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So what happens if along the main line, instead of the queen moving to b7 or c6, it sacrifices itself on d5. If you take with the rook, the pawn can then pick up the rook, threatening the knight, and while it might be winnable, it might also be a draw. Is there a better option than just trading the rook for a queen?

Really great !

Very nice

It was easy one - I saw it immediately.

1:29 Qc5! Kd7 Qc6! and from there I push the king to the opposite corner

Fantastic Finish

Yes, the direction of the pawns is obvious, so why do people with chess videos insist on telling us? Are they jealous of flight attendants explaining how the seat belts work?

Brilliant study, thank you very much.

Wow! 1 horizontal + 1 vertical skewer ... Very artistic!

I gave up after ten minutes. It was easy after you gave the first move, but I don't think I would have ever got the first move.

I saw 1.e6 immediatly, without thinking, but did not see the move Ng5 and Nf3 (from the diagram). I think, Nf3 !! is the point of the study. As always Kubbel made a wonderful study with this point.

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Very nice. Didn't solve it. One move for Black you didn't mention after Nf3 is e5, but then White has Rg6+, with yet another skewer of the king on the queen.

Many nice lines!

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Very genius problem.

White king: A draw? A lousy DRAW? But I'm white, I always win the puzzles!!!

Half a point is a result

Queen to H6 is also a 2 move solution. isn't it?

I haven't watched the video yet, but I think the solution may be Rg1!, followed by either (a)h2xg1=Q Qh5#, or (b)h2h1=Q Rh1+.

Instructive, this can happen in real games!

My record remains perfect. A perfect zero. I watch every puzzle and solve none. Last one I got the first move right. That’s progress I guess.

It's important to know when there is no win and to take the half point. So many games I've played where my opponent tried to squeak a win out of a draw and it always ends badly for them.

I was partially right in figuring out the first move for White. I moved the King. I just picked the wrong square.

Found it in 10 seconds❤

King d5-f6-e7-d7-c7 ?????

One thing I only just noticed about this puzzle (and probably a lot of the others). If you try to figure out the most recent moves that led to a position like this, there is almost certainly a major blunder involved. Unless black's last move was to capture a major piece on b1, there's no reason for his king to move there. But if white had moved a major piece to b1 with the king on one of the surrounding squares, that's a blunder on white to sacrifice that piece.

White king reaches the black pawn in six moves, the black king reaches the white in five. I would move the white king toward the B file block the black pawn, opting for a draw.

(@3:33) - After black plays Kc4, white can now play Ke2 with the idea of making it to the b-file, then using opposition to keep the black king from getting to the 2nd rank to protect his pawn. If black tries to play for the opposition down here on white’s side of the board, white will just keep it up until the 50-move rule draw is reached (or draw by 3-move repetition), or black tries to go after the white pawn, at which point white again occupies the b-file with his lone king.

I saw immedialty 1.Kg3 in seconds. I know the opposition is important when White plays in a elemantary 3 pieces endgame with no pawn. But very instructiv to show other people!

That is called the Trebuchet position. The white king has to reach the C7 position AFTER the black king reaches A6.

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Love your study materials. My suggestion: Would be nice if you come up with middle game preparation videos where we need to find the best moves in a middle game. It would help us to prepare for middle games combinations, tactics. Thank you very much again.

This brought me back to reality. My endgame skills are still lacking

First glance my guess would be to get the king to a1 and force a stalemate, cause a win looks impossible for white.

very instructive

I was thinking Qd5, black king has to go to b8. But I didn't find any good moves that lead to checkmate in the following two moves.

Didn't look like white could force the promotion looking at the thumbnail. Luckily for white, the black pawn is a knight pawn so those are harder to promote than a bishop or central pawn.

Very good

Easy peasy

This is a good one. It took me awhile to figure it out.

I tried Qb3 (almost there and then Qf7, but after Kd6 there is no mate She really needs to get to e5 to prevent this,

First move: king to C1. 2nd move: knight to D4. 3rd: knight to C2. Why can't do it?

Puzzle solutions that reqire me to move backwards instead of forwards tends to throw me off. I saw the first 4 move solution quickly, but the secound one took me longer. The second solutuion should have gave me a clue, but I still found the three move solution a head scratcher.

I noticed that the Knight on b7 was important but failed to see the Qa8 move. Yet again I missed the zugzwang. I always fail to take that into account when attempting chess puzzles. It's one thing I need to improve on but I just can't figure out how to do it. Those moments when I can identify the problem but have no solution to it are frustrating. Do you have any advice on how to figure out when a chess puzzle has a zugzwang component?

Always greatly enjoy discovering the solutions !!!!!

Beyond by pay grade.

What about Bb6? Qd7 and Qa7...

Wait, this can’t have been a real chess puzzle; it didn’t involve a queen sac! 😅

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