I enjoyed these both. The first was my preferred. It was like Queens were dancing but one was being lead to a wall the whole time.

@Miguel_anitez

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Calvin. I was wondering which one was “your preferred”, but now I know!

@user-de6eb4fu6s

2 жыл бұрын

You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen

@Indiamaisabchorhai

2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys I use cheat engine with smartphone fist 5 move engine then random move try to exchange major pieces bring opponent to endgame and try to help with engine opponent become mad. I never get caught I have lots of id . I use smartphone for cheating . This is so much fun hahahahaha

@paul_warner

Жыл бұрын

The dance of the queens and then the king's march

Absolute masterpiece of a puzzle. If you look at the position 2:12, then F4 isn't an option because moving the pawn is pinned. Makes me wonder if the reason why the bishop is included is to avoid anyone short circuiting the puzzle.

@izanagigod2185

2 жыл бұрын

Probably tbh

@themuch21

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, came down to the comments to ask why they can't deflect the king with the pawn

@malezar5444

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why pawn couldn't put king in check an isolate the queen that way, but that explains why the bishop is there in the first place.

@laurinschlief791

2 жыл бұрын

ohhhhh i see what you mean after 4 min off midnight thinking.

@mrduck1817

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man i was actually wondering why not the pawn Move

On the second puzzle, after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2, the tablebases say that black can last a lot longer with Rd8+ instead of Bg5+. Black last over 100 more moves.

The second study, some mention this would be a draw because of the 50 move rule. This has some sense since this particular position KQKBB is mate in 66 moves, and most likely one bishop would be captured after move 50. However, for studies, the rule is that all wins are counted, regardless of the number of moves.

@vojtechsejkora1554

2 жыл бұрын

I heard, that they change this rule because of kind like this.

@jespernorgaard3795

2 жыл бұрын

@@vojtechsejkora1554 Long time ago some positions were given 75 moves, but that rule has been abolished a long time ago, rightfully so in my opinion.

@dquinn1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@jespernorgaard3795 White only makes around 12 moves from the starting position, what’s the problem?

@jespernorgaard3795

2 жыл бұрын

@@dquinn1988 check out the input from Zeeg, Black has the much better defense 1...Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8 and we get to a position where tablebases give it as a win with DTZ 120 so a bishop will be captured 60 moves later with optimal play. In an OTB game with both players using the tablebases, and using FIDE's laws, a draw can be declared after move 51 of 60. This is all academic because studies are not evaluated that way, any win (even in 500 moves) is approved as a solution. I hope this presents the argument in a succinct way.

@dquinn1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@jespernorgaard3795 yes, thanks for explaining!

I like the Queen race tract. I have had similar situations where repeated moves felt like I was accomplishing nothing. When the whole 'repetition' started I actually had a mate in 6. As a 1400, I would never find that.

The way King and bishops interacted in the second mindblowing puzzle reminds me somehow automaton from Game of Life, a very organic way chess evolve in forcing move to obtain the gain.

Number 2, i would have like explained by you two other options for possible moves. First move: Taking the black bishop at start with whites rook. Second move: Instead of checking with the bishop from h4 to g5, using blacks rook from h8 to d8. That would have been great if you had involved these two options :)

@Chess Vibes Unfortunately, the second puzzle doesn't work: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2. Kd2, Black has 2... Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+! 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8, Queen vs 2 Bishops, but White can not win in 50 moves, draw.

@astrolerobot

2 жыл бұрын

After Rd8 the white can play Ke3

@chessthinking4921

2 жыл бұрын

Unrealistic for a human. Very difficult to defend for Black. Even Stockfish on Depth 25 loses this endgame without tablebase; surely a human couldn't hold the same. Remember these studies were made before tablebases, engines or the such.

@ProBAgar

2 жыл бұрын

@@astrolerobot Black has this sequence for Ke3: (Keep in mind that if white goes to a light square there is a discovered attack on the queen which is a draw) 1... Rd8+! 2. Ke3 Bg5+ 3. Kf2 Rf8+! 4. Kg1 (Kg3 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2) (Ke1 Bh4+ Kd2 Rd8+! 1/2 1/2 Repetition) Be3+ 5. Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2

@Thikron

2 жыл бұрын

Nice spot, though it's likely that at the time this puzzle was composed the 50-move rule was relaxed to allow 100 moves if one player had a forced win within that time. (Although it doesn't actually change anything, since white needs 120 moves)

@astrolerobot

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProBAgar Yes, that rock on f8 is very annoying ! I did not see it. But what if 5. Qxd7+ meaby it's possible to put de black king in a fork with the black rock and take the rock after. Then it will be queen vs bishop and winning for white. But I am not sure if this fork is possible. Too many possibilities to calculate...

