A very interesting and practical puzzle to help one’s ability to calculate . Unlike many other composed problems this one is very game-like which increases its value for study purposes.
Uhmmmm.... @11:47, the king is NOT forced to b4. a4 is a MUCH better move, as it allows black to continue to run his pawn after whatever move white does. Should white move his bishop to b6, then d4, black just moves king to b4, threatening white's pawn, and white is in trouble (black's pawn would be at a2 at this time). Perhaps I missed something?
After black plays Ka4: Bb6 a2 Bd4 Bb4 Kc6 Kxc4 Bc3 and white will win the e6 pawn and promote the his e pawn. Not the exact same position, but this kind of position was shown in the video previously.
11:35 i rather think black will move with king to b4 here. His pawn is safe and he will for sure get whites pawn no matter what white plays. Also it would be interresting to see the outcome of the game while black king moves down the c and b line on the white fields to create additional pressure on d2 also while on b3 with the king moving the a-pawn.
Was thinking that, but after c2-c4, black takes with en passant with d4-c3. White can retake with d2-c3, but then the black king can make it safely to d5 to escape mating net. White will be late getting a pawn to promote.
I think it's more about if the white pawn moved only one square, black couldn't take it anyway. So he's allowed move two squares and black still can't take. It's only if the pawn would have been able to take if the other pawn had not used en passant. Interesting though and I'm only surmising this.
If Black checks on g8, attacking the bishop on h8, after the king moves, isn't the bishop protected by the queen at a8? How does White lose his bishop?
I wondered this too. The only thing I could see was that it was Black's a pawn that took something to end up on the b file and then took something as b5xa4
11:98 What happens if BLACK captures the pawn "en passant" instead of taking it with the king? You covered everything else. OOOPS ... just seen it's been answered below.
Excellent tactics and combination. Just brilliant. Thank you very much.
The best line is the one with the elegant mate net with Bishop, King and pawns!
The most annoying pawn, for me, was the one on e5 😂
"We can win this." First move, Bxe5. My pawns are patriots and they will give themselves up at my command
A very interesting and practical puzzle to help one’s ability to calculate . Unlike many other composed problems this one is very game-like which increases its value for study purposes.
Many variations, enjoyed.
Uhmmmm.... @11:47, the king is NOT forced to b4. a4 is a MUCH better move, as it allows black to continue to run his pawn after whatever move white does. Should white move his bishop to b6, then d4, black just moves king to b4, threatening white's pawn, and white is in trouble (black's pawn would be at a2 at this time). Perhaps I missed something?
After black plays Ka4: Bb6 a2 Bd4 Bb4 Kc6 Kxc4 Bc3 and white will win the e6 pawn and promote the his e pawn.
Not the exact same position, but this kind of position was shown in the video previously.
@@lajos-berenyi Aahhhh. Yes, I did miss that. Thanks.
It looks difficult, so I had you show it to me straight away.
Nice puzzle, thank you.
11:35 i rather think black will move with king to b4 here. His pawn is safe and he will for sure get whites pawn no matter what white plays. Also it would be interresting to see the outcome of the game while black king moves down the c and b line on the white fields to create additional pressure on d2 also while on b3 with the king moving the a-pawn.
I think the best opening move here is c2 to c4 followed by b4-b5. am I missing something?
Was thinking that, but after c2-c4, black takes with en passant with d4-c3. White can retake with d2-c3, but then the black king can make it safely to d5 to escape mating net. White will be late getting a pawn to promote.
Variation near the end with pawn C4, what happens if black takes whites pawn en passant, winding up on C2?
En passant doesn't happen here. Only happens from row 4 to row 3, I believe.
I think it's more about if the white pawn moved only one square, black couldn't take it anyway. So he's allowed move two squares and black still can't take. It's only if the pawn would have been able to take if the other pawn had not used en passant. Interesting though and I'm only surmising this.
Ohhhh... is en passant only applicable when a pawn threatens / attacks the square which the opponents pawn goes past? Okay, that makes sense.
5:50 After that, if white takes the pawn, black will take d2 pawn and not allow white pawn to promote. Pawn + bishop cannot win against pawn.
It is an interesting puzzle, but how could a position like this be reached in a normal game? How did the pawn on A4 get there?
1 c4 dxc3 ep 2 dxc3 a3 3 c4 a2 4 Bf6 a1 = Q 5 Be7 and I don't see an easy way to stop checkmate.
Very neat, cunning play, even ;)
What would happen if E5 moves to D6 for the first move ?
If Black checks on g8, attacking the bishop on h8, after the king moves, isn't the bishop protected by the queen at a8? How does White lose his bishop?
My first concern is how that pawn ended up at that place to start with.
I wondered this too. The only thing I could see was that it was Black's a pawn that took something to end up on the b file and then took something as b5xa4
Or it just advanced to a4 and White's a and b pawns switched files with b4xa5 and a3xb4
11:98 What happens if BLACK captures the pawn "en passant" instead of taking it with the king?
You covered everything else.
OOOPS ... just seen it's been answered below.
very good