepping on the f file.
Kf2 also wins but for a different reason, if you play Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4! g5 Ke3! And you’ve created a similar situation where you can either catch the pawn or you’ll eventually force the king back to h2 and create the same position
Yeah, after showing this puzzle to a bunch of people for the past month, I engine checked it and discovered that Kf2 also wins. I'm disappointed and kind of embarrassed.
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5:02 I found King to E2 as I know that in endgame is there is this move called “OPPOSITION” In this case, distant opposition does not work and if black tries not to be distant, he blocked his own pawn’s way
Amazing video just one thing, in 13:05 you said that no mather what happend we stealmate the opponent, but what if we don't make a queen in the first place? Love your videos
2:15 First puzzle: After Qc6, Black has 6 possible moves. ... BxN, Qxb7# ... Pb7xQ, Rb8# ... Pc7xR, QxB# ... Pa7xR, Qa4# ... a6, Rxa6# (Pb7 is pinned) ... a5, Ra6# (Pb7 is pinned) I think you covered them all.
For first problem, Ra6 also works. If pawn takes, Qe4+, Bb7, Qe8+, Bc8 and Qxe8# Any other moves by black, like taking the knight or moving another pawn will lead to Rxa7+, Kb8 and Ra8# This works, just that it takes more moves. I think.
4:10 oh i could find that fairly quickly, I played the wrong move first vs computer (no analyzation just play it out wrong first) to see what's going on in the position (inability to kick the black pawn with our king because he can just "follow" us, plus the pawn can check us with tempo - these were the 2 problems) and then Ithought about what if I lure the black king into the check position on h2 and stop my hunt there. Ofc without us getting into a check by the pawn. Thanks to the diagonal walk capability! To be fair I only thought about all that thanks to your other puzzle videos and 3 step processes and your puzzle run with explanations. I really appreciate your lowplayer-friendly videos. Also just nicely made. Thanks. edit: same for nr.2: I found the check as you revealed later and by that an unkickable knight and I only won vs the AI. Never had to play King to H1, hmm.
13:09 Underpromoting to a knight seems winnable to me, actually. I think White can force Black's king away from the A-file and win the pawn to eventually promote the A-pawn.
If you underpromote to a Knight. The Rook takes the "a" pawn next move and will sacrifice itself for the "b" pawn. The white Knight will then have to sacrifice itself as well for the black pawn and it will be only Kings on board.
For the record, it HAS to specifically be a Knight to get the win in the last puzzle. As mentioned the Queen forces the stalemate with rook d7. But if you get a rook, black puts their rook in a7 and wins with checkmate. If you get a Bishop to counter a7, black moves their rook to d8 and YOU are stalemated and cannot move anything. Only the Knight wins the game, with the fork.
Here is a promotion hierarchy based on these puzzle videos I came up with: 1. Queen: most powerful piece. 90%+ promotions. Best to think of it as the default promotion and justify others in comparison. It’s only weaknesses are it cannot recreate the coverage of a Knight and needs at least two turns to recreate its movement, and it is the most likely promotion to stalemate your opponent in what otherwise would be a position with a chance to win. 2. Knight: vast majority of other promotions because of its unique movement. Look to use it to immediately threaten/stop/create checkmates/perpetual check/forks/forced trades/fortresses/defense that no other piece could accomplish. It is also the best piece for stalemating yourself. 3. Rook: Selected only when the additional coverage of a Queen creates an undesired stalemate threat, and there is nothing for a knight to do immediately. In this scenario, now the Rook becomes the default selection because it is better long term than a knight or bishop. 4.Only selected in the same circumstances as the rook, but with the additional condition that it stops/creates/threatens checkmates/defense of a piece or promotion square/forks that a Rook cannot. Definitely other people have had all of these ideas before me. At least the ones that are correct lol. I’m interested to hear other peoples input on this.
Great puzzles, I've found solution for the first two (mate in two moves), third (although with a slightly different line but I won and analized it) and fifth puzzle. But in fourth puzzle I've found the first move but I missed this fantastic move Ka1 because my opponent played different move (Kb7) intstead of Kc5, but I've found an idea, this knight in the center is a beast.
All those stalemate possibilities in the last puzzle...and to think that an *underpromotion* was the best option to avoid many or most if not all of those traps. Good stuff. 😁😁
In the first puzzle, my first thought was: this is a retroanalysis problem trying to prove the black pawns are going up the board. In the final problem, you gave the situation of the black king taking the knight, whereon the white pawn is able to promote. What about if the black king took the pawn, leaving white with just a knight, which is insufficient material to force a mate?
