Basic chess theory: Try not to lose pieces to maintain a material advantage. Advanced chess theory: Sacrifice all of your pieces to get an en passant checkmate.

Challenge idea: Protect the VIP (very important pawn) At the beginning of the game, one of your pawns is selected at random to be the VIP. You must protect this pawn at all costs because you can only deliver checkmate with the VIP. Losing the VIP means you can get a draw at best. Promoting the VIP transforms it into a "very important piece" so it stays the VIP.

@arturkaroly8898

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You can also play this game against another playel, where both of you have a VIP, but you don't know which pawn is the opponent's VIP. Figuring out the opponent's VIP can lead to a lot of mind games when deciding whether to sacrifice pieces or not just for taking a pawn, which you assume is the opponent's VIP.

@ProjectLycos

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Just tried this, was pretty hard but got it first try.

@arturkaroly8898

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@@ProjectLycos Nice. Did you play against a bot?

I managed to solve the second puzzle in my first attempt without any assistance nor long pauses! As an 850-rated chess player, I felt so proud of myself. Watching these types of puzzles and learning through the solution are both helpful as it is enjoyable. :D

@Esan-kq4sn

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Good job bro

@AAYLV

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Nice job man

@Fred-kh5cc

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Mee too OMG I am 930 rated !!!!!!!!!!

@vitorrodriguez4278

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just because you guessed the first move doesn't mean you solved the puzzle. Not to be discouraging but there's no way you saw all the way through and found bishop f8, being an 850 rated player

@Alman23

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​@@vitorrodriguez4278i started playing chess 2 weeks ago played not that many games and are 600 rated at the Moment. I solved every move of the Second puzzle first try and thought it was an easy one. But i have to say that im currently on a 10+ winstreak so i think i could def play higher then 600

The main line is incorrect too. You said that after Nd7+, "Black has to take us", but actually the strongest defense for Black is playing Rc8. The line continues Rxc8+ Kb7 Rb8+ Kc6 Ndxc5. Now we're in a RNNvR endgame, which is a tablebase win for white, but it would take 16 more moves with perfect play.

The hard part in the second puzzle isn’t finding the best moves, it’s the freaking end game afterwards. I was able to get a queen for white, but then a Queen vs Rook endgame is so tough because the king and rook just dance around eachother in the middle of the board, so I can never get my queen and king close enough to threaten it, and I have to constantly worry about not just hanging my queen, but not letting the rook take my queen at ALL. Because even if I’m protecting it with my king, black can just trade its rook for my queen and stalemate.

bros bullying bishop for both puzzles

Jokes on you, I named my cat Mittens

In the first puzzle, after Na6, black can play Rb7. Ng6 and Bxc6 then no longer work and draw the game. Even if we follow the line of 1... Ra7 2. Bxc6 Rxc6 3. Nd7+ black has an amazing move, namely Rc8. It sacrifices the rook in order to prevent a mate in 3 if you play Kb7 as shown in the video. White will still win, but it's a long one (31 moves).

This passes the chess vibe for my cat. But like honestly these puzzles that you present are really impressive.

at 3:07, he says the only move is to move the king up, but you can also block with the rook. and after he takes and checks again you move on b7 and than if he comes on b8 trying to trap you, you just escape by going where the rook was on c6 and you escape checkmate

@noobius6008

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Your coordinates are wrong.

When he says "If you've had a chance to look at that, the move is" 😍🤗🥵😜😏👀

At 7:40 the best move is actually Kf3. Both are winning and only 2 winning moves but Kf3 leads to a cleaner victory whereas Bf7 leads into a Queen and Rook endgame which is winning but very tough.

