Thank you for not having a stupidly long intro and just getting into the video right away. I really appreciate it.

@RaviKumar-pr5dv

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@alexwallis5791

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I agree with you

I love these. Who’d have thought a knight could cover almost all of a bishops squares on an empty board?! Another change up of pieces back there again as well I see. I’m kind of fascinated by all these sets. How many sets does Nelson have? What actually were those ghostly looking ones from last episode? Reminded me of the haunted house Laurel and Hardy.

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Those ghost ones my parents just recently sent me... They had them in a shoe box and found them when moving. Not sure where they came from!

@Jivvi

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A knight is really strong three squares away from a bishop on the edge of the board, but that only controls four of its escape squares. I've never seen it control so many squares just because the position of the king makes all those forks possible. That position was amazing.

@33.anhtuanletran48

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@@ChessVibesOfficial không

@33.anhtuanletran48

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9:29 whatchu mean by that 😂😂😂😂

@alekhinesgun9997

2 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

In position 3 with the kings and one pawn each, playing Kf2 first does still win, but it takes a few extra moves. The line given by SF14 NNUE is: Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4 g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 g2 Kf2 g1=Q+ Kxg1 then white queens and wins. After Ke3! if black at any point tries moving the king instead of pushing their pawn then black just loses a tempo and loses a couple moves sooner. For example, g5+ Ke3! g4 b5 g3 b6 Kh3 b7 g2 Kf2 and black can't queen because if they try Kh2 then b8=Q+. So yeah Kf2 first still works as long as after g5+ white avoids Kf3?? and plays Ke3!

@martinvanderende7941

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what my solution was as well

Just mind blowing puzzles, thank you for the great videos, keep on making such wonderful content, you're great!

Cool video. I love these kinds of problems and am currently working through a book of award-winning Mate In 2 puzzles. I set the puzzle up on a board in the living room so that anyone passing through can try to solve it.

For the puzzle at 3:45, I was trying Kf2 to lure the black king to h2 but the issue is both sides lose a tempo because of the check. I tried to find a win after g3+ Kf3 g2 b7 g8=Q b8=Q+ Kh8 but even though black is stuck in the corner there's no way to force mate. The key is that by playing Ke2 we force black to h2 without stepping on the f file.

@alekhinesgun9997

2 жыл бұрын

Kf2 also wins but for a different reason, if you play Kf2 Kh2 Kf3 Kh3 Kf4 Kh4 b4! g5 Ke3! And you’ve created a similar situation where you can either catch the pawn or you’ll eventually force the king back to h2 and create the same position

@keymasta3260

2 жыл бұрын

5:03 Ke2 mate in 16 Kf2 mate in 19

@bunpeishiratori5849

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Yeah, after showing this puzzle to a bunch of people for the past month, I engine checked it and discovered that Kf2 also wins. I'm disappointed and kind of embarrassed.

I just started watching your videos and they really are some amazing puzzles, very interesting stuff. Keep it up!

I learned so much in so little time. Mind boggling! I still have the book with all Sam Lloyd's problems.

Yes, I gotta love chess AND this channel! Thank you again for amazing puzzles

For puzzle 1: WQ to F4 is almost as elegant , its mate in 2 for all Black options except BPwn form A7 to A5. That's mate in 3.

Enjoyed this also enjoyed the knight one you mentioned when it originally posted. Perhaps you may consider including problem solving on games where StockFish indicates the game advantage has switched due to a poor move.

All those stalemate possibilities in the last puzzle...and to think that an *underpromotion* was the best option to avoid many or most if not all of those traps. Good stuff. 😁😁

Great puzzles, I've found solution for the first two (mate in two moves), third (although with a slightly different line but I won and analized it) and fifth puzzle. But in fourth puzzle I've found the first move but I missed this fantastic move Ka1 because my opponent played different move (Kb7) intstead of Kc5, but I've found an idea, this knight in the center is a beast.

Mind-blowing. Keep them coming.

Amazing video just one thing, in 13:05 you said that no mather what happend we stealmate the opponent, but what if we don't make a queen in the first place? Love your videos

@domin3k535

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what i think of

@meemog916

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I checked, and it ends up being a stalemate

@konamiboyfool

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Promoting to a Rook, Knight or Queen results in either a stalemate, perpetual check or draw by insufficient materia. Promoting to a bishop is a loss.

Great video, these were tricky. I still can't figure out what's going on with the changing colour chess set; you can just tell us where the treasure is buried right?

Kf2 is also winning. Two moves difference - Ke2 - mate in 16 and Kf2 - mate in 18

Excellent. Thanks!

Thank you! Wonderful video.