Umm, in the 3rd position, what if we do the first line he showed (which leads to a stalemate) but instead of queen promotion we promote to a rook? If black tries the same trick, it won't be a stalemate because the king will have B6 to move to
12:16 Isn't Black winning? The king can go to c5, b4, and win the pawn while defending his own pawn, and the white king is too far away to stop it. Basically the same situation as 15:14 in reverse.
Just an answer to the last question . If the king is ahead of a pawn in the column A or H and he is mirrored by a black king on the knight column or if the black king is any way in the rectangle determined by the white king and the corner with the 2 adjacent columns then the white king is stuck and can't make way for the pawn to be promoted.
I thought there was another solution to the 2nd one: 1. Kf2 Kh2 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. Kf5 Kh5 5. b4 (because at this point, if we both get queens, we can mate on the next move with Qh8). But that actually doesn't work because of 5. - g6+, forcing our king off the spot making mate possible, and once we've moved the king, both sides again get queens and it's a draw.
Actually, no, that does work. After 5. ... g6+, we can go 6. Kf4. Black can't just do 6. ... g5+ because of 7. Kg3, and if 6. ... Kh4, they lose a tempo which wins us the game (7. b5 g5+ 8. Kf3 Kh3 9. b6 g4+ 10. Kf2 Kh2 11. b7 g3+ 12. Kf3 g2 13. b8Q+ etc). The idea is sort of the same, the black king is forced to end up on h2 which means we promote with check and thus can prevent Black also promoting.
2:26 What about Queen F3 and then Knight E4? The King still can’t move after F3 and the Knight checkmates regardless of the other moves from Black. Edit: Nevermind, Black’s only move is Rook D4 which takes Knight. But if they don’t see the Knight move its Mate in 2.
14:31 b8=N+!! I had a game where I underpromoted to a knight to force mate on the spot, and another game where I underpromoted to rook to thwart my opponent's stalemate trick. That is why I always have auto queen disabled at chess.com.
Last puzzle in the first line you show with all the stalemates, could you underpromote to a rook? Or would their counter play change and make it a draw/loss for white?
At 13:13 can't the pawn promote to a knight and that can then take the rook if it takes the b7 pawn but I still think black wins because his king is closer to the pawns
It seems most of these brilliant moves/mates involve sacrifices. The opponent doesn't think you'd do something as foolish as giving away your queen or other valuable piece.
@Chess Vibes you are wrong about the third position. 1. Kf2 is correct too! Lets see 1. Kf2 Kh2 (1...g5 2. Kg3 and easy win) 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. b4 g5+ 5. Ke3!! (right here!) g4 6.Kf2 And black cant stop the pawn but white is able to: 6...Kh3 7.Kg1! and win. TBH, even 6. b5 is winning with very classic idea. Now: 6.b5 (6..g3 7. b6 g2. 8. Kf2!) 6..Kh3 7.b6 g3 8. b7 g2 9. Kf2! (force to b8Q+) 9... Kh2 and now b8Q+!. As very often, pawn gets queens with cheks.
4:44 Actually Kf2 in this position also winning, because white still can stop black pawn. But I agree that Ke2 is better to play (I admit I missed it).
11:00 what about kb3? Shouldn't that win too? If the king chases the knight, white runs with the pawn, if the king goes to b5 white just takes the pawn on H2 and wait for the king to come down. If the bishop goes to D2, allow it to swap the bishop for the pawn and win with the knight and the other pawn..
In the very first puzzle, why isn't Q a6 also a win? If bishop takes night, then Q B7 is mate. The a pawn is pinned. The b pawn is blocked from advancing. If the b pawn takes Q, then R b8 is mate. If the c pawn takes the rook, then Q x B is mate. If the c pawn takes the K, then Q x the b pawn is also mate. What am I missing?
BTW in the puzzle 12:31 , you didnt include the part where 3. .... R:D2, where you can't promote to a queen due to RD1, but promote to a knight and win.
Third one took me another minute to find Ke2, threatening to stop the black pawn, then if black plays Kh2, the king will be under the check of the incoming queen on b8, loosing a tempo and if they play Kh2 they will block their own pawn thus losing precious tempo …
Not too sure about the move order, but I think white can defend the a pawn with Nb3, take on h2, and push the f pawn. Black can't take either pawn without sacrificing the bishop, so white can still win with the other pawn.