That first puzzle reminds me when GMs sometime repeat checks which confuses me, but it results in slightly different positions

I liked the first one better. Those skewer threats were amazing. Awesome video, would love to see more videos like this.

I think the second study was much tougher, and I doubt I'd have ever solved it. It amazes me that anyone can visualize that far ahead to come up with the right plan. The first puzzle on the other hand practically plays itself and I might have been able to find the right idea during a game, at least by accident. That said, I prefer the first puzzle because it's very appealing to my aesthetic sense. It's this kind of beautiful geometry that fuels my interest in Chess.

@earthwormsim8068

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!!!

@rekhaphogat9370

2 жыл бұрын

But on 10:38 we could move king b6 and take the bishop and then after bishop takes rook we could take the bishop and it would be queen vs rook endgame

@tuddgrimley8532

2 жыл бұрын

@@rekhaphogat9370 Not quite! After king takes b6, bishop takes rook with a discovered check so white doesn't get to recapture bishop. So it's a rook and bishop versus queen endgame. Also what's this have to do with my comment? Lol

@Indiamaisabchorhai

2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys I use cheat engine with smartphone fist 5 move engine then random move try to exchange major pieces bring opponent to endgame and try to help with engine opponent become mad. I never get caught I have lots of id . I use smartphone for cheating . This is so much fun hahahahaha

@gigachadzyzz2906

Жыл бұрын

@@Indiamaisabchorhai What a noob lol

I'm always great at these puzzles by the end of the video

@ilmanti

2 жыл бұрын

I could solve these puzzles with my eyes closed -- now that I know how it's done.

On the first puzzle, after Qh8+ and Qf6, f4+ wins the Queen, although it could lose the pawn or the bishop depending on where the black king goes after f4+.

@meanderingmarley3910

2 жыл бұрын

That's the one I was looking at. It forces the black king out of his queen-guarding role.

@zeuszeus5

2 жыл бұрын

The f4 pawn is pinned by the c6 bishop. I first also didn´t understand why f4 was not winning much faster.

@meanderingmarley3910

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeuszeus5 Oh, crap. I didn't see that. I hate chess. lol

Your presentation makes every video a learning experience. You are great at explaining tactics especially in real life situations. I think it's because you stay focussed on the teaching/learning experience. That said, another fans recently suggested you could dive into 'Tal' explanations for average level players. Also, discussing level 1000-1500 games would be great as well.

These puzzles are fantastic. More, please, sir. In general, I really like the graphics that you use. Really adds to your instruction.

Really enjoyed these. Keep'em coming!!!

Both of these puzzles are amazing, but I really like the second one the most. The first one is beautiful aesthetically, but the second one is much longer, I think it's also more complex, and the sequence of moves required to finally get to the desired square is just so fascinating. With the first one I did see the idea early on, and felt proud that I calculated correctly, but the second one... I had no idea what the answer was. It really impressed me!

None of those were discovered checks, which is where a piece is moved out of the way of an attack on the opposing king from a different piece.

The first is aesthetically more beautiful, the second is intelectually more challenging. Both amazing in their own way.

@slavisavukosavljevic3131

Жыл бұрын

The first one has the disadvantage that moving the queen around is not necessary because there is a move Pf4+.

@oenrn

Жыл бұрын

@@slavisavukosavljevic3131 Except the pawn is pinned by the black bishop.

@slavisavukosavljevic3131

Жыл бұрын

@@oenrn right, thank you, I just was wondering...

Thanks a lot amazing. You explain very fluently and with great English. Enjoy all your videos. You are great!!

Wow! 🤯🧠 These puzzles were amazing and really helped me to try to calculate sharper!

Your videos are educational and very interesting. I am happy to see your content.

I enjoyed these puzzles very much! More of that would be very cool!

