@@magyk5740 especially after exf5 Kf5 Qh5+ g6 fxg6+ Kg7 gxh7 Rxh7 Qg5+ Kh8 It's +5 or something but black wins 70% of the time according to the lichess database
Great video! For the first puzzle, you forgot to show the incredible line after Nf5. You go Qf6!! Threatening both Qxa6# and Ng3# if the night moves, uncovering the defence of the bishop by the queen 🤯
For the first position, I believe e8(Q) or exf8(Q) work too. Without moving the bishop, the new queen can maneuver to the needed diagonal. (Or black's knight captures and allows the old queen to do the same.)
@@Антон-к1ж3ф After Nf5 the knight allows the queen to access the diagonal. If either queen moves to c3 or c5, Ng3 indeed stops it. I then found Qa1, threatening mate with Kb2 or c2 (or Kc2 threatening Qa1)... but just saw black then has Nxe3! So either check and/or a block on d1.
I’ve tried composing some puzzles and it’s so difficult. Not that I thought it would be easy. But I have to keep screen shotting where I’m at to try and progress it later. All it takes is for one little escape route or unprotect-able square and the whole thing collapses. Quite fun though!
One thing to note with puzzle 2... for the ones where White plays Qa1, Black can play Rf5 to prevent Nf6#, but now you can play Qd4# instead, since the Knight is guarding that square and the Rook is no longer present to capture the Queen.
First puzzle: I first thought there a mate in 3 without the initial bishop move: 1. QxB means that Q reaches C4 by third move, either via QxP on F7, or via C8. However N can reach E2 in 3 moves to extend the game to mate in 4.
Nice one. I thought of promoting to a Queen and then check mate the king with a queen on d3, but than the knight is just in in time for blocking on e2 and it would become a mate in 3. Also with the bisschop black could go for a check by taking on d2, and again a mate in 4 is the minimum.
The first has two lines of particular interest to problemists. One you identified: after 1 … f6/f5, we have 2 Qg8 Ne6 shutting off g8-c4, but opening g8-g2 allowing 3 Bxa6# The other much neater variation is 1 … Nf5! As you said, after random N-moves, 2 Qxh5 and 3 Qd1 is mate. BUT after1 …Nf5 ; 2 Qxh5, black has 2 … Nxe3 stopping all mates. Instead 1… Nf5; 2 Qf6! threatens 3 Qxa6# and now 2 … Nd6 closes the line f6-a6, but opens f6-f2, allowing 3 Ng3# These variations show the ‘Valve’ mechanism.
Puzzle 1 - Pe8, if he captures with the knight Qd4, Qd3#, if he doesn't capture Qc6, Qc4#, simple as that, because king can't move nor capture any pieces your queen just needs to not be in danger and to attack the king and its checkmate. No bishop shanenagans needed.
@@ericlindholm9482 hbt taking bishop at F8 then if black moves pawn Queen to C8 and to C4 If knight moves Queen to A1 and move the king away after that
I love how from the given pieces in the thumbnail it looks like black only has a king and pawn and you’re supposed to push the white pawns for a stalemate in 3
The first puzzle can actually be easily solved. You can do pawn takes f8 and promote the queen. Then you put the just promoted queen on c5. If black tries to defend that with knight to e6, you counter with queen to c3. No move from black can then stop queen to c4 checkmate.
i was thinking Qh6 to Qf6(if they use pawn to defend, which is the only slightly good defense) then to Qa6 checkmate, if they dont move pawn its 2 move checkmate
I found a slightly different and (I think) workable line for puzzle 1. It starts with a promotion of the pawn to a queen, which the knight would have to take before the promoted queen becomes a nuisance. This both gets that defender off the pawn on h5 but also opens the diagonal for the queen on h8 to come down and deliver mate with two other moves. Honestly not sure why Bb5 was the only first move to kick off that puzzle, it seems like there are more solutions here. Can someone explain why I'm wrong?
The knight wouldn’t have to take the Queen. You only have 3 moves to checkmate so from what I can see it could go to E6 then D4 and then F2 preventing the 3 move checkmate. It looks like you have checkmate in 4 but not 3.
Advance pawn and promote to queen. If knight takes, move queen (only one now) to either D4 or E3, 3rd move (regardless of what black does) D3 mate. If knight does not take queen, move E8 to A4 (regardless of blacks move), then on 3rd move, A4 to D1 mate. Have I made an error?
