This was also a realistic endgame scenario

@BlckJack123

5 ай бұрын

Exactly!! I love puzzles like this. They are realistic and yet full of easy to make mistakes like this one is.

@syrosyndicate0001

5 ай бұрын

who leaves e pawn untouched until endgame. unless u mean the concept itself then yes

@calebklingerman7902

5 ай бұрын

@@syrosyndicate0001 I guess you’re right, but the general idea of just kings and a couple pawns is practical. I suppose it could happen though, I play a lot of London system so I start with d4 instead of e4, maybe in some wild game this could happen

@harikumars1487

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree

@LeventK

4 ай бұрын

​@@syrosyndicate0001 I move it on the first move

bro turned square rule to triangle

@syndrac6254

5 ай бұрын

well it takes 2 isosceles triangles to form a square sooo...yea

@michalkloucek473

5 ай бұрын

Well, it is actually a rectangle formed of two squares with one column overlap.🧐

@TekMoliGy

5 ай бұрын

@@syndrac6254 don't bring socrates into this

@TVIDS123

5 ай бұрын

@@michalkloucek473actually a square is just a special case of a rectangle 🧐

@luqmaanhay4957

5 ай бұрын

@@syndrac6254 isn't it 2 of any of the same triangle

Another great one by the mastermind John Crum. And this is a puzzle I could actually remember, and explain to people haha.

Easy solution. You go f1 to avoid possible future opposition. King opposition is an extremely important endgame concept everyone should learn.

Fantastic puzzle. Thanks for sharing

But what if the Black King just goes up and down to force a draw and stay on the E rank. You are assuming Black is trying to win

@anomaly3215

5 ай бұрын

what? it literally says on the video that white to play, are you illiterate?

@sh0ker

5 ай бұрын

If the king moves up then the pawn can too and the white king . So it will slowly move forward to become queen

@joseantoniorodrigueslopes6979

5 ай бұрын

Then white will push the E pawn all the way to the 6th rank and then proceed to abandon it to go after black's h pawn and promote the h pawn of his own. He literally explained that in the video

@karezaalonso7110

4 ай бұрын

He answered this in the video, if you're not sure post the exact line you are asking about.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

The white king will keep moving up and protect the pawn as it moves up. You're played chess before correct?

I was thinking that if king to D1 then all the king has to do was stay in front of his pawn and the pawn will promote, but either way the Black king will get in the way.

@andremanicke8534

4 ай бұрын

Was thinking the Same, because as long as the king is in front of the pawn it can always promote. Issue ist that the black pawn can do the same again resulting in a draw.

@christopherwellman2364

4 ай бұрын

​@@andremanicke8534but black pawn wouldn't get across in time

Yep, picked this one. Thanks

Brilliant! At 2:56 though, when the Black King can get into the triangle, why would White keep simply pushing the Pawn ? Why noy have King moves too to defend it?

@josiahserrano6651

5 ай бұрын

I had the same idea.

@ThatCowGuy

5 ай бұрын

Because black would promote their A pawn while blocking your pawn with their king. And as soon as you try going for the black pawn, the black king can take your remaining pawn and the game becomes unwinnable for white

@Boudicca-the-musical

10 күн бұрын

​@ThatCowGuy they wouldn't be able to block the pawn on the e file. The white king could keep them away and promote the e paen begore the black a file pawn could promote.

I have read Endgame Manuel,discuss ing about the theme of this puzzle. According to the method introduced in the book,I find that the e-pawn can be pushed at most to 6th rank. But I still find this instructive to me,for the reason that I meant to push the decoy pawn to 6th rank to gain a tempo.

@gorgit

4 ай бұрын

What? I thought this was a forced win

2:54 I quite not understand that triangle so I arrow the pawn and the king alternative for easier understanding! 😅 If that's a problem then reply. Im just winning every single pawn endgame where Im not losing (Drawn/Winning). Edit: Im not knowing and winning every single pawn endgame, just a lot (not this)

Really nice puzzle, enjoyed it

On the d1 version, why not escort the pawn, keeping blacks king away?

@floof6896

5 ай бұрын

true, i dont see the problem with that. no 50 move rule either because it doesn't apply to pawns, nor does it specify that its close to 50 move rule.

@enderyu

5 ай бұрын

You can't keep the black king away (by shouldering), he is too far in front of you. The king will capture your A pawn and then get in front of your pawn to prevent it from queening. Meanwhile you end up having to abandon your pawn to capture the opponent's pawn, or else you lose

@yanp9071

5 ай бұрын

Seems like that, but try to play it out, black king is quick enough to get your a pawn and block the other one, no matter how you play. White is 1 tempo too late, that's the tempo he lost when he had to push the king up before a4, because Black would go back and take, because he could box out White, because White played d1.

