Me: *Absolutely stunned by 1st position and thought it's the greatest study of all time* Nelson: "Hope you guys enjoyed that little warm-up puzzle..."

@sivavijay1208

Жыл бұрын

Coincidentally, while I was reading this, Nelson told that 😂

@NatAttack99

Жыл бұрын

@@sivavijay1208 omg me tooo lmaoo

@rongfran8971

Жыл бұрын

@@sivavijay1208 wait brush me too

@johanvanveen1940

Жыл бұрын

No you can not because you will just checkmate on the next move. Something he could have mentioned though

@TheEthikos

Жыл бұрын

Right?! Lmao…

The first puzzle really sheds light on how powerful bishops can be against rooks. Two bishops and a king forcing a rook into only two possible spots on an empty board really shows the potential of bishops in the end game. Really clever.

@BigDBrian

Жыл бұрын

mainly the bishop pair, a single bishop has too big of a blind spot of half the board.

@nomismus5523

Жыл бұрын

@@BigDBrian 3⁴þ

@endoflevelboss

Жыл бұрын

@@nomismus5523 what? Half is correct...

@williethomas5116

Жыл бұрын

⁉️ In the first puzzle if you play the Rook move to c3 in the line he suggested once the king goes to d2 once you play the best move K b1 if you take the rook it's stalemate again. Ok duh take it with the king not the bishop

@endoflevelboss

Жыл бұрын

@@williethomas5116 I squatted over a mirror and got banned from public transport

I would in a million years never think about trapping that Rook

I think I've said this before, but I really appreciate how you show, in full, lines and moves and ideas that are likely evident or clear to higher level players. Like, basically, I appreciate that you don't forget about your sub 1k rating audience. I'm not much above 1k but I remember being around 700 and getting really frustrated with some chess KZreadrs when they would mention some idea or line off the cuff that I just couldn't see. You never do that. Cheers and thanks Nelson.

@Ax2u

Жыл бұрын

I'm not even sub 1k rated; I don't play chess at all. I just think these puzzles are interesting, so I absolutely agree on how great it is that he shows the lines that might be self evident for someone with a deeper intuition for the game.

Last puzzle, endgame 10:03 : what stops black from causing a stalemate by pushing the pawn on a3 - Ka1, Knc5, a2?, Knd3 but then it's a stalemate.

@yanp9071

Жыл бұрын

I thought about the same thing, but after a2 it's Knb3#

@wufwuf9374

Жыл бұрын

Ka1,Knc5,a2,Knb3

@Adventurer-te8fl

Жыл бұрын

After a2, Nb3# is checkmate with the same position but a few moves earlier. So black moving his king is delaying mate

@craft_warrior177

Жыл бұрын

knight moves from c5 to b3 and its still a smothered checkmate

@user-ur3bw2hz8m

Жыл бұрын

Nb3 is mate

"You only have a knight! You couldn't possibly checkmate me!" "You have a pawn." "But I can still draw!" "You misunderstand me. You have a pawn, therefore I can checkmate you."

@FatherManus

Жыл бұрын

@@NOBITA69420 Yes you can checkmate with Knight to B3 and skipping those other moves. You just make the checkmate even quicker that way.

@blazegeorge6688

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherManus You cannot make it quicker

@crazyalun

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherManus That would result in a stalemate.

@leavemanycredits

6 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that in a timed game, the second puzzle isn't a win for white. The black player can just walk away from the table, and when their time runs out, it's a draw by "insufficient material"

Thank you for that Timman problem. I've seen that mating-net before, but it's stunning how White is forced to sacrifice both rooks, both bishops and 3 pawns, and promote to a knight.

importantly at 2:52 after Kb2 Kd2 Kb1 white must play Kxc3 since Bxc3 is once again stalemate

a week without chess puzzle from Nelson is a bad week

that second puzzle took me longer than the usual 4 days to figure out.

Plugged this into Lichess as a study with the thought of : What if the black king doesn't walk into the smothered mate? Whelp, black still loses: mate in 27 once white takes the queen with a knight. Great puzzle.

really love these puzzle videos. keep it up!

Great chess explained in a very sympathic and professional way!! Thanks so much!!!

The second puzzle's smothered mate actually has a name. It is called "Stamma's Mate", named after a French chess player Philipp Stamma.

@rogerremus6053

Жыл бұрын

If the king does not move back but moves the pawn to b2 the white king must back off or get a stalemate. The black queen is coming.

@Write_Rider

Жыл бұрын

Black can force either a stalemate or escape in this example

@blazegeorge6688

Жыл бұрын

@@Write_Rider how

@Write_Rider

Жыл бұрын

@@blazegeorge6688 Because the final move (9:41) that trapped the king in the corner was made by white with the knight all the way over on B7, there is nothing stopping black in the next 2 moves from putting his king on A1 and then pushing his pawn forcing a stalemate or white to move his king.

