These puzzles are realy great!! ... but I have a suggestion ... I lose a lot of games because people play openings that I dont know , and of course I am not the only victim to this problem , so I think if you make an opening series it will be great for me and for others , so yeah , keep it up !!

@sayansarkar9803

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah mate.... I second this..... Like if you could make some videos of openings for both black and white

@Thamboo111

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@andre11zz

2 жыл бұрын

If they start with non sense openings you can do fine just developing your pieces normally. There's no guaranteed win opening, so as long as you dont blunder any pawns/pieces it all will come down to middle and endgame skills

@Thamboo111

2 жыл бұрын

You are right , but sometimes the opening if it didnt take the right way .. you will mess it up , this is the point .

@junkcuber5611

2 жыл бұрын

Focus on your end game tactics, you will be surprised how much it will help your middle game. Knowing openings is nice, but you are better off focusing on tactics like Nelson does very well with instruction… rather than focusing on new lines.

You’re such a chess nerd…I love it!! The joy on your face while talking about these positions makes the content even better!

8:27 self note1 Ke4? = draw 10:15 sn2 kd3? = better king pawn for black 11:08 sn2 pg3? = Mate in 2

@ramchandgadde

Жыл бұрын

I’m confuzzled

These are engaging videos. I enjoy trying to solve the puzzles myself! Thanks, Nelson.

In the first puzzle you can do bishop f6, black moves king f8 takes knight and white queen b8 checkmate

In Position 4, Black has the option of playing 4...e6+ instead of 4...Kf7. White still wins but must play carefully. 4... e6+ 5. Kd6! Kf7 (if 5... e5, 6. Ke6 with the same idea of guarding the g7 pawn with the King and capturing the advancing e pawn with the Bishop) 6. Ke5 Kg8 7. Kf6 e5 8. Ke7! e4 9. Kf6 e3 7. Bxe3 and wins

I also found the sequence: Bh6+, Kg8, Ke6 (black has no pieces to move because pawns are blocked) Kh8 is forced, Kh7, e6 is forced, then checkmate with Bg7# or g7#. No queen sacrifice is necessary.

@nickcellino1503

Жыл бұрын

Kh8 is not forced. Your try fails to hxg after Ke6.

Troitzky was a great endgame composer who came up with very artistic positions that teach the art of chess. I noticed all the positions were from decades or centuries ago when people played ONE game without a clock, taking hours, days or weeks. These positions will almost never be found in blitz, bullet or lightning games. (The fast food equivalent of chess). Perhaps that is why Fischer said blitz destroys the creative process or some such. Play slower and realize the game wasn't created to see who can move pieces fastest, it was made to move the pieces best.

@alexanderxyz6146

Жыл бұрын

Best comment here. Yea I like to analyze positions and think about cool ways to play and what not. And I like to add: Playing openings from memory (because everything is figured nowadays) is efficient but less fun.

@dash_r_media

Жыл бұрын

I don't recall Fischer saying that about blitz; I know Botvinnik didn't care for it.

Good vid . This goes along great with your end game videos. Got to activate the king to get into these positions. Your videos definitely help me out .

14:07 How about Q G1 check- King takes queen- then Pawn to G4- Bishop D8 check- King G3 - Bishop C7 check- King H4-Bishop D8 check - ad infinitum- white must keep checking or black king will escape to a white diagonal then it's 3 black pawns against a bishop and 1 pawn.

In last puzzle, after bishop c7, black can play pawn g4. This will open up square for king.

That was very nice,really enjoyed it!! Please give us more like this😃👍👍

Awesome video. I really like the last one, where the opponent queen couldn't do anything sensible other than sacrifice itself in vain. 🤣

Nelson awesome video, all these stumped me and hence learning from your examples and analysis. Thank you!

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

10:24 after bc7, g4 is completely winning. Bd8+ is powerless to stop the king marching out without the king in position

@Kokurorokuko

2 жыл бұрын

What? Bd8+ leads to mate or loss of a queen to a bishop

@kidthebilly7766

2 жыл бұрын

no its not, white goes Kh2 then either g3 or Bg3 for a guaranteed checkmate. no matter what move black takes white is winning

@WilliamSanders1111

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kokurorokuko If Bd8+ then black plays Kg3, stopping white from playing Kh2.

