This Puzzle Just Blew My Mind - Insane Chess Problem

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Puzzle FEN: 3nk3/p2R4/3P1Kp1/8/5p2/3bp3/3p4/8 w - - 0 1
Puzzle Details: B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailowski (Macedonia)
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Пікірлер: 658

  • @second1387
    @second1387 Жыл бұрын

    The Queen Dance Checkmate👸

  • @Thaileable

    @Thaileable

    Жыл бұрын

    Hehe

  • @GameristicForce

    @GameristicForce

    Жыл бұрын

    Disney movie momento:

  • @dromeus21

    @dromeus21

    Жыл бұрын

    ABBA fan

  • @03_thebroyt45

    @03_thebroyt45

    Жыл бұрын

    yyes

  • @second1387

    @second1387

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dromeus21 Bruh it took me days to realize the meaning of your comment💀 🎶Dancing Queen👑🎵

  • @nickcellino1503
    @nickcellino1503 Жыл бұрын

    I have never seen another puzzle like this one. It's absolutely fascinating. No one annotates these puzzles better than Nelson.

  • @kirillzakharov7336

    @kirillzakharov7336

    Жыл бұрын

    there is a video of his which covers a 130 move study that forcibly ends in checkmate.

  • @EdinoRemerido

    @EdinoRemerido

    Жыл бұрын

    I solved the puzzle in 2 minutes

  • @GTBSBE1111

    @GTBSBE1111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EdinoRemerido yeah sure you did buddy

  • @Hallands.

    @Hallands.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EdinoRemerido What took you so long?

  • @EdinoRemerido

    @EdinoRemerido

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Hallands. GOD DAMN IT

  • @prawnydagrate
    @prawnydagrate11 ай бұрын

    What's even crazier to me is that Stockfish instantly saw that whole sequence of mate in 24

  • @condor07usa

    @condor07usa

    7 ай бұрын

    more like mate in 18

  • @caudravan

    @caudravan

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@condor07usano, that is mate in 24

  • @JimBalter

    @JimBalter

    Ай бұрын

    of course ... other moves for white lead to obviously lost positions so it quickly finds the ones that don't

  • @grassrootsflshp
    @grassrootsflshp Жыл бұрын

    One of the most beautiful and instructive puzzle i've ever seen! Indispensable and subtle chess principles as sustaining tempo, move sequences and maneuvering, and zugzwang were all demonstrated. Loved this.

  • @deepfriedsammich

    @deepfriedsammich

    Жыл бұрын

    The sustaining of tempo was unnecessary after the pawn promoted to a queen. The game is ended in white's favor in fewer moves by Qf8, followed by Qg7 mate, no matter what black does. Edit: I was wrong. Qf8 leaves black with Qa1 ch.

  • @alexandrucirtu6506
    @alexandrucirtu6506 Жыл бұрын

    fascinating puzzle! all of the moves are so intuitive, yet they create quite the interesting combination :D

  • @Ulkomaalainen

    @Ulkomaalainen

    Жыл бұрын

    More or less my idea. It is quite possible that I would have found every individual move over the board in that given position - not being sure whether it would win the game.

  • @Alan.92n
    @Alan.92n Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant. Shows the endless possibilities of Chess moves, the power of the Queen, and finding the way to win!

  • @DoddyIshamel
    @DoddyIshamel Жыл бұрын

    Perfectly shows the power of the queen and the importance of tempo.

  • @WarAxe
    @WarAxe Жыл бұрын

    Your chess videos are immensely superior. You explain it well, and illustrate it well. I learn something every time.

  • @lutimstrickshots9253
    @lutimstrickshots9253 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible position! Black had so many pieces and was forced to lose all of them. Crazy! Amazing video as always Nelson!

  • @TerjeMathisen
    @TerjeMathisen Жыл бұрын

    I immediately saw the first move and the next few logical continuations, but I had absolutely no idea of the subsequent complications. Very nice!

  • @urshandschin5108
    @urshandschin5108 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding presentation! Videos like this should be used to spread the word about problem chess!

  • @pianotm
    @pianotm Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea what the moves were supposed to be, but I did know one thing: don't stop checking. Check every move, no matter what.

  • @Trip_Fontaine
    @Trip_Fontaine2 ай бұрын

    Wow, like 9 mini puzzles in one position. Amazing composition. I love how your channel has unusual puzzles like this.

