Moving the king back to d7 made me furious i had to admit Crooked Path sounds like an ancient order of warrior-monks, trained in both martial arts and chess.

Really nice way to learn about the crooked path 👍🏼

This chess puzzle was composed back in 1928 by Alexander and Kirill Sarychev (USSR). It's considered to be a variation of the famous Reti endgame study.

This has been here before, i remember it, but it still amazes me(i remembered the first two moves, that’s how i know this isn’t new)

Brilliant stuff. The white looked pretty helpless at first . It shows how important os not to commit too early to one plan.

Thats actually pretty brilliant. Even more brilliant and high five to those of you who seen that 👏👏

Super helpful vid, thanks Nelson🤠🤠🤠

It's a study from the Sarychev twin brothers, published in 1924, 3 years after Reti's study. I have a version where the king is on f3, I searched both FENs on your channel and didn't find the original post. Maybe you did it live streaming, while pausing the climb. I must say that the black king probably should be on f3. It prevents the alternative solution in the secondary line : 1. Kc8! b5 2. Kd7! b4 3. Ke6? (instead of Kd6) Ke4 : only available if king starts on f3. With the king on g3, 3. Ke6 works, 3. Ke6 Kf4 4. Kd5 draws.

Wow, just wow! This must indeed be one of the most incredible chess puzzles of all times, it's similar to the famous Reti study, but even much crazier, who would have thought somthing like this to be even possible? Chess is indeed endlessly deep and never ceases to amaze!

Never heard of the Crooked Path; awesome!!!

Very nice and learning-ful!

Amazing. Thanks

Yep, I remember this puzzle from some earlier video. Very practical

6:54 black can also move the king to g4 to protect the bishop so it wouldn't work

@sadmanshafin2893

24 күн бұрын

Yup same question

Hi nelson, does playing chess improves nervous system? Or it just a pattern recognition game.

Youre a Grandmaster at teaching ❤️

Alternative title: How to defend against the Bishop that's 1000 miles away.

@JustAnotherCommenter

Ай бұрын

It's not even that far away so it's attackable.

Thanks to Nelson i could do it by myself because of nelsons other videos and i can tell that I'm improving because of Nelson.❤❤❤

YOUR CONTENT IS VERY GOOD

The principle of one diagonal, you need to make sure the bishop cannot protect both pawns at once

Great solution

Crooked path puzzles for kings is a chess classic.

I think it's a harder wersion of Reti's etude, and this is very cool

It's like Reti's endgame problem. Cool

When is the next video of the chess adventures series is going to be out?

Wooooow crazy

How do I sent a game via what email

Was easy for me to solve it,because I've already seen a similar puzzle with the same idea.

I assumed you needed the crooked path idea from Reti's endgame study but still failed to find Kc8 Kd7

5:07 isn't Kf4 a move

@pianoistboy1676

Ай бұрын

I thought the same thing

@scion.

Ай бұрын

After Kf4 white can just play Kc6, simultaneously threatening capturing Black's pawn or promoting without the risk of being skewered.

3:00 Why black need play Kf4, what problem is Kg4?

I swore half way through this, I clocked that it was uploaded on April Fool’s Day and so was actually a big joke to move C8 then D7… but I guess I was the fool in the end! Great puzzle

Like quantum mechanics, the king is in two places at the same time. Maybe the ranks are particles and the diagonals are waves.

Me thinking I’ve solved it, and he explains my plan exactly “… but the problem with that..” *goddammit*

Walking the crooked path

I'm sure you've already cover this, but the cricket path of the king is still satisfying to watch

@anamorfoplasis

Ай бұрын

It’s actually the crackhead path.

Your friend martin is now insane Could you beat him right now!!!!!!😂

Kc8 is for me is unhuman move, who would think about moving the king back and chasing the pawn in critical way. Awesome puzzle and i enjoyed it.

How can I send my puzzles? I have 3 puzzles that are fairly easy but it has a nice theme among all of them

sweet puzzle

Would like to see if Magnus or Hikaru can figure this out

Looks like a famous study by Richard Reti

2:47 No, it was Kc8 that came to my mind

You already did a video on this puzzle before

Yeah, i remember this one, you did it already

I think maybe he explained the Crooked Path on the first time he posted that.😯

Had it in children’s book (Averbakh, Beilin).

I’m sure there was a video on this position

Can you bring chess adventures back pls

I love puzzles were the first move looks like a blunder.

I thought you had done this one before

I was in that exact position the other day 😭 Edit: it wasn’t exactly the same, pawns different spot but I wanted to try and win lol but I just accepted defeat and drew the game (which was more feasible here)

This is a very interesting and instructive tactic. Deleted from memory after half an hour. 😆

This is a remake

the puzzle is very nice. btw , i have sent you 3 story continuations in chess adventures. its in the comments of episode 44

Too bad: 1.Kc8 was the second move I considered, but I also immediately discarded it, completely missing the crooked path trick. :-( That trick is of course shown at its best in Réti's most famous study (wh Kh8, Pc6 vs bl Ka6, Ph5), but the present puzzle, with the counterintuitive _vorplan_ 1.Kc8, is even more surprising.

Dayum is all I have to say

I thought this was an April Fools joke for half the video 😢

Why is Kc6 not an option

KC8 B5 KD7 B4 KD6 BF5 KE5 B..... KD4

5 mins ago is Crazy

I thought this was April's Fools😅

@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928

Ай бұрын

That's funny. I wish it was.

Draw ?

Nelson really lost the memory of this puzzle.😏 I saw this the first time when he posted it the first time so I solved now and the first time.😎

Hi Nelson :D

Immediate draw move, white pawn promoted to white knight & b6.

Is this an april fools thing, or is it a legit draw

@eragon4346

Ай бұрын

Legit draw

Is this some kind of joke?

Obligatory KZread algorithm comment.

Please Stop Saying pawns are going FORWARD or THIS WAY. Pawns go UP or DOWN.

@DigitalCrown_

Ай бұрын

Bro what