Chess would be way more hardcore if you could take your own pieces. Like, what kind of king wouldn't kill his pawn to save his own hide.

"black is up a rook and a pawn" - i can tell before looking closely that black will wish he didn't have the pawn

I missed the rook sacrifice at e6, but on my second try I found Qd8 and the variations that followed. Good puzzle, well explained.

Enjoyable puzzle.

Amazing. Never seen this one.

Excellent! I missed the rook sacrifice by moving to f6 to block the queen check, followed by the black king running to h6 and escaping.

Excellent... excellent... you are amazing!

¡Muy, muy bueno!... Muchas gracias por mostrar este notable problema, realmente sensacional. Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Very cool puzzle! Thank you for your efforts.

As often I found the first move quite quickly. I however missed to defences. After you mentioned Qh4 I saw the single Bishop mate instantly, but after Qa2,Ke7 and Qg8 I did not find BxB+ so readily as it took me some time to realize That after LxB. and Qf4+, the king would get checkmated even when he went to g6.

Really nice position with pins in the solution

I'm gonna hafta stop "solving" these puzzles AFTER first viewing the solution! 🤪

A great puzzle!

For white why not Q to D5+ as move two, after which black has to K to g7 taking bishop, then Q to f7+ wins

@tykemorris

3 ай бұрын

I guess you mean the first wrong-move variation, not the correct winning move. The problem is that black sacrifices their rook at e6. That gets you a rook, but it gives black an escape from checkmate on h6, leaving white with, at best, a draw, still down a pawn.

Good one. That …Qa2 line stumped me. 😮

@alexandrs1159

4 ай бұрын

Я тоже после Qa2 и так и этак решал, никак не получалось.

For Gods's sake use some smooth animation!

Sweet.

Rook to E6 check ??

Brilliant, easy though

I got spoiled by the first comment...

@lajos-berenyi

4 ай бұрын

Why do you watch first the comments, and not solve the puzzle?

@thatonefrenchguy937

4 ай бұрын

@@lajos-berenyi I'm on my phone and I wasn't yet in fullscreen mode. When you're like that, the first comment shows up and it was the solution.

Are you serious? There is another really easy way to solve it. Bxg7+ kg8; Qc4+ kxg7; Qf7 Mate

@Chess-strategy

4 ай бұрын

Watch the video... I show you why this doesn't work...

@tannerarmstrong1496

4 ай бұрын

I don't understand how someone can skip to the end of a puzzle video and see the solution, then post that they found a better solution without watching the full video first. Normally the first half of puzzle videos is demonstrating why the obvious gut instinct "solutions" are flawed. It takes a lot of arrogance to assume that your "better solution" wasn't one of the ones discussed in that part of the video.

@tykemorris

3 ай бұрын

@@tannerarmstrong1496 After white Qc4 check, Black sacrifices their rook by blocking on e6. The king then escapes and looks for a queen trade to get his pawn a path down the board. It's either a draw or loss for white. It's in the video.

White King f7

@jsmariani4180

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking that too.

@user-js4kd8fu8y

Ай бұрын

Black defends with queen h5 check. From there he can give endless checks and you have lost the initiative.

Bxg7+ kg8; Qc4+ kxg7; Qf7#

@michaeledwards2251

4 ай бұрын

Rh6 blocks Qc4+, h6 is now empty : drawn.

Qd8. Qa2. Ke7+. Qg8 Bxg7. Kxg7. Qd4+ Kg6 Qa4#

Not easy!