My idea which is m4 I think was pain takes bishop promote to q then if black plays with the k any move u take the h pawn if he doesnt u take the k with ur promoted Queen and then take the h pawn and the threat is white square bishop to e2
I’m pretty sure the 1st puzzle can also be mate in 2 if the opponent doesn’t notice, if you play queen h2 and they don’t play knight f5 you play queen d3 checkmate. If they do move knight to f5 you take and then finish with queen d3 checkmate again! If anyone finds This to not be accurate please could u tell me?
I thought I had solved the puzzle with Kc2, combining backrank mate, zugzwang and similar ideas from the solution. It almost worked but unfortunately, f5 (or f6) Qg8 Ne6 stops the mate for one more move. Still, I find my move even more pleasing than the solution.
For the first puzzle, if you take the bishop and make a queen, this is mate in 3 i think. If black move the knight, you Can put your Queen h8 to a1and then mate with move from thé king in b2, if black don't move the knight, Queen f8 to C8 and then c4. I don't find a way for black to cancel mate in 3 in this way
Great video.. As for him liking checkmates in three maybe he was a religious man in that 3 represents the holy trinity or simply because 3 is a number with religious connotations. Just a pondering thought. Hey just an idea - maybe a series on the how & why of why masters resign. At times a lot of us patzers have trouble seeing how & why masters resign and thought you showing us solutions would be highly instructive
In the first puzzle after Bb7, there is another reply of black, that is Nf5: white has to reply with Qf6 threatening Qxa6#. So Bb7, Nf5, Qf6, if Nd6, Ng3#. In fact, after Bb7 by white and after Nf5 by black, white cannot play Qxh5 as per variation with black's move Ne6: Bb7, Nf5, if Qxh5, black can play Nxe3 and white queen has no more the check neither on c4 neither on d1 square. Also in the first puzzle, Bc6 does not work because you don't have Bb5# due to black pawn on a6.
I think promoting the pawn to Queen in e8 works to because if the Knight takes it then the queen in h8 can go to a1 and there is no way black is going to stop the checkmate. Black bishop can go to g7 but the queen can just go to b1 and black can't do anything to stop the checkmate. If the Knight doesn't take the queen in e8, the queen can go to a4 and checkmate by going to d1.
1st puzzle mate in 3, black King to E2 is mate in 2 - so it is 3 or less or typically all puzzles assume loser will not make a move for a quicker mate or draw ?
In 1st position, E7 takes bishop. Either new queen or old queen can checkmate in 2 moves depending on where black puts the knight. Please explain to me if I'm wrong.
@@wingit7335 Sorry, I was wrong. Knight can prevent mate in 3. Easiest way is Nf5 then Ng3. Then when white checks, Ne2 can still cover the king so not mate in 3.
It was first intuition as well, but there is the absurd Ne6, and we are left with a #4. Good enough for sure. I don't like this puzzle for that reason.
Hi I managed to work out both puzzles (which took a while to do) anyway, with puzzle 2, i hav a different answer KxN. Anyway as I went thru wht u said was the two possible answers (Nb5 or Ne6). I hav no problems with the mate in 3 lines, but it is the mate in 2 lines I hav a problem with. If the object of this puzzle is to mate in 3, isnt black purpose to (1) stop mate in 3. So wouldn't mate in 2 be stopping mate in 3. I know this is just definition stuff, but how Im understanding wht this puzzle is asking ( if I was black which is how i hav been thinking about in this puzzle), my objective is to prevent mate in 3. Mating in two wouldnt be the answer to this puzzle which would b an escape from being mated in 3. If the question said mate in under 3 then this would be fine. Anyway (correct me if Im wrong about wht the question is asking: but if we r talking about mate in only 3 moves then Ill continue) both these two knight lines (Nb5 & Ne6), black can prevent mate in 3 by allowing white to mate him in 2 with no mate in 3. The winning 1st move for black to counter these two knight moves is Rf5. This move prevents mate in 3 but allows mate in 2. If however white does a waiting move (yr 2nd move) then strike with mate on the 3rd move, black however has an extra move to difuse the mate in 3. KxN (which is the answer: if we r talking about mating in only 3 moves and not 2 moves) eliminates black from being mated in 2. U will find (in this line) whites c file knight main purpose is to guard the e5 square tht difuses Rf5 (in the previous Knight lines), helps mating in 3 and preventing mate in 2. With the c file knight not protecting e5 blacks king can escape mate in 3 in certain lines. Wht I hav seen in King taking the knight, is tht this move puts the king in a place tht prevents the discovered black rook check as discussed by Nelson at time 9:08 in the video. And even the square where the black knight was protecting (e7 square) doesnt need to be used in order to mate in 3. The first move is to prevent the whites King being discoved attack when blacks 1st move is either moving b4 or g5 pawns forward, and then queen to e5 chech. black takes queen with the pawn and knight cant deliver mate in 3 (cause of the discovered attack. So the first move is to prevent the discovered attack. Whites 2nd move is to prevent mate in 2 & prepare for mate in 3 next move. So In summary, with the whites Knights 1st move (Nb5 or Ne6) black replies by stopping mate in 3 by Rf5 by giving white two options (1) allowing white to mate in 2 moves (if white decides to do ) or (2) waiting until the 3rd move where whites check mate is difused by black.. Both situations, result in no mate in 3..The KxN line (which is the true mate in 3: without the mate in 2 lines), with the right move order, forces mate in ONLY 3 moves. White first move protects the white king from discoved attack. Blacks first move (depends on the line) can open up the option to mate in two. However, the difference in the KxN lines (than the Nb5 or Ne6 lines) is that whites 3rd move WILL RESULT in mate in 3 next move (with the correct move). Anyway, i dont wish to expain all the lines but they r simular to what has been describe in the video , anyway if u hav any questions about it or u hav spotted a mistake on my end please comment & Ill do wht i can to reply. ok thanks.
