I love how Nelson always assumes I have friends.

@user-nq7ox2xq7y

7 ай бұрын

😢

@ryanhanson3365

7 ай бұрын

The second he said the word friends I started scrolling down and read this lmao

@thomasyogayoiii3759

5 ай бұрын

Roy

Nelson: "Stop What You're Doing And Watch This Puzzle" Me doing my math homework due tomorrow: OK

@user-ch2kt8mz4b

7 ай бұрын

"Stoped breathing - died before video ends")

@philshorten3221

2 ай бұрын

Why not White Bishop to f2 traps the king then it's either just Knight to e3 Mate or if Black covers with their Bishop you have to dance around knight to f5 giving you options for e3 / g3 and Black can't cover both

@garymurawski1476

24 күн бұрын

@@user-ch2kt8mz4b good excuse for not being prepared for class the next day. Once I got a bug in my eye...still there, but no longer an excuse.

Please continue the Chess adventures series

@mohamedayaan2220

7 ай бұрын

😢

@Rebellion83

7 ай бұрын

Yes

@nguyentruongphu1383

7 ай бұрын

There's a separate channel for that

@BL-vs4cd

7 ай бұрын

Give him time man he's been in the hospital, my boy Nelson needs to be okay before anything else

@Geography_Master69

7 ай бұрын

@@BL-vs4cdso true

Many persons asked, what if after Bb6 black plays Bd2 (instead of Be1, shown in the video). Then Bf2 Bf4 Nc3 Bd2 Ne4 Bf4 (only square, where the bishop stops both, Nd2# and Ng3#, but now the f2 bishop is defended by the knight, so) Kxf4 wins the bishop.

@user-gc2sp8wc8h

6 ай бұрын

Thanks

There's another interesting line after playing Bd4 while black has their bishop on e1. If they go Bd2, you have to play Bf2 and then regardless of what black does (as long as they don't trivially give the bishop away for free or allow you to checkmate with Ne3#), you have to play Nc3 with the idea of going Ne4, forcing black to give up their bishop due to the double mate threat.

@shoopi1234

7 ай бұрын

Another small detail, that makes the position slightly less perfect (but still insanely impressive), is the fact on the 4th move white can play either 4.Be5 or 4.Bf6 - which are both equally winning with the same idea.

@CarlosSamuel-ms9ee

7 ай бұрын

Another important detail is that the Knight on e4, also guards the Bishop on f2, ridiculous puzzle.

@NidusFormicarum

2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@Bhadrudu

2 ай бұрын

after 1.Bd4 Bd2 2.Bf2 Bc1 white cannot win. this puzzle is flawed.

@NidusFormicarum

2 ай бұрын

@@Bhadrudu You play Nc3 - e4 threatening two mates in one. The only way to stop both is to play ...Bf4 thereafter you simply capture the bishop on f4 with your king. The bishop on f2 is now gaurded by the Knight on e4.

That was incredible. It's the kind of thing that makes chess such a magical game.

1. Bf2 was my first thought. You're threatening 2. Ne3# and the Black king can't move, so he has to move the bishop. 1... Bd2 is the only move which doesn't lose immediately: 1... Bd4 loses the bishop and anything else allows 2. Ne3#. I guess after 1... Bd2 the king and bishop are close enough together to prevent the threats of forks or discovered checks which occur in the main line, which must be why that attempt doesn't win.

@luqmaanhay4957

3 ай бұрын

Okay

Yeah I didn't solve that one funnily enough. Best puzzle I've seen in a long time.

Bring back chess adventures please 😢

@waicheng1227

7 ай бұрын

It's on a different channel u know right

@mohamedayaan2220

7 ай бұрын

@@waicheng1227 And when did they last upload?

