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.

@s8ul_forever53

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👍👍👍

@Imnewnpc

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Such a genius guy

@vowing

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🎉

@vowing

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@vowing

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@@Imnewnpc uput uout t

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.

@prithvisinghpanwar6609

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really bad joke bro

@naelcharvet9928

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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.

@kogmawmain8872

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@@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?

@Error17401

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Yes, but it is still checkmate

@awatermelone9436

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@@naelcharvet9928 ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)

11:35 This hurt my soul. Why would you check at G6, when you could check mate at F7? :/

@neobullseye1

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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.

@BigDBrian

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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

11:34 Wait a minute. If the King moves to h8, there is a checkmate move with the second horse lol

@feierlord

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yes, idk why he didn't see that.

@scheimong

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Tunnel vision. Too focused on one's original objective/idea to have time to think about any other. Happens to everyone (even to computers, although only at high depth).

@lordecramox7394

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The puzzle remains unchanged if we assume black makes optimal moves. They simply would not move the king to H8.

@dieschachbrettfee2060

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Not if the black Queen moved to a2, b3 or b6 before.

@kirillzakharov7336

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ye I was wondering the same thing. but that's only if Kh8 happens.

11:25 if king h8 you can do knight f7 and checkmate

@BorisGamingChannel

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Yes

@mematioIumdemek

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Yes

@kirillzakharov7336

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Yes

@uwose

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So the king has to switch between h6 and h7

@blue_red_screen

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​@@uwose f8 and g8

7:17 black King C2 needs to be analyzed: It's similar but not trivial.

In the 5th puzzle it is worth mentioning that the bishop move necessary to block the queens path to e1 after the knight captures the bishop, so the queen could monitore the e7 square and stop the perpetual

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.

@ayoutubecommenter7494

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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

@reubenmanzo2054

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Black could also move Bb1 and the threat is now Be4 and white has no way to stop this.

@user-fm3no5gm9t

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​@@reubenmanzo2054They have: Knight to f3!

@user-fm3no5gm9t

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​@@reubenmanzo20545:10 it is showen

@reubenmanzo2054

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@@user-fm3no5gm9t 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

11:35 black blundered the game horse can go to f7 and that's a checkmate!

In the last puzzle if the king goes to h8 you have checkmate with Nf7

@enchanteratsuma9519

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I saw that too. I'm kinda shocked he missed that.

In the last puzzle, if king moves to h8 it's even a checkmate

Now we need another Livestream with 2 knights+king vs 1 pawn+king checkmate tutorial for next puzzle idea Great video as always

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?

@smerriman

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If black doesn't play b2 after Ne3, white just plays Nc4 and the pawn is stopped permanently.

@aaronscott7467

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@@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.

@smerriman

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@@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.

@christopherheckman7957

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I just noticed that if Black moves his queen to b6, then Nf7 is illegal, because the knight will be pinned.

@lethalty6055

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Qb6 would've been the best possible move for black, which is why a draw is the best case for white.

In the 5th puzzle at 11:36, If King h8, you DON'T go Ng6+. You go Nf7#.

@kirillzakharov7336

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yes. but, only if Kh8 happens.

@alieninsectbass

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@@kirillzakharov7336 Yup. If Black doesn't jump off the deep end with the move Kh8, then it's definitely a draw after Kf8.

Cool tricks, well explained - subscribed!

Please make a complete series for beginners

I'd like to see you start analyzing xiangqi as well- similar game, but very different ideas to pieces.

Amazing content as usual 🙏. I’m not that good at these puzzles so it’s fascinating for me every time

We need more fancy puzzle videos

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.

That Nd6 move in the last puzzle also serves another goal: it prevents black from pinning the g6-knight with ...Qb6.

Brilliant stuff & Just goes to show... always look for stalemate possibilities when one or other King is an a box.

I enjoyed this so much.

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?

Great stuff I subbed

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.

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.

