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Puzzle 1 Details
FEN: 5K1B/8/7p/5k1r/8/5PP1/p3P3/8 w - - 0 1
Author: Afansiev, Duizov, 1967
Puzzle 2 Details
FEN: r4n2/p1K5/k7/n2p4/N3Nr2/1PPP4/1P1P3b/8 w - - 0 1
Author: Bent
Puzzle 3 Details
FEN: 7N/6P1/8/8/8/2P3k1/bP5p/7K w - - 0 1
Author: Bernhardt, 1961
Puzzle 4 Details
FEN: 8/p7/8/8/5P2/8/8/2k2K2 w - - 0 1
Author: Birnov, 1970
Puzzle 5 Details
FEN: 6k1/8/n5NK/8/8/1p6/3Bn1N1/8 w - - 0 1
Author: Birnov, 1954
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11:35 In the 5th puzzle, if the king hides in the corner there’s actually a checkmate for white, knight f7. Therefore the king must go to f8 to get a draw.
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11:25 if king h8 you can do knight f7 and checkmate
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So the king has to switch between h6 and h7
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11:35 This hurt my soul. Why would you check at G6, when you could check mate at F7? :/
True, but that's a misplay on black's side. Assuming black is competent, they would see that that move leads to a mate in one, and so would never play it -- which then leads to the draw by perpetual check.
If black had played Qb3 that wouldn't work. He arbitrarily moved the queen to a random spot to just explain the idea that ALWAYS works, regardless of black's choice.
Still, I agree, it was worth a quick mention at least
Because of VIDEO ENLARGEMENT
Yeah he missed it
He’s probably blind
7:17 black King C2 needs to be analyzed: It's similar but not trivial.
Great content again!
Two comments on puzzle #5:
1-Once the perpetual check is established with knight to e7, the black king cannot go to h8 because knight to f7 is mate for white.
2-If black sees this possible line, after knight to e3, it can position the knight via c7 then d5 prior to queening the pawn (which can't be stopped by black and can be accomplished later). This would impede the perpetual check and allow other winning solutions for black, correct?
If black doesn't play b2 after Ne3, white just plays Nc4 and the pawn is stopped permanently.
@@smerriman I don't think it would be permanently, as black could sacrifice one of their knights to force the knight to move from c4, thus allowing the pawn to move and promote. If white then tries the same perpetual check idea, black can just move their queen to e1 because they wouldn't have the knight blocking it any more.
@@aaronscott7467 How would they do that? If they attack white's knight, white just moves it to b2. The only way to prevent that would be to have one knight protecting b2 first before another knight attacks c4; by the time they've done that, white has moved the other knight to take the pawn.
I just noticed that if Black moves his queen to b6, then Nf7 is illegal, because the knight will be pinned.
Qb6 would've been the best possible move for black, which is why a draw is the best case for white.
For #3, an interesting move for black wasn't mentioned. At 4:42, black can choose not to move the bishop at all, and instead move king to h3 (behind his pawn). This still traps white's king and protects the h2 pawn, which are black's objectives. However, white can then respond with knight to g5, putting black in check.
At this point, black's only move that doesn't result in an immediate draw is to move his king back to g3. White can then move his knight back to f7, blocking the bishop again. Black can still move his king, but white has the same response.
If black keeps trying to move his king, white can force a draw by threefold repetition.
After Kh3 Ng5 Kg3 there's the simpler Nf3, it's the same movement for the knight as if the bishop was moved but with a check instead
Black could also move Bb1 and the threat is now Be4 and white has no way to stop this.
@@reubenmanzo2054They have: Knight to f3!
@@reubenmanzo20545:10 it is showen
@@бообвооб How is the knight moving to f3 from h8?
that second puzzle was incredible. who ever heard of playing b4+ d4+ b4+ d4+? truly beautiful solution there
In the 5th puzzle at 11:36, If King h8, you DON'T go Ng6+. You go Nf7#.
yes. but, only if Kh8 happens.
@@kirillzakharov7336 Yup. If Black doesn't jump off the deep end with the move Kh8, then it's definitely a draw after Kf8.
Funny thing in the 4th puzzle. If black plays Qc3+, white has to take with the king. If white takes with the queen, it's a stalemate.
really bad joke bro
Dude its not stalemate at all, cause if black plays Qc3+ then we take it with our King and you know what ? Black has still the A1 square free cause the black queen leaves it.