  • @luqmaanhay4957

    @luqmaanhay4957

    2 ай бұрын

    Okay

  • @PrometheanConsulting
    @PrometheanConsulting Жыл бұрын

    Apart from the pawn-clearing, I recognized this pattern from the outset. The first 3 moves were literally my first try and it took me a moment to work out the specific tactics at 2 of the checkpoints. A queen out of position is no queen at all. A very instructive video on how powerful the King is in a mating attack in the endgame.

  • @treybrown6158
    @treybrown615811 ай бұрын

    i’m so proud of myself, i actually saw almost all the moves as nelson explained it

  • @shreyjain3197
    @shreyjain3197 Жыл бұрын

    i would literally ragequit chess if this happened to me like usually you'd think the queen checks would end after a while but they dont and then u realise that the queen is taking all your pawns and piece slowly, with check and when u think it might be a draw it becomes a checkmate

  • @jacobwansleeben
    @jacobwansleeben4 ай бұрын

    At 3:20 I was convinced that the next move for White was to move Queen to F8, but then I saw that Black can just move Queen to A1 to Check.

  • @inyobill

    @inyobill

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh. Duh (me, not you).

  • @luqmaanhay4957

    @luqmaanhay4957

    2 ай бұрын

    Okay

  • @Obinaab_Kenoobi
    @Obinaab_Kenoobi6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for so instructive moves on that puzzle :) Stay sharp, play smart ! Luvit !

  • @emiliomartinez7915
    @emiliomartinez7915 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent demo. Very instructive. Congratulations

  • @marktisdale8058
    @marktisdale8058 Жыл бұрын

    Watching these puzzles is helping. I actually came up with the correct moves this time.

  • @liorberman7240
    @liorberman7240 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing puzzle, easy to follow and understand yet still complex and full of small details

  • @Amoeby
    @Amoeby Жыл бұрын

    Love the geometry of the queen moves. I was surprised how far I could calculate this without seeing the position. 1. Re7+ Kf8 2. d7 Kg8 3. Re8+ Kh7 4. Rxd8 d1=Q 5. Rh8+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kh7 7. Qc7+ Kh6 8. Qxf4+ Kh7 9. Qh2+ Kg8 10. Qb8+ Kh7 11. Qxa7+ Kh6 12. Qxe3+ Kh7 13. Qh3+ Kg8 14. Qc8+ Kh7 Here I decided to set the position on the board to calculate from that because I wasn't too sure where the next couple of moves were leading. That was very helpful. 15. Qd7+ Kh6 16. Qh3+ Qh5 17. Qe3+ g5 18. Qxd3 (queen has to guard g6 square so there are only two moves - g4 and Qe8) g4 19. Qe3+ Kh7 20. Qe7+ Kh6/Kh8/Kg8 21. Qg7# 18. ... Qe8 19. Qh3+ Qh5 20. Qf5 (threatening Qxg5+ -> Qg7# and Qg6# so black's queen is paralysed) g4 21. Qf4+ Kh7 22. Qc7+ Kh6/Kh8/Kg8 23. Qg7# Gotta say I had a chess orgasm after solving this. As I said before, the geometry of the queen moves is truly fascinating.

  • @Amoeby

    @Amoeby

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-in3me1hm7b nah, it might look intimidating but in reality all the moves are kinda forced and repetitive so it is easier to follow than the shorter puzzle but with more sublines. At least for me that's how it is.

  • @matthewgreen4265

    @matthewgreen4265

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-in3me1hm7b all of what he said is nonsense. Just typing out the moves. Don't lose yourself in that

  • @seeridk4266

    @seeridk4266

    Жыл бұрын

    U had a chess orgasm? What

  • @tarikay93

    @tarikay93

    Жыл бұрын

    Okay nerd

  • @rolanroxas2794

    @rolanroxas2794

    Жыл бұрын

    How long did it take u to write all of these?

  • @wynlewis5357
    @wynlewis53577 ай бұрын

    Thanks for all these wonderful puzzles and explaining them so clearly.

  • @techstudy1746
    @techstudy1746 Жыл бұрын

    Superb video! thanks for so nice content and best of luck for your new year

  • @Mihail-TeodorianGeorgescu
    @Mihail-TeodorianGeorgescu Жыл бұрын

    I don't know if someone will believe me but I am very glad to say that I managed to see each move of this fabulous puzzle. I exercise pretty often by doing chess puzzles but this is by far the greatest that I've ever solved.

  • @ecospider5

    @ecospider5

    Жыл бұрын

    Great job. I couldn’t tell I was going to win until the last 5 moves. But I was able to pause and figure out each move he did.

  • @Mihail-TeodorianGeorgescu

    @Mihail-TeodorianGeorgescu

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ecospider5 That's good. The most difficult it seemed to me to realize the plan and the moment with the queen moving it to the lighted squares.

