This is an absolutely charming two-mover and I really enjoy your presentation in general but here I think you could've played up the puzzle's theme a little more. The fact that each of the Black pieces (King aside) has guard duties over one of the three mating squares and that the mate depends specifically on which piece moves (rather than 'depending on what Black does') is really clever and elegantly expressed by the miniature and I would've loved to have seen that emphasized.
Excellent puzzle. I realized that these two movers may not be realistic in a rapid/Blitz due to time pressure but it does help in thinking tactics and attacking tactics. So if someone is misunderstanding my quote about these puzzles not helping, he is completely getting it wrong. These puzzles does help in real attacking chess games, middle games and mindset. After all, its the mindset which one plays, is how one wins games and becomes successful. Thank you very much and God bless you.
@@scienceevolves4417 Agreed, thats what I meant. Two movers may be difficult in real games but the tactics, thinking mindset does develop by looking for these solutions.
I got this one right away, making two straight for my first time. Not to sell myself short, but if I can solve it so quickly, the puzzle cannot be considered very challenging. Still, it was fun. I look forward to more difficult ones, but, hey, let's not get carried away.
I enjoy these puzzles, and watch them frequently even though I am not really a chess enthusiast. I think this one is only the first or second time that I was able to find the winning move. 😁
Why can't the queen take the bishop? Then when the Rook moves to G6, knight takes knight, discovered check? Checkmate. If King moves to H7, Queen to G7. Checkmate! What am I missing? Oh, I see it now, the rook could block for one more move.
Does it matter?! In this position, you've got a MASSIVE MATERIAL AND POSITIONAL ADVANTAGE, you are winning regardless even if you're a 800 player. It doesn't matter if it takes place in 2 moves or 5 or 10.
After Queen takes Bishop, Then rook moves to G6, Knight takes knight is only CHECK. It's not checkmate and that was white's second move. So it fails to checkmate in just two moves (which was the object of the puzzle). The rook can block the check by moving to G8.
Well my instinct here was wrong - again. Some day I fear that I'll figure out the right answer to a puzzle by instinct and discount it because of my well-founded assumption that my first thought in any chess puzzle is always wrong. I initially thought that Qxf8 would be the key move, followed by some way of moving the Nxf6 to reveal a discovered check or playing Q g7# was the way to go but as your video showed R g6 counters both. Then I thought that as I couldn't figure it out quickly then it had to involve one of the two aspects in chess puzzles I never think of instinctively: A Queen Sacrifice or Zugzwang. Quickly realising it wasn't a Queen Sacrifice I figured out it would have to be zugzwang somehow. I considered N e7 as it trapped the Black Bishop and opened up the N g6 mating threat if the Black Rook moved and discounted it immediately as a solution because I failed to realise that it opened up the Q g8 mating threat and thought that since the Black Knight would be able to move anywhere that it wasn't a viable solution. Damn!!! I was close and still failed.
Found it quickly ! Not because I am so smart, but because such puzzles always follows the rule: First move shall not be a check, nor any capture of a piece. Only silent moves are “art”.
This is an absolutely charming two-mover and I really enjoy your presentation in general but here I think you could've played up the puzzle's theme a little more. The fact that each of the Black pieces (King aside) has guard duties over one of the three mating squares and that the mate depends specifically on which piece moves (rather than 'depending on what Black does') is really clever and elegantly expressed by the miniature and I would've loved to have seen that emphasized.
Got this one fairly easily. Love this channel, it's making me better.
Excellent puzzle. I realized that these two movers may not be realistic in a rapid/Blitz due to time pressure but it does help in thinking tactics and attacking tactics. So if someone is misunderstanding my quote about these puzzles not helping, he is completely getting it wrong. These puzzles does help in real attacking chess games, middle games and mindset. After all, its the mindset which one plays, is how one wins games and becomes successful. Thank you very much and God bless you.
I challenge you to find these two moves in a 1+1 game😂😂😂
@@scienceevolves4417 Agreed, thats what I meant. Two movers may be difficult in real games but the tactics, thinking mindset does develop by looking for these solutions.
@RamKumar-gy9nb yes indeed
Thank you very much for these puzzles.
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Beautiful. Another one of those problems that are easy to solve but difficult to build.