I'm used to the standard that the white pawns move from bottom to top, and black pawns from top to bottom. When you present a puzzle, before asking us to think, it would be nice to know if you are using the opposite convention.
First of all, why does the white have to block the pawn at 09:15? Would it not be better to just take it with the king? Also what happens at 8:32 if Black plays King to B7 instead of C5 like in the video? I think White can do nothing then to prevent Black from moving the King to A6 with the next move and then taking the pawn on A5. I think that would result in a draw
Enjoyed this also enjoyed the knight one you mentioned when it originally posted. Perhaps you may consider including problem solving on games where StockFish indicates the game advantage has switched due to a poor move.
[Edit2: I looked at it occasionally again, and today I found it! M2! nice.] 2:39 (mate-in-2) Damn I tried every move that I could imagine - nothing just M3 -, so hard for me! - and I loved some of your other ones. *I wish you'd give another hint after the pause!* For those that couldn't find it, so they could try one more time with that new clue. (the better thinkers would simply go on without taking the 2nd pause). PS: I took more time for the other ones (in another video such as queen staircase), but you said these here are for warming up 😲 - Edit: I have watched your "3 step process to solve chess problems/puzzles" video now, still too hard. I will bookmark that timestamp one and try another day. (or you could give a second clue)
the last puzzle if you see when the rook was in b4 then the pawn could promote to a knight and no need a queen and still there will be a win for white.
More hints pretty please. So, after the pause. (allowing a 2nd pause which others could skip). It's would be nice to half-solve it instead of getting the solution right away. It still gives the opportunity to fully solve it yourself for advanced users by finding it in the 1st pause. I try to apply all the information and guides you gave in other videos, such as chessmate patterns or step processes and can't really find the M2s myself. Feels unsatisfying when you can't find it yourself not even a bit. I also think that's how good riddle makers and teachers do it, they give small hints when the scholar is not getting close to an answer. As long as you care about those less gifted people - namely your viewers - that is. Which I know you do. Quite a nice channel in general by the way.
in the last puzzle why can't the king just go to e8 then black has to move the rook to h7 then we move the king to g8 to where the rook can't go anywhere, what happens then?
8:44 I get that Kc5 leads to the star move and all that and there's no flashy win against Kb7, but while I found Kh1 I didn't see anything in that line better than moving the knight to b3 at some point and getting a winning endgame if/when the king tries to contest the pawn.
I think I've watched too many of your videos. I saw that last one and thought it was easy and everything you said I thought to do. And im really bad at chess. I just love watching the games and saying how do they think of this stuff.
Great video, these were tricky. I still can't figure out what's going on with the changing colour chess set; you can just tell us where the treasure is buried right?
The rook and bishop pawns vs a queen is a draw, but only if the opposing king is out of position. If the king is close enough, the player with the queen wins.
Thank you for not having a stupidly long intro and just getting into the video right away. I really appreciate it.
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In position 3 with the kings and one pawn each, playing Kf2 first does still win, but it takes a few extra moves. The line given by SF14 NNUE is:
Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4 g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 g2 Kf2 g1=Q+ Kxg1 then white queens and wins. After Ke3! if black at any point tries moving the king instead of pushing their pawn then black just loses a tempo and loses a couple moves sooner. For example, g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 Kh3 b7 g2 Kf2 and black can't queen because if they try Kh2 then b8=Q+.
So yeah Kf2 first still works as long as after g5+ white avoids Kf3?? and plays Ke3!
Exactly what my solution was as well
Just mind blowing puzzles, thank you for the great videos, keep on making such wonderful content, you're great!
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I love these. Who’d have thought a knight could cover almost all of a bishops squares on an empty board?!
Another change up of pieces back there again as well I see. I’m kind of fascinated by all these sets. How many sets does Nelson have? What actually were those ghostly looking ones from last episode? Reminded me of the haunted house Laurel and Hardy.
Those ghost ones my parents just recently sent me... They had them in a shoe box and found them when moving. Not sure where they came from!
A knight is really strong three squares away from a bishop on the edge of the board, but that only controls four of its escape squares. I've never seen it control so many squares just because the position of the king makes all those forks possible. That position was amazing.