@kj6221

2 жыл бұрын

g4 can be followed by g3+. Now there are only 2 possibilities: Qx3g or Kg5 (which is followed by Bf4+ where bishop is protected by the g3 pawn). Either way white exchanges bishop for queen, then Nd3 ensures white takes c rank pawn on next move and eventually queens b3 pawn and wins.

wonderful how certain positions can blow your mind! wonderful game! thanks for this video

In position 5, @14:07 "There's nowhere the queen could move that's any good" We've seen the analysis that the queen must keep defending the g3 square, but this is not the case in case of a check.. Is Queen g1 not good? It's a check, after which King has to take [King g1] Now moving the pawn up for black is an option [Pawn g5>g4]. Now the king has 2 options, white can force 3 repeat draw, or continue to play? (still a losing position, but better then a quick mate. I cant see what's wrong with it, but possibly I'm missing something.

@snatermans

2 жыл бұрын

Also: when I was pausing @10:10 I was gonna move the king up first, before getting the bishop in, is that a worse move? edit: Nevermind this, I think it gives the queen the opportunity to give a check on our favorite diagonal :)

@gungrave6923

2 жыл бұрын

Just checked with an engine, the original position is winning, but they don't want to take the knight, they just push the g pawn.

@snatermans

2 жыл бұрын

@@gungrave6923 not what i'm saying, but tnx.

@gungrave6923

2 жыл бұрын

@@snatermans breifly looked at that to. Forgot to add it to my comment. But yea looks like you're right, it saves black for a while and stops it from being a mate threat

@aaditnoronha5383

2 жыл бұрын

@@snatermans its winning after Qg1, bishop just takes queenside pawn and makes new queen, black cant make progress on kingside

that last puzzle was really really gangster. I spent like 5 minutes looking for the mate then you said what moves does black have, and ill be damned black has literally no moves

New to you-enjoyable games to figure out-subscribed. Thanks.

A puzzle from the Russian '64' magazine which is similar in vein to Troitzky's: 1Bk5/p2pK3/8/8/8/8/8/5B2 w - - 0 1 And a puzzle from a Russian textbook (I forget the original author) maybe a simplified situation from Cordes? 8/8/6p1/B6p/7k/7P/2q3PK/8 b - - 0 1

I just realized #2 wasn't actually that easy. Nd5! was the actual killer one (3:20). It prevented black's Nc3 or Nb4 which would have continued to counter any good bishop movement from white - go figure it's actually insane how the black knight could have covered each bishop check depending on where the bishop went to prepare the check, such as f4 or g5 (or e3). (literally every available bishop check) But by placing the knight on d5 black first had to capture it with the bishop which brought white the necessary tempo and he got unstoppable. Quite an epic setup from white. (and with the king in prison) And as always it's so beautiful because it's all about that one move tempo advantage, the exciting part in any good puzzle.

Loving these kinds of vids

Great video Nelson!

Those positions were amazing, best puzzles ever!

In position 4 I think it's a better try for Black to push pawn immediately rather than Kf2. Doesn't this break the puzzle? if ...e6+ Kxe6 draws, else ... Kf7 and now g8+ no longer works.... I guess I can confirm with an engine, either way I'm surprised you didn't go over this line.

Position 4 - white can even taunt black (when bishop is still on h6) by moving bishop to f8, then back to h6, then to f8, then to h6, then finally to g7.

@Tempergaming69

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right so you can make an escape square for the black king When he moves pawn on h7. Hahaha That's why being arrogant is not an option when playing chess, Just finish the game quickly and have sportsmanship. PS: Not hating but a great idea hahaha I also Love punishing enemies who don't resign :P

11:05 You forgot to explain the outcome when Black would play Pawn g5 to g4 instead of capturing the Knight with the Queen.

That first position is really weird. Basically, the knight is in the way of the bishop, so you move it out of the way while keeping tempo.

Position 5 there is no bishop mate after black plays Qg1+, only move for white Kxg1 black then plays g4. This gives the black king an "escape" square on g5. It will still result in a win for white but only by creating a queen and would take another 10+ moves. Edit: All of the above is after Bc7 Qxf2 Kh2

@cookit4831

Жыл бұрын

The last position isn’t a force mate if black instead of getting knight after bishop c7 you move pawn to g4, because now if you try to mate with bishop the black king can move to g3 because the white king is no covering the g3 square and if instead of check with bishop you do the move to block g3 you advance the pawn delivering a check and you have to move your king because if bishop takes queen takes with check and you win queen over knight and if knight takes you take with pawn and you are not blocked by your pawns anymore and if knight e4 you just can eat with queen because the original position of queen was e3 and leaving free the g3 square. Edit: this is a better way and you don’t loose your queen too

@spindoctor6385

Жыл бұрын

@@cookit4831 Very nice, much better than my solution, I don't see a way white can win at all after that. It seems whites best option after black plays g4 in your line is to force a draw just repeating Bd8 Kg3, Bc7 Kh4, Bd8 Kg3, Bc7 Kh4 etc.