In puzzle 1 as well, a mate in 2 is possible with ‘help’ from black. The point of these puzzles is always that the opponent makes the best moves, which is: postpone mate or loss of piece as long as possible. With that in mind it’ll be easier and you don’t have to wrap your head around your opponent thwarting your effort by letting you win too quickly.
@@Misteribel thq 4 the reply and yr thoughts. Can u tell me the mate in two for puzzle 1 , cause i didnt quite come across the same subtle difference diffference or problem .because puzzle 1 was quite straight forward. Is there one mate in 1 or more than tht. Anyway for puzzle 2, thq 4 yr answer to tht, well I'm wondering why there is two answers to this puzzleas mentioned on the video but why hav I found an answer to the puzzle (tht makes 3) when it was (1) composed by a expert chess composer and (2) Nelson said Stockfish pointed to the two knight moves. I'm no chess expert and I'm sure these two would hav (I guess more so Oldrich) would hav seen or known wht I found. I understand wht u r saying it's just if u r right then it means tht this puzzle has 3 answers because wht u r saying follows the same logic when moving the king. However tht answer wasnt mentioned. Plus the answer came from stockfish.. If Oldrich was coming from my view where i'm definitely certain he would hav seen the two knight moves and the king move, Why wasn't the king move mentioned. Plus the puzzle was, if Im certain in thevid, was solved by stock fish and i didnt actual hear tht this was the actual answer mention by the actual chess composer. I was trying to find wht Oldrich answer was on the internet but could not find it. If u find it I'd b interested in was he said the answer was (links)
.Anyway I don't want to sound like a broken record but it doest add up. Especially tht this won 1st prize when there is definitely 3 answers and not 2. I find it hard to belive tht all this time has passed and ive found a 3rd answer when many great chess minds would hav seen the king move possibility. Imagine winning 1st prize and say there r 2 answers and i hav no doubt someone would hav found the king move back then and say sorry mate u said there was 2 answers I've just found an extra one. It doesnt make sense. The only thing tht makes sense is if oldrich seen the subtle difference tht i pointed out. I guess thts why stock fish mayb didnt c tht , .Anyway, if tht was the case I c definitely c why this came first
@@baskykeefe3352 yet all answers start with the same bishop move, which is why it's brilliant. Whatever happens after, all variants, they lead to mate in 3. Truly amazing, with so many pieces on board, that it's still so difficult to find that move. I don't know what the contestants were, but I think it's worthy of a first price, even if it was about a100 years ago.
Not watched to the end yet, but for the first puzzle what’s wrong with e8? According to me if you promote to a queen black can either capture with the knight or not. If they don’t then Qa4, and Qd1# looks like it can’t be defended. If they do take, then Qa1, followed by moving the king off the back rank for mate. What am I missing?
The move Nf5 fails the mate in 3 by 1 move 1. e8Q Nf5 Now both 2. Qa1 and 2. Qa4 will be followed by 2... Nxe3! and d1 square is now controlled, delaying the mate by 1 move, making it Mate in 4 instead of 3
@@darzgwapo knight to C5 covers D3 and white has only one move for check mate. Queen to d3 is only check, same with queen to C4 since black can put the knight on D3 preventing check mate in 3 turns
I think there might be a possible miss on a different checkmate that is easier to spot. White E pawn moves forward 1 square and upgrades to a queen. If the black knight takes, the white queen moves down the diagonal to A1 then next move Whites king moves out of the way. If black does not take the queen on E8 then that queen moves along the white diagonal to A4 I believe then next to D1 for the mate. Did I miss something?
