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Absolute masterpiece of a puzzle. If you look at the position 2:12, then F4 isn't an option because moving the pawn is pinned. Makes me wonder if the reason why the bishop is included is to avoid anyone short circuiting the puzzle.
On the second puzzle, after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2, the tablebases say that black can last a lot longer with Rd8+ instead of Bg5+. Black last over 100 more moves.
The way King and bishops interacted in the second mindblowing puzzle reminds me somehow automaton from Game of Life, a very organic way chess evolve in forcing move to obtain the gain.
Number 2, i would have like explained by you two other options for possible moves. First move: Taking the black bishop at start with whites rook. Second move: Instead of checking with the bishop from h4 to g5, using blacks rook from h8 to d8. That would have been great if you had involved these two options :)
I like the Queen race tract. I have had similar situations where repeated moves felt like I was accomplishing nothing. When the whole 'repetition' started I actually had a mate in 6. As a 1400, I would never find that.
The second study, some mention this would be a draw because of the 50 move rule. This has some sense since this particular position KQKBB is mate in 66 moves, and most likely one bishop would be captured after move 50. However, for studies, the rule is that all wins are counted, regardless of the number of moves.
@@dquinn1988 check out the input from Zeeg, Black has the much better defense 1...Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8 and we get to a position where tablebases give it as a win with DTZ 120 so a bishop will be captured 60 moves later with optimal play. In an OTB game with both players using the tablebases, and using FIDE's laws, a draw can be declared after move 51 of 60. This is all academic because studies are not evaluated that way, any win (even in 500 moves) is approved as a solution. I hope this presents the argument in a succinct way.
@Chess Vibes Unfortunately, the second puzzle doesn't work: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2. Kd2, Black has 2... Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+! 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8, Queen vs 2 Bishops, but White can not win in 50 moves, draw.
Unrealistic for a human. Very difficult to defend for Black. Even Stockfish on Depth 25 loses this endgame without tablebase; surely a human couldn't hold the same. Remember these studies were made before tablebases, engines or the such.
@@astrolerobot Black has this sequence for Ke3: (Keep in mind that if white goes to a light square there is a discovered attack on the queen which is a draw) 1... Rd8+! 2. Ke3 Bg5+ 3. Kf2 Rf8+! 4. Kg1 (Kg3 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2) (Ke1 Bh4+ Kd2 Rd8+! 1/2 1/2 Repetition) Be3+ 5. Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2
Nice spot, though it's likely that at the time this puzzle was composed the 50-move rule was relaxed to allow 100 moves if one player had a forced win within that time. (Although it doesn't actually change anything, since white needs 120 moves)
@@ProBAgar Yes, that rock on f8 is very annoying ! I did not see it. But what if 5. Qxd7+ meaby it's possible to put de black king in a fork with the black rock and take the rock after. Then it will be queen vs bishop and winning for white. But I am not sure if this fork is possible. Too many possibilities to calculate...
I think the second study was much tougher, and I doubt I'd have ever solved it. It amazes me that anyone can visualize that far ahead to come up with the right plan. The first puzzle on the other hand practically plays itself and I might have been able to find the right idea during a game, at least by accident. That said, I prefer the first puzzle because it's very appealing to my aesthetic sense. It's this kind of beautiful geometry that fuels my interest in Chess.
@@rekhaphogat9370 Not quite! After king takes b6, bishop takes rook with a discovered check so white doesn't get to recapture bishop. So it's a rook and bishop versus queen endgame. Also what's this have to do with my comment? Lol
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Your presentation makes every video a learning experience. You are great at explaining tactics especially in real life situations. I think it's because you stay focussed on the teaching/learning experience. That said, another fans recently suggested you could dive into 'Tal' explanations for average level players. Also, discussing level 1000-1500 games would be great as well.
Both of these puzzles are amazing, but I really like the second one the most. The first one is beautiful aesthetically, but the second one is much longer, I think it's also more complex, and the sequence of moves required to finally get to the desired square is just so fascinating. With the first one I did see the idea early on, and felt proud that I calculated correctly, but the second one... I had no idea what the answer was. It really impressed me!
Thank you for posting these, great example of the complexity of the queen's end game, I avoid queen end games like the plague, the faster I can trade them off the board, the better. Great examples, my head is spinning a tad! I like both, the second is more interesting and less intutive.
On the first puzzle, after Qh8+ and Qf6, f4+ wins the Queen, although it could lose the pawn or the bishop depending on where the black king goes after f4+.
At 2:18 you can move the pawn to f4 which puts the king in check, you have to move the king which makes it a free kill for the queen, and you now threat the bishop and force it to move, and if they don't the bishop dies, making you in a really good position and basically wins you the game.