I got this one right away, making two straight for my first time. Not to sell myself short, but if I can solve it so quickly, the puzzle cannot be considered very challenging. Still, it was fun. I look forward to more difficult ones, but, hey, let's not get carried away.
1. Ne7
2a. Qg7# if black moves bishop or rook.
2b. Ng5# if black moves knight.
1.Ne7
1...,Bishop moves 2.Qg7#
1...,Rook moves 2.Ng6#
1...,Knight moves 2.Qg8#
I dutifully looked at all the obviously wrong moves first (too easy) before expanding and then found it immediately. Satisfying once again.
I finally saw one! Thanks for posting these!
Ne7, followed by one of the following:
Qg8# or Ng6# or Qg7# depending on the response by black.
I enjoy these puzzles, and watch them frequently even though I am not really a chess enthusiast. I think this one is only the first or second time that I was able to find the winning move. 😁
Why can't the queen take the bishop? Then when the Rook moves to G6, knight takes knight, discovered check? Checkmate. If King moves to H7, Queen to G7. Checkmate! What am I missing? Oh, I see it now, the rook could block for one more move.
me, too....foiled again !
Does it matter?!
In this position, you've got a MASSIVE MATERIAL AND POSITIONAL ADVANTAGE, you are winning regardless even if you're a 800 player.
It doesn't matter if it takes place in 2 moves or 5 or 10.
@@scienceevolves4417 I guess the only thing that matters is that you play by the rules!
@markdagley4213 absolutely my friend. Unless it's draw by agreement which of course should be treated as a fake and illegitimate outcome to the game.
After Queen takes Bishop, Then rook moves to G6, Knight takes knight is only CHECK. It's not checkmate and that was white's second move. So it fails to checkmate in just two moves (which was the object of the puzzle). The rook can block the check by moving to G8.
Well my instinct here was wrong - again. Some day I fear that I'll figure out the right answer to a puzzle by instinct and discount it because of my well-founded assumption that my first thought in any chess puzzle is always wrong. I initially thought that Qxf8 would be the key move, followed by some way of moving the Nxf6 to reveal a discovered check or playing Q g7# was the way to go but as your video showed R g6 counters both.
Then I thought that as I couldn't figure it out quickly then it had to involve one of the two aspects in chess puzzles I never think of instinctively: A Queen Sacrifice or Zugzwang. Quickly realising it wasn't a Queen Sacrifice I figured out it would have to be zugzwang somehow. I considered N e7 as it trapped the Black Bishop and opened up the N g6 mating threat if the Black Rook moved and discounted it immediately as a solution because I failed to realise that it opened up the Q g8 mating threat and thought that since the Black Knight would be able to move anywhere that it wasn't a viable solution.
Damn!!! I was close and still failed.
I would say "move that piece that is in the worst plight" and preferably move it somewhere from where in might give a check(mate)
I'll say queen takes bishop.
Funnily enough. Knight E7 was the first move I evaluated :D/
Found it quickly ! Not because I am so smart, but because such puzzles always follows the rule: First move shall not be a check, nor any capture of a piece. Only silent moves are “art”.
But what is after 1.Qxf8?
Nice one. The problem for me at first was to see why there are not two solutions (choice of mount).
Got it within my 60 seconds limit 😁
nice puzzle, kept me entertained. I imagine it was much harder to make this puzzle than solve it.
1. Ngxf6 and from there all roads lead to Rome/Sparta as they say.
But not in 2 steps...
Found it *IMMEDIATELY.* ...
...Wow... Lucky me !! :O
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Yes, the only white piece which has no function in the inital position has to move.
Yes, I could😂
I considered everything and liked Ne7 but didn't look thoroughly enough... :( Still at about 5/200... :)
I thought taking the bishop was the right move, I didn't see it was actually a mate in 3.
How come? Isn't it mate in two too?
@@НиколайВалерьевич-ъ8з the rook moves to h6 and can block.
@@rkclinite To *_g_* 6, you mean .·)) Right you are. It was stupid of me not seeing that obvious sequence .·))
Good🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Easy
Forgot to check for zugzwang (couldn't even spell the word, had to look it up) :-) not my day!!
Kne7
Ne7.
Please, don't say "win this in two moves", as this sounds like a decisive piece-gain would also do. The classic "mates in two" is much clearer.
1. __GGER JOGGER or BIGGER
2.__GGE_ NUGGET
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