If the pawn move forward it allows the black bishop to capture on B4 then D2 sacrifice orA3 giving white king a check which will delay the checkmate by 1 move
Am i stupid? First riddle, cant you just go Qh7 and no matter what black does, white either mates in 2 with Qd3 or, if black blocks with Nf5, its mate in 3. What am i missing? Im still new and learning, be kind :3
Isn't there a solution to the 1st puzzle by just pushing the pawn, promote to the queen and then either Qa4 - Qd1 or Qc3 - Qd3 depending on whether knight captures new queen or not?
I'm just reiterating previous comments. After e8Q black plays Nf5!, and after Qa4 Nxe3 delays the mate in d1 for one move (becomes Mate in 4). After Qc3 Ng3, Qd3+ Ne2! also delays one move
I'm bit confused for the second puzzle, I'm thinking about a mat in 2 : Qe5+ black takes with rook or pawn and then Nf6# I can't see if I miss something
the puzzle is okay but if we just simply plat queen h7 after that queen to d3 its mate . black can delay mate by placing his knight on f5 but it still is a 3 move mate (That's Easy) :)
Nice problems well presented! Nice to have noted that 1.Bd5? was almost a try (a try is a move that is refuted by a unique black move, so 1.Bd5? is not a try as both 1...f6 and 1....f5 refute it) and that it creates the damage of occupying the g8-c4 diagonal. The other try (a real one) was 1.Be4? with all the same mates but 1....h4! and after Qxh4 the Q can't reach c4 (damage). For the second one, I wonder if there isn't some mistake in the starting position (I just asked on my chess discord to get confirmation). Obviously the intended solution is 1.Nb5! in any case. It creates a blocus, like in the first problem (ie there i no threat, unlike 1.Ne6 which does threaten a mate in 2 and is therefore not a blocus) and each black answer creates a damage that allows a different mate : 1...b3 2.Qxd4+ Rxd4 3.Nc3# (damage : removing control of c3) 1...d3 2.Qa1(threat Nf6#) Rf5 3.Qd4# (damage : opened up the f6-a1 diagonal. little dual 2.Qb2 here though) 1...R~ (read this as "R plays" for instance 1...Re5 or 1...Rxb5) 2.Qxe5+ dxe5 3.Nf6# (damage : removed the virtual pin of the Nd7) 1...N~ (Ne7 or Nb6 or Na7) 2.Nxd6+ Rxd6 Qe5# (damage : removing control of d6). It's very unlikely that the problem intended to have a second solution, especially one that doesn t make any sense (Ne6 is ugly compared to Nb5, and no thematic link between the two). And although it was very common to have cooked studies pre-stockfish (ie unintended solutions or non(-working solutions), it's very rare for problems. So I'll let you know if there was a mistake in the diagram or if it's indeed a case of an incorrect problem.
Well the position is the one that is available in YACPDB (problem database).. Maybe Duras and the judge and participants all missed 1.Ne6. Or maybe it was transcripted incorrectly into YACPDB.
@@emphyriohazzl1510 I pretty much agree with your analysis, except that I'm sure the second problem is cooked rather than having 2 intended solutions. The 1.Ne6 solution is much cruder as the move entails multiple threats, in contrast to the surprising zugzwang set up by 1.Nb5, and the former also has more messy duals. As you mentioned, there's no thematic connection between the 2 solutions, which pointlessly repeat many variations. Pre-computer days, unsound mate-in-n problems (not just studies) are not that rare. If this problem were intended to have 2 solutions, that would have been specified with the "mate in 3" task when originally published, and the YACPD reproduction does not mention this in the stipulation.
Rook captures Nb5 is not checkmate because after Qe5 instead of using the pawn to capture u can use the Rook which the forces the knight to recapture it and checkmate avoided
Chess Vibes in Puzzle 1 the pawn shown on G2 has black king at F1 in check throughout the puzzle. Black was already in checkmate unless there is a rule I don't know about. And the pawn could push forward and promote to queen and checkmate anyway as it is protected by the bishop.
That’s why Nelson always says, during the intro, while drawing arrows, in what directions the pieces go. As a general rule, ‘white to move’ puzzles have white on your side. Also, bottom left is A1.
First puzzle. Isnt it possible to move the pawn and get a queen. If knight takes then queen moves to a1 and king moves to c2? If knight doesnt take then new queen moves to a4 and later to d1? Is that a solution or am i missing something?