@blazegeorge6688

Жыл бұрын

@@Write_Rider If black put king at a1 and push pawn forward, the white knight at b3 is a checkmate

These puzzles are great but there is something most of them have in common: We do not get a queen, we get a knight.

How nice to see an old Jan Timman study. When I was young he was my chess hero.

Love your videos! Never stop making content!

That second puzzle was amazing, with all the variations, especially that last one.

I love how your videos are never clickbait

Another excellent video, Nelson! My brain is now warmed up and limber for the day ahead.

What a puzzle. Like, I thought in the second one this will be a draw since king can capture the pawns. And of course I am wrong because smothered mate comes to the rescue. Such a amazing video as always.

@Kikou4293

Жыл бұрын

actually the black pawn had the time to push and then it would be a draw i think but of course i am wrong right ? EDIT : the knight can actually check on b3 and then he can adjust

I really appreciate the simplicity yet brilliancy of the first puzzle, although the second one is obviously also great.

9:40 Once you play Kc1, can't Black play Ka1, then pawn to a2, forcing you to move your K to avoid stalemate, allowing Black to promote his pawn? *_EDIT:_* Never mind, Knight checkmates on b3.

@Scooploop1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for seeing and the. Editing for the answer. I was also confused but I didnt see the knight!

@mannyr5306

Жыл бұрын

it actually a draw. Black could get a draw with moving the pawn up earlier so the king has no where to move. They don't have to move the king back and forth so you cannot win with the knight.

@GlitchKing

Жыл бұрын

@@mannyr5306 its checkmate if they move the pawn

Amazing.. Thank you so much for sharing

I like your chess puzzles and videos . Big fan of you ❤️.

Fascinating. Thank you

Thanks a lot for this presentation. Nice how all pieces will be reduced to just one knight! 07:54 By the way, Qd4+ (instead of Qh8+) is possible at once as Pc3 will cover.

I thought the first puzzle was harder... because I didn't get it right. I just didn't see the winning idea at all. I thought defending the pawn with the bishop was the correct start. The second puzzle is much more complicated but the winning lines are obvious and natural moves without having evaluated the whole decision tree. In truth, I didn't see the "repositioning rook" line but made those same moves anyway because they obviously improved the position. The b7 move was pretty self-evident because the knight fork under-promotion was self-evident but I didn't chase it all the way down to the smothered mate... the position was just "better". The second puzzle was a good puzzle and one I can't claim I solved but one I would have pretty much made the correct moves OTB on (and gotten lucky, I guess). But the first one, I would have drawn, apparently, and then obsessed over why it wasn't a win until I ran analysis. I don't think I would have ever made the correct move(s) OTB.

2:49 nice trick by black, king moves to b1 and if white immediately takes the rook it's stalemate.

@ishan7735

Жыл бұрын

Kxc3

@benjaminjr8818

Жыл бұрын

​@@ishan7735 oh yeah it only works if white takes with bishop

@ishan7735

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminjr8818 yep

You missed an important part of the last puzzle where if black tries to go for a stalemate

@addsp1233

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about how black could just move the black pawn for a while as well, however it’s still winnable since white can just move the king

@yottabyte6146

Жыл бұрын

so after White traps blacks king, if Black goes Ka8, white Nc5, black a2 like you said, Nb3 is checkmate

@kzkaa.

10 ай бұрын

@@addsp1233 After a2, Nb3 is simply checkmate

@mmkanashiro

6 ай бұрын

​​@@addsp1233 what if the b King goes under the W pawn, if the W King go to c2 its a stealmate, if not, Black can waste time until the horsey take the b pawn, now King takes White pawn and its a draw Im a 600 that dont know chess terms, but you got the point

wow i love the single knight mates but you always gotta have a good tempo because you cant lose tempo with a knight

At 8:39 What if black blocks with queen. So 1.... Qd5+ 2 Qxd5 Kxd5 and then black's king is closer to the pawn on c3 so it shouldn't be a problem to capture it and then move to the a2 pawn. Isn't this line win for black? Edit: OK, on second thought I just realized white doesn't have to capture with the queen and can instead just move his king to f4, and since black's queen is basically pinned he has to trade the queens which allows white to protect his pawn and get to a king and pawn vs king endgame (considering the edge pawns are blocking each other).

"and ultimately we're going to be able to checkmate with the two bishops..." Speak for yourself Nelson 🤣

@nez14526

Жыл бұрын

Unlike a bishop knight endgame which is rather tricky to figure out on your own, two (alternate color) bishops can create two impassable diagonals, much like a single rook on a horizontal/vertical. The idea is the same... Continuously limit the king's movement using those bishops and your own king (for tempo or to take away squares).