Stockfish insists at 6:55 that Rh5+ is a way better move than having the bishop go up to swop out for the light squared bishop in terms of being pinned, can you maybe share what would happen if the opponent plays Rh5+ instead
stockfish says it bc he sees the rook + bishop endgame being a draw. This puzzle is made with both players seeking the win, so the rook move isn't considered
2:06 i think pawn f4 is also a good move make the king stay away from queen and has to move so we basiclly just take the queen easy they can have our pawn but we get the free queen
hey we like this, do more like this. I choose the second puzzle cause its vry funny to my that king are going 2 moves to the right but in 10 moves. Thanks for content. Have a nice day/night :D
On the second puzzle, what if you took the light squared bishop with the rook at the start? We'd loose the rook with discovered check, but then we could take with a pawn to get the same queen and bishop endgame. Does this strategy work? Or is there some counterplay?
2:06 What is wrong with pawn to f4? Puts the king in check and the only valid squares the king can go can't protect the queen or am I missing something?
I love both of these, but I prefer the second. I always find the tactical paths of the king to be so interesting, especially since your first instinct as a new player is to keep it out of harm's way.
qh8 was my first instinctive thought likely because of the pawn. Is there a puzzle with a knight's tour which can check in every move if the king is placed correctly, just for puzzle value?
Actually, Stockfish found a flaw in the second puzzle. After b8Q and Bh4+, the white King steps to Kd2. There Stockfish does not continue checking with the black bishop, instead Stockplays Rd8+! and brings the black rook to a protected position (protected by the Bh4). After the natural Kc3 then Stockfish plays Bd7!, attacking the White Queen plus the White rook (behind the Queen) and hiding the King behind the Bishop. After Qb7 (or Qa7), the rooks are exchanged on a8 (taking the Bd7 is worse for white) and finally black remains with two Bishops against the White Queen. Black moves the white Bishop to Bf5 and its very hard for White to break into the black "castle". The bishops can protect the King very well and also keep the White King away. The advantage shown by Stockfish is round about +1.1 for White, but this also shows, that Stockfish cannot see a forced win for White.
That just shows Stockfish is flawed in this type of ending. Syzygy tablebases confirm that the second study is correct: after 2...Rd8+ 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qb7 Rxa8, 5.Qxd7+ is a forced mate, DTM58 (5.Qxa8 also wins but takes longer). Note that the 50-move rule doesn't apply to endgame studies like this one.
For the first puzzle, after first queen check, pawn check also wins the queen, right? For the second one, why don't we just take a light squared bishop with a rook on the first move?
In the second puzzle the option at 10:35 why wouldn‘t it work for white to thake the b6 bishop? Black would thake the rock at a8 but after white king to a7 black could only give a check that instantly makes black lose the rock(a6)since the king blocks the h7-check for the rock, so white could start to check-hunt like in the video-solution
On the second puzzle: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Bg5+ 3.Kc3 Bf6+ 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Ka5. Tablebases confirm that black lasts considerably longer after Rh5+ but the optimal lines are incomprehensible. In the alternative line, 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+ -- black lasts a lot longer in this line. We get 3.Kc3 (only winning move) Bd7 4.Qa7 (or Qb7) Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 white wins in 140 more moves starting with 6.Qxa8 I would hate to have to play this out.
My favorite was the amazing king walk. Very specific and accurate moves leading to a winner impressive and I hope I can find moves like that in an endgame. Thanks for the video 🙂
In the first puzzle, after the first Qh8 followed by Qf6, couldn’t white push the pawn to check the king which forces it to move out of the range of protecting the queen, and then white can capture the queen on the next move?
According to a comment above that would actually result in a position which is drawn, so the puzzle doesn't work. However, the resulting position would be Q vs 2B which is difficult to draw and is losing without the 50 move rule
At 2:00 I would have moved up the white pawn to f4. The result is sacing White's pawn for black's Queen, or sacing the white Bishop for both black's Queen and Bishop.
2:10 There is three checks. After Qh8 Qf6, why not push the pawn to f4 to check the king and win the queen? The only way to avoid the check is leaving the queen unprotected.