You're a legend bro. One of the GOATs for making chess theory accessible

Sir Nelson, these chess puzzles are really mind blowing. Chess is really deep.

I found a sick mate in 1st puzzle that starts with Rxb7 followed by Nb6 check (if bishop takes) and queen mates on the back rank

12:57 correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't an underpromotion to a knight be a win for white since it covers the b7 square?

Easy. Thanks for sharing.

4:10 oh i could find that fairly quickly, I played the wrong move first vs computer (no analyzation just play it out wrong first) to see what's going on in the position (inability to kick the black pawn with our king because he can just "follow" us, plus the pawn can check us with tempo - these were the 2 problems) and then Ithought about what if I lure the black king into the check position on h2 and stop my hunt there. Ofc without us getting into a check by the pawn. Thanks to the diagonal walk capability! To be fair I only thought about all that thanks to your other puzzle videos and 3 step processes and your puzzle run with explanations. I really appreciate your lowplayer-friendly videos. Also just nicely made. Thanks. edit: same for nr.2: I found the check as you revealed later and by that an unkickable knight and I only won vs the AI. Never had to play King to H1, hmm.

14:31 b8=N+!! I had a game where I underpromoted to a knight to force mate on the spot, and another game where I underpromoted to rook to thwart my opponent's stalemate trick. That is why I always have auto queen disabled at chess.com.

7:14 wait was it discussed on this channel before? I couldn't find the video since it gets hard to navigate channels after they removed pages for the videos on a channel (it starts to get sluggish as you scroll down). Of course, if we'll go over it again in a future video, that's fine too.

Recently picked up chess and I'm loving this channel bro

8:44 I get that Kc5 leads to the star move and all that and there's no flashy win against Kb7, but while I found Kh1 I didn't see anything in that line better than moving the knight to b3 at some point and getting a winning endgame if/when the king tries to contest the pawn.

@dasweq3806

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black needs to maintain tempo since white king can capture the pawn, resulting endgame not trivial but still winning for white

Whenever my friend bring out the old cheese, I know he's going for the «That's stale, mate.» trap😑

5:02 I found King to E2 as I know that in endgame is there is this move called “OPPOSITION” In this case, distant opposition does not work and if black tries not to be distant, he blocked his own pawn’s way

@darwizzy_nunezz

2 жыл бұрын

I wrote this answer without looking at the solution

@darwizzy_nunezz

2 жыл бұрын

10:51 The true power of a knight

Last puzzle in the first line you show with all the stalemates, could you underpromote to a rook? Or would their counter play change and make it a draw/loss for white?

10:58 and they say a bishop is comparatively a strictly better piece than a knight. Don't talk to my horsey ever again! :P

Bro mind blowing video more of these please

Man, great puzzles.

09:12 Wow! That´s so cool - Kh1!! 10:56 Yes, this is why we love chess!

At 13:13 can't the pawn promote to a knight and that can then take the rook if it takes the b7 pawn but I still think black wins because his king is closer to the pawns

For first problem, Ra6 also works. If pawn takes, Qe4+, Bb7, Qe8+, Bc8 and Qxe8# Any other moves by black, like taking the knight or moving another pawn will lead to Rxa7+, Kb8 and Ra8# This works, just that it takes more moves. I think.

@georgegeorgopoulos1861

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Remember it is a mate in 2 problem. Only Qc6 mates in 2 moves. Other moves may mate in more moves but only one in 2 moves.

8:44 I wonder what is king move to b7 instead it will block the pawn from moving and there is no knight check even black going to lose because the pawn is lose but a stalemate is always existed but Ik it not gonna be stalemate if the player know how to move correctly but if doesn’t then it stalemate and ofc it will be long depend on the player so they find good move or not

“what are you gonna do if ur black?” ten quotes before disaster

Love these vids :)

5 insane problems you probably cant solve 1. You are morbidly obese 2. You have crippling depression 3. You play league of legends 4. You are on the FBI most wanted list 5. Some chess puzzle

Great puzzles!

I'm used to the standard that the white pawns move from bottom to top, and black pawns from top to bottom. When you present a puzzle, before asking us to think, it would be nice to know if you are using the opposite convention.

The king and pawn endgame one was pretty easy but still a great puzzle

“You gotta love chess”…damn right!

2:15 First puzzle: After Qc6, Black has 6 possible moves. ... BxN, Qxb7# ... Pb7xQ, Rb8# ... Pc7xR, QxB# ... Pa7xR, Qa4# ... a6, Rxa6# (Pb7 is pinned) ... a5, Ra6# (Pb7 is pinned) I think you covered them all.