At the end of the second puzzle, why doesn't black push the pawn immediately to provoc the stalemate instead of going back and forth ?

@complexnumbers64

Жыл бұрын

If they push their pawn right after moving the king the first time, you can still get to b3 in 1 move and arrive at the same checkmate

Couldnt the pawn move forward at the end there and force stalemate? There must be a quicker way to get the knight there (Edit) Never mind it just would have forced the smothered mate 2 moves sooner

@Qwentar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing.

7:12 when I saw that sequence with the double Rook sac and the pawn sac, followed by underpromotion to a Knight, I was positively disgusted. Devious af!

Puzzle 2: Remember, when you calculate this, you had to take into consideration that this only works if the king is on a dark square when your pony is a a light square and it is your turn to move. There is no way to lose a tempo without freeing the black king, once it is trapped, and no way to lose it before without letting the pawn promote. And as we know, the knight cannot lose an odd number of tempi. Imagine you calculate something like this, and realize that your knight is out of sync with the opponent's king.

@ericho3762

Жыл бұрын

In fact the knight has to be in a position that can check black in 2 moves. Otherwise black could have just pushed the pawn and it’s stalemate. This is a stronger condition than the knight has to be on a white square

@japphan

Жыл бұрын

@@ericho3762 I believe you are absolutely correct. Thank you for pointing this out.

In the second one I actually guessed two of the moves. I didn't see the continuations, but I figured they probably made sense. 😀

🎵 Trapped between two bishops feeling like a fool I thought I would escape checkmate Only to get schooled

The smug smile drawn on my face when i realized what the mate was

In the second puzzle, I wondered for a while why Ra8 wasn't a winning first move for white. Sacrifice the rook, promote the c pawn that is still protected... Took me a while to realize that ..Qg4 is a purely devastating move and as far as I can see mate in 2. In case anyone else wonders.

@fredthelegend7673

Жыл бұрын

Ahh ok thanks, I was confused as to how that doesn’t win

the second one is just insane, a double bishop sacrifice followed by a double rook sacrifice is killer vs a queen + bishop

1st puzzle absolutely stumped me but the second one...every single move up until after forking the king and queen was my first thought (and subsequently threw it out bc "it looks dumb")

Bold of you to assume that i can mate with 2 bishops

Also, it should have been mentioned that on 1.Bd5 (it looks as a logical move as defends pawn on f3) then black has 1..Rc7 + and on 2.Kd~ 2..Rd7! and draw! Also 1.Bc4 1..Rb3 with 2..Rc3+ and draw again!

Why doesn't d5 work for the white bishop? In the second puzzle at the end (around 10 min) can't black go king a1 and then pawn a2 and stalemate themselves before the knight gets into position to checkmate?

Tags to first puzzle: bishop pair, skewer. Tag to second puzzle: Mate in 15+ moves.

Very nice puzzles!

You got any tips on how to create chess puzzles?

that end puzzle was great!

On the last puzzle, couldn't black have forced stalemate by pushing the pawn earlier?

The second puzzle was really good. I predicted 3 moves.

The first one is cool, but the second one is amazing! Imagine sacrificing 2 rooks, 2 bishops and 3 pawns, and then checkmate with a knight

in the 2nd puzzle what happens if he brings the pawn down after the king move? the knight is too slow?

After Knight->C5 I was wondering why not move the pawn for a stalemate, but at that point the knight could have moved in to B3 for the smothered mate right away. And since the king can only move up and back it gives 2 more moves for the night to get into position. Nice.

Imagine winning an end game with a few pawns beating a queen

Man..............BEAUTIFUL bro Beautiful. amazing. love your work man

Wait a second... but cant black just do a stalemate by just moving the king then the pawn and not doing circles?

I didn't figure out either puzzle until the last "if you would like to pause" on each. I did see the rook trap but only after the bishops were both in the center. Trapping a rook on an open board was not what I was looking for until it was imminent.

On the 2nd puzzle, at 10:10, Black should push the pawn up behind the king, so the white king has to move to prevent a stalemate, which gives Black the opportunity to promote the pawn

The first puzzle is so beautiful and elegant

There are so many things to learn in chess. For a newb like me it's like light years away.

I saw E7 at the start of the video but didn't see the phenomenal set-up required to make it work. Hmm... I think that about sums up my strategic weakness as a chess player.

On the last few moves the black can voluntarily move the pawn and entrap its own king, forcing a draw. All he does is wait for the knight instead.

curious - n the second puzzle what if you do not move the king back but rather move the pawn to A2 forcing the white king away or end up in a stalemate. After black king moves to B2 the queen is coming and the white knight will be grabbed up also leading to a stale mate. Am I missing something (I am not very good but I love your puzzles).