2:16 why not check with the pawn?? And get their queen?? If they take the pawn or move away from the attack either way you will get their queen without exchanging queens By then they either stop playing or white will eventually win
What if we just play Rook captures c8 as the first move of the second study? We can avoid the threat of the bishop check, because it would just lead to a trade of rooks and the promotion to a queen. And if he doesn't play that, we can either promote to a queen safely. While there is one variation I see that speaks against playing this, it would have been interesting to mention and play through in the video
You bet, relikghffdehuiitghffeh! :-)) but joking aside, it's fairly obvious that, as soon as the bishop gets on the diagonal h2-b8, any queening attempt on b8 is futile There's even another way for black to draw by checking on h1 and then Rb1 to prevent any queening attempt from there as rook vs bishop is also a draw. But the first one is easier as black keeps the rook unless white wants to exchange it, but then he'll never queen either... any other questions? :-))
2:02 could move the pawn forward, pawn forced king to move or game over so king HAS to take pawn or move away which leaves Queen open for the taking. (Reading comments I now realize the bishop is guarding the king. My bad.) 7:35 King to A6 then to A7 10:36 Step 1: king takes B6, Step 2: bishop takes A8 revealing discover check but the queen is pretty much safe against the bishop. As long as she doesn't move. Step 3: So, king moves from B6 back up to A7 to threaten the bishop and use the enemy king as a blockade vs the rook. Step 4: Rook likely moves to H8 to threaten the Queen Forked path step 5: White can decide whether to tie or win. If king takes bishop A8 and Rook obviously takes queen B8 then white king will take rook B8 and it's only two kings and no other pieces so it's a draw. The second way is back to Step 5 and instead Step: 6 move Queen to C7 A) If king moves up king takes bishop for free and king can't move down so only took can move to threaten Queen but queen can keep moving king into check until she is diagonally lined up with the rook and can take the rook for free. Basically it's all about constant checks and stealing pieces through mean checks. B) if the king moves down you keep checking the king until you can take the Rook with a diagonal or that you can take the bishop for free.
Regarding no. 2, I have analyzed it with Stockfish 15.1 up to depth 60 and it does not agree with how the puzzle is developed. It gives White an advantage of merely +1.2. For instance, it does not agree with Bd8+, but prefers Rh5+, Kb6, Rh6+ and so on. Also, even if we continue as per video, Stockfish 15.1 does not agree with Bh3+ but prefers Rf8+.
The first one, I stopped calculating the winning line because the queen blocks and went with Bd4 with the idea of taking the pawn. Doesn’t work because the Black bishop takes you pawn and it’s drawn because you can’t win with just a bishop
When the queen is in this position at 2:44 couldn't the white pawn just move to f4 and put the king in check which then wouldn't allow the king to protect the queen and then put the king in check again no matter where he moves and take his bishop also and be able to get the queen much faster? Or am I missing something.
Haha so you're just now getting into Liburkin... I've seen his stuff back in the 70s. I suggest you get the Red Books, aka the 4 books by Andre Cheron: Lehr und Handbuch der Endspiel. Tvey have a ton of studies in them and Liburkin is represented in them. For a modern approach to being startled, I suggest trying out some of the studies by Arpad Rusz, as he is positively brilliant. There is an endgame study database that has close to 100k studies in it... have fun
I think in the second study, if black knows that white is going for a win, a draw can be forced under the 50-move rule if black placed the bishops in a way that the queen capture will always be traded. Plus the fact that white needs to avoid 3-fold repetition, I wouldn't say that the optimal lines given by tablebases are incomprehensible, but I doubt a lot of people will calculate it fast enough OTB.
I would like the second one better except that I think it relies on black only checking with the bishop. If after 1. b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 black plays 2. ...Rd8+ then we're drawing still. White's king still can't go to any white squares because of the bishop check and discovered attack on the queen. So, 3. Kc3 Bd7!. White can't take the rook because it's being protected by the bishop on h4 and the only check available is 4. Qe5+ which can't be played because 4... bf6 loses the queen. So 4. Qa7 or 4 Qb7 is the best move because it saves the queen and protects the rook. Either option is followed by 4... Bf6+! (moving bishop close to king for drawn 2 bishop v. Queen endgame) 5. Kb4 Rxa4 6. Qxa4 and the position is drawing. So, because of that, I like the first study better
Absolutely fantastic puzzles, my favourite was the one with the queen going all around the board, so interesting how the position changed by forcing the opponents queen to the other side of the board. It looked like we would just be delivering checks with no reward but that subtle difference of the queen being about of position changed everything, really enjoyed this one 👌👌👌
question, i'm new at check so probably a dumb question, but on the first study at 2:07 why can't we just move our pawn from f3 to f4 and check his king so he's forced to move it and so we can eat his queen? like we got her in less move then before no?
At 2:06, why not just move the white pawn up to check the king? Then the king has to move, or take the pawn, and white gets the black queen and wins. What am i missing here???
Both positions were amazing. I prefer the first one, it’s like the skewer was “forced” because it would happen anyway. (Well of course only if we play the correct moves with white). The second position was also pretty cool, the king just went on a walk, “exploring” , kind of, the chess board.