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Cool video. I love these kinds of problems and am currently working through a book of award-winning Mate In 2 puzzles. I set the puzzle up on a board in the living room so that anyone passing through can try to solve it.
For the puzzle at 3:45, I was trying Kf2 to lure the black king to h2 but the issue is both sides lose a tempo because of the check. I tried to find a win after g3+ Kf3 g2 b7 g8=Q b8=Q+ Kh8 but even though black is stuck in the corner there's no way to force mate. The key is that by playing Ke2 we force black to h2 without stepping on the f file.
Kf2 also wins but for a different reason, if you play Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4! g5 Ke3! And you’ve created a similar situation where you can either catch the pawn or you’ll eventually force the king back to h2 and create the same position
5:03
Ke2 mate in 16
Kf2 mate in 19
Yeah, after showing this puzzle to a bunch of people for the past month, I engine checked it and discovered that Kf2 also wins. I'm disappointed and kind of embarrassed.
“what are you gonna do if ur black?” ten quotes before disaster
Whenever my friend bring out the old cheese, I know he's going for the «That's stale, mate.» trap😑
5 insane problems you probably cant solve
1. You are morbidly obese
2. You have crippling depression
3. You play league of legends
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5. Some chess puzzle
For puzzle 1: WQ to F4 is almost as elegant , its mate in 2 for all Black options except BPwn form A7 to A5. That's mate in 3.
Kf2 is also winning. Two moves difference - Ke2 - mate in 16 and Kf2 - mate in 18
09:12 Wow! That´s so cool - Kh1!! 10:56 Yes, this is why we love chess!
You're a legend bro. One of the GOATs for making chess theory accessible
13:10 can we just make a rook in that position
I learned so much in so little time. Mind boggling! I still have the book with all Sam Lloyd's problems.
5:02 I found King to E2 as I know that in endgame is there is this move called “OPPOSITION”
In this case, distant opposition does not work and if black tries not to be distant, he blocked his own pawn’s way
I wrote this answer without looking at the solution
10:51 The true power of a knight
Amazing video just one thing, in 13:05 you said that no mather what happend we stealmate the opponent, but what if we don't make a queen in the first place? Love your videos
Thats what i think of
I checked, and it ends up being a stalemate
Promoting to a Rook, Knight or Queen results in either a stalemate, perpetual check or draw by insufficient materia. Promoting to a bishop is a loss.
2:15 First puzzle: After Qc6, Black has 6 possible moves.
... BxN, Qxb7#
... Pb7xQ, Rb8#
... Pc7xR, QxB#
... Pa7xR, Qa4#
... a6, Rxa6# (Pb7 is pinned)
... a5, Ra6# (Pb7 is pinned)
I think you covered them all.
10:58 and they say a bishop is comparatively a strictly better piece than a knight. Don't talk to my horsey ever again! :P
8:35 What if the black king goes to B7 ?
Yes, I gotta love chess AND this channel! Thank you again for amazing puzzles
For first problem, Ra6 also works. If pawn takes, Qe4+, Bb7, Qe8+, Bc8 and Qxe8#
Any other moves by black, like taking the knight or moving another pawn will lead to Rxa7+, Kb8 and Ra8#
This works, just that it takes more moves.
I think.
Remember it is a mate in 2 problem. Only Qc6 mates in 2 moves. Other moves may mate in more moves but only one in 2 moves.
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4:10 oh i could find that fairly quickly, I played the wrong move first vs computer (no analyzation just play it out wrong first) to see what's going on in the position (inability to kick the black pawn with our king because he can just "follow" us, plus the pawn can check us with tempo - these were the 2 problems) and then Ithought about what if I lure the black king into the check position on h2 and stop my hunt there. Ofc without us getting into a check by the pawn. Thanks to the diagonal walk capability! To be fair I only thought about all that thanks to your other puzzle videos and 3 step processes and your puzzle run with explanations. I really appreciate your lowplayer-friendly videos. Also just nicely made. Thanks.
edit: same for nr.2: I found the check as you revealed later and by that an unkickable knight and I only won vs the AI. Never had to play King to H1, hmm.
9:29 🤨
13:09 Underpromoting to a knight seems winnable to me, actually. I think White can force Black's king away from the A-file and win the pawn to eventually promote the A-pawn.
I would've thought promote to a rook to prevent the stalemate.