@hadenism

7 ай бұрын

@@mohamedayaan2220 1 Month ago it stopped in episode 39

@Rebellion83

7 ай бұрын

​@@mohamedayaan2220The channel is called chess adventures and they uploaded 1 month ago

Same here please continue chess adventures.Missing a lot❤

@Rebellion83

7 ай бұрын

Yes

@sportspersonno1

7 ай бұрын

same here

@Marco-ti8sx

7 ай бұрын

He has a second chanel for the chess adventures

Thank you Nelson, I love these presentations and also, your very cool delivery on the details!

Great puzzle. I've found a great interest in your channel lately. You also have a great radio voice that captures the listener. Thanks !

This puzzle is definitely a top 5 puzzle. Just insane!

There is a Bd2 Bf2 Bf4! Nc3! variation that should probably be mentioned.

What about bishop f2 at the start? The black king can't move, the white king is on the light square, so you just move the knight around and give a check and mate eventually

@isavenewspapers8890

7 ай бұрын

1. Bf2 Bd2 2. Nb2 Be1 3. Be3 Bf2 and White has nothing.

@Connor-tw3uu

7 ай бұрын

Black plays bishop e1 and then it’s a draw

@isavenewspapers8890

7 ай бұрын

@@Connor-tw3uu 1. Bf2 Be1 2. Ne3#

@ciarasweeney

7 ай бұрын

Looks like a checkmate though? Bf2, Be1, Ne3?

@thinker-12

7 ай бұрын

Bf2, Bd2. White can't go Ne3 due to black bishop

7:14 is not zugzwang because if black is allowed to pass the move, Bg3 Kd2 Nc4 still forks

The real puzzle comes right after winning the black bishop!

@johanfolkesson5170

7 ай бұрын

Hehe yes that’s why I couldn’t demonstrate it against my friends. They wouldn’t know bishop+knight is a forced mate and I wouldn’t be able to prove it.😂

Great puzzle! Will have to rewatch a few times to remember it

Wow thanks for posting this puzzle :)

The win Stockfish said I missed:

Nice information

Excellent Nelson - thank you.

Wow, what an incredible puzzle!

Amazing puzzle!

Love your puzzles!! ❤❤❤

fantastic study !

😳that's a real brain buster Teacher Nelson 😮 COOL STUFF 😊THANKS.

Would have been a great puzzle for chess adventures

Yeah stopping what I was doing for that was a good decision.

Domination!!

I cant see why bishop F2, Knight E3 does not win from the original position.

6:47 It's NOT zugzwang! If Black have option not to move, it's win for White anyway. Because of Be5-g3+ Ke1-d2 Se3-c4+ fork.

No one annotates these intricate puzzles better than you do.

Hey Nelson enjoyed this puzzle but why not initially Black moving the black bishop to D2 instead of E1 to threaten the square (e3) that the white knight could move to to check the black king?

How about Bishop to F2, then Knight to E3 check mate right off the bat?

@Dandanukadan

7 ай бұрын

I thought the same but black bishop to d2 will kill the idea and white has no mate solutions

@kimbirch1202

4 ай бұрын

Blacks Bishop to d2 stops it.

I stopped everything and clicked 😂

I remember those good old videos of Martin challenges😢😢😢

Alternative title: the scummiest way to suffocate a bishop.

Charming endgame.

4:08 You forgot to explain the outcome for moving black bishop to D2. Even though the result is still a loss, just faster :)

@viang7300

7 ай бұрын

I still need an explain why Black wouldn’t play Bd2. I think it’s may be draw.

@karelspinka3031

7 ай бұрын

I've just checked the endgame database. The way to win after Bd2 is Bf2, trapping the King, end after the Black's Bishop moves, either immediate checkmate on e3 or reroute White's Knight d1-c3-e4 threatening checkmates on d2 and g3, forcing Black to lose his Bishop on f4.

The missed win stockfish tells me in game review:

"And after you win Black Bishop you will need to spend another 20-30 moves to checkmate with King-Knight-Bishop")))

@yyyy-uv3po

7 ай бұрын

- "It's well-known that Knight+Bishop is a win." - "OK, prove it." - *Starts to sweat profusely*

This is 10000 rating puzzle!