Stockfish insists at 6:55 that Rh5+ is a way better move than having the bishop go up to swop out for the light squared bishop in terms of being pinned, can you maybe share what would happen if the opponent plays Rh5+ instead

@Malam_NightYoru

Жыл бұрын

stockfish says it bc he sees the rook + bishop endgame being a draw. This puzzle is made with both players seeking the win, so the rook move isn't considered

@ObsessivePizza

Жыл бұрын

@@Malam_NightYoru oh , thanks

Thank you for posting these, great example of the complexity of the queen's end game, I avoid queen end games like the plague, the faster I can trade them off the board, the better. Great examples, my head is spinning a tad! I like both, the second is more interesting and less intutive.

I really enjoyed this one a part 2 would be very much welcomed :D

At 2:18 you can move the pawn to f4 which puts the king in check, you have to move the king which makes it a free kill for the queen, and you now threat the bishop and force it to move, and if they don't the bishop dies, making you in a really good position and basically wins you the game.

@ethanbottomley-mason8447

2 жыл бұрын

You cannot move the pawn. It is pinned by the bishop.

@Jartran72

2 жыл бұрын

Why does no one see that the pawn is PINNED.

Brilliant Chess Puzzles. Thanks for sharing.

love them both - the 2nd even a little bit more.

After the first Queen to H8 move you can win the Queen with pawn to F4

@jamesgodsonodoherty7345

2 жыл бұрын

The pawn is pinned to the king by the bishop

@nicoscarfo4486

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgodsonodoherty7345 yeah I see that now

@rickfakhre2400

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I didn't see the pin either and thought the whole thing was flawed.

@aryanking8185

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickfakhre2400 same

Great one. Second was mindblowing

Cool puzzles. I liked the 2nd puzzle more. Thanks for sharing.

The second move in the first puzzle can also be f4+. You give up a pawn and win the queen, it should be winnable after that.

@maruthasalamoorthiviswanat153

2 жыл бұрын

f4+ is not possible, pawn is pinned by B

Both puzzles are mind-blowing. Please do more.

nice tactic in both puzzles , thank you and i am also enjoying your puzzle and game finds

Nice puzzles, very cool! In the second, you never discussed checking with the rook during the king walks - there's no way to use the rook somehow?

Actually, Stockfish found a flaw in the second puzzle. After b8Q and Bh4+, the white King steps to Kd2. There Stockfish does not continue checking with the black bishop, instead Stockplays Rd8+! and brings the black rook to a protected position (protected by the Bh4). After the natural Kc3 then Stockfish plays Bd7!, attacking the White Queen plus the White rook (behind the Queen) and hiding the King behind the Bishop. After Qb7 (or Qa7), the rooks are exchanged on a8 (taking the Bd7 is worse for white) and finally black remains with two Bishops against the White Queen. Black moves the white Bishop to Bf5 and its very hard for White to break into the black "castle". The bishops can protect the King very well and also keep the White King away. The advantage shown by Stockfish is round about +1.1 for White, but this also shows, that Stockfish cannot see a forced win for White.

@Rocky64

Жыл бұрын

That just shows Stockfish is flawed in this type of ending. Syzygy tablebases confirm that the second study is correct: after 2...Rd8+ 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qb7 Rxa8, 5.Qxd7+ is a forced mate, DTM58 (5.Qxa8 also wins but takes longer). Note that the 50-move rule doesn't apply to endgame studies like this one.

Position 2 what if the rock just took the c8 bishop or the white squared bishop for another choise of words

Both great puzzles! I think the second was more complex, but they were both amazing. Thanx!

Love your videos!

My favorite was the amazing king walk. Very specific and accurate moves leading to a winner impressive and I hope I can find moves like that in an endgame. Thanks for the video 🙂

I'm not shocked with the tricks on the 2nd puzzle but the 1st one kinda caught me by surprise. Very elegant!

hey we like this, do more like this. I choose the second puzzle cause its vry funny to my that king are going 2 moves to the right but in 10 moves. Thanks for content. Have a nice day/night :D

On the second puzzle, what if you took the light squared bishop with the rook at the start? We'd loose the rook with discovered check, but then we could take with a pawn to get the same queen and bishop endgame. Does this strategy work? Or is there some counterplay?