@cookit4831

Жыл бұрын

@@spindoctor6385 It doesn't become a draw too because when Bishop d8 check on black king then the forced move Kg3 if bishop moves c7 again to try to make a draw you, take the knight with your king and now you threat mate in 2, Qe1 check and Qg1 mate because black king is covering g3 square so best move for white is Kh2 instead of doing any other move before the check with Queen because with that Q to g3 bishop just simple takes and now Qe1 is impossible because if you move Qe1, white does bishop g3 check and when you move bishop takes queen and white is in better position because when you take the bishop white just simple advance the other pawn and get a queen so here you just have to take the Pawn in b3 square instead of going Qe1 and Qc1 and you keep doing the threat of Qg3 mate in 2and if instead of bishop c7 (when bishop delivered the check moving to d8) white plays Pxg4, instead of taking knight with king you take it with the queen doing a threat of mate making that the bishop has to deliver a check to black and you just simple take the pawn with your king and keep the advantage, so this has to be more black to play and win than white to play and win because bishop c7 isn't winning you actually loose the game with that move as white, and if instead of doing bishop d8 white does pawn to g2 delivering check you just retreat and escape from there and if knight g4 you just deliver check with queen winning tempo and black now does Pxh3 mate in 1 unstoppable. (knight to e3 gets you in disadvantage)

@spindoctor6385

Жыл бұрын

@@cookit4831 Ah, I had the king set up on on my board on g1... My bad.

@cookit4831

Жыл бұрын

@@spindoctor6385 don’t worry it actually took me some time to look at all this moves, and I’m like 850

This is amazing and helpful video

Really nice puzzles :)

In the last game after queen takes the knight black could play queen to g1 forcing kxq. Black can then play p-g4 giving the king an escape route. Will still be a white victory but gets out of the immediate problem.

Whoa! Number 5 is a real treat!

hm.. 2:27 .. nice, but I believe, queen to d4 would also work, right? If king g8, then queen d8 and after king goes back to f8 checkmate. If instead the queen goes to e5, it simply gets captured and then the king has to move to backrank, then queen to b8 and finally f8. If the queen intersects at f6, then it gets captured by the bishop and after king to any backrank, the queen mates with d8. If at any time the king goes to h6, then its the bishop to f8 (or g7) and its mate too.

These were awesome

The last position isn’t a force mate if black instead of getting knight after bishop c7 you move pawn to g4, because now if you try to mate with bishop the black king can move to g3 because the white king is no covering the g3 square and if instead of check with bishop you do the move to block g3 you advance the pawn delivering a check and you have to move your king because if bishop takes queen takes woth check and you win queen over bishop and if knight takes you take with pawn and you are not blocked by your pawns anymore and if knight e4 you just can eat with queen because the original position of queen was e3 and leaving free the g3 square.

Position 4: It was the moves 2 e6+ and 2 e5 that I struggled with for a long time. Eventually I saw a mate in 17. Stockfish tought that I had a faster way to do it in just 13 moves.

Amazing tactics

Good one. Lets go in next video. 5 amazing single knight checkmates

Position 3 black can also do rook b8 than b7 to block check but next turn check mate

That last position, can Black escape by playing Qg1+ ? After Kxg1 Black can play g4 and Bd8 is no longer mate: Black can play Kg3 and get a perpetual check from White or escape. (I see earlier comments have pointed out this move but no one has actually resolved it.)

Nice Bishop puzzles

Very nice puzzles

As I rise and fall below the the 500 level I am finding my 500 and 600 rated opponents checkmating me with their bishops more so than the lower rated opponents. Thus, this is valuable to me - thanks Nelson.

@kidthebilly7766

2 жыл бұрын

if you are struggling at the 500 level i recommend finding videos that explore more broad concepts and ideas as you will rarely be employing bishop checkmates. find videos with core chess principles and concepts

@nighthawk984

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidthebilly7766 Thanks for the advice. When I started playing chess more regularly I was rated at below 300 and kept on getting checkmated in a very few moves, discovered on-line through videos (Chess Vibes etc.) the scholar's mate and learned the defense. As I am now playing higher rated players with more tactical ability I am finding they are using the whole board to attack with bishops as one example - the knowledge I have gained from Nelson's video is more defensive than offensive.

this was awesome! thought I'd solved the last one but wasn't even close lol then I had 3 "Woah!" moments for it haha

why you do not play h6 in 5 position?