Second puzzle is draw. After Bh4+ and Kd2, black can play Rd8+. With perfect play, starting with move 7, white has one queen and black has the 2 bishops.
because Rh1+and white has to move the king, and then Rb1, you either have a rook v. rook or rook v. bishop endgame, and it's not enough to win for white
What I don't quite understand (maybe I'm missing something, I'm not that highly ranked in chess), is why doesn't, after the first queen move (this is on the first one), why the pawn doesn't move up one, putting the king in check, forcing it to move away from the queen, and just take the queen then?
In second position after bishop h4 check and king move, if black play rook d8 check instead of bishop g5 check, black lose with forced mate more than 50 moves.
I enjoyed these both. The first was my preferred. It was like Queens were dancing but one was being lead to a wall the whole time.
Thanks for sharing, Calvin. I was wondering which one was “your preferred”, but now I know!
You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
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The dance of the queens and then the king's march
Absolute masterpiece of a puzzle. If you look at the position 2:12, then F4 isn't an option because moving the pawn is pinned. Makes me wonder if the reason why the bishop is included is to avoid anyone short circuiting the puzzle.
Probably tbh
Thanks, came down to the comments to ask why they can't deflect the king with the pawn
I was wondering why pawn couldn't put king in check an isolate the queen that way, but that explains why the bishop is there in the first place.
ohhhhh i see what you mean after 4 min off midnight thinking.
Thanks a lot man i was actually wondering why not the pawn Move
On the second puzzle, after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2, the tablebases say that black can last a lot longer with Rd8+ instead of Bg5+. Black last over 100 more moves.
The way King and bishops interacted in the second mindblowing puzzle reminds me somehow automaton from Game of Life, a very organic way chess evolve in forcing move to obtain the gain.
Number 2, i would have like explained by you two other options for possible moves. First move: Taking the black bishop at start with whites rook. Second move: Instead of checking with the bishop from h4 to g5, using blacks rook from h8 to d8. That would have been great if you had involved these two options :)
I like the Queen race tract. I have had similar situations where repeated moves felt like I was accomplishing nothing. When the whole 'repetition' started I actually had a mate in 6. As a 1400, I would never find that.
The second study, some mention this would be a draw because of the 50 move rule. This has some sense since this particular position KQKBB is mate in 66 moves, and most likely one bishop would be captured after move 50. However, for studies, the rule is that all wins are counted, regardless of the number of moves.
I heard, that they change this rule because of kind like this.
@@vojtechsejkora1554 Long time ago some positions were given 75 moves, but that rule has been abolished a long time ago, rightfully so in my opinion.
@@jespernorgaard3795 White only makes around 12 moves from the starting position, what’s the problem?
@@dquinn1988 check out the input from Zeeg, Black has the much better defense 1...Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8 and we get to a position where tablebases give it as a win with DTZ 120 so a bishop will be captured 60 moves later with optimal play. In an OTB game with both players using the tablebases, and using FIDE's laws, a draw can be declared after move 51 of 60. This is all academic because studies are not evaluated that way, any win (even in 500 moves) is approved as a solution. I hope this presents the argument in a succinct way.
@@jespernorgaard3795 yes, thanks for explaining!
I liked the first one better. Those skewer threats were amazing. Awesome video, would love to see more videos like this.
@Chess Vibes Unfortunately, the second puzzle doesn't work: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2. Kd2, Black has 2... Rd8+! 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qa7 Bf6+! 5.Kd2 Rxa8 6.Qxa8, Queen vs 2 Bishops, but White can not win in 50 moves, draw.
After Rd8 the white can play Ke3
Unrealistic for a human. Very difficult to defend for Black. Even Stockfish on Depth 25 loses this endgame without tablebase; surely a human couldn't hold the same. Remember these studies were made before tablebases, engines or the such.
@@astrolerobot Black has this sequence for Ke3: (Keep in mind that if white goes to a light square there is a discovered attack on the queen which is a draw)
1... Rd8+! 2. Ke3 Bg5+ 3. Kf2 Rf8+! 4. Kg1 (Kg3 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2) (Ke1 Bh4+ Kd2 Rd8+! 1/2 1/2 Repetition) Be3+ 5. Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2 1/2
Nice spot, though it's likely that at the time this puzzle was composed the 50-move rule was relaxed to allow 100 moves if one player had a forced win within that time. (Although it doesn't actually change anything, since white needs 120 moves)
@@ProBAgar Yes, that rock on f8 is very annoying ! I did not see it. But what if 5. Qxd7+ meaby it's possible to put de black king in a fork with the black rock and take the rock after. Then it will be queen vs bishop and winning for white. But I am not sure if this fork is possible. Too many possibilities to calculate...