If you underpromote to a Knight. The Rook takes the "a" pawn next move and will sacrifice itself for the "b" pawn. The white Knight will then have to sacrifice itself as well for the black pawn and it will be only Kings on board.
For the record, it HAS to specifically be a Knight to get the win in the last puzzle.
As mentioned the Queen forces the stalemate with rook d7.
But if you get a rook, black puts their rook in a7 and wins with checkmate.
If you get a Bishop to counter a7, black moves their rook to d8 and YOU are stalemated and cannot move anything.
Only the Knight wins the game, with the fork.
Here is a promotion hierarchy based on these puzzle videos I came up with:
1. Queen: most powerful piece. 90%+ promotions. Best to think of it as the default promotion and justify others in comparison. It’s only weaknesses are it cannot recreate the coverage of a Knight and needs at least two turns to recreate its movement, and it is the most likely promotion to stalemate your opponent in what otherwise would be a position with a chance to win.
2. Knight: vast majority of other promotions because of its unique movement. Look to use it to immediately threaten/stop/create checkmates/perpetual check/forks/forced trades/fortresses/defense that no other piece could accomplish. It is also the best piece for stalemating yourself.
3. Rook: Selected only when the additional coverage of a Queen creates an undesired stalemate threat, and there is nothing for a knight to do immediately. In this scenario, now the Rook becomes the default selection because it is better long term than a knight or bishop.
4.Only selected in the same circumstances as the rook, but with the additional condition that it stops/creates/threatens checkmates/defense of a piece or promotion square/forks that a Rook cannot.
Definitely other people have had all of these ideas before me. At least the ones that are correct lol. I’m interested to hear other peoples input on this.
For puzzle 2 I saw queen to a4 but black has bishop blocking which delays mate a move
I thought that too, but I can’t see how the bishop can block after Qa4…?
“You gotta love chess”…damn right!
Great puzzles, I've found solution for the first two (mate in two moves), third (although with a slightly different line but I won and analized it) and fifth puzzle. But in fourth puzzle I've found the first move but I missed this fantastic move Ka1 because my opponent played different move (Kb7) intstead of Kc5, but I've found an idea, this knight in the center is a beast.
Sir Nelson, these chess puzzles are really mind blowing.
Chess is really deep.
All those stalemate possibilities in the last puzzle...and to think that an *underpromotion* was the best option to avoid many or most if not all of those traps. Good stuff. 😁😁
In the first puzzle, my first thought was: this is a retroanalysis problem trying to prove the black pawns are going up the board.
In the final problem, you gave the situation of the black king taking the knight, whereon the white pawn is able to promote. What about if the black king took the pawn, leaving white with just a knight, which is insufficient material to force a mate?
Thank you! Wonderful video.
12:54 Can't you just promote to a rook?
Umm, in the 3rd position, what if we do the first line he showed (which leads to a stalemate) but instead of queen promotion we promote to a rook?
If black tries the same trick, it won't be a stalemate because the king will have B6 to move to
Black captures the pawn, then goes to b4 and you end up playing a rook vs rook chess game.
I found a sick mate in 1st puzzle that starts with Rxb7 followed by Nb6 check (if bishop takes) and queen mates on the back rank
12:16 Isn't Black winning? The king can go to c5, b4, and win the pawn while defending his own pawn, and the white king is too far away to stop it. Basically the same situation as 15:14 in reverse.
Just an answer to the last question . If the king is ahead of a pawn in the column A or H and he is mirrored by a black king on the knight column or if the black king is any way in the rectangle determined by the white king and the corner with the 2 adjacent columns then the white king is stuck and can't make way for the pawn to be promoted.
I've also tried the line, "I've got some _fascinating_ positions to show you!", but somehow it never comes off, hrm...
I thought there was another solution to the 2nd one: 1. Kf2 Kh2 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. Kf5 Kh5 5. b4 (because at this point, if we both get queens, we can mate on the next move with Qh8). But that actually doesn't work because of 5. - g6+, forcing our king off the spot making mate possible, and once we've moved the king, both sides again get queens and it's a draw.
Actually, no, that does work. After 5. ... g6+, we can go 6. Kf4. Black can't just do 6. ... g5+ because of 7. Kg3, and if 6. ... Kh4, they lose a tempo which wins us the game (7. b5 g5+ 8. Kf3 Kh3 9. b6 g4+ 10. Kf2 Kh2 11. b7 g3+ 12. Kf3 g2 13. b8Q+ etc). The idea is sort of the same, the black king is forced to end up on h2 which means we promote with check and thus can prevent Black also promoting.