White moves Bishop to G2. Knight to E3. Checkmate

As soon as i saw the puzzle my brain went back to "the horse does a W"

Me: reads the title Also me: stops breathing

I admit I never had them patience to learn the knight and bishop mate.

Wow! Great, Nelson! Hope your health is improving?

We normal ppl cant even calculate that much

Bf2 as first move so the black has to sacrifice its bishop to impede the checkmate in the next move?

@someoneelse1942

7 ай бұрын

Bishop to d2 would stop the checkmate, and if you still gave a check with the knight, it'd lead to a draw

@antog9770

7 ай бұрын

In that case, it's sufficient to move the knight in g4, controlling both e3, h2 and f2, the black bishop can't defend both e3 and h2 simoultaneously, if not the king can take it while the black king can't retake because the knight defends the bishop in f2. If the bishop defends the main black diagonal you can reach the checkmate aiming to e4 instead of g4 with the same result... Anyway you can reach the checkmate moving only the knight from the move 2

I'd say the point if 2. Bd4 was to cover c3 rather than drop back to e5 - after 1. Bc5 Ba5 2. Ne3+ Ke1 White can still drop back with 3. Bd6, but Black can then survive with 3. ... Bc3. (Also, the line 1. ... Bd2 2. Bf2 followed by Nd1-c3-e4 feels worth discussing, and the position after 4. Be5 is still a win with White to move, through Bg3+.) Nonetheless, a great puzzle and video - I enjoyed it a lot!

What if black's first move is BD2?

@lajos-berenyi

7 ай бұрын

Then Bf2 Bf4 Nc3 Bd2 Ne4 Bf4 (only square, where the bishop stops both, Nd2# and Ng3#, but now the f2 bishop is defended ny the knight, so) Kxf4.

Bishop b2, then horse e3, easier checkmate but black Bishop to d2 still stops both yours and this moves. From start.

Stockfish keeps moving 1...Bd2, that isn't one of the moves you went over but the Analysis does give the solution.

Hello I am from Germany, watch your video and include it in my chess group. What if black moves the bishop to d2 ?

I thought everytime he would call himself Nelson he was referring to the bot and insulting himself

What about Bishop to F2 as the first move, the king is trapped and has no where to go with the follow on move of Knight to E3 check and mate. Black Bishop can move anywhere it wants but won't change the outcome. Unless of course I am missing something (I am still a beginner).

@q-tuber7034

7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same, but black can counter with bishop to d2

What happn if you put bf2 1st and chakmate with knight i dont see any good moves form black

We're not going to mention that the position is only possible if the black king comes for the bishop instead of taking a knight, or if he moved the bishop last move and just didn't take the bishop

@Rocky64

7 ай бұрын

Black's last move could have been BxQc3. All White-to-win puzzles imply that Black had made a mistake at some point in the past.

My dad and I were moving the aquarium from one place to another and halfway through I stopped doing it

What's wrong with first move white Bishop to f2, followed by Ke3 checkmate?

Cant believe i just listened to a youtube video before i even clicked on it

Couldn't we mate in two with bishop on f2 and then horse e3

Ye but what if Bc5, Ba5, Ce3+, Ke1 And finally Be7 with the intention of Bh4#

From a quick look, seems like Bf2 and black has to give away their bishop to stop mate in 1.

What about if Black play Bd2 after white's Bb6?

6:10 why not bishop f2?

At the very beginning I would have offered a draw. Because even if i captured that bishop i dont even know how to mate with knight+bishop😂

Challenge: Play against Martin, but you have to copy every move as black.

can you do fog war with martin

What about bd2?

Couldnt you just start by moving bishop to f2?

@albortiiemango4094

7 ай бұрын

Nvm they just move bishop to square knight will check and you lose

Why not Bf2 in the first move?

Burned my grilled cheese watching this video. Thanks Nelson.