That first puzzle reminds me when GMs sometime repeat checks which confuses me, but it results in slightly different positions
I think the second study was much tougher, and I doubt I'd have ever solved it. It amazes me that anyone can visualize that far ahead to come up with the right plan. The first puzzle on the other hand practically plays itself and I might have been able to find the right idea during a game, at least by accident. That said, I prefer the first puzzle because it's very appealing to my aesthetic sense. It's this kind of beautiful geometry that fuels my interest in Chess.
Well said!!!
But on 10:38 we could move king b6 and take the bishop and then after bishop takes rook we could take the bishop and it would be queen vs rook endgame
@@rekhaphogat9370 Not quite! After king takes b6, bishop takes rook with a discovered check so white doesn't get to recapture bishop. So it's a rook and bishop versus queen endgame. Also what's this have to do with my comment? Lol
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@@Modiagent What a noob lol
Your presentation makes every video a learning experience. You are great at explaining tactics especially in real life situations. I think it's because you stay focussed on the teaching/learning experience. That said, another fans recently suggested you could dive into 'Tal' explanations for average level players. Also, discussing level 1000-1500 games would be great as well.
These puzzles are fantastic. More, please, sir.
In general, I really like the graphics that you use. Really adds to your instruction.
Both of these puzzles are amazing, but I really like the second one the most. The first one is beautiful aesthetically, but the second one is much longer, I think it's also more complex, and the sequence of moves required to finally get to the desired square is just so fascinating. With the first one I did see the idea early on, and felt proud that I calculated correctly, but the second one... I had no idea what the answer was. It really impressed me!
I'm always great at these puzzles by the end of the video
I could solve these puzzles with my eyes closed -- now that I know how it's done.
Both great puzzles! I think the second was more complex, but they were both amazing. Thanx!
Thank you for posting these, great example of the complexity of the queen's end game, I avoid queen end games like the plague, the faster I can trade them off the board, the better.
Great examples, my head is spinning a tad!
I like both, the second is more interesting and less intutive.
On the first puzzle, after Qh8+ and Qf6, f4+ wins the Queen, although it could lose the pawn or the bishop depending on where the black king goes after f4+.
That's the one I was looking at. It forces the black king out of his queen-guarding role.
The f4 pawn is pinned by the c6 bishop. I first also didn´t understand why f4 was not winning much faster.
@@zeuszeus5 Oh, crap. I didn't see that. I hate chess. lol
At 2:18 you can move the pawn to f4 which puts the king in check, you have to move the king which makes it a free kill for the queen, and you now threat the bishop and force it to move, and if they don't the bishop dies, making you in a really good position and basically wins you the game.
You cannot move the pawn. It is pinned by the bishop.
Why does no one see that the pawn is PINNED.
Stockfish insists at 6:55 that Rh5+ is a way better move than having the bishop go up to swop out for the light squared bishop in terms of being pinned, can you maybe share what would happen if the opponent plays Rh5+ instead
stockfish says it bc he sees the rook + bishop endgame being a draw.
This puzzle is made with both players seeking the win, so the rook move isn't considered
@@Malam_NightYoru oh , thanks
Your videos are educational and very interesting. I am happy to see your content.
The first is aesthetically more beautiful, the second is intelectually more challenging. Both amazing in their own way.
The first one has the disadvantage that moving the queen around is not necessary because there is a move Pf4+.
@@slavisavukosavljevic3131 Except the pawn is pinned by the black bishop.
@@oenrn right, thank you, I just was wondering...
2:06 i think pawn f4 is also a good move make the king stay away from queen and has to move so we basiclly just take the queen easy they can have our pawn but we get the free queen
That pawn is pinned by the black bishop
Wow! 🤯🧠 These puzzles were amazing and really helped me to try to calculate sharper!
hey we like this, do more like this. I choose the second puzzle cause its vry funny to my that king are going 2 moves to the right but in 10 moves. Thanks for content. Have a nice day/night :D
On the second puzzle, what if you took the light squared bishop with the rook at the start? We'd loose the rook with discovered check, but then we could take with a pawn to get the same queen and bishop endgame. Does this strategy work? Or is there some counterplay?
1:00
"Check" again!
Thanks a lot amazing. You explain very fluently and with great English. Enjoy all your videos. You are great!!
Position 2 what if the rock just took the c8 bishop or the white squared bishop for another choise of words
I really enjoyed this one a part 2 would be very much welcomed :D
I'm not shocked with the tricks on the 2nd puzzle but the 1st one kinda caught me by surprise. Very elegant!
2:06 What is wrong with pawn to f4? Puts the king in check and the only valid squares the king can go can't protect the queen or am I missing something?