2:26 What about Queen F3 and then Knight E4? The King still can’t move after F3 and the Knight checkmates regardless of the other moves from Black.
Edit: Nevermind, Black’s only move is Rook D4 which takes Knight. But if they don’t see the Knight move its Mate in 2.
actually in the puzzle 3:45 kf2 also wins and it has similar idea that black king has to go h2 and you can queen and chess tablebase confirms this
Objective was to mate in 2 moves, not just mate.
14:31 b8=N+!! I had a game where I underpromoted to a knight to force mate on the spot, and another game where I underpromoted to rook to thwart my opponent's stalemate trick. That is why I always have auto queen disabled at chess.com.
Last puzzle in the first line you show with all the stalemates, could you underpromote to a rook? Or would their counter play change and make it a draw/loss for white?
Mind-blowing. Keep them coming.
10:58 the guy with the black surely won't after seeing a knight beating a bishop in an endgame😂
At 13:13 can't the pawn promote to a knight and that can then take the rook if it takes the b7 pawn but I still think black wins because his king is closer to the pawns
It seems most of these brilliant moves/mates involve sacrifices. The opponent doesn't think you'd do something as foolish as giving away your queen or other valuable piece.
I just started watching your videos and they really are some amazing puzzles, very interesting stuff. Keep it up!
@Chess Vibes you are wrong about the third position. 1. Kf2 is correct too! Lets see 1. Kf2 Kh2 (1...g5 2. Kg3 and easy win) 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. b4 g5+ 5. Ke3!! (right here!) g4 6.Kf2 And black cant stop the pawn but white is able to: 6...Kh3 7.Kg1! and win. TBH, even 6. b5 is winning with very classic idea. Now: 6.b5 (6..g3 7. b6 g2. 8. Kf2!) 6..Kh3 7.b6 g3 8. b7 g2 9. Kf2! (force to b8Q+) 9... Kh2 and now b8Q+!. As very often, pawn gets queens with cheks.
3:56 this is like the puzzle from the road to nowhere fisherman
4:44 Actually Kf2 in this position also winning, because white still can stop black pawn. But I agree that Ke2 is better to play (I admit I missed it).
How can it stop the pawn
11:00 what about kb3? Shouldn't that win too? If the king chases the knight, white runs with the pawn, if the king goes to b5 white just takes the pawn on H2 and wait for the king to come down. If the bishop goes to D2, allow it to swap the bishop for the pawn and win with the knight and the other pawn..
Excellent. Thanks!
In the very first puzzle, why isn't Q a6 also a win? If bishop takes night, then Q B7 is mate. The a pawn is pinned. The b pawn is blocked from advancing. If the b pawn takes Q, then R b8 is mate. If the c pawn takes the rook, then Q x B is mate. If the c pawn takes the K, then Q x the b pawn is also mate. What am I missing?
Bishop is covering b pawn, after Q a6, C pawn takes rook, white's queen is hanging and there's no mate because the bishop still covers b7
In 12:52, instead of promoting D pawn to a queen, promote to a Knight. It's a Win for White,
10:26 that is why knight and bishop is same points since knight can control so many squares even it can jump around
BTW in the puzzle 12:31 , you didnt include the part where 3. .... R:D2, where you can't promote to a queen due to RD1, but promote to a knight and win.
Third one took me another minute to find Ke2, threatening to stop the black pawn, then if black plays Kh2, the king will be under the check of the incoming queen on b8, loosing a tempo and if they play Kh2 they will block their own pawn thus losing precious tempo …
The king and pawn endgame one was pretty easy but still a great puzzle
For the 4th problem; what if after Nd4, Black plays Kb7?
Ya that's what I'm thinking I barely even considered Kc5 because it just strictly seemed worse.
Not too sure about the move order, but I think white can defend the a pawn with Nb3, take on h2, and push the f pawn. Black can't take either pawn without sacrificing the bishop, so white can still win with the other pawn.
White takes H pawn and just walks to the other pawn.
the last one is the reason why the knight is my favorite piece
Came very close on the fourth one -- I wanted to take the black pawn, but that would have given black a tempo
12:57 correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't an underpromotion to a knight be a win for white since it covers the b7 square?