These are great but pretty easy puzzles!

that was amazing thank you so much 😊 my real problem is visualization any idea how to enhance that??

@TK5280.

2 жыл бұрын

Great question! Wish I knew the answer lol but for what it’s worth… Daily tactic puzzles and thorough game analyses each game has helped me a lot with recognition and improved visualization. Best of luck to ya!!

@Kiwiiizzz

2 жыл бұрын

Repetition and your memory will improve simple

8:05 Black can just play e6+ right? If we take it is stalemate, black can keep walking his pawn, if we take the pawn black can just hug the queening square with his king because if our king approaches it is always a stalemate...

@corasolagalar

2 жыл бұрын

White isn't forced to take, instead play Kd6 and if black tries to just march the pawn up the board it goes Kd6 e5 Ke7 e4 Kf6 e3 and now that our king is defending the g7 pawn we can play Bxe3 and the bishop unblocks blacks h pawn so it's not stalemate and after black pushes the h pawn and we eventually take it with the bishop they will be forced to leave the g8 square and we can promote our pawn. If instead after Kd6 black plays Kf7 we block the pawn with Ke5 forcing Kg8 since every other legal move allows white to promote, and then we are able to go Kf6 and then after e5 Ke7 it's the same position as the first variation

@tiemen9095

2 жыл бұрын

@@corasolagalar In my mind it went e6 Kd6, Kf7 Ke5, Kg8 Kf6... but from there on I agree that it is the same again as you say ;). I see now that white should be able to win it, like you pointed out!

position 5: Q to G1 check? white king has to capture and pawn from G5 can move?

Last puzzle: Position > Pieces

Sorry to say this but in the fourth position their is a flaw because at some point in the puzzle the black king is on g8 the white king is on d5 the white pawn is on g7 the white bishop is on h6 the black pawn on h7 and the other pawn is on e7 they could push the e pawn to e6 and draw the game

That was amazing

5:53 I was thinking check mate in 3 with the Bishop utilising the queen to f6. There wood be noway for black to stop the check with the queen on f7 without getting mated. Then checkmate with Bishop on f6

@adamhowden9863

2 жыл бұрын

e1=Q+ and your king cannot maintain contact with f7 or f8 so black is winning with either Qe8 or Rf8 preventing any further checks

Position 1 nd 5 simply mind blowing

I have a question about game 3, how about black just play rook to g8 ? Won't it can block the check the next turn ?

It was fun and eazy to solve it

For puzzle 2 could you also have done en passant?

3/5 Last one is just wow

On H. Cordes, what if black plays pawn to g4?

Why you didn't analyse the Morphy game where he checkmates with a single bishop. That is the most popular single bishop checkmate game but you didn't saw us.

In position 4 after Bh6+ Kg8, g7 Kf7, what If I just move the king in e5, black king can't really move or I just promote to queen and win, he will have to push the pawn, which I ll eventually capture and then he will hav eot move the king, i will promote and then win, I know the point of this video was to find single bishop checkmate, but in the end of the day once I promote I can easily win anyway

great video

What about queen g 1 check king takes and then pawn g 4?

The first one happened to me @900 and it was amazing! Only difference is I had a Knight and a pawn guarding the 5th

its not the hardest puzzle but it felt good seeing it and making out the solution in 4 seconds.

Ty

Position 5: kd3, sacrificed by qd3, then be1 mate (yet requires queen to take knight.)

@adamhowden9863

2 жыл бұрын

I liked that move but it allows g4 and escape behind the pawns. If bd8+ king escapes by g3. Btw for a knight move we use N, K is for king

On puzzle 5, after white bishop to C7, can't black win with pawn to G4?

I have a doubt on position 4. That is what If the first move is bishop to g5 ?

in the final puzzle, what if black just played c4?

What about knight d3 in last puzzle🤔

The bishop mate reminds of an incident many decades ago. I had been a fair player in High school and was #1 board. A few years after graduation I went to a local chess tournament and watched some guys. There was one guy who was really good and I figured I had little chance of beating him. So I came to the board and acted like an idiot- moving pieces in no coherent fashion and losing pawns without care(I even referred to them as ten cent prawns). I sacrificed my rook and queen, with only one channel in mind, and when he got so overconfident I moved one (prawn) which opened the channel for my bishop and mated him. The guy was in total shock and actually started crying.