Wow nice positions 👍👍👍 keep uploading these type of studies

Loved them both!

I love both of these, but I prefer the second. I always find the tactical paths of the king to be so interesting, especially since your first instinct as a new player is to keep it out of harm's way.

Nelson. Ur videos r PRICELESS

You said it bro ,"absolutely fascinating stuff" right here.

Yes I want to see these more

qh8 was my first instinctive thought likely because of the pawn. Is there a puzzle with a knight's tour which can check in every move if the king is placed correctly, just for puzzle value?

The first one, I stopped calculating the winning line because the queen blocks and went with Bd4 with the idea of taking the pawn. Doesn’t work because the Black bishop takes you pawn and it’s drawn because you can’t win with just a bishop

2:06 i think pawn f4 is also a good move make the king stay away from queen and has to move so we basiclly just take the queen easy they can have our pawn but we get the free queen

@doomse150

Жыл бұрын

That pawn is pinned by the black bishop

I really learned alot from the video. I would like to see more.

Outstanding ideas 👍

1:00 "Check" again!

I enjoyed both very facinating but I liked the amazing king walk more because I knew it my self when I had seen the bishops

I really liked this. Do more

#1 is the Queen riding on a merry-go-round! It reminds me of Jan Dobrusky (1901)'s 8/3B4/1K1p4/2pNk3/2bn1b2/3p4/5N2/Q7

Thank you for these master piece puzzles 😘

On the second puzzle: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Bg5+ 3.Kc3 Bf6+ 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Ka5. Tablebases confirm that black lasts considerably longer after Rh5+ but the optimal lines are incomprehensible. In the alternative line, 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+ -- black lasts a lot longer in this line. We get 3.Kc3 (only winning move) Bd7 4.Qa7 (or Qb7) Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 white wins in 140 more moves starting with 6.Qxa8 I would hate to have to play this out.

Great puzzles! Finally two puzzles without a stalemate or an underpromotion theme ;)

Both were good but the last one was hard to find. Love these type of videos

2:18 white can move pawn to f4 attacking the king. So the queen is conpletely lost there itself

Just watched skewer and that’s crazy

always fascinating when you have a super open board with several pieces on each sides but more than 10 moves in a row are forced

Very cool and useful!

That second one puts Nigel Short's immortal king walk to shame.

This is really entertaining!!!

Absolutely fantastic puzzles, my favourite was the one with the queen going all around the board, so interesting how the position changed by forcing the opponents queen to the other side of the board. It looked like we would just be delivering checks with no reward but that subtle difference of the queen being about of position changed everything, really enjoyed this one 👌👌👌

@unclegardener

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like repetition for White lol.

In problem #2 you keep referring to potential checks by Black's c8 Bishop as discovered checks. These are not technically discovered checks, they are discoveries on the Queen.

These puzzles are really mind blowing😯👌

Amazing puzzles! First so fun

Second puzzle is draw. After Bh4+ and Kd2, black can play Rd8+. With perfect play, starting with move 7, white has one queen and black has the 2 bishops.

Love it!

What if we just play Rook captures c8 as the first move of the second study? We can avoid the threat of the bishop check, because it would just lead to a trade of rooks and the promotion to a queen. And if he doesn't play that, we can either promote to a queen safely. While there is one variation I see that speaks against playing this, it would have been interesting to mention and play through in the video

@dr.bluesfield3629

Жыл бұрын

after 1.RXc8 it's a draw.

@Terrariagrossmeister

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.bluesfield3629 But why? Sure it could lead to a draw but it would still be interesting to see why it would be a draw

@dr.bluesfield3629

Жыл бұрын

Just Bh4+ and Bg3

@Terrariagrossmeister

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.bluesfield3629 Boy you gotta be proper fun to be around...

@dr.bluesfield3629

Жыл бұрын

You bet, relikghffdehuiitghffeh! :-)) but joking aside, it's fairly obvious that, as soon as the bishop gets on the diagonal h2-b8, any queening attempt on b8 is futile There's even another way for black to draw by checking on h1 and then Rb1 to prevent any queening attempt from there as rook vs bishop is also a draw. But the first one is easier as black keeps the rook unless white wants to exchange it, but then he'll never queen either... any other questions? :-))

Both positions were amazing. I prefer the first one, it’s like the skewer was “forced” because it would happen anyway. (Well of course only if we play the correct moves with white). The second position was also pretty cool, the king just went on a walk, “exploring” , kind of, the chess board.

