So what happens if along the main line, instead of the queen moving to b7 or c6, it sacrifices itself on d5. If you take with the rook, the pawn can then pick up the rook, threatening the knight, and while it might be winnable, it might also be a draw. Is there a better option than just trading the rook for a queen?
Very nice. Didn't solve it. One move for Black you didn't mention after Nf3 is e5, but then White has Rg6+, with yet another skewer of the king on the queen.
Yes, the direction of the pawns is obvious, so why do people with chess videos insist on telling us? Are they jealous of flight attendants explaining how the seat belts work?
Hi there. I didn't explain this in the beginning of my channel but when I got more than 10 messages/comments/questions every week about the pawn directions I had to start showing this in my videos. I guess the same thing happens to other chess content creators also.
Instead of assuming all viewers are seasoned chess puzzlers, suppose this is the first chess puzzle video that someone sees in their feed; perhaps someone who hasn't looked at a chessboard since they were a kid, but the Algorithm (all hail its benevolent wisdom) thinks might enjoy them. Those extra few seconds take their impression from "I'm a little confused, maybe I should leave this alone" to "this is interesting, I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy chess".
I saw 1.e6 immediatly, without thinking, but did not see the move Ng5 and Nf3 (from the diagram). I think, Nf3 !! is the point of the study. As always Kubbel made a wonderful study with this point.
Brilliant study, thank you very much.
Saw the first movie rather quickly, but the follow-up was beyond me
So what happens if along the main line, instead of the queen moving to b7 or c6, it sacrifices itself on d5. If you take with the rook, the pawn can then pick up the rook, threatening the knight, and while it might be winnable, it might also be a draw. Is there a better option than just trading the rook for a queen?
Wow! 1 horizontal + 1 vertical skewer ... Very artistic!
Many nice lines!
Got this one fairly easily.
Very nice. Didn't solve it. One move for Black you didn't mention after Nf3 is e5, but then White has Rg6+, with yet another skewer of the king on the queen.
What goes wrong if you start rook to c7?
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Yes, the direction of the pawns is obvious, so why do people with chess videos insist on telling us?
Are they jealous of flight attendants explaining how the seat belts work?
Hi there. I didn't explain this in the beginning of my channel but when I got more than 10 messages/comments/questions every week about the pawn directions I had to start showing this in my videos. I guess the same thing happens to other chess content creators also.
Instead of assuming all viewers are seasoned chess puzzlers, suppose this is the first chess puzzle video that someone sees in their feed; perhaps someone who hasn't looked at a chessboard since they were a kid, but the Algorithm (all hail its benevolent wisdom) thinks might enjoy them. Those extra few seconds take their impression from "I'm a little confused, maybe I should leave this alone" to "this is interesting, I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy chess".
I saw 1.e6 immediatly, without thinking, but did not see the move Ng5 and Nf3 (from the diagram). I think, Nf3 !! is the point of the study. As always Kubbel made a wonderful study with this point.
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