#1 is the Queen riding on a merry-go-round! It reminds me of Jan Dobrusky (1901)'s 8/3B4/1K1p4/2pNk3/2bn1b2/3p4/5N2/Q7
Sir, it's a waste of move to give a check on c8 instead we use the pawn to check then we win the queen in puzzle 1
I love both of these, but I prefer the second. I always find the tactical paths of the king to be so interesting, especially since your first instinct as a new player is to keep it out of harm's way.
qh8 was my first instinctive thought likely because of the pawn. Is there a puzzle with a knight's tour which can check in every move if the king is placed correctly, just for puzzle value?
None of those were discovered checks, which is where a piece is moved out of the way of an attack on the opposing king from a different piece.
Really enjoyed these. Keep'em coming!!!
Actually, Stockfish found a flaw in the second puzzle. After b8Q and Bh4+, the white King steps to Kd2. There Stockfish does not continue checking with the black bishop, instead Stockplays Rd8+! and brings the black rook to a protected position (protected by the Bh4). After the natural Kc3 then Stockfish plays Bd7!, attacking the White Queen plus the White rook (behind the Queen) and hiding the King behind the Bishop. After Qb7 (or Qa7), the rooks are exchanged on a8 (taking the Bd7 is worse for white) and finally black remains with two Bishops against the White Queen. Black moves the white Bishop to Bf5 and its very hard for White to break into the black "castle". The bishops can protect the King very well and also keep the White King away. The advantage shown by Stockfish is round about +1.1 for White, but this also shows, that Stockfish cannot see a forced win for White.
That just shows Stockfish is flawed in this type of ending. Syzygy tablebases confirm that the second study is correct: after 2...Rd8+ 3.Kc3 Bd7 4.Qb7 Rxa8, 5.Qxd7+ is a forced mate, DTM58 (5.Qxa8 also wins but takes longer). Note that the 50-move rule doesn't apply to endgame studies like this one.
2:18 white can move pawn to f4 attacking the king. So the queen is conpletely lost there itself
For the first puzzle, after first queen check, pawn check also wins the queen, right?
For the second one, why don't we just take a light squared bishop with a rook on the first move?
The white pawn can't move as it's pinned by the black bishop
@@andyproudfoot9073 oh, thanks, I am stupid.
Great one. Second was mindblowing
I enjoyed both very facinating but I liked the amazing king walk more because I knew it my self when I had seen the bishops
In the second puzzle the option at 10:35 why wouldn‘t it work for white to thake the b6 bishop?
Black would thake the rock at a8 but after white king to a7 black could only give a check that instantly makes black lose the rock(a6)since the king blocks the h7-check for the rock, so white could start to check-hunt like in the video-solution
After 13 Ka7 Bc6 and likely it's a tie, until black messed up
2:45 isnt pawn to f4 a move here to deflect the king and win the queen?
Great puzzles! Finally two puzzles without a stalemate or an underpromotion theme ;)
Nice puzzles, very cool!
In the second, you never discussed checking with the rook during the king walks - there's no way to use the rook somehow?
On the second puzzle: after 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Bg5+ 3.Kc3 Bf6+ 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Ka5. Tablebases confirm that black lasts considerably longer after Rh5+ but the optimal lines are incomprehensible.
In the alternative line, 1.b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 Rd8+ -- black lasts a lot longer in this line. We get 3.Kc3 (only winning move) Bd7 4.Qa7 (or Qb7) Bf6+ 5.Kd2 Rxa8 white wins in 140 more moves starting with 6.Qxa8 I would hate to have to play this out.
I enjoyed these puzzles very much! More of that would be very cool!
My favorite was the amazing king walk. Very specific and accurate moves leading to a winner impressive and I hope I can find moves like that in an endgame. Thanks for the video 🙂
Both were good but the last one was hard to find. Love these type of videos
You said it bro ,"absolutely fascinating stuff" right here.
After the first Queen to H8 move you can win the Queen with pawn to F4
The pawn is pinned to the king by the bishop
@@jamesgodsonodoherty7345 yeah I see that now
Yea, I didn't see the pin either and thought the whole thing was flawed.
@@rickfakhre2400 same
4:53 What if Bc7? It stops the pawn and protects blacks light squared bishop at the same time?
Now it's white turn
Brilliant Chess Puzzles. Thanks for sharing.
In the first puzzle, after the first Qh8 followed by Qf6, couldn’t white push the pawn to check the king which forces it to move out of the range of protecting the queen, and then white can capture the queen on the next move?
The pawn is pinned by the bishop lol
@@Cowmunist ohh I’m stupid lol
06:23 - but what if Black checks with the Rook, rather than the bishop ??