Holy shit that last problem is so cool!
I'm used to the standard that the white pawns move from bottom to top, and black pawns from top to bottom. When you present a puzzle, before asking us to think, it would be nice to know if you are using the opposite convention.
First of all, why does the white have to block the pawn at 09:15? Would it not be better to just take it with the king? Also what happens at 8:32 if Black plays King to B7 instead of C5 like in the video? I think White can do nothing then to prevent Black from moving the King to A6 with the next move and then taking the pawn on A5. I think that would result in a draw
Mr Lopez forgot King B7... Chessmaster move....
Bro in 2nd puzzle if we take Queen to F3 THAN THERE IS ALSO CHECKMATE BY KNIGHT
Enjoyed this also enjoyed the knight one you mentioned when it originally posted. Perhaps you may consider including problem solving on games where StockFish indicates the game advantage has switched due to a poor move.
"Oh, look at that, there's a knight fork!"
[Edit2: I looked at it occasionally again, and today I found it! M2! nice.] 2:39 (mate-in-2) Damn I tried every move that I could imagine - nothing just M3 -, so hard for me! - and I loved some of your other ones. *I wish you'd give another hint after the pause!* For those that couldn't find it, so they could try one more time with that new clue. (the better thinkers would simply go on without taking the 2nd pause). PS: I took more time for the other ones (in another video such as queen staircase), but you said these here are for warming up 😲 - Edit: I have watched your "3 step process to solve chess problems/puzzles" video now, still too hard. I will bookmark that timestamp one and try another day. (or you could give a second clue)
9:28 "What do you mean, officer?"
Awesome. Gorgeous! Best smart chess channel ever
9:29 amazing move Kh1
the last puzzle if you see when the rook was in b4 then the pawn could promote to a knight and no need a queen and still there will be a win for white.
12:56 white must underpromote to rook as queening the pawn leads to Rxb7+!! a forced draw.
Easy. Thanks for sharing.
0:54 Ra6 would also be checkmate too regardless how black takes
Zugzwang and stalemates are fascinating
Yup, mainly because they literally contradict each other.
More hints pretty please. So, after the pause. (allowing a 2nd pause which others could skip). It's would be nice to half-solve it instead of getting the solution right away. It still gives the opportunity to fully solve it yourself for advanced users by finding it in the 1st pause. I try to apply all the information and guides you gave in other videos, such as chessmate patterns or step processes and can't really find the M2s myself. Feels unsatisfying when you can't find it yourself not even a bit. I also think that's how good riddle makers and teachers do it, they give small hints when the scholar is not getting close to an answer. As long as you care about those less gifted people - namely your viewers - that is. Which I know you do. Quite a nice channel in general by the way.
edit: I did find the solution at day2 and actually just after 1 minute of looking at it again. Rather unapparent indeed and the more beautiful.
in the last puzzle why can't the king just go to e8 then black has to move the rook to h7 then we move the king to g8 to where the rook can't go anywhere, what happens then?
12:56 what if white gets a rook or a knight instead?
Man, great puzzles.
8:44 I get that Kc5 leads to the star move and all that and there's no flashy win against Kb7, but while I found Kh1 I didn't see anything in that line better than moving the knight to b3 at some point and getting a winning endgame if/when the king tries to contest the pawn.
black needs to maintain tempo since white king can capture the pawn, resulting endgame not trivial but still winning for white
I think I've watched too many of your videos. I saw that last one and thought it was easy and everything you said I thought to do. And im really bad at chess. I just love watching the games and saying how do they think of this stuff.
I got hit with one of these puzzle ass stalemates the other day and mad kudos to the guy
In the first position, Qc6 was the right move, but can you tell me why Qa6 doesn't work, please?
Great video, these were tricky.
I still can't figure out what's going on with the changing colour chess set; you can just tell us where the treasure is buried right?
More mate in 2s please
Could not find solution on the 4th one ! Kh1 mindboggling !
your vidéo are addictive I hope you will continue doing this for a long time 👍
Very nice finishing moves
I believe that Paul Morphy was the composer of the first puzzle.
The rook and bishop pawns vs a queen is a draw, but only if the opposing king is out of position. If the king is close enough, the player with the queen wins.
In 8:39 , how about king to b7?
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9:28 quote of the year:
11:09 its soo odd seeing you saying if the bishop moves you loose the bishop, like what bishop got like hundred squared to move to.