Mind boggling

9:37 Here the best move for black is Kc4, not Kb2. And the game becomes complicated.

black could have survived for longer by not taking the pawn, but ultimately loses to the white pawn getting through

The knight jump pattern reminds me a puzzle by Bolton (?): Mate in 11: 8/8/8/6N1/5Qp1/6q1/7k/5K2 w - - 0 1

Black could force a stalemate by moving the pawn while the knight approaches in the last game

question:in the second puzzle couldn't black just push the pawn and its a stalemate?

what a great puzzles you always post... my question is... do you think chess pro's could solve it fast? thanks

In the second puzzle, at the end, could black push its pawn early to get a draw (mate)

That was incredible.

on the second position i think black should have pushed the pawn sooner cuz then its a draw and black cant get matted EDIT : the knight can check on b3

Second puzzle, couldnt the pawn push after king was on A1 to force a stalemate before the horse got to C1?

@arnoldbissen9921

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. On the second last move right? On another note, your "horse" is a "knight", buddy

@wildsdepo923

Жыл бұрын

@@arnoldbissen9921 will always be a horse

@GregoriousApartment

Жыл бұрын

Nope, if he goes for hte pawn push first, there's a different maneuver for the knight, not the path followed in the video. Its pretty straightforward, try it!

@ade8890

Жыл бұрын

Knight can go straight to b3 for the check mate if black pushes the pawn instead of stalling with the king.

@prakyath2228

Жыл бұрын

Black can just run the clock down and it'll be a draw due to insufficient material

10:12 Should be noted that if black try a2, they get checkmated automatically. However if a2 follow by Nd3, it was a STALEMATE!

pos 1: black draws by Rb1 check instead of Rc3 check

The first puzzle isn't quite over at 2:47. Black has Kb1 and you can't take the took because of stalemate! But you can just throw in Bf5+ first and then everything works out.

@yanp9071

Жыл бұрын

Or take the rook with the King, no stalemate and you checkmate with the bishops

@Adventurer-te8fl

Жыл бұрын

Yep, or u can take with the king

@umarahmed2378

Жыл бұрын

You could also capture with the king. Leaves black with room on c1.

10:11 black could get stalemated moving a2

6:54 if you wanna be really mean you could under promote to a knight in that position XD

hello the 2nd game black could get a draw with moving the pawn up earlier so it has no where to move. They don't have to move the king back and forth so you cannot win with the knight.

So what this the exception to the “you need at least 3 knights by themselves to checkmate”

In the first puzzle if the rook is pinned and the black king goes to B1, white has to take with the king instead of the bishop, to avoid stalemate.

Black could force a draw at the end. By doing pawn to A7

5:49 "Black has to take the bishop." Agreed, but why not with the queen?

5:43 I'm obviously missing something, but why does black capture with the king and not the queen? The queen is still attacking c8 (so white can't just promote that pawn), add when white advances the other pawn to b7, black moves the bishop to e5 for a discovered check and attack on the pawn

@moshekollmar6573

Жыл бұрын

Found what I was missing. After queen takes e6, white promotes the c pawn for a queen, checkmate

@jjelf2

Жыл бұрын

That's logical. I'm not sure the problem

That 2nd puzzle was nice.

I know where I've heard "enjoy the show" before. Your channel and Agadmator's are good for people like me that understand and appreciate chess but for whatever reason are no good at playing it. Awesome puzzles.

On the first one, isn't an initial Bd5 move any good, easily defending the pawn? It's a long ending after that, but with the pawn staying alive it's not obviously drawn to me. In the second one in the line that trades queens, the pawn ending isn't obviously winning to me. If the pawn goes to c4, it will surely be lost whenever white goes after the a-pawn. If the pawn stays on c3, black merely needs to be in position to play Kc4 after white plays Kc2. And white's king won't be able to get in front to chaperone the c-pawn on its own

Can black force a draw with pon to a2 slightly before the end in the second match?

At 7:56 White can also play queen to d4 and that achieves the same purpose

10:12 wouldn't a2 be stalemate next move?

@abandonedhhhv

10 ай бұрын

Knight b3 checkmate?

Hi the main line is wrong in the second puzzle... the bishop and queen is hanging right ? How about black played Qa5???

for the second puzzle, what's stopping black from just pushing the pawn early and stalemating themselves?

in the second puzle , at the endof the mach, why woldnt black just push the pawn and get a stalemate or a knight and king endgame?

Got my Brain going this morning.

First puzzle. Why Bd5 (defending f3) will not resolve the problem?

that 2nd game reminded me of being in a cult where ppl r just being sacrificed left and right.

Incredible puzzle!