Yup, please let’s have more of this 🙂

For the first puzzle, after first queen check, pawn check also wins the queen, right? For the second one, why don't we just take a light squared bishop with a rook on the first move?

@andyproudfoot9073

2 жыл бұрын

The white pawn can't move as it's pinned by the black bishop

@deadded5793

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyproudfoot9073 oh, thanks, I am stupid.

Regarding no. 2, I have analyzed it with Stockfish 15.1 up to depth 60 and it does not agree with how the puzzle is developed. It gives White an advantage of merely +1.2. For instance, it does not agree with Bd8+, but prefers Rh5+, Kb6, Rh6+ and so on. Also, even if we continue as per video, Stockfish 15.1 does not agree with Bh3+ but prefers Rf8+.

Sir, it's a waste of move to give a check on c8 instead we use the pawn to check then we win the queen in puzzle 1

The first one! Reminded me of Robo Rally!

Both of them were mind boggling!

Both exceptional. But the queen dancing around in a square the best.

I think in the second study, if black knows that white is going for a win, a draw can be forced under the 50-move rule if black placed the bishops in a way that the queen capture will always be traded. Plus the fact that white needs to avoid 3-fold repetition, I wouldn't say that the optimal lines given by tablebases are incomprehensible, but I doubt a lot of people will calculate it fast enough OTB.

Lots of fun. Do some more. 👍

I got an other solution for the first one. When white queen is in right top corner you can just attack the king with the pawn and when he takes it the queen is hanging

I would like the second one better except that I think it relies on black only checking with the bishop. If after 1. b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 black plays 2. ...Rd8+ then we're drawing still. White's king still can't go to any white squares because of the bishop check and discovered attack on the queen. So, 3. Kc3 Bd7!. White can't take the rook because it's being protected by the bishop on h4 and the only check available is 4. Qe5+ which can't be played because 4... bf6 loses the queen. So 4. Qa7 or 4 Qb7 is the best move because it saves the queen and protects the rook. Either option is followed by 4... Bf6+! (moving bishop close to king for drawn 2 bishop v. Queen endgame) 5. Kb4 Rxa4 6. Qxa4 and the position is drawing. So, because of that, I like the first study better

Wow, I like both, hard to pick…leaning toward the second.

The second position is even more fascinating than you think. So White has a forced win, however, the win takes more than 50 moves, which would then declare it a draw. However, this position was constructed in the early 1900s, when the 50 move rule had been increased to 100 moves. It gets even more interesting though, because the mate would take *over* 100 moves, which again would count it as a draw. But then the plot thickens even more. In correspondence chess, in today's modern rules, a win can be claimed based on 7 piece tablebase analysis, so this position would in fact be a win for White.

I ran second one on Stockfish.. Stockfish creates an amazing castle with RBB which would be far more difficult to break for human players.

Haha so you're just now getting into Liburkin... I've seen his stuff back in the 70s. I suggest you get the Red Books, aka the 4 books by Andre Cheron: Lehr und Handbuch der Endspiel. Tvey have a ton of studies in them and Liburkin is represented in them. For a modern approach to being startled, I suggest trying out some of the studies by Arpad Rusz, as he is positively brilliant. There is an endgame study database that has close to 100k studies in it... have fun

Puzzle 2 is a tablebase draw when black plays Rd8+ after white plays Kd2

Marvelous!

In the first one, when the queen blocks the first time you could just use the pawn to put the king in check and you win the queen 3 moves earlier. You might lose your pawn but it’s easier to see.

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

It's pinned :-)

Dancing King..and He said "come on chase me and corner me..but I'm not killed the Bishop.

great puzzles

Good puzzles. Please find more and share. Thanks

2:06 Well there's actually also the pawn check f4+

I enjoyed both puzzles, but prefer the first one, since the dancing queen made the other queen trapped on another position, which was quite interesting... And, I actually found those plays perfectly correct by first move instinct, what I mean is, the moves I first thought of was the correct moves you suggested lol and maybe it's the only natural first moves for everybody else? Idk lol anyway, great explanations! ^^