What is stopping white from going Qh7 and Qd3 after? You have mate in 2, king is Trapped and there isn't anything that can take queen? Or am I missing something? Just started with chess and it's really interesting
Check or checkmate? I was taught you are allowed 1 square between kings so E1 (never really mentioned) would avoid many cited examples of checkmate. Not saying it's a good move just confused why it was never once mentioned. Have the rules changed?
But what to do in puzzle 1, if black will go nf5? I i didn't find the solution for this one becasue for each other white move black can sacrifice thier knight with moves ng3 or ne3 depends on white move.
I'm a beginner so have probably missed something on the first puzzle but how about Queen to H7 and then Queen to D3. That's mate in 2 unless black plays Knight to F5 in which case white Queen has to take it first, so mate in 3?
For the first puzzle, does Kd1 not work somehow? I would think that it puts black into a similar position of zugzwang, and the light square bishop won't be in the way of any of the follow-up queen moves. EDIT: Actually, it doesn't work for a surprising reason - black can suicide the knight to deliver check on the white king, winning a tempo and forcing the mate to take an extra move! xD
Ohh it's so funny as a German to watch your videos. The word zugzwang also exists in german language.. Zug means 'turn' or 'move' and the translation of zwang is 'duty'. It's funny to see we have the same word for the same thing, but we know why it's called like this haha. Same thing with kindergarden
Very nice puzzles. But I can't believe that you say "Zugzwang". 😀I love the way you say it. I'm from Austria and of course I know this word, but is there no word for it in English? 🙂
I found a different solution for the first puzzle and I can't figure out why it would not work: You go pf8 and promote into queen. If black moves the f or h pawn then Qc8 and there is no way to stop Qa3 mate. If black moves the knight then you go Qa1, no way for black to stop a discovered mate. What am I missing? I was missing Nf5, Ne3 and Na1 right on time to stop the mate
pxb=Q is a winner in three. If black moves either pawn, then Q(f8) to c5 threatens mate on c4. If knight moves to e8, same thing C5 C4 mate or c3 d3 mate. If knight moves to e6, then Q(h8) to c3 mate on c4 or d3. If knight moves to f5, then Q-c3 mates on d3.
@@rodriguezzachary8722 Nf5, Nxe3, Nd1 and the queen has to capture the knight making it a mate in 4. There's only one mate in 3 and that is the solution shown in the video.
Nice problems! You missed out one little thing in the 2nd variant: If 1. ♘b5 d3 2. ♕a1 (there is unfortunately ♕b2 also!) and then if 2...♜f5 to prevent ♘f6#, there ist 3. ♕d4# Do you know this fascinating study from Pàl Benkö with only 4 pieces? 8/4p3/8/2K5/8/6k1/P7/8 w - - 0 1 White moves to win
I dont like such a puzzles when there is a straight forward mate in 4 but you need to burn your time to find a m3. It's about the first puzzle where you can just crush everything with your queen on her way to checking position.
Commenting this before the video starts. I’m kinda ass at chess but I figured it out in under a minute. Queen to h7. If they queen you ignore it and check mate QD3. Is that not mate in 2 lol. Also mate in 3 would be queen to h7. Blacks knight to f5 to block. Queen takes. No matter what move they make, qd3 again; Check mate. And mate in 4 for extra; qh6. They queen, bishop takes. They block queen with knight e6. Queen takes. No matter what move they make queen a6 check mate. Am I correct on all of those lol. It’s literally mate in 2 if they don’t block with the knight Edit. Just realized which way blacks pawns are going. Scratch one of those. At least I got the correct diagonal lol
Hello, I am a beginner to the Sicilian Defence. I decided to start with the Dragon Variation as it is apparently good to start with. I have memorised it and the Hyperaccelerated version. Any tips? 🤔 Immediate edit: I do understand the basic meaning behind every move just to clarify
puzzle 1 you can go qh7 then theres no good moves for black he can block check mate with nf5 but then qf5 then theres no good moves for black again whatever the move is white can go qd3
Duras: Make the greatest puzzle.
also Duras: *invented duras gambit*
What’s the duras gambit?
@@samuelding7854 e4 f5, basically a forced win for black
@@magyk5740 especially after exf5 Kf5 Qh5+ g6 fxg6+ Kg7 gxh7 Rxh7 Qg5+ Kh8
It's +5 or something but black wins 70% of the time according to the lichess database
@@samuelding7854 it is a stupid opening for black by moving the f pawn after e4 gambiting the f pawn
@@magyk5740 😂
Great video! For the first puzzle, you forgot to show the incredible line after Nf5. You go Qf6!! Threatening both Qxa6# and Ng3# if the night moves, uncovering the defence of the bishop by the queen 🤯
Thank you I was thinking the same thing
ah yep 1...Nf5 2.Qxh5? would allow Nxe3 controlling d1. I missed that as well when watching the vid. 2.Qf6 is beautiful :).