Just an answer to the last question . If the king is ahead of a pawn in the column A or H and he is mirrored by a black king on the knight column or if the black king is any way in the rectangle determined by the white king and the corner with the 2 adjacent columns then the white king is stuck and can't make way for the pawn to be promoted.

12:16 Isn't Black winning? The king can go to c5, b4, and win the pawn while defending his own pawn, and the white king is too far away to stop it. Basically the same situation as 15:14 in reverse.

3:56 this is like the puzzle from the road to nowhere fisherman

Don't know if u mentioned in the first position, qXpe7, pXr, qb6, mate

your vidéo are addictive I hope you will continue doing this for a long time 👍

actually in the puzzle 3:45 kf2 also wins and it has similar idea that black king has to go h2 and you can queen and chess tablebase confirms this

@botsjeh

2 жыл бұрын

Objective was to mate in 2 moves, not just mate.

Could not find solution on the 4th one ! Kh1 mindboggling !

14:50 weird, I didn't need to find Nb2! (which is just another amazing calculation among the already amazing stuff in puzzle3) Because the 3200 AI let me win by playing my knight to Nb8 or even other stuff. (such as Nb5 and back to e7) But I did get to the knight transformation and ofcourse won with what I did , I felt that was an accomplishment. Anyways until now I felt this was the most tricky one with lots of stuff to look out for.. for instance I put my king to c7 in some tries and got my a** kicked to the draw because of the check.

12:56 what if white gets a rook or a knight instead?

Very educative!

I think I've watched too many of your videos. I saw that last one and thought it was easy and everything you said I thought to do. And im really bad at chess. I just love watching the games and saying how do they think of this stuff.

I got hit with one of these puzzle ass stalemates the other day and mad kudos to the guy

Holy shit that last problem is so cool!

In the second one doesn't queen to A4 also work?

13:09 Underpromoting to a knight seems winnable to me, actually. I think White can force Black's king away from the A-file and win the pawn to eventually promote the A-pawn.

@reubenmanzo2054

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I would've thought promote to a rook to prevent the stalemate.

@konamiboyfool

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If you underpromote to a Knight. The Rook takes the "a" pawn next move and will sacrifice itself for the "b" pawn. The white Knight will then have to sacrifice itself as well for the black pawn and it will be only Kings on board.

13:10 can we just make a rook in that position

Thanks bro

I guessed Qa6 for the first one because of Morphy but I couldn’t refute cxb6 Qa4 I thought was winning but missed that it is only threatening mate but Black has to move

More mate in 2s please

Which site do you use to play chess?

Amazing , learn something new everyday.

11:00 what about kb3? Shouldn't that win too? If the king chases the knight, white runs with the pawn, if the king goes to b5 white just takes the pawn on H2 and wait for the king to come down. If the bishop goes to D2, allow it to swap the bishop for the pawn and win with the knight and the other pawn..

Came very close on the fourth one -- I wanted to take the black pawn, but that would have given black a tempo

I got the second puzzle but I failed to realize the king could take the queen even so the rook could checkmate anyway, but it made realize I only solved the puzzle because I just found an aproximation to the solution but would probably had cost me a queen in a regular game where checkmates aren't granted and most likely I wouldn't been so lucky to have a rook there

2:26 What about Queen F3 and then Knight E4? The King still can’t move after F3 and the Knight checkmates regardless of the other moves from Black. Edit: Nevermind, Black’s only move is Rook D4 which takes Knight. But if they don’t see the Knight move its Mate in 2.

Very nice finishing moves

Great puzzle wow excelent

Noob here just barely started understand the intricacies of chess And I have a question on the second puzzle 3:45 into the video I'm feeling like I'm missing something but can't figure it out can you move the queen from E4 to A4 move one Then rook B1 to B5 move two What moves can black did i missed

@isavenewspapers8890

2 жыл бұрын

Here’s a list! 1…Na7 1…Nb4 1…Nd4 1…Bc4 1…Rd4 1…Rd5 1…Rd7 1…Rd8 For the record, you timestamped the third puzzle, not the second one.

Umm, in the 3rd position, what if we do the first line he showed (which leads to a stalemate) but instead of queen promotion we promote to a rook? If black tries the same trick, it won't be a stalemate because the king will have B6 to move to

@mahbluebird

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Black captures the pawn, then goes to b4 and you end up playing a rook vs rook chess game.

10:26 that is why knight and bishop is same points since knight can control so many squares even it can jump around

Bro in 2nd puzzle if we take Queen to F3 THAN THERE IS ALSO CHECKMATE BY KNIGHT

11:34 I would start with king to F8 attacking the rook and making space for pawn. Why is it a bad move?