According to a comment above that would actually result in a position which is drawn, so the puzzle doesn't work. However, the resulting position would be Q vs 2B which is difficult to draw and is losing without the 50 move rule
It is not drawn, White is still +3. And Tablebase presents winning moves. So there is a win. However that win is gonna take a long time
@@Jartran72 "Tablebase" ??
Man, Stockfish or gtfo !!
At 2:00 I would have moved up the white pawn to f4. The result is sacing White's pawn for black's Queen, or sacing the white Bishop for both black's Queen and Bishop.
That pawn is pinned
@@ОлександрШишкін-м5р oh, woops!
2:10 There is three checks. After Qh8 Qf6, why not push the pawn to f4 to check the king and win the queen? The only way to avoid the check is leaving the queen unprotected.
That pawn is pinned by Bishop
2:16 why not check with the pawn?? And get their queen?? If they take the pawn or move away from the attack either way you will get their queen without exchanging queens
By then they either stop playing or white will eventually win
I didn't see the black bishop lol
Nevermind 😝
Nelson. Ur videos r PRICELESS
What if we just play Rook captures c8 as the first move of the second study?
We can avoid the threat of the bishop check, because it would just lead to a trade of rooks and the promotion to a queen. And if he doesn't play that, we can either promote to a queen safely.
While there is one variation I see that speaks against playing this, it would have been interesting to mention and play through in the video
after 1.RXc8 it's a draw.
@@dr.bluesfield3629 But why?
Sure it could lead to a draw but it would still be interesting to see why it would be a draw
Just Bh4+ and Bg3
@@dr.bluesfield3629 Boy you gotta be proper fun to be around...
You bet, relikghffdehuiitghffeh! :-)) but joking aside, it's fairly obvious that, as soon as the bishop gets on the diagonal h2-b8, any queening attempt on b8 is futile There's even another way for black to draw by checking on h1 and then Rb1 to prevent any queening attempt from there as rook vs bishop is also a draw. But the first one is easier as black keeps the rook unless white wants to exchange it, but then he'll never queen either... any other questions? :-))
2:02 could move the pawn forward, pawn forced king to move or game over so king HAS to take pawn or move away which leaves Queen open for the taking.
(Reading comments I now realize the bishop is guarding the king. My bad.)
7:35 King to A6 then to A7
10:36
Step 1: king takes B6,
Step 2: bishop takes A8 revealing discover check but the queen is pretty much safe against the bishop. As long as she doesn't move.
Step 3: So, king moves from B6 back up to A7 to threaten the bishop and use the enemy king as a blockade vs the rook.
Step 4: Rook likely moves to H8 to threaten the Queen
Forked path step 5:
White can decide whether to tie or win. If king takes bishop A8 and Rook obviously takes queen B8 then white king will take rook B8 and it's only two kings and no other pieces so it's a draw.
The second way is back to Step 5 and instead
Step: 6 move Queen to C7
A) If king moves up king takes bishop for free and king can't move down so only took can move to threaten Queen but queen can keep moving king into check until she is diagonally lined up with the rook and can take the rook for free. Basically it's all about constant checks and stealing pieces through mean checks.
B) if the king moves down you keep checking the king until you can take the Rook with a diagonal or that you can take the bishop for free.
But black go Bc6 instead of Rh8. And (I'm talking about step 6) King can go to g6 or h6 and after another check - to h7 or g7, so it's a tie
The second move in the first puzzle can also be f4+. You give up a pawn and win the queen, it should be winnable after that.
f4+ is not possible, pawn is pinned by B
Outstanding ideas 👍
Both puzzles are mind-blowing. Please do more.
Regarding no. 2, I have analyzed it with Stockfish 15.1 up to depth 60 and it does not agree with how the puzzle is developed. It gives White an advantage of merely +1.2. For instance, it does not agree with Bd8+, but prefers Rh5+, Kb6, Rh6+ and so on. Also, even if we continue as per video, Stockfish 15.1 does not agree with Bh3+ but prefers Rf8+.
2:05 if on this position white plays f4 with check, then black loses queen, as it's a chack which you can't protect, so you have to lose queen
You can't play f4, as the pawn is pinned to your king.
@@smerriman Ohhhh me be blind
Wow nice positions 👍👍👍 keep uploading these type of studies
2:00 what about pond to f4 winning the queen?
at 3:09, couldbt you just play pawn check to get the Queen easier?
6:08 Isn't it a discovered attack on the queen instead of a discovered check on the king?
The first one, I stopped calculating the winning line because the queen blocks and went with Bd4 with the idea of taking the pawn. Doesn’t work because the Black bishop takes you pawn and it’s drawn because you can’t win with just a bishop
When the queen is in this position at 2:44 couldn't the white pawn just move to f4 and put the king in check which then wouldn't allow the king to protect the queen and then put the king in check again no matter where he moves and take his bishop also and be able to get the queen much faster? Or am I missing something.