@@Mylittlebaby10 no, g1 is controlled by the white bishop on f2.
Beautiful puzzles. I love all the different knight moves in the second one.
For the first position, I believe e8(Q) or exf8(Q) work too. Without moving the bishop, the new queen can maneuver to the needed diagonal. (Or black's knight captures and allows the old queen to do the same.)
On move e8 black now can play bishop takes b4 with idea to check white king on d2. If you are playing exf8, then black have move Nf5
@@Антон-к1ж3ф How can Nf5 prevent mate in 2? Either queens can just move to C3 or C5...then go to white square...mate.
@@darzgwapo Ng3 -> Ne2 blocking white diagonal
@@Антон-к1ж3ф
After Nf5 the knight allows the queen to access the diagonal. If either queen moves to c3 or c5, Ng3 indeed stops it.
I then found Qa1, threatening mate with Kb2 or c2 (or Kc2 threatening Qa1)... but just saw black then has Nxe3! So either check and/or a block on d1.
Qh7, Nf5, Qd3#
I’ve tried composing some puzzles and it’s so difficult. Not that I thought it would be easy. But I have to keep screen shotting where I’m at to try and progress it later. All it takes is for one little escape route or unprotect-able square and the whole thing collapses. Quite fun though!
When you finish one send it my way!
@@ChessVibesOfficial Nice reach-out. I agree.
@@ChessVibesOfficial I could send you a study or two of mine (prized) but no idea where to send them to?
@@emphyriohazzl1510 If there's no e-mail address or other social media contact to be found, you could always comment them underneath a video.
Nice and simple little puzzle to start the day off with. Lots of possibilities here to be found.
One thing to note with puzzle 2... for the ones where White plays Qa1, Black can play Rf5 to prevent Nf6#, but now you can play Qd4# instead, since the Knight is guarding that square and the Rook is no longer present to capture the Queen.
yeah i also thought of that, but later in the video he says that the rook has to stay there to guard the pawn
Everytime I found the right move, I always doubted it, lol. Great video as always!
Amazing composition around 100 years ago. And the possible pawn promotion, with or w/o capture, is insignificant.
For puzzle 1, couldn't you just play queen h7 and mate on d3?
F5 blocks the queen's path to checkmate
First puzzle: I first thought there a mate in 3 without the initial bishop move: 1. QxB means that Q reaches C4 by third move, either via QxP on F7, or via C8. However N can reach E2 in 3 moves to extend the game to mate in 4.
or abt knight g3 on puzzle 1
You could also go with Queen to H7 as the first move and it'll also lead to a mate in 3 no matter what black does
I thought the same move
Yeah you’d win in two moves, not three.
@@BattleshipAgincourt if they block the with the knight then its three
Enlighten me...after Qh7 white plays Nf5. How to win in the next 2 moves?
Can’t do it because Qh7 F5 Qxf5 Nxf5
I thought the same though, tricky pawn move to spot
Pawn at E7 takes Bishop, then as a Queen, back to C5 and then to C4
-Checkmate in 3
Wow you upload really frequently and I like it. Awesome video as always.
Nice one. I thought of promoting to a Queen and then check mate the king with a queen on d3, but than the knight is just in in time for blocking on e2 and it would become a mate in 3. Also with the bisschop black could go for a check by taking on d2, and again a mate in 4 is the minimum.
To do mate in two just move g3 knight it can still be mate in 3 because you can move a random pawn and then get the king
Qxf8 then Qxf7 and Qc4# also works
First Puzzle:
1)Qh7- Nf5
2)Qxf5 - Anymove
3)Qd3+ mate#
The first has two lines of particular interest to problemists. One you identified: after 1 … f6/f5, we have 2 Qg8 Ne6 shutting off g8-c4, but opening g8-g2 allowing 3 Bxa6# The other much neater variation is 1 … Nf5! As you said, after random N-moves, 2 Qxh5 and 3 Qd1 is mate. BUT after1 …Nf5 ; 2 Qxh5, black has 2 … Nxe3 stopping all mates. Instead 1… Nf5; 2 Qf6! threatens 3 Qxa6# and now 2 … Nd6 closes the line f6-a6, but opens f6-f2, allowing 3 Ng3# These variations show the ‘Valve’ mechanism.
can you tell me how Qh7 on the first move is not winning a mate in 3 as well ?
nvm, i figured it out, he just moves the pawn 2 squares
@@gildeddrake1479 Yes. If 1 Qh7? f5! holds everything. (2 Qg6 Ne6 and mates galore, but in four not three).