  • @rubinchandra6287
    @rubinchandra6287 Жыл бұрын

    The greatest chess puzzle I've ever seen in my life.

  • @UberOcelot
    @UberOcelotАй бұрын

    I think I learned more about end game positioning in this one video than all the other resources I've seen. Of course there are endgames with no queens and just knights and pawns. But it's these sort repeated check opportunities that demonstrate how you can hang on without feeling compelled to resign.

  • @cwjalexx
    @cwjalexx Жыл бұрын

    Puzzles like this make me wonder how many times people have resigned seemingly obviously “lost” positions when in reality they had a forced win.

  • @hx823
    @hx8237 ай бұрын

    Judging from the opening position, the key for white was a series of forcing moves. And what's more forcing than a check? QED

  • @bmakepeacekamen3082
    @bmakepeacekamen3082 Жыл бұрын

    At 10:20, ...Qf7+ forced White to take. It's still a mate, but because the mate is not 1 move later, it's the only "tactic" left for Black to pull off a stalemate if White isn't exacting. It's again mate, but it's worth noting how this final stab Black takes heightens the level of how exacting White must be all the more so, up to this last ditch effort.

  • @indranildas8929
    @indranildas8929 Жыл бұрын

    Superb... Keep posting this kind of puzzles

  • @rog944
    @rog944 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing puzzle! Thanks for this great explanation.

  • @captainkeyboard1007
    @captainkeyboard1007 Жыл бұрын

    Nice show! I hope your channel will remain longer without another interruption.

  • @drziggyabdelmalak1439
    @drziggyabdelmalak14396 ай бұрын

    Good stuff, Nelson!

  • @arekkrolak6320
    @arekkrolak6320 Жыл бұрын

    Really cool puzzle, beginning was easy but that final trick with repositioning queen escaped me

  • @AutPen38
    @AutPen38 Жыл бұрын

    When I first saw this, I got the first couple of moves pretty quickly and realised a rook sac might be necessary to allow a white queen to arrive. I thought that White's ability to threaten mate might mean that black wouldn't even have time to promote his pawn, but it turns out that black can make a queen, but white will still win because his own new queen can get active immediately. Tempo is so important. It pans out a bit differently if it is black to play at the start.

  • @joejones625
    @joejones6254 ай бұрын

    Awesome!!! That’s bud. I really enjoy learning from you.

  • @user-bx5sh6xt3m
    @user-bx5sh6xt3m3 ай бұрын

    so this is how you win a level 12 computer since they do not make mistakes like humans and play the best possible moves. I'll keep watching these videos to beat it. Thanks a lot

  • @jasonanno3881
    @jasonanno3881 Жыл бұрын

    This is like a reverse psychology puzzle. I feel like the super obvious moves are never right in higher level puzzles but that was the case a few times here

  • @bjornlangoren3002

    @bjornlangoren3002

    Жыл бұрын

    Reverse is the key. I suspect the puzzle is indeed designed with the ending first, and then rolled up with forced move after forced move, and putting down black pieces in the path of destruction as you go.

  • @bushanmehra9885
    @bushanmehra9885 Жыл бұрын

    Indeed ,i saw many puzzles,but this one looks like a match's middle game,truely magnifisant.

  • @mrpokefan8369
    @mrpokefan8369 Жыл бұрын

    Mindblowing is the correct expression, thanks a lot for this wonderful puzzle

  • @damnthisisabadname
    @damnthisisabadname Жыл бұрын

    As a 900, I am proud to say that I found the first half of the moves

  • @horvathrenata968
    @horvathrenata968 Жыл бұрын

    Love this timing!

  • @bastiaan0741
    @bastiaan0741 Жыл бұрын

    I improvised the win, but was surprised it took so long.

  • @DaTruDreamers
    @DaTruDreamers Жыл бұрын

    Jesus. That was a long explanation. Glad you’ve explained it the whole way!

  • @xelayntolobas
    @xelayntolobas Жыл бұрын

    Was nice, thank you!

  • @prakashholla7331
    @prakashholla7331 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. Thanks.

  • @ChessVibesOfficial

    @ChessVibesOfficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @kausikdas530
    @kausikdas5303 ай бұрын

    Superb puzzle & analysis.

  • @347573
    @3475736 ай бұрын

    wow, more than imagined at the beginning!!

  • @jairowens118
    @jairowens118 Жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @3RAN7ON
    @3RAN7ON16 күн бұрын

    ABC: always be checking!

  • @venkateshas1381
    @venkateshas13819 күн бұрын

    Mind boggling moves !

  • @brunomaelstrom8823
    @brunomaelstrom8823 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent !

  • @MegaBurcho
    @MegaBurcho6 ай бұрын

    Nelson,thank you for sharing this gorgeous puzzle.

  • @kennethgee2004
    @kennethgee2004 Жыл бұрын

    So this demonstrates the concepts of king safety and tempo

  • @luispalou217
    @luispalou217 Жыл бұрын

    Excelente. Baile de Reinas, con una Reina más lista y más astuta que la otra.

  • @Modecio
    @Modecio Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating is one of the most used words on this channel 😂

  • @thekurdishtapes8317

    @thekurdishtapes8317

    Жыл бұрын

    and the most correct one at that

  • @dannyosolo2752
    @dannyosolo2752Ай бұрын

    Truly thrilling and Mesmerising

  • @gustavofiguera
    @gustavofiguera3 ай бұрын

    Nelson, this kind of chess studies surpass any imagination. Thank you.

  • @diogenes_of_sinope
    @diogenes_of_sinope Жыл бұрын

    Very cool study!

  • @wanderlustwarrior
    @wanderlustwarrior Жыл бұрын

    I thought there was a simpler position for checkmate in 6 white moves from the initial position, diverging at 2:09, but that's because I didn't see that black's bishop was there to prevent that exact ending. At least I'm getting better about seeing paths and solutions!

  • @TheCOrnbread4

    @TheCOrnbread4

    Жыл бұрын

    It looks like start of the video white can play two moves for checkmate

  • @LiudmilaSydney
    @LiudmilaSydney8 ай бұрын

    On the 2nd puzzle you should have went down to the white square because from there there is a checkmate in 3 or 4

  • @edntz
    @edntz Жыл бұрын

    I saw all these steps in the beginning during the short pauze. Easy puzzle.

  • @arsenic1987
    @arsenic1987 Жыл бұрын

    5:00 - I would have guessed to go Qa1 to check, but I see the king can "escape" to h8, but that does leave open going BACK to h2 for a check to force the same position. So if I was playing this, I would have played Qa1 just in the hopes of a mismove of the king to f8. :P

  • @thetaomegatheta

    @thetaomegatheta

    Жыл бұрын

    The only queen that can get to a1 from that position is the black one, but it's white to move, and Qb8 is a check that forces Kh7. There is no opportunity for black queen to go a1. If you want to go a1 with the white queen at some point shortly after, black just takes with their queen and white loses.

  • @tomzalmstra8276
    @tomzalmstra8276 Жыл бұрын

    with the help of SF14: This is a true Mate in 24 for white! All other moves are Mate in at most 12 for black. Amazing,

  • @empdisaster10
    @empdisaster10 Жыл бұрын

    I saw a simpler solution with king g7 and let black promote since you can check mate with rook E7. Basically cut off the king. The king can’t move and if black moves the knight moves to check the king simply move the king to g8 which avoids the knight while keeping the pin on the king. Then when they promote since they don’t really have any other option, check mate with the rook since it’s protected and the king can’t enter the squares next to your king. The pawn promotion does nothing since it’s blocked my tbe bishop and by the time it moves to defend it’s too late

  • @thetaomegatheta

    @thetaomegatheta

    Жыл бұрын

    'king g7' Kg7 Kxd7 White is left with no rook, no way to defend their pawn, against a table full of black pieces, with a pawn ready to promote. 'The king can’t move' The king can take white rook.

  • @thetaomegatheta

    @thetaomegatheta

    Жыл бұрын

    @@williammayson5270 The pawn does not protect the rook. Pawns do not protect what is right in front of them on the same file.

  • @williammayson5270

    @williammayson5270

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thetaomegatheta I see. I was assuming black would promote its pawn rather than take the rook.

  • @alibalik4481
    @alibalik4481 Жыл бұрын

    the intereisting thing is that a lot of players will play every move but nearly noone of them sees from the beginnint to the end. For me it was oh lets play Re7 i dont see to the end but it looks nice and after that d7 seemed the only one not loosing imidiately and so on . i found each single move but most of them because they where the only ones holding white into the game and not because i saw the checkmate.

  • @gurge4429
    @gurge4429 Жыл бұрын

    Always love the queen puzzles!

  • @418cjpaul
    @418cjpaul6 ай бұрын

    that was amazing!

  • @petegrusky2715
    @petegrusky27154 ай бұрын

    Chess is such intriguing game. Ancient say it imitates battle field and I agree

  • @rudradevsingh228
    @rudradevsingh228 Жыл бұрын

    Nelson, I know you did a video on how to destroy a fianchetto, but is it possible to make a video on how to fianchetto effectively and use it as an attacking and a defensive weapon?

  • @robertehrenworth3310
    @robertehrenworth3310 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Brilliant puzzle shows vulnerability of king pinned to side of the board!

  • @vladimirvolodarskya1904
    @vladimirvolodarskya1904 Жыл бұрын

    The nice sample of the meaning of Tempo and using bad position of the black king .

  • @nubby_ll
    @nubby_ll Жыл бұрын

    So mindblowing

  • @kyoopihd
    @kyoopihd Жыл бұрын

    I thought I had the solution like 7 times throughout that whole thing but was wrong repeatedly until the very end

  • @hosseinmohammadi8776
    @hosseinmohammadi8776 Жыл бұрын

    Really nice and educational

  • @danc1323
    @danc1323 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.

  • @ferrantepallas
    @ferrantepallas Жыл бұрын

    got it, simple and elegant

  • @truthcrackers
    @truthcrackers Жыл бұрын

    Great puzzle!

  • @caoshishu1468
    @caoshishu14684 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful windmill combination.

  • @virt1one
    @virt1one12 күн бұрын

    queen on open board with exposed king can often let a skilled player maintain tempo long enough to force a mate

  • @BigDBrian
    @BigDBrian Жыл бұрын

    At 4:05 why not Qc7+? king goes down, now you play Qh2, they have to block with queen, Qf4+ they have to block with queen again or they get checkmated by the lines shown in the video, but you can just take it. edit: the pawn can block that last check and there's no good follow up

  • @BigDBrian

    @BigDBrian

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juniorgaming_0926 edited. It's annoying I can't see the chess board while typing a comment on mobile

  • @00001Htheprogrammer

    @00001Htheprogrammer

    Жыл бұрын

    Why not Qc7+? Well, it's Qc7+?, so...

  • @danielyuan9862

    @danielyuan9862

    Жыл бұрын

    I had the exact same question and didn't realize the pawn.

  • @realndex

    @realndex

    Жыл бұрын

    The can block with the pawns

  • @kurtwpg

    @kurtwpg

    5 ай бұрын

    Easier: Check my post above. At 3:30 go Qf8 and it's mate in 1.

  • @Arnikaaa
    @Arnikaaa7 ай бұрын

    He sacrifices... THE ROOOOK

  • @lucianadiacipriani5220
    @lucianadiacipriani5220 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful moves.

  • @peterdc
    @peterdc Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful 💙

  • @thomasyogayoiii3759
    @thomasyogayoiii37593 ай бұрын

    Excellent

  • @scottgunderson4643
    @scottgunderson46434 ай бұрын

    Cool puzzle but the simpler solution at 5:10 would be Queen to C7 check, then checkmate in 4 moves without having to capture 3 more pieces.

  • @user-fm3no5gm9t
    @user-fm3no5gm9t6 ай бұрын

    It's an unbelievable win!

  • @juno3189
    @juno3189 Жыл бұрын

    Wow that was beautiful!

  • @scrangifying2723
    @scrangifying2723 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing windmill queen tactic checkmate

  • @weareone2854
    @weareone2854Ай бұрын

    Can also repeat the queen move and then checkmate :) as in, after taking the first pawn, instead of continuing the line, isn’t it possible to go Q back to c2, have that Bosnian king go to h6, queen to h2.. and GG?

  • @brendanrobertson5966
    @brendanrobertson5966 Жыл бұрын

    You could subtitle this one "whipped between pillar and post"

  • @SamuelPearlman
    @SamuelPearlman Жыл бұрын

    Nice! Q: Do you wrestle with these until you solve them, before you present them to us?

  • @chloesmith4065
    @chloesmith40654 ай бұрын

    Awesome video

  • @rainsmith6138
    @rainsmith6138 Жыл бұрын

    Where can I find this puzzle?

  • @TraeFittz
    @TraeFittz3 ай бұрын

    *SENSATIONAL* 😎

  • @cenkgokce7309
    @cenkgokce7309 Жыл бұрын

    I will try to imagine this man talking and explaining in my brain next time i play chess

  • @angelmeier4382
    @angelmeier4382 Жыл бұрын

    It would be cool to have such a position in a game.

  • @gregorytomaszewski3304
    @gregorytomaszewski3304 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible

  • @lucafabri6421
    @lucafabri64214 ай бұрын

    Brilliant