@matthewgraham2619

5 ай бұрын

Starting where black has already captured the a pawn... Kd4. Kb6 Kd5. Kc7 Ke6. Kd8 Kf7 blocks black from taking e8 to prevent queening. If, somewhere along the line, black decides to come down to take the pawn, we bring our king back to a position where the pawn can come up to a safe spot. But, all this is just to protect the pawn. Is there a line black can throw in some pawn moves of their own and race us?

@enderyu

5 ай бұрын

@@matthewgraham2619 By the time the black king takes the A pawn your king should already be on d4, (both kings moving 3 ranks up from where they started) meaning the continuation should be something like: Kd5 Kb7 Kd6 Kc8... If your king moves to d4 *after* black took the A pawn, then white wasted a move or moved the pawn Either way, following the line you mentioned (I'm assuming no pawns moved) then it's just a pawn race and both sides get a queen. Still a draw

I like it. It’s minimalist and counterintuitive.

Others: rule of the square! Nelson: make a triangle here.

A great practice for king & pawn endgames.

Credit to Mr. Crum for searching around for interesting positions in tablebases back in 1913

Thank you for video

Pls more tournaments

1:13 I've tried to incorporate this advice into my opening strategy and have had bad results so far. I'll keep trying though.

that's such a neat puzzle.

How is your blood clot doing? Also, nice puzzle!

What chess software do you use? Because I'd like to repeat some of these positions because I'm not yet convinced (I believe you, but believing is not knowing) that there is not option going left...

@kikixchannel

4 ай бұрын

Just use literally any grid and any pieces. It can even be a grid drawn in sand with pebbles for pieces...It's not like this grid has any complex pieces or setup. Heck, you can even use a some kind of calc program, like Excel, to simulate it.

@christopherwellman2364

4 ай бұрын

Don't you have an actual chessboard?

@jackmclane1826

4 ай бұрын

Did I ask for a physical chess set? No, i asked for the software!

I miss you actually playing games. Content took a nose dive after Peter patzer series ended

Thank you!

d7+ Kd8 And then abandoning the pawn by playing Kf7 will also lead to a draw I believe!

I was thinking d1 and then attempt to box out the king and advance your pawn

The rule is square rule not triangle rule , standard king pawn endgame seems to be behind the concept of the problem.

Very cool puzzle

Seriously protect your pawn so it's a real threat.

I was able to win moving K-D1. I suggest playing it again.

Amazing puzzle. I’ll bet there are situations where this logic works

Amazing👍

Would it be possible to turn on a a hidden radio in the frames of your glasses? So that is is turned off when you use the glasses but is turned ON when you fold the arms of the glasses? What if you also have a small speaker/buzzert in your hollow tooth that turns itself on when you press your tongue against it? OK I'm NOT SAYING that Wesley So is cheating. BUT why is he only using glasses when he arrives the chess arena and removes and folds his glasses when he starts to play?

@konroh2

5 ай бұрын

Then why isn't he winning?

Chess never fails to blow my puny mind

Is fishermen story covered on any other channel other than chess adventutes

Health hax channel is back!!!! Nelson!!

Did same mistake d1. Nice!

Now i know king on F1 was the winning move all this time!

triangle is very intuitive

Nelson you are an outstanding historian.

What about, after Kd2 you move the pawn to e3, not e4?

@ThrawnDidNothingWrong

5 ай бұрын

You equally lose a tempo, so the outcome will be exactly the same.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

You are on the wrong side to defend.

I was so close to choosing the correct first move!!

After ...Kxe6 white's next move should be Kd4 not e5. Then white can defend the pawn all the way down to 8.

6:27 Oh man. That was crazy. It went click......... Bererererererererererererererererer Click!!!!!!!! Almost reminds me of how the clock synced itself back to 9am back in the 5th grade when it was all the way up to 9:35am

It's a win both side , move king to left or either right , it's a win win

@konroh2

5 ай бұрын

No, Black K can draw if go left. He can force stalemate. Under analysis the Bl K just takes the other pawn and the Wh K is forced to defend.

why can't black king just step left and right over and over and just not step away from the white pawn in the first place and just get a draw?