So I analyzed the first puzzle with Stockfish, and.... it found a way to draw the game somehow. I don't know why it did it like this, but this is apparently what my engine after analysis and making moves found what to do to save the game as Black. (first move was White's, of course) Thought it was fascinating because white was to play and WIN, except White doesn't win. Stockfish busted another puzzle it would seem. 1. Na6 Re7 2. Ng6 Rb7 3. Nxc5 Rbb8 4. Ne6 Ka7 5. Rg7+ Rb7 6. Rxb7+ Kxb7 7. Bd7 Ra8+ 8. Kb4 Ra1 9. Ne5 Rb1+ 10. Kc3 Re1 11. Nc4 Rc1+ 12. Kb3 Rb1+ 13. Kc2 Re1 14. Kd2 Rf1 15. Nc5+ Kc7 16. Be6 Rh1 17. Kc3 Kd8 18. Kd4 Rd1+ 19. Ke4 Rh1 20. Ne3 Kc7 21. Kd4 Rh4+ 22. Kc3 Kd8 23. Nf5 Rh1 24. Nd3 Kc7 25. Bc4 Rh5 26. Ne3 c5 27. Nf2 Rh8 28. Neg4 Rh4 29. Kd2 Rh8 30. Ne5 Rh4 31. Ke3 Kb6 32. Nfd3 Rh3+ 33. Kf4 Rh2 34. Kg4 Ka7 35. Kf3 Kb6 36. Nf4 Rh4 37. Ke3 Kc7 38. Ke4 Kb6 39. Ng6 Rh2 40. Ne7 Ka5 41. Kd3 Rh1 42. Nc6+ Ka4 43. Ne5 Ka5 44. Kd2 Rh8 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. Bd3 Rh8 47. Nc4+ Ka6 48. Nd5 Kb7 49. Na5+ Ka7 50. Bb5 Rh1 51. Nc6+ Kb7 52. Nce7 Rc1+ 53. Kb2 Rh1 54. Bd3 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 Rh3 56. Kc4 Rh4+ 57. Kxc5 Rh1 58. Kc4 Rc1+ 59. Kb3 Rg1 60. Kb4 Ka7 61. Kb5 Kb7 62. Kc5 Rh1 63. Bf5 Ka6 64. Nb4+ Ka5 65. Bc2 Rh5+ 66. Ned5 Rh6 67. Ne3 Rh5+ 68. Nbd5 Rh2 69. Nc4+ Ka6 70. Bf5 Ka7 71. Nd6 Rh5 72. Bd3 Rh1 73. Ne7 Rc1+ 74. Kb5 Rd1 75. Be4 Re1 76. Nc6+ Ka8 77. Bf3 Rf1 78. Nd4+ Kb8 79. Be2 Rb1+ 80. Kc6 Re1 81. Bg4 Rg1 82. Bf5 Rg5 83. Bd7 Rg7 84. N4b5 Rh7 85. Be6 Rh6 86. Bf5 Rh5 87. Bc8 Rh6 88. Ba6 Rg6 89. Nc7 Rg3 90. Bc4 Rc3 91. Na6+ Ka8 92. Nc5 Rxc4 93. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

In the first puzzle, after 1. Na6, I don't see how White would win if Black plays 1...Rb7. As a sample line, 2. Ne6 Ka7 3. Naxc5 Re7 4. Bf7 Rxg8 5. Bxg8 is a draw.

@stefvanschie8637

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Stockfish also seems to think Rb7 is what black should play and does not find a mate

What if in the first puzzle rather than taking the bishop black blocks the bishop with their rook?

Dude, I'm curious, where do you get so many incredible puzzles? I mean wow they're never ending

These puzzles made my day, thanks!

The hardest part in the puzzles are 2N vs powns and Q vs R

@liamsun2543

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2N vs pawn is very hard. Q vs R is quite doable, but it's Q vs R+P in the best case for black, which is harder than Q vs R. (In some positions it might even be a draw.)

No bishops were harmed in the making of this video.

Puzzle 2 is so fascinating! I heard Levy yells "THE BISHOP".

The second puzzle really hates the dark square bishop

Challenge: assassin chess. Pick a random non-king piece and capture it before capturing anything else. Then pick a new one (and so on). Other versions: only pick major/minor pieces and no capturing pawns until all major/minor pieces are taken. No checks until all major/minor pieces are taken.

I love you videos so much you deserve so so many subscribers

3:19 what prevented him from blocking with the rook? if he'd done that there'd be no smothered mate

I imagine black plane enpasant when the pawn is alined with an enemy pawn you can take but if you wait one more move illegal

@lenalittle4193

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No this is not the En Passant rule. Pawns can only capture diagonally upwards, no exception. Even En Passant is no exception. En Passant means "in passing" and happens "literally" during the move of the opponent. It can only happen if your pawn is on the 5. rank (for example d5, or for black d4), the pawn of your opponent on the file next to your pawn is on its starting position on the 7. rank (for example c7, for white c2) and your opponent moves this pawn 2 squares forward (for example c5, for white c4). Your opponent play the move c5, this means his pawn on c7 moves 2 squares forward to c5. But he don't jump, he starts from c7, passes c6 and lands on c5. Note: If your opponent would play c6, your pawn on d5 could capture it from d5 to c6 diagonally upwards. The En Passant rule means, even if the pawn moves to c5, your pawn on d5 can capture it from d5 to c6 diagonally upwards right in the moment he is passing the c6 square. Of course, this means you can only capture it on your next move and not later in the game. This also means, your pawn don't capture the pawn next to him, it just looks like on the board, you take the opponents pawn from the c5 square, but you move your pawn from d5 to the c6 square, because your pawn have captured "in passing" or En Passant from d5 to c6 diagonally upwards. Note: If your pawn is on the 6. rank (for example d6, for black d3) and the opponents pawn move from c7 to c5, of course there is no En Passant, because the passing square is c6 and you could also not capture if he had moved to c6.