BTW in the puzzle 12:31 , you didnt include the part where 3. .... R:D2, where you can't promote to a queen due to RD1, but promote to a knight and win.

It seems most of these brilliant moves/mates involve sacrifices. The opponent doesn't think you'd do something as foolish as giving away your queen or other valuable piece.

@Chess Vibes you are wrong about the third position. 1. Kf2 is correct too! Lets see 1. Kf2 Kh2 (1...g5 2. Kg3 and easy win) 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. b4 g5+ 5. Ke3!! (right here!) g4 6.Kf2 And black cant stop the pawn but white is able to: 6...Kh3 7.Kg1! and win. TBH, even 6. b5 is winning with very classic idea. Now: 6.b5 (6..g3 7. b6 g2. 8. Kf2!) 6..Kh3 7.b6 g3 8. b7 g2 9. Kf2! (force to b8Q+) 9... Kh2 and now b8Q+!. As very often, pawn gets queens with cheks.

In the very first puzzle, why isn't Q a6 also a win? If bishop takes night, then Q B7 is mate. The a pawn is pinned. The b pawn is blocked from advancing. If the b pawn takes Q, then R b8 is mate. If the c pawn takes the rook, then Q x B is mate. If the c pawn takes the K, then Q x the b pawn is also mate. What am I missing?

@live_neck

2 жыл бұрын

Bishop is covering b pawn, after Q a6, C pawn takes rook, white's queen is hanging and there's no mate because the bishop still covers b7

For puzzle 2 I saw queen to a4 but black has bishop blocking which delays mate a move

@markiefella

10 ай бұрын

I thought that too, but I can’t see how the bishop can block after Qa4…?

13:17 I'm not really into chess but couldn't queen move to D6 and Check?

@botsjeh

2 жыл бұрын

It's black's turn to move and he can't, so stalemate, a draw.

I've also tried the line, "I've got some _fascinating_ positions to show you!", but somehow it never comes off, hrm...

12:56 white must underpromote to rook as queening the pawn leads to Rxb7+!! a forced draw.

9:07 I got Nd4+ but what about following up with Nc3+? The pawn is defended and if black tries to attack the Knight with the King, the pawn is gone to become a Queen. The Bishop can't attack the Knight, who also guards the square where the Bishop could join the attack on the a pawn. This is certainly more laborious, but couldn't white still win that position?

@eriksteffahn6172

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's a draw. Black can play Kb5, activate their bishop and then play Kb4 to eventually win the a-pawn.

@xCorvus7x

2 жыл бұрын

@@eriksteffahn6172 How would black activate their bishop, exactly?

@eriksteffahn6172

2 жыл бұрын

@@xCorvus7x Move it to f4, so it can go to b8 and stop the pawn.

@xCorvus7x

2 жыл бұрын

@@eriksteffahn6172 ah, okay, thanks

I am an amateur, but on puzzle 4 after white Knight checked king, what happens if Black king moves to B 7 ?

At last a title I can relate to! :-)

10:58 the guy with the black surely won't after seeing a knight beating a bishop in an endgame😂

the last puzzle if you see when the rook was in b4 then the pawn could promote to a knight and no need a queen and still there will be a win for white.

On the last 1 u say draw when had 2 pawns because if go queen the king can’t move so surely take a castle would win instead because u got the other pawns to swap to a queen

On the last puzzle at the first stalemate trap, why not just underpromote to a rook?

these problems are awesome!

8:36 when king go upside that variant is harder to calculate

I thought there was another solution to the 2nd one: 1. Kf2 Kh2 2. Kf3 Kh3 3. Kf4 Kh4 4. Kf5 Kh5 5. b4 (because at this point, if we both get queens, we can mate on the next move with Qh8). But that actually doesn't work because of 5. - g6+, forcing our king off the spot making mate possible, and once we've moved the king, both sides again get queens and it's a draw.

@kisslas

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Actually, no, that does work. After 5. ... g6+, we can go 6. Kf4. Black can't just do 6. ... g5+ because of 7. Kg3, and if 6. ... Kh4, they lose a tempo which wins us the game (7. b5 g5+ 8. Kf3 Kh3 9. b6 g4+ 10. Kf2 Kh2 11. b7 g3+ 12. Kf3 g2 13. b8Q+ etc). The idea is sort of the same, the black king is forced to end up on h2 which means we promote with check and thus can prevent Black also promoting.

4:44 Actually Kf2 in this position also winning, because white still can stop black pawn. But I agree that Ke2 is better to play (I admit I missed it).

@Small_Schlonng_9000

11 ай бұрын

How can it stop the pawn

In 3rd position king can go to b7 to avoid check and there is no check and pawn is also hanging