@@naelcharvet9928 Which part of "white has to take with the king. If white takes with the queen, it's a stalemate." did you not understand?
Yes, but it is still checkmate
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In the last puzzle if the king goes to h8 you have checkmate with Nf7
I saw that too. I'm kinda shocked he missed that.
Just a random idea for a video - could try learning shogi chess, I think it would be interesting to see how you find it while being very experienced in western chess! I have just found out about shogi and thinking of checking out how it works.
Why not combine them? It's called Crazyhouse. And the 2-player version of that is Bughouse.
I tried to learn it but I think it doesn't have the dramatic, long attacks of chess. It's a lot of small unit movement. Not that it's not tactical, it's just less dramatic visually.
0:06 pawn g4+
The king has to move somewhere (the pawn is protected) and no matter where he goes that rook goes down. The black pawn That’s about to be a queen is guarded by the bishop.
Edit:
0:37 hold up, That’s a stalemate,isn’t it?
Yes I saw #4.
(similar to how I got close with #1)
Notably:
I see what the obvious move is,
and know that's the wrong move, because it says 'puzzle' in the corner.
Step one, run the obvious scenario, find out why the obvious one, is the wrong one.
Either find a solution for that weakness. (something that actually requires skill, why I didn't solve #1)
Or try the only alternative, which is why I did solve #4.
There were only 2 'non-terrible' moves. as it is a puzzle, it's the one that isn't obvious.
There is no way I would have spotted it in an actual game.
3:56 pawn b3 to block bishop, bishop takes the pawn, pawn at the end becomes queen check, bishop takes the Queen, Knight to f7 which blocks the bishop from going to the check, bishop takes the Knight, remaining pawn to c4 and if bishop takes it it’s a stalemate
The idea is right, but if you play in this order, black can just not take the pawn on c4 at the end. Bg8, let's say. Then you have to play c5 next move (only move) and black checkmates on d5.
The correct order is pawn b3, then pawn c4, then queen, then knight to f7. And that's just the start of the puzzle, but I assume you've seen the video by now.
9:00 if Black underpromotes to a knight could delay the mate by 2 extra moves from this position.
That Nd6 move in the last puzzle also serves another goal: it prevents black from pinning the g6-knight with ...Qb6.
I just found your channel within the last week. I'm a novice, but I can happily say I found the right answer on the first one! The wrong move didn't even cross my mind. I'm making progress thanks to your channel!
For the last three puzzles, I figured out part of the solution, but missed some steps.
For the first one I saw Kf7 right away but couldn’t figure out what came after Rh4. Assumed it was still a quick mate somewhere and Chess vibes would explain it but of course he doesn’t look that far into it.
I kept looking for the quick mate until I finally had to run it through the engine.
No quick mate, you have to settle for gxh4 and it’s a mate in 22 for white.
Please make a complete series for beginners
In the 4th puzzle when white king moves f1-e2, black moves it’s king from c1-c2, and blocks white king to go to d3. Black I think can manage to get stalemate eventually. Black doesn’t need to let white king move two times just by moving it’s pawn, instead of moving it’s pawn, black has to block the white king’s move to d3, with it’s king to c2. This scenario was not included in this puzzle, which disqualified it as a clear win for white. If black is clever, he/she can get stalemate.
#3 isn't very difficult but it's pretty creative, I like it
Not sure about this but knight at g2 to f4, if black knight takes, we take black knight with our knight at g6 then follow next step with knight to e6, king to g7; if pawn to b2, knight at f4 to e6, then pawn to b1 becomes queen but then king to g7. Isn't that checkmate? I guess once knight to e6 opponent will see and move king to f7, but then it's quite different with lots of potential outcomes?
How can your white king go to g7? The black king is on g8 :)
Fun fact: if the position shown in the thumbnail were slightly altered so that white's c and b pawns were both on the 2nd rank, it would be a win for white provided it was white's turn.
On problem 4, what happens of black play Kc2 on their first move ?
White can push the pawn because the white king on e2 is now close enough to deliver checkmate.
1. Ke2 Kc2 2. f5 a5 3. f6 a4 4. f7 a3 5. f8=Q a2 6. Qa3 Kb1 7. Qb3+ Ka1 8. Qc3+ Kb1 9. Kd2 a1=N (9... a1=Q 10. Qc2#) 10. Qc1+ Ka2 11. Kc3 Nb3 12. Qb2#
In the 5th puzzle, after the check if the king goes to H8 - isn't it actually checkmate when knight moves to F7?