You miss a pin
nice tactic in both puzzles , thank you and i am also enjoying your puzzle and game finds
2:17 you could also Push the pawn Forward to give Check black has to move the King and you can Take the Queen. Am i wrong?
Yes, you are. That pawn is pinned
Haha so you're just now getting into Liburkin... I've seen his stuff back in the 70s. I suggest you get the Red Books, aka the 4 books by Andre Cheron: Lehr und Handbuch der Endspiel. Tvey have a ton of studies in them and Liburkin is represented in them. For a modern approach to being startled, I suggest trying out some of the studies by Arpad Rusz, as he is positively brilliant. There is an endgame study database that has close to 100k studies in it... have fun
8:10, Is It possibile to go back to A6 with the king? Keeping the same pattern
Watch 10:08
That second one puts Nigel Short's immortal king walk to shame.
I think in the second study, if black knows that white is going for a win, a draw can be forced under the 50-move rule if black placed the bishops in a way that the queen capture will always be traded. Plus the fact that white needs to avoid 3-fold repetition, I wouldn't say that the optimal lines given by tablebases are incomprehensible, but I doubt a lot of people will calculate it fast enough OTB.
I would like the second one better except that I think it relies on black only checking with the bishop. If after 1. b8=Q Bh4+ 2.Kd2 black plays 2. ...Rd8+ then we're drawing still. White's king still can't go to any white squares because of the bishop check and discovered attack on the queen. So, 3. Kc3 Bd7!. White can't take the rook because it's being protected by the bishop on h4 and the only check available is 4. Qe5+ which can't be played because 4... bf6 loses the queen. So 4. Qa7 or 4 Qb7 is the best move because it saves the queen and protects the rook. Either option is followed by 4... Bf6+! (moving bishop close to king for drawn 2 bishop v. Queen endgame) 5. Kb4 Rxa4 6. Qxa4 and the position is drawing.
So, because of that, I like the first study better
always fascinating when you have a super open board with several pieces on each sides but more than 10 moves in a row are forced
Absolutely fantastic puzzles, my favourite was the one with the queen going all around the board, so interesting how the position changed by forcing the opponents queen to the other side of the board. It looked like we would just be delivering checks with no reward but that subtle difference of the queen being about of position changed everything, really enjoyed this one 👌👌👌
It’s like repetition for White lol.
question, i'm new at check so probably a dumb question, but on the first study at 2:07 why can't we just move our pawn from f3 to f4 and check his king so he's forced to move it and so we can eat his queen? like we got her in less move then before no?
if someone can light my lantern it would be apreciated
and sorry for my english, i'm french so not my strong point
ok no i understood myself, his bishop is pining it down
At 2:06, why not just move the white pawn up to check the king? Then the king has to move, or take the pawn, and white gets the black queen and wins. What am i missing here???
2:45 why we can't just push pawn to F4? Check -> king has to move or beat that pawn -> we can take easily blacks queen
Greatings from Poland :)
Bc pawn is pinned
10:36, why didnt u take the black square bishop?
Both positions were amazing. I prefer the first one, it’s like the skewer was “forced” because it would happen anyway. (Well of course only if we play the correct moves with white). The second position was also pretty cool, the king just went on a walk, “exploring” , kind of, the chess board.
Cool puzzles. I liked the 2nd puzzle more. Thanks for sharing.
Both exceptional.
But the queen dancing around in a square the best.
at 1:57, doesn't the pawn check at F4 win the Black Queen?
Second puzzle is draw. After Bh4+ and Kd2, black can play Rd8+. With perfect play, starting with move 7, white has one queen and black has the 2 bishops.
First puzzle, second move, why not move pawn f4… Wouldnt that guarantee the queen or am i missing something?
The pawn can't move because it would expose the white king to the black bishop.
@@James-rq9qb o thx i didnt see that
4:59 but why can't the room take the bishop in c8
because Rh1+and white has to move the king, and then Rb1, you either have a rook v. rook or rook v. bishop endgame, and it's not enough to win for white
What I don't quite understand (maybe I'm missing something, I'm not that highly ranked in chess), is why doesn't, after the first queen move (this is on the first one), why the pawn doesn't move up one, putting the king in check, forcing it to move away from the queen, and just take the queen then?
2:06 Well there's actually also the pawn check f4+
1:58 what about pawn f4? wont that be a free queen?
No. It's pinned
In second position after bishop h4 check and king move, if black play rook d8 check instead of bishop g5 check, black lose with forced mate more than 50 moves.
On the second puzzle, why doesn't rook c8 work for the first move instead of pawn takes or push pawn?
Both of them were mind boggling!