@christopherheckman7957

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Why not combine them? It's called Crazyhouse. And the 2-player version of that is Bughouse.

@chaotickreg7024

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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.

for puzzle 4, what if black responds to Ke2 with Kc2 instead of pushing the pawn?

@sondretofte599

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You can run the pawn, Qa3,Qb3,Qa4 then play kd3 with a mate on c2 or like the video

@stupidnamefilter

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Yeah the other reply nailed it, but the guy in the video should have covered that. Once the original stalemate position is out of the way (by the king moving), black can't afford to let white's pawn get two moves ahead of his own pawn any more. And he can't stop it with the king because white will just walk it in with their own. Kc2 ends in checkmate.

In the 5th puzzle, after the check if the king goes to H8 - isn't it actually checkmate when knight moves to F7?

In #3 at 5:08. What if black makes a waiting move so the bishop? For example by moving the bishop to b5. If then white takes the pawn or makes another knight move,, it's Bc6# check, Kf3 Bf3 check mate. Why does that not work?

@lenalittle4193

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Because the black pawn is no longer there and you can not checkmate with just a bishop. 1. b3 Bxb3 2. c4 Bxc4 3. g8=Q+ Bxg8 4. Nf7 Bh7 5. Ng5 Bd3 6. Nf3 Bb5 7. Nxh2 Bc6+ 8. Nf3 Bxf3+ 9. Kg1

On problem 4, what happens of black play Kc2 on their first move ?

@lenalittle4193

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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#

#3 isn't very difficult but it's pretty creative, I like it

9:00 if Black underpromotes to a knight could delay the mate by 2 extra moves from this position.

I like your endgame puzzles. I should have learned them when I played at the chess club in 1971.

Thanks, this was fun.

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.

The first puzzle is a good example of how you should always look for the ‘best’ moves and not just the ‘obvious’ moves

That last one was just insanity.

11:35 when king goes to h8, Nf7 is actually checkmate!!!!!

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.

3:56 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

@victordeluca7360

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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.

Love the puzzles!

WOW incredible puzzles. Stumped me!

Although I don't play chess, puzzles are fun. At No.4 I forgot that the black pawn has double move. 😅

#2 Is clever! I guessed the two knight moves but was looking for a repeated move for black, not stalemate for white.

Black wins in Puzzle 5, after the white knight moves to D6, Black Sacrifices! The Queen, taking the G6 Knight with it, leaving 2 Black Knights vs 1 White Knight along with the kings.

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

Yay, you made my day by this vid

This is the first time I get a puzzle right from the beginning and it feels good

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

on the 5th puzzel when the king is on h8 the far night could haave gone to f7 checkmate it didn't have to be a draw

11:34 Black won't play Kh8 because it's a checkmate in 1... unless black plays Qb6 which will pin one of the knights.

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.

Only reason I expected that the solution is not to push the pawn in puzzle 4 is because you keep bringing interesting puzzles to the table xD

@gguy3600

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Honestly same

In The 5th puzzle in The final King to f8 It prevents checkmate

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?

@Small_Schlonng_9000

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Ya

In the last one it is good to show why simple Ne7+ with following Nd5, Nc3 does not work

11:35 when the king is in corner, can't you mate by moving the other knight?

On the 5th puzzle, it is actually that black wants to draw and not the white because white has a checkmate threat

#1 -- I mean, it's gotta be 1. g4+ forking king and rook. Yeah, the e and f-pawns may get gobbled up, but at least White's bishop on h8 controls the a1 queening square and the rook will be claimed too. *Nelson: If you said 1. g4+, you would be wrong.* (I stepped into a trap, didn't I...?? 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️)

@christopherheckman7957

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The idea of a puzzle is that the "obvious" move is wrong.

In the last scheme, if the king goes to H8, the Knight goes to F6, checkmate

what will happen in puzzle3 if we play the move c4, then black takes with the bishop then queen promote then black takes and then what will happen please tell.