for puzzle 2, after Rook a1, Bishop h6, what about Rook f8 - check? If white moves the king, then yeah, nothing really changes, white still wins. BUT If white blocks with the Bishop then Rook takes f4 check, King g2, Rook h4, King g3, Rook h6, King g4, Rook h1, King g5 white will draw by repetition by shuffling back and forth on g5 and g4, because going anywhere else at any point in this sequence loses both of White's pawns: the G pawn to Black's King which can now approach it with impunity, and the H pawn to Black's Rook Stalemate / Black win I'm sure there's some other way for Black to salvage this situation, but I genuinely wouldn't know, I barely started chess a few weeks ago

@lenalittle4193

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Blocking with an undefended piece makes no sense, because it will be taken and you are still in check, you have just lost a piece ;) What do you mean with stalemate? A stalemate is when you have no legal moves while not in check. A stalemate is a draw. Both kings are in open space, so there will be no stalemate.

I LIKED The second puzzle! The idea about sacrificing the Bishop to get rid of the enemy Pawn is super Genius

And then he sacrifices THE KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Challenge idea: Alternate diagonal and straight moves. On odd moves, you can only move along a file or a rank. On even moves, you can only move along a diagonal. Non-capturing pawn moves are straight moves, capturing pawn moves are diagonal moves, including en passant. Castling is a straight move. Knights are special, they can always move, counting as either a diagonal or straight move. (Alternatively, for a hard variant: Knights cannot move).

in the first puzzle, white sacrificed... all the pieces.

My cat was impressed for real

the second puzzle is beautiful

Your videos are awesome. A suggestion please add a timestamp url if you have more than a puzzle.

that 2nd puzzle was more of a "deflection" tactic than a sacrifice

isin't there Rb7 when you check with the bishop

Youre my favorite youtuber i love you so much

0:01 *Achievement unlocked: How did we get here?*

Bishops is better than knights if you build up the position correctly

For the final puzzle, what if the rook moves to h5 first instead of checking the king? That would stop it, wouldn't it? It would at least stop the bishop sacrifice and result in losing the bishop without the g pawn getting to move since it would be a check. I checked this on an analysis board, and it is not a mate. The time stamp is 7:22.

@maxscherzer9521

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White promotes next turn and it's QvRP. Still a win for white.

I love the title lol

I managed to solve puzzle 2, thanks!

Love the title

In second puzzle it looks like we have two solutions: Be3+ or Bg5

how do i make the colored circle thing around a square?

I hope you were able to fix your flooding problems. Can we get an update?

Like that. An easy one and a hard one. Got the bishop moves in the first. The distractions in the second? Well, I learned something. 🙂

The emotional voice when spelling the briliiant moves..

My cat Is angry when It doesn't let me play with their chess pieces and like to scratch the chess board

in the second puzzel u can take theirs pawn with yours in the beggining

@lenalittle4193

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Then the game ends in a draw. If you take the black pawn, both of your pawns are on the g file, on g7 and on g6. Black simply play rook a8 and you can not make progress.

I love the title xD

Love video

1:21 YES I won a game with 2 knights because they had 1 pawn best game of my life 😂😂

As a cat,i can confirm that those puzzles are ez

Sorry Nelson, but Puzzle 1 is a draw. The best option for black is not to play Ra7 (we know it leads to checkmate), black play Rb7. Black can play this in the first move after Na6 or in the second move after Ng6. 1. Na6 Re7 (1... Rb7 2. Ne6 Ka7 3. Naxc5 Re7 4. Bf7 Rxg8 5. Bxg8) 2. Ng6 Rb7 3. Nxc5 Rbb8 4. Ne6 Ka7 5. Rg7+ Rb7 6. Rxb7+ Kxb7

@InternetTaliban

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Re7 Ng6 Rb7 Nxc5 Rbb8 Ne6 Ka7 Rg7+ Rb7 Rxb7+ Kxb7 and there is hope for white its winning its not a draw but u gotta play chess almost perfectly

@lenalittle4193

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@@InternetTaliban After Kxb7 there are 7 pieces on the board, at this point we have the tablebase and don't need stockfish anymore. If both make no mistake, the game is a draw :)

@InternetTaliban

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@@lenalittle4193 oh yea mb

9:17 if the rook doent take but king take the g6 pawn then what will hapen

You didn't explain how you force a checkmate only with 2 knights using his own pawns .

hey nelson i think you forgot to say that in the second position, instead of bf6, kf3 is also OK. computer says its even better that bf6!

@shortlion111

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just saying

@shortlion111

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but overall its a good video with the bishop sacs!

The bishop in the second puzzle really wanted to end his life

@jeffreyherrera5069

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Because his king doesn't love him nearly as much as he loves the horsies. Even the queen is jealous 😁

Wouldnt in the second puzzle, first line h8=N work??????