We need more fancy puzzle videos
11:34 knight d6 to f7 is checkmate if the king moves to h8
yes. but Kh8 is also the least likely of the two moves.
@@kirillzakharov7336 yeah ik but just saying cuz he moved the king to h8 in the video and he just said to do perpetuate check
8:50 In this situation, can't black move its queen to c1 or d1 to check the white king, forcing white to move to capture the black queen?
Ya
The first puzzle is a good example of how you should always look for the ‘best’ moves and not just the ‘obvious’ moves
In the last one it is good to show why simple Ne7+ with following Nd5, Nc3 does not work
11:35 MISSED MATE IN ONE 🗿
if Kh8 happens.
@@kirillzakharov7336 (and it did)
In The 5th puzzle in The final King to f8 It prevents checkmate
11:35 last puzzle horse d6 to f7 mate the only thing black can do is draw the game
When I was little we were taught if you trapped the other person's king like this, that was a win for you and not a draw.
I like your endgame puzzles. I should have learned them when I played at the chess club in 1971.
In the last scheme, if the king goes to H8, the Knight goes to F6, checkmate
Although I don't play chess, puzzles are fun. At No.4 I forgot that the black pawn has double move. 😅
Cool tricks, well explained - subscribed!
Puzzle 4 King E2 blocking the black king from pressuring the pawn and pushing the black pawn to deny a promotion
If you just push with the pawn black king can defend his own pawn meaning at best you get a trade into a stalemate
Black's pawn has to chase into you while your pawn has to chase away from black
11:24 If knight to f7 then it will be checkmate
What about moving white Queen to H8 6:12 to take the queen the following move anyway which then all that would need to be done is to move to A1 then proceed to paint the black king into a corner for a check mate? also you could argue for stall moves on the black king but you could go down the diagonal line to A1 one step at a time and once you get to B2 you could just take the pawn anyway regardless of if they push into getting queen or not
Kb1 allows black to just guard the square, though. If white takes black queen, king retakes, and it's a draw.
@@thetaomegatheta yeah but couldnt you not move your (white)king from F1 to D1 then block on qB8 cause you would have an extra move and if they were to do that they would delay putting their queen off by a move so you could move to qA8 and threaten the pawn at that point cause at 6:12 if the black king was on b1 it wouldnt be close enough to protect the pawn
@@A_Wzone
'yeah but couldnt you not move your (white)king from F1 to D1'
A king can only move to an adjoining square. White king can't teleport to d1 from f1. In the meantime, black can promote, and white has to either take the black queen, making it a draw on the spot, or to retreat, making the move Qh8 pointless.
yes but if your (white)queen is guarding the B file then the black king cant move into B1 to protect the pawn and yes i do know a king can only move one space at at time i was merely stating the start point and end point obviously it would take 2 moves to do it assuming the black king was able to move to B1 as you suggested
@@A_Wzone
'yes but if your (white)queen is guarding the B file then the black king cant move into B1 to protect the pawn'
White queen can't guard the b-file from h8.
If you are abandoning your initial idea, and actually going Qb8, then black just promotes, as there is no threat there.
'and yes i do know a king can only move one space at at time i was merely stating the start point and end point obviously it would take 2 moves to do it assuming the black king was able to move to B1 as you suggested'
2 moves is way too long to prevent black promoting.
On the 5th puzzle, it is actually that black wants to draw and not the white because white has a checkmate threat
Puzzle 5 missed check mate when king went to king h8 knight to F7 was checkmate
For puzzle two you can actually checkmate with white by doing pawn b4 forcing the knight to move then king c6.Then black can do any move except move the king and knight e6.Then white moves knight c5 and checkmate but not forced
If b4, I think black plays Rf6+ discovered check, and white will lose material to defend
In the first position Black can delay matters by one move with (after 1 Kf7) 1 ... a1=Q, 2 Bxa1, etc.
(Sorry if it's obvious.)
He also could delay mate for several moves by playing Rh4. I don't see any immediate checkmate after that so white has to take the rook and win later after promoting a pawn.
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Nicely spotted.
I could solve the First 4 Puzzles on my own but for the fifth I missed this particular checking pattern I've never seen in Endgame studies even though it does not seem very special.