Thanks I couldn't find the continuation after Nf5 myself
If is white turn, for first puzzle, knight to G3 is not checkmate in 1?
Puzzle 1 - Pe8, if he captures with the knight Qd4, Qd3#, if he doesn't capture Qc6, Qc4#, simple as that, because king can't move nor capture any pieces your queen just needs to not be in danger and to attack the king and its checkmate. No bishop shanenagans needed.
Black plays Bxb4 and will delay mate by giving check.
@@ericlindholm9482 hbt taking bishop at F8 then if black moves pawn
Queen to C8 and to C4
If knight moves Queen to A1 and move the king away after that
p to e8
If black moves k to e8
Q to a1, then K to c2
If black does not take promoted Q, then
Q to a4, the Q to d1
I love how from the given pieces in the thumbnail it looks like black only has a king and pawn and you’re supposed to push the white pawns for a stalemate in 3
The first puzzle can actually be easily solved. You can do pawn takes f8 and promote the queen. Then you put the just promoted queen on c5. If black tries to defend that with knight to e6, you counter with queen to c3. No move from black can then stop queen to c4 checkmate.
I actually found the idea in the second puzzle, but I wondered why it wasn't mate in 2
Awesome again! Question: is there any puzzle that Stockfish can't solve???
simple answer: no
long answer: no
At 10:45, I noticed that if Black played Rook to f5 to stop the Knight, White can okay Queen to d5 checkmate
i was thinking Qh6 to Qf6(if they use pawn to defend, which is the only slightly good defense) then to Qa6 checkmate, if they dont move pawn its 2 move checkmate
I found a slightly different and (I think) workable line for puzzle 1. It starts with a promotion of the pawn to a queen, which the knight would have to take before the promoted queen becomes a nuisance. This both gets that defender off the pawn on h5 but also opens the diagonal for the queen on h8 to come down and deliver mate with two other moves. Honestly not sure why Bb5 was the only first move to kick off that puzzle, it seems like there are more solutions here. Can someone explain why I'm wrong?
The knight wouldn’t have to take the Queen. You only have 3 moves to checkmate so from what I can see it could go to E6 then D4 and then F2 preventing the 3 move checkmate. It looks like you have checkmate in 4 but not 3.
I meant E2 on the final knight move
Advance pawn and promote to queen. If knight takes, move queen (only one now) to either D4 or E3, 3rd move (regardless of what black does) D3 mate. If knight does not take queen, move E8 to A4 (regardless of blacks move), then on 3rd move, A4 to D1 mate. Have I made an error?
@@ericsnyder3543 Black responds with Bb4 and Bd2+
My idea which is m4 I think was pain takes bishop promote to q then if black plays with the k any move u take the h pawn if he doesnt u take the k with ur promoted Queen and then take the h pawn and the threat is white square bishop to e2
I have a solution to #1: Qf8, Qf7, Qc4. This is mate in 4 if black plays nf6, but this is still an easy-to-see solution unlike the original one.
I’m pretty sure the 1st puzzle can also be mate in 2 if the opponent doesn’t notice, if you play queen h2 and they don’t play knight f5 you play queen d3 checkmate. If they do move knight to f5 you take and then finish with queen d3 checkmate again! If anyone finds This to not be accurate please could u tell me?
You mean H7? They can move the pawn to block the line, which is then defended with the knight. Took me a bit to see why it didn't work.
After 3 minutes looking at it Q-H7. Knight blocks. take knight. doesn't matter what black does after that next move is checkmate with Q-D3
Now i will watch the rest of the video to see if I missed something.
Won't get there in 3 if he pushes that pawn up two. I would take 4 moves. I was WRONG! LOL
In the 1st problem, one variant is missing: After 1... ♞f5 there is 2.♕f6! threatening ♕xa6#, 2... ♞d4/♞xe3/♞g3/♞d6 3.♘g3#
10:59 u forgot one line to mention if Rf5, now Nf6 is no longer mate because black just takes the knight so u have to play Qd4#
I thought I had solved the puzzle with Kc2, combining backrank mate, zugzwang and similar ideas from the solution. It almost worked but unfortunately, f5 (or f6) Qg8 Ne6 stops the mate for one more move. Still, I find my move even more pleasing than the solution.