My cat is just gonna knock everything on the board, so she has a very high win rate. Unless she doesn’t knock her own king then she’s fine. 😂

7:28 no

Rook to a1 check

Good video.

4:17 а взять на g7 типо нельзя, там ничья

1:12

3:40 i somehow managed to find that sweet smuthered checkmate somehow im 750 elo

4:13 what if pxg7

In the first puzzle, why not start with knight to C6?

Me: *shows this to my cat* Cat: *Growls in an upsetting way* Me: Oh no! Edit: Turns out the cat was just hungry and we don’t have another mittens.

You didnt tell that what happen if king takes

1:12 and once we get this FfoORrK

Hey chess vibes what if we don’t get a queen but a knight on h8 if the rook goes to a8

@danielyuan9862

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I don't know what variation you're talking about, but there is no reason to underpromote to a knight anyway.

2:20 Really the best try? How about rook b7?

What if at the very end the black king takes the pawn on g6?

@lenalittle4193

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If the rook don't take the bishop on h6 and the black king take g6, white play h8 and get the queen.

1:37 - what do you mean "it's out of scope of this video"? Either you know how to do it or you don't. If the former is the case, show.

Calm advocat 04

2:54 what will happen if black play rook a to b7._.?

@pranavtenjerla7416

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i guess thats just losing material if white takes the rook with the bishopp.... like white will still have a rook and two knights whereas black will just have a rook

@stefvanschie8637

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White takes the rook with the bishop and then has a forced mate in eighteen moves.

what if blacks king-f5 takes white pawn-g6 instead of black rook-h5 taking white Bishop h-6

@lenalittle4193

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If the rook don't take the bishop on h6 and the black king take g6, white play h8 and get the queen.

Dry beaver 79

Wild suggestion , but in the arrangement at 8:26 you could promote the pawn to a Knight, then all your pieces are covered and you can move the bishop away to let the other pawn through. Even if they sack the rook to take the pawn you can with Bishop and Knight.

@koi_brandon9928

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nah rg5+ and then he sacrifices his rook for the pawn and knight and then its a draw, nice idea though

@TheMoogleKing93

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@@koi_brandon9928 Ah yeah if he immediately sacks the rook it doesn't work. Never mind.

I found a good puzzle, the FEN is 2n5/1R6/2q1b3/4r3/7R/k7/8/K2BNr2 w - - 0 1

Hi Nelson, greetings from Argentina. In the 2nd puzzle you skiped the option of black king simply taking the pawn... and game over for white Cheers from NE Patagonia. BTW: I´m a new subscriber here.

@alexandersemenov9588

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If king takes pawn, you just promote the other pawn and rook can't take it because bishop is blocking it

I think it would be a good idea to make a video about a bot such as Martin or anyone you choose, where if you take a piece, the piece comes back and u have to capture it 3 times to fully kill that piece, and checkmate u can do it only 1 move and don’t have to checkmate 3 times. You can do it like 1 one time if it is hard or whatever you would like

Dry soldier 23

Easy snake 84

Bad money 03

Fun idea for a video against martin: Infected Chess, Everytime MARTIN takes a piece, it becomes his, when this happens you go back 1 turn, and change the piece he took into his color. See if you can win. I think this is pretty hard but winnable against Martin

6:20 I would've said h8=N, trying to defend the other pawn.

2:56 Couldn’t black block with Rb7 instead of taking the bishop? I don’t know if you addressed what that line would look like

Challenge: ability chess Every move u must activate one of martin’s pieces ability. Pawn ability: promotes the pawn into a random piece Knight ability: captures all of ur pieces that could be captured if it was a knight rider Bishop ability: fires a laser that captures all of ur pieces along the diagonals Rook ability: turns all of martin’s pawns in to rooks for 5 moves. Queen ability : creates 5 temporary queens that last for 5 moves King ability: creates a wall of pawns around the king and the pieces around the king.

I have a chess puzzle on my most recent video if anyone wants to take a crack at it

Puzzle 1 doesn't work if black plays rook b7 on the 2nd move.

@Rocky64

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2...Rb7 loses more quickly to 3.Bxb7+ which is M14 according to Stockfish.

Bh6

Hi Nelson say hi to me

Man whats up with these puzzles, they feel impossible to solve. Every one of your video felt impossible. Again I am 600 rated.

First 🥳

Second

you're cat wont even be able to understand chess, let alone anything in the world

@Mrpopperer

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This is kind of an r/whoosh I think

@omnipresentcatgod245

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Your*

@0638

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joke

@coldgrumpytree5441

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Just like you don't understand grammar

@maxbabaioff2781

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My cat never leaves my house, I bet he thinks that my house is the only place in the universe

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