Important Note Puzzle 2: After 2. ... Kxc5 the move 3. d4+ would bei wrong because that line ends up with the c-pawn taking the rook on b4 and the King now moves Kd4! letting the pawn take the knight (or move on to b5), so there is no stalemate but a lost position for white
Puzzle 3: I would suggest
1. b3 B×b3
2. c4 B×c4
3. g8Q+ Bxg8
4. Nf7 BxNf7
Stalemate, because White has lost all pieces except his King, his King cannot move anymore but is not in check. Should Black not take the White pawns but e.g. Mode his Bishop to b1, g8D+ even wins because the White Queen cannot be not captured.
move his Bishop
g8Q+
Brilliant stuff & Just goes to show... always look for stalemate possibilities when one or other King is an a box.
Nelson just one thing if black goes to the corner on puzzle 5 THAT IS MATE not Perpetual Check... Swing the other Knight into the space beside and CHECKMATE...
By all logically realistic means, being unable to move without exposing yourself should be considered a defeat.
in puzzle 4 when white king moves top left the black king can just block its moves by going top
Nelson bro in 5th puzzle nf7 is checkmate if the king goes to h8
Bro on the 5th puzzle knight to f7 was mate
I haven't played chess in over 10 years and I just started watching you stuff a week or so ago. I almost never get these puzzles but I saw the first two in less than 30sec each. Maybe I'm learning something lol
11:12 can the queen just capture the knight on g6
TFW you don't fall for the "obvious fork" but find the king move, because you totally missed the obvious fork.
I did NOT see the stalemate trap on #1 and I was utterly stumped on #5. I only aced # 2 and 4. I saw the draw on #4 with the immediate pawn race. I also saw the correct first move because it forced black to also expend a king move to prevent the white king from capturing the Black pawn. White could afford two king moves before pawn pushing even though it allowed black to queen because they still held tempo. Now the white king was close enough to render the Black Queen useless and force checkmate.
I failed 3 of 5 puzzles but I feel good about #4.
In the 4th puzzle, why not move the queen to f6, attacking black's king, and if they move it, you get the queen.
Puzzle number 1, black would have played Castle H4, followed by King F4 if white Pawn takes Castle H4, Castle G4 otherwise, sacrificing Castle to use King to begin eliminating pawns. Black would then maneuver King to B1, trading promoted Pawn with opposing Bishop at A1, leading to a stalemate assuming white's King eliminates black's remain pawn while black hunts white's pawns. White loses if it doesn't hunt that pawn in that time because black can maneuver pawn toward H1 instead of King toward B1 if available. Assuming the players are competent, the game is already in a stalemate, but if the board looks like this, neither player is competent, so who knows what will happen.
'Puzzle number 1, black would have played Castle H4, followed by King F4 if white Pawn takes Castle H4'
After white takes the rook at h4, there is no good way for black to take the pawns, while white just promotes on at least the h-file. Even if black manages to trade their promoted pawn for a bishop, they will still be against at least a queen, if not two or three.
It's a loss for black, not a stalemate.
Hi, I have just seen that, in the fifth puzzle, the black king cannot go to h8 because it is checkmate with the knight in f7
In last puzzle white can actually win, if he moves knight to f6 from d5 when black king is on h8...
Writing this comment for my training purposes, and before seeing the answer. In the first position,1.g4+ doesn't win because of an eventual stalement on h6, so 1.Kf7! and now A. if 1..a1=Q then 2.e4+ and BxQ (Bf6 and g4# is unavoidable), and if black doesnt queen then the simply Bf6 with the idea of e4#.
Doesn't look like this fooled me.
4th puzzle seems really obvious, but probably only because it's presented as a puzzle.
The stalemate rule should be rplaced by : the other player plays all next turns untill the player under stalemate has a legal move.
In the fifth puzzle you can win when you a second check with the other knight
“Now this, is Pawn racing!”
At puzzle 3, couldn't black just not take the pawn at first mov but go back a square with the bishop instead?
In Puzzle 4, when the white king moves to e2, what happens if the black king moves to c2 ?
I actually got number three! Great puzzles.
In the last Puzzle the king moved to h8 there was Knight f7 checkmate. Nelson was an idiot in the last puzzle he made black moved The king to h8 in 11:35 (the minutes of the video not the time) he just played knight g6 when there was knight f7 checkmate that’s what I noticed.
What's beautiful about the thumbnail puzzle is that you don't even have to promote to a queen. Promoting to a rook, and even tona bishop will draw too.
4:28
how about black bishop b1?
how can white stop bishop e4?