Why does bishop f2 not work?

how come there's no outro 😂

Why cant you play BF2 for the first move

Chuck Norris solved that blindfolded

I'm not sure even grandmasters would be able to solve this puzzle

Why not put bishup infront of king and then bring horse to check mate bringing next to king. Bishop F2 at beginning. Then horse to e3

Effectivement

I'm early, and great vidoes!

The board at around the 7:00 mark isn't a zugzwang for black, just a straight-up bad position. If black could skip that turn, they would still lose to the upcoming bishop check then knight fork.

@dagg310

2 ай бұрын

yes it is...that's the whole point of a zz.....every move for black puts them in a worse position.

@citrosoda5370

2 ай бұрын

@@dagg310 It’s supposed to put black into a worse position, but black’s position is just as hopeless either way. Ergo no zugzwang.

I cannot checkmate with a bishop and a knight.

4:00 -- but what about *Bd2* for black ?? ... *Bb4* is ALSO a good resistance effort. Yes, it's true: Black *eventually LOSES under optimal play by White...* ... but these are good moves to *PROLONG THE GAME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE* , yet you didn't explore them AT ALL !! :O .

@bloak9803

7 ай бұрын

If Bd2 then white plays Bf2 trapping the king. Black needs to guard e3 so they have to release control of c3 and e1 (preventing bishop trade). Then Nc3 - e4 threatening checkmate from d2 and g3. Black can only guard these squares by Bf4 sacrificing bishop (note that Be1 loses to Ng3). White king can safely take bishop because white bishop is protected by knight. This was the my first thought before watching the video. Problem with playing Bf2 right away is that black can play Bd2 and white is in zugzwang.

Probably not important, but what could have lead to this position? What was black's last move? The king could have only come from e1. If so, why wouldn't he take the knight on d1 instead? If it was the bishop, black king could have just taken white's bishop on g1. I love these puzzles anyway. Thank you Nelson!

Solved puzzle 1 I think. 1. Bb6! (1.Bf2 is the idea, but then 1... Bd2 draws The thing is we have two threats in the original position. A mating net; and if you pay close attention, we are attacking the black's bishop.) 1... Bb4 2. Ne3+ Ke1 3. Nc2+ (forks king and bishop) 1... Bf6 2. Bf2 Bg5 3. Nc3 Bh6 4. Ne4 Bf4 5. Kxf4 1... Bd2 2. Bf2 (Now we achieve the position from my first comment, but with black to move. Black must either concede the c3 or the e3 square to the white knight)

@dmaster20ify

4 ай бұрын

Well I never saw in my minds eye all those disvered checks. I just said black cant go right because bishop controls the square. Was I blind. Anyhow, my solution still looks correct even though you came up with with different solutions. My solution focusing on mate, while yours focusing on discovered checks to win the bishop. The problem now is the one position I didn't analyze. After 1. Bb6 Be1 what now? Well... 2. Ne3+ Kg1 3. Ng2+ Kf1 4. Ba7 (Any bishop move along the diagonal to waste a move. except maybe e3) 4...Ba5 5. Bd4 ( and now) 5... Be1 6. Bb5 ( and win like last time) 5... Bd8 6. Bf2 Bg5 7. Ne1 ( and search for a checking square)

What's about d2

Scooby is so handsome!!!

hmm looked at it and white bishop to f2 first move but then stalemate black bishop to d2 and so on

Why doesn’t bf2 work?

@Dandanukadan

7 ай бұрын

Coz black bishop to d2 will kill all your ideas

So no matter what happens, black bishop will be eliminated from the board somehow so the white knight & bishop remain to checkmate the black king!

my mind is blowed since a long time ! Chess is a divine game . God gave us this game

what if black plays bishiop d2

Ok I did what title told me to do

why not White Bf2, then Black moves Bishop, next White move Ne3#

When chess adventure come back

A random solving the puzzle: yeah! After ten hours finally I could solved it..... But I don't know the bishop and knight's mate

You haven’t covered 1 … Bd2.

En effet