Out of curiosity, on puzzle four, what happens if white takes the pawn race, makes a queen, and moves it to b4?

11:35 last puzzle horse d6 to f7 mate the only thing black can do is draw the game

11:36 Nf7#

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?

@lenalittle4193

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How can your white king go to g7? The black king is on g8 :)

Nelson bro in 5th puzzle nf7 is checkmate if the king goes to h8

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

I actually got number three! Great puzzles.

11:24 If knight to f7 then it will be 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

9:20 when you play king E2 the black king can go to C2 and block the whote king entirley 💀

Bro on the 5th puzzle knight to f7 was mate

Amazing good tricks

11:35 the king went to h8, you can play knight to f7 for a mate?

@kirillzakharov7336

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yes. but only if Kh8 happens.

@gemmken

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@@kirillzakharov7336 but it went ther

“Now this, is Pawn racing!”

I guess the last puzzle would be checkmate as the king moves in the corner another knight can check him and the king can't move as it's squares are captured under white king

But the 5th puzzle if Kh8 then Nf7#

@forsee9396

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Am I hallucinating?

On the third puzzle, what if black plays Bb1 after b3 (it threatens Be4#)?

@DoomsdayR3sistance

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White gets a Queen with the Pawn on G7 at that point since the Bishop no longer threatens G8 and Black has to move their king since now in check, white wins easily in that scenario.

@Grim-Grin

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@@DoomsdayR3sistance Ah yes, I didn't see black was in check, thanks

In the puzzle#4 U've neglected the variant: 1.Ke2 Kc2 2.f5 a5 3.f6 a4 4.f7 a3 5.f8Q a2 6.Qa3 Kb1 7.Qb3+ Kc1 (or a1) 8.Qc3+ (not Q:a2??) Kb1 9.Kd2 a1Q 10.Qc2# Your puzzles are really inspiring!

@yigalzemach9083

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you can also return to the main line by 6.Qc5+ Kb2 (Kb3 7.Qc1) 7.Kd3 etc.

4th puzzle seems really obvious, but probably only because it's presented as a puzzle.

11:34 knight d6 to f7 is checkmate if the king moves to h8

@kirillzakharov7336

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yes. but Kh8 is also the least likely of the two moves.

@Weeb_Life

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@@kirillzakharov7336 yeah ik but just saying cuz he moved the king to h8 in the video and he just said to do perpetuate check

11:22 If the King goes to Kh8 we have Nf7#(Unless they play Qb6)

for puzzle 4 doesn't queen can just go diagonal and check make the enemy king run away, i don't think it can be considered wrong move since it still end in win

@thetaomegatheta

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Which queen? At what point in the game?

In the fifth puzzle you can win when you a second check with the other knight

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.

@solareclipsedudefinale9026

9 ай бұрын

En passant can only be done with the pawns

Puzzle 5 missed check mate when king went to king h8 knight to F7 was checkmate

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.

TFW you don't fall for the "obvious fork" but find the king move, because you totally missed the obvious fork.

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.

I'm the 5th puzzle can't the queen just sacrifice itself by getting the knight next to the king.please correct me if I'm wrong

In the 4th puzzle, why not move the queen to f6, attacking black's king, and if they move it, you get the queen.

Thanks for the video was too tired to pause the only one able to see without pausing for some reason was lol Puzzle #4 for brain win must move king instinct. Maybe could see more if paused but good to learn anyway.

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

@solareclipsedudefinale9026

9 ай бұрын

If b4, I think black plays Rf6+ discovered check, and white will lose material to defend

Puzzle 4 I saw Kd2 but what if black goes Kf2? Cannot pawn race n kd3 make pawn escape

At puzzle 3, couldn't black just not take the pawn at first mov but go back a square with the bishop instead?

I’ve got the part down where I give away all my pieces, still trying to get the part down where I draw the game though

The stalemate rule should be rplaced by : the other player plays all next turns untill the player under stalemate has a legal move.