Chess endgames are so fun to study. They make you think about forcing moves. In this puzzle, we have what looks like an opponent advantage. However, closer examination makes us realize that we can actually force the opponent into a backrank checkmate with a stunning queen sacrifice. Let's watch and see how this sequence works!
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Timecodes:
0:00 Initial positions
0:21 Going through opponent's checks
0:36 Finding our forcing moves
1:01 A point of convergence
1:18 Our familiar backrank checkmate review
1:43 Keep finding forcing moves
2:21 Queen sacrifice forcing move
2:38 Be careful of our own backrank
2:51 The sequence to checkmate
3:29 Solution
3:45 Why Backrank checkmates are so fundamentals