It's the saaaame shit if white goes left. Just stay next to the pawn forceing black to cover that middle pawn then as white works his way up just break away to capture black pawn end of game 😊

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Wow 110 years and you proved the experts wrong. Just delete your comment. It's cringe. How is the white king going to pass the black king? You know he isn't allowed to get a space away. F#@k this is embarrassing

i learnt the rule of the square from david's forehead

why couldn't you move the king up first before moving the pawn on left side, if he moves back, then worst case you are forced to move other side and it's the same....but best case, he keeps going after pawn, you move king up on more time and now the black king can't come back as the white has trapped him on left side. the distance between white and black pawns are same so white will get queen first and check first....then eventually take pawn stuck on a2 but ok

Move king to d1 and continue at d diognal till promoting e2 pond. Simple end game

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

How does white king pass the black king? Please let me play you at chess. I am sick of losing but know a king can't pass another king a file over.

interesting thanx

Solved at once. If black king wants to go after the a-pawn, we should just let him have it.

At 2:34, I'm not convinced that it's impossible to get the e pawn across by advancing the king further before beginning to advance the pawn... I'm gonna have to check it out on my chessboard

@simpudney8191

3 ай бұрын

That was my exact thought on first watching it. What did you come up with? Seems quite easy to use white king as blocker to stop black king getting back across to e pawn. I don't think black king would ever go across for the blocked white pawn for that exact reason

Yes.

Why not King to D3 after D2 instead of pushing the pawn to E4?

@speedypopoff

4 ай бұрын

U lose tempo on the pawns and their king can force u to draw by pushing their unblocked a pawn

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

You are on the wrong side to defend. You can't get within a space of the other king

Is it by any chance let the black win

good one.

I like john crum without r 😩😩😩

I don't have nearly the analyic skills to go through with it, but couldn't you, instead of moving the pawn to e4, move the king to d3? You protect the pawn for a move to e4 next time, and it seems like you could keep the king between the black king and your pawn down the board until the promotion.

@konroh2

5 ай бұрын

Black K can get in the way preventing the promotion. If the Black K ever gets to the C file the White K can't protect

@speedypopoff

4 ай бұрын

So i did some calculations and I came to the conclusion that if white tried to push the king when blacks king is on c5 black white loses a tempo on the race for white to promote and black to stop promotion. Kd3 Kb6 e4 Kxa6 Kd4 Kb6 Kd5 Kc7 and at this point it's unwinnable for white because black can threaten to promote while u try to roll out the carpet for the e pawn or simply get in a normally stalemate position and force u to take their a pawn and it's a draw

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Uh... king can't go to d3 and check himself. He has to stayva square away from the other king so can't protect the pawn... unless the king goes the f1 and now is the black king that can't go on the e file.

@DerekCroxtonWestphalia

3 күн бұрын

@@laartwork I don't know at what point you're talking about, but I meant at 2:05 when the black king is at c5.

You should have started with an explanation why the pawn doesn't simply capture the King en-passant.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

This is a joke right? That only works against an enemy pawn.

What if white does go left and only loves their pawn one square instead of two?

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Try it. The black king can block the white kings advancement and the white pawns. I know for a minute you thought you were able to disprove a 110 year solution. But no that's a draw. For the win it's kf1

White can still start with D1 and win, as long as he stays within one of his pawn, but will eventually be forced over to column F and that resultant strategy anyway as long as he's trying to protect the pawn.

@faroncobb6040

4 ай бұрын

Nope, the black king can always get back onto the e file and block the remaining white pawn before the white king can cut him off if the white king stays so close to the pawn. If the white king advances ahead of the pawn it can stop the black king from coming back over, but it has to leave the pawn on its starting row to do so and then black just pushes its own pawn to promote to queen immediately after white and draws that way. White has to be able to threaten to move the king up to protect that pawn, but can't actually do so if black doesn't come back without being one move too slow to prevent a draw.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Geez these people suck at chess. It's kf1. After 110 years you probably aren't coming up with an unknown solution.

What if white king chases the black king, pins him to a corner and pushes it's pawn up.

Top 100

Yep. I set it up and won in 13 moves against the computer.

King to d1, you can alternate king and pawn and still win.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Oh wow. You disproved a 110 year old solution. ... or just maybe... you didn't fully think it through and if you Played it out you will see it's a draw as the black king can easily block the white kings advancement since you know how king can't move into a check situation. Since he has to move it means he has to move the pawn...nevermind . Just play it out and see.

Very cool

I guessed the right move because I guessed the counterintuitive answer!

No catchy music at the end of the video? 😮😢 I mean, not gonna lie, it was almost always too loud compared to the rest of the video, and had to be turned down (unless the video was on quietly), but still, I really hope it's not gone for good! Just, if it comes back, not as loud in relation to the videos would be good! 😅

Side note: You should move your microphone slightly to the side, so your plosives do not fire directly into it.

2:06 what about pawn e3?