@justaguy4311

10 ай бұрын

I'll take shit that didn't happen for 500 alex

@oldschool1993

10 ай бұрын

@@justaguy4311 My guess is you have been taking it for free all your life.

What about g4 first move in the last position bc the move you played for black was a random move. _.

8:25 actually there are two winning moves for white: g8=Q and the amazing... g8=B!! Just pure humiliation

@pratyushkumarsahoo8591

Жыл бұрын

Nope g8=Q is the only solution because if g8=B then king can escape via g6

I only solved them because I was told the theme.

He only looks at the diagonal line and don't see the vertical at the last puzzle

In position 4 can't black timeout and draw??

6:01 In position 3, does Qf6 work? Im pretty sure it's a mate in 3, while less stylish.

@mahmoudkchaou1799

2 жыл бұрын

there is e1=Q+ after Qf6

He didn't play black's side properly in the last problem. Bc7 g4; g3+ Kg5; Bf4+ Qxf4; gxf4+ Kxf4; Nd3+ taking the pawn on c file in the next turn.

i’m a low rated player and all but wouldn’t bishop F6, king takes F8, queen b8 mate? for the first one^

12:07 queen to g1.. why is that not good? sure, the king takes but then he is no longer defending g3, so black can do move the pawn from g5 to g4 and if then the bishop tries d8, we have king g3 and the king escapes. Looks like pretty much a draw to me.

Something you didn't explore in the last puzzle is: What if black doesn't take the free knight with the queen? I know it isn't a good end game for black but it escapes the immediate mate threat. Like maybe queen to g3. Bishop takes, king takes. White is up a knight into the endgame, definitely bad. But much better than losing on the spot.

@simondewitt7161

2 жыл бұрын

Thats why the puzzle states White to play and win, not checkmate. Plus any player rated over 200 will just use the knight to take the c pawn, queen their b pawn and checkmate you slowly. Id much rather lose quick to some amazing combination than a slow simple drawn out death.

@TuberTugger

2 жыл бұрын

​@@simondewitt7161 The point of a puzzle is for the opposite side to play optimally. WTF are you talking about. You aren't playing black. Why does your proclivity towards "cool combinations" mean anything? The engine always prefers slow loses over immediate ones. That's chess 101. Clearly Simon, you are a troll. Easy block.

@simondewitt7161

2 жыл бұрын

He highlights the pretty incredible checkmate threat that exists. It is assumed that white would easily win this end game up a knight. Not sure why anyone needs that situation explored. I explored it for you, Knight takes C Pawn, white wins game, either with Blacks King chasing down the B pawn while White captures the remaining Black King side pawns or by Black simply letting the B pawn Queen. And I'm not sure why you would rather waste your time and play on in a dead lost end game shuffling your king around. A computer will because it doesn't care.

After @10:20 Bc7, Qg3; Bg3+, Kg3+, and now it's questionable. Say, Kg1 Kf3, now it depends :)

Position 5 is crazy

Position 5 black goes Qg1 sacrifices queen and survives

Great puzzles, like them! I knew the one from Troitzky, bud didn't know the other four... BTW the german "Zugzwang" ist spoken like *tsoogtswung*, with both "g"s beeing a "g" like in "goat", and not "dsh" 😂

1st one was fun i was able to solve it but it took like 20 sec

I truly enjoy the puzzles, plus your delivery in presenting the moves is brilliant!

Queen to d4? It’s a fork! (Free rook!)

Great theme. Why don’t you do some more themed videos like this…

Oh man that first puzzle managed to find, that is a disgusting mate

Dude, you have to see that one, which tal solved...

If qe3 then we push our b pawn

Bad owai, in position 3 you can see that 5 of black's pawon it's somthing (probobly)

13:57 what if Queen just takes the pawn, forcing white into check and takin the queen. Black can then play his pawn from g5 to g4. So there's no check mate for white to play anymore. Ofc black has a disadvantage bc white has better placed pawns and a bishop. Bit at least its not a bishop mate

@ProfessorLaytonFifa

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, after g4 the bishop mates on d8

@marvintrimmel2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorLaytonFifa oh yeah. Didn't see this one. Thx mate

6:00 why cant queen go g7, king takes queen, then bishop f6?

I figured out position4 and 5 I'm making progress

These will challenge everyone, proceeds to post the solution in the thumpnail.

Nice