“The trick is to not fall for the obvious fork.”
Me, who missed the fork entirely and got the right answer: grandmastor
The 4th puzzle is a win for black. If he moves the king then white is forced to move the night then checkmate with the bishop 4:42 black king moves to h3 wins
If black goes Kc2, it's a mate in 15 in favour of white.
Not sure why you are talking about knights or bishops. There are none in puzzle 4.
'4:42 black king moves to h3 wins'
Ng5+ forces the black king to go g3, after which, the knight goes back. If black keeps repeating, it will be a draw by repetition.
In second puzzle, black has an opportunity to take the pawn that starts on a2 with en passant (5. …Nxa3). I don’t know if stalemate is still forced, but its a move Nelson didn’t mention.
En passant can only be done with the pawns
Am I missing something in puzzle 4? (I admit this is quite likely).
You said white to play so if there's a pawn race the white pawn will be at f7 and the black pawn at a4 after 3 turns each. The white pawn then moves to f8 becoming a queen. If the black pawn then moves to a3 the white queen takes it. If black's 4th move is king to b2 instead then white moves its queen to b4 checking the king and stopping it from protecting the pawn which is taken next move. From that point it's just a standard KQ v K tidy up.
I think you missed that black's 1st move is a7-a5, gaining a square
@@yigalzemach9083 You're absolutely right.
I did say it was likely I was missing something 🙂
Puzzle 5, don't push the pawn after taking the bishop and instead use the A6 knight to go B4, d5 and it covers the e7 square I think.
Then white have the time to take the pawn and the game ends in a draw, black can not prevent that, because white even can sacrifice one of the knights, 2 knights against 1 knight is still a draw.
A bit late, but in the first puzzle u do not have to get a queen or bishop, you might as well just take a rook or horse, that won't lead to a stalemate and still secure black chances to win.
For puzzle 5, is it not possible for black to win with 2 knights? Because it seems the queen can definitely take the knight if they're willing to sac it.
It's a draw.
3:23 you shoulda mentoined king c5 does the same because the pawn can't move
If in the 5th puzzle if the king goes to h8 Nf7 is checkmate
Amazing content as usual 🙏. I’m not that good at these puzzles so it’s fascinating for me every time
First puzzle rook at h4, would give black king a chance to run.
In puzzle 3, what do you do if the bishop moves to b1 first and just ignores your pawns?
Then it is even a win for white instead of a draw, because white play g8=Q+ and black get checkmated
Thanks, this was fun.
After King e2 what happens if black plays King c2 9:25
I enjoyed this so much.
I have a question. In puzzle #3 why not playing bishop B1 followed by bishop e4? How can this checkmate be prevented?
g8=Q+
@@thetaomegatheta oh yeah mb
The one in the thumbnail is confusing to some people, but I figured it out by myself, Turn the pawn into a rook or queen and he is in check so he has to take with the bishop, You now have enough time to draw it
6:50 me casually screaming Qd3
Kb2
In the fourth puzzle what if when white play kf2 black plays ke2?
For the 5th puzzle what if black doesn't push the pawn? What if they do something weird and move the king to f7 instead?
Then White plays Nc4 or Nd1 and halts the pawn. White will be happy to sac a knight for the pawn since 2Ns vs 1N is a draw.
11:35 just go knight f7 checkmate instead of going knight g6
this sounds like only stockfish would find
For puzzle 4 why can’t you just pin the queen and king and then you can just take the queen since the king has to move and it’s easier to win right? Or will that end up in a draw?
Would end in a draw, because the black king would stay close to the queen, just on another square, then it would be just an exchange of queens. Queen takes queen and king takes queen.
Puzzle 4th pawn move was not logical move but intuition move. That's how human play chess.
You could've checkmate with knight to f7 in the 5th puzzle
But wait
1…Ka2
2.Kc2 Qc1!!(3.K×c1 stelmate)
3.Kd3 Qa3 check and stelmate
For puzzle 3, after White plays b3, instead of taking the pawn, Black plays Bb1, and then mates with Be4 the next move. There is no way for White to stop that.
But if he did bishop to b1, white would get the queen with check and stops the checkmate threat.
@@ariyangames136 elegant.
I wondered about 1. ... Bb1 myself, but as you point out 2. g8=Q+ Kh3 (or wherever) leads to 3. Qg2 and Black loses. Nice.
in the 4th puzzle what if the black promotes to a knight? :D