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

Play it out. It's a draw

Yes

I'm gonna be honest here, the other lines wouldn't have worked, but you played them like an absolute buffoon 😂😂😂

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

The only solution for white to win is kf1 . He shows all the wrong moves but once it's kf1 it's over for black no matter what he does.

with D1 could you not push the king in front of the pawn so that just before the king takes they pawn on a6 you start pushing the pawn so it gets to the end first.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

You can't push the white king if the black king blocks him

This is what reality mean

I said, king F1 I pinky promise

Why not keep playing king up two more squares then use the pawn jump and king can’t get to it in time because our king blocks?

2:05 actually, isn't e3 here is a winning move? Instead of e4 that exposes pawn we play slowly e3 and force black king either to race us with a pawn (which they will not be able to do), or to go into "stalemate' where we abandon e-pawn in the end and go help a pawn.

@MyHydralisk

3 ай бұрын

Tested. In this case black has time to get back ahead of E-pawn and stale there while pushing it's own A-pawn in the meantime. Interesting puzzle!

At 2:37 keep pushing the King

Realistic position, not puzzlistic😂😂

3:38 just keep pushing the king not the pawn

@user-nl7zc4us9h

5 ай бұрын

nvm that doesnt work, they would queen

If white moves King to D1 there is no reason for white king to sit still forever thereafter. He must move for with the pawn preventing black king's interception.

But what if at start of this position black just takes opposition every move

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

He can't do anything to stop you from promoting the pawn if you go to f1. Your pawn has a free run to the top with the king protecting.

nice !

Thank God I said Kf1. I got all the other moves correct.Because I am smart.

1913 is not the year this chess puzzle was conceived. it's paul crum's IQ.

bobby fisherman series episode 41?

This is the first one I got right😀

2:37 what if, instead of pushing the pawn, the white tries to box out the black king?

@yanp9071

5 ай бұрын

try to play it out, black king is quick enough to get your a pawn and block the other one, no matter how you play. White is 1 tempo too late, that's the tempo he lost when he had to push the king up before a4, because Black would go back and take, because he could box out White, because White played d1.

I dunno. I've tried it a few different ways, and slow walking the king/pawn succeeds whichever way the king first moves. It might be important for the pawn to always advance only a single square at a time. Not sure about that.

@MrNoam64

5 ай бұрын

You were giving yourself chances then, this is computer solved

What if at 2:41, white advanced its king first to protect the pawn? White King to D4, instead of Pawn to E4. Black plays King to B6. White King to D5. Black King to C7. White can then go to the E and F columns to protect its pawn. What's wrong with this?

@konroh2

5 ай бұрын

Black K can get in the way preventing the promotion. If the Black K ever gets to the C file the White K can't protect

@speedypopoff

4 ай бұрын

Problem is u lose tempo and blacks king has enough time to get in a normally stalemate position and/or threaten to promote their a pawn. Kd5 Kc7 Ke6 a5 Kf7 a4 e5 a3 e6 a2 e7 a1=Q e7=Q from then on just a bunch of checks until a forced draw by black

White King can also move to f4 rather than d4 and still White can win. Likewise, White King can move to f5 rather than d5 and White can still win.

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

As long as you start with kf1. That was the solution

I'm beginner, so my question my sound stupid for the advanced, players, yet there you go: On minute 4:59 why black king to E6, not to F5?

Nice 😃

You've put your pawn in front of your king! If you protect the pawn by making sure it's behind the king at all times surely this is a win for white regardless of which side you go?

I think the only reason I solved the puzzle as fast as I did is I watched GothamChess for the past 6 months. As much as I haven't played chess in years.

I love your puzzle videos!! ❤❤❤

Cant black just force draw with Kf3?

@laartwork

4 күн бұрын

King not allowed to put himself in check bro... the pawn... at e2.

This is one of those things that confuses me about chess puzzles. The winning play assumes black will move toward the other white pawn, but the black king could just shadow the white king and force a draw, right? I do OK with puzzles where you have to find the moves that force your opponent into certain plays, but I don't get these where it's you have to assume the opponent will play a certain way when it isn't necessary they do so.

@SparkSovereign

5 ай бұрын

The pawn controls the squares you would want to be on for opposition, so the black king can't mirror the white king exactly. If the black king moves down to stay adjacent to the pawn, you move up to establish opposition and safely escort it up the field since the pawn prevents them from moving into opposition from your next destination.

@ZyliahWar

5 ай бұрын

@@SparkSovereign Yeah... the black king can't move left and right. I, uh, I missed that. I'm not good at this! Thanks for the answer, though.

@yanp9071

5 ай бұрын

But White has another pawn very close to queening and if Black doesn't take it and just blocks the e pawn, at some point White is going to abandon it and go after the black pawn. Black can try to stop him or he can keep blocking, he can't do both. One of White's pawns will queen