This puzzle is winning for white, but not for the reasons you mentioned in the video; instead of Black moving their bishop to A2 at 2:23, which loses even faster, if Black is smart they will move their Bishop to C2 instead of A2, attacking White's Bishop right away. If White's bishop moves along the diagonal to B5, C6, or D7, Black's Bishop will mirror it on D3, E4, or F5. If If White's Bishop takes Black's Bishop on C2, D3, E4, or F5, then Black's King will take the Pawn on H6. Then, if the G7 pawn is promoted to a Queen or Rook on G8 after that, it will be a stalemate because White's Bishop will cover the G6 and H7 squares, so White has to under-promote to a Knight on G8 to avoid putting Black in stalemate, and, although it is tough, a Bishop and Knight can Checkmate the opponent's king together. Much slower than a Queen or Rook can, but it's doable.
The first move is easy but the follow up is instructive!
1. h6 Bc2
2. Bxc2+ Kxh6
3. g8=N+
Bishop and Knight with King can win.
Happily, I've never needed them to. ;)
No way, you can't win a bishop and knight
Beautiful puzzle! I found the first few moves but missed the subtle positional points later on. 👍👍👍👍
Very instructiv. A study for chess players. Impressive!
Nice one!
Excellent end game learning from all sides, loved it. Thank you very much for always bringing out the best puzzles. God bless you.
This puzzle is winning for white, but not for the reasons you mentioned in the video; instead of Black moving their bishop to A2 at 2:23, which loses even faster, if Black is smart they will move their Bishop to C2 instead of A2, attacking White's Bishop right away. If White's bishop moves along the diagonal to B5, C6, or D7, Black's Bishop will mirror it on D3, E4, or F5. If If White's Bishop takes Black's Bishop on C2, D3, E4, or F5, then Black's King will take the Pawn on H6. Then, if the G7 pawn is promoted to a Queen or Rook on G8 after that, it will be a stalemate because White's Bishop will cover the G6 and H7 squares, so White has to under-promote to a Knight on G8 to avoid putting Black in stalemate, and, although it is tough, a Bishop and Knight can Checkmate the opponent's king together. Much slower than a Queen or Rook can, but it's doable.
First move is completely obvious, then strategy can be seen, but it seems difficult to calculate all possibilities from starting position.
a matter of reasonable sense 😀
Thank you for another enjoyable lesson.
After Kf7 cant black resist with Ba4 & if white promotes, black skewers with Bb3+ & drawing?
I came here to say the exact same thing.
White promotes with check.
@@wolfgangkoller4495 he gets a knight you mean? Well even if that happens, isnt knight & bishop against bishop a draw as well?
No, i think he meant after white King f7, at 6:15.
Tricky.
Good🎉❤