For the first puzzle, if you take the bishop and make a queen, this is mate in 3 i think. If black move the knight, you Can put your Queen h8 to a1and then mate with move from thé king in b2, if black don't move the knight, Queen f8 to C8 and then c4. I don't find a way for black to cancel mate in 3 in this way
For #1, another move is possible, it's Qh6, threatens Qa6 mate.check it out
Great video..
As for him liking checkmates in three maybe he was a religious man in that 3 represents the holy trinity or simply because 3 is a number with religious connotations. Just a pondering thought.
Hey just an idea - maybe a series on the how & why of why masters resign. At times a lot of us patzers have trouble seeing how & why masters resign and thought you showing us solutions would be highly instructive
the option is queen to h7 knight to f5 queen to f5 takes the night bishop to e7 final move for white now is queen to d3 and its a mate
In the first puzzle after Bb7, there is another reply of black, that is Nf5: white has to reply with Qf6 threatening Qxa6#. So Bb7, Nf5, Qf6, if Nd6, Ng3#.
In fact, after Bb7 by white and after Nf5 by black, white cannot play Qxh5 as per variation with black's move Ne6: Bb7, Nf5, if Qxh5, black can play Nxe3 and white queen has no more the check neither on c4 neither on d1 square.
Also in the first puzzle, Bc6 does not work because you don't have Bb5# due to black pawn on a6.
I think promoting the pawn to Queen in e8 works to because if the Knight takes it then the queen in h8 can go to a1 and there is no way black is going to stop the checkmate. Black bishop can go to g7 but the queen can just go to b1 and black can't do anything to stop the checkmate. If the Knight doesn't take the queen in e8, the queen can go to a4 and checkmate by going to d1.
Oh, I just saw that was mate in 4.
Puzzle 1
1st puzzle mate in 3, black King to E2 is mate in 2 - so it is 3 or less or typically all puzzles assume loser will not make a move for a quicker mate or draw ?
In 1st position, E7 takes bishop. Either new queen or old queen can checkmate in 2 moves depending on where black puts the knight. Please explain to me if I'm wrong.
@@wingit7335 Sorry, I was wrong. Knight can prevent mate in 3. Easiest way is Nf5 then Ng3. Then when white checks, Ne2 can still cover the king so not mate in 3.
@@wingit7335 Yeah but still knight prevents that by blocking the diagonal protecting the king after check.
Why not Qh7 and after e5, QG8 and QC4 after a random black move? (Puzzle 1)
It was first intuition as well, but there is the absurd Ne6, and we are left with a #4. Good enough for sure. I don't like this puzzle for that reason.
@@j.thomas1420 yeah I see... But in real game it's the move... Well, in real game black king doesn't go here lol
@@bjornL44 couldn't agree more...!
Hi I managed to work out both puzzles (which took a while to do) anyway, with puzzle 2, i hav a different answer KxN. Anyway as I went thru wht u said was the two possible answers (Nb5 or Ne6). I hav no problems with the mate in 3 lines, but it is the mate in 2 lines I hav a problem with. If the object of this puzzle is to mate in 3, isnt black purpose to (1) stop mate in 3. So wouldn't mate in 2 be stopping mate in 3. I know this is just definition stuff, but how Im understanding wht this puzzle is asking ( if I was black which is how i hav been thinking about in this puzzle), my objective is to prevent mate in 3. Mating in two wouldnt be the answer to this puzzle which would b an escape from being mated in 3. If the question said mate in under 3 then this would be fine. Anyway (correct me if Im wrong about wht the question is asking: but if we r talking about mate in only 3 moves then Ill continue) both these two knight lines (Nb5 & Ne6), black can prevent mate in 3 by allowing white to mate him in 2 with no mate in 3. The winning 1st move for black to counter these two knight moves is Rf5. This move prevents mate in 3 but allows mate in 2. If however white does a waiting move (yr 2nd move) then strike with mate on the 3rd move, black however has an extra move to difuse the mate in 3. KxN (which is the answer: if we r talking about mating in only 3 moves and not 2 moves) eliminates black from being mated in 2. U will find (in this line) whites c file knight main purpose is to guard the e5 square tht difuses Rf5 (in the previous Knight lines), helps mating in 3 and preventing mate in 2. With the c file knight not protecting e5 blacks king can escape mate in 3 in certain lines. Wht I hav seen in King taking the knight, is tht this move puts the king in a place tht prevents the discovered black rook check as discussed by Nelson at time 9:08 in the video. And even the square where the black knight was protecting (e7 square) doesnt need to be used in order to mate in 3. The first move is to prevent the whites King being discoved attack when blacks 1st move is either moving b4 or g5 pawns forward, and then queen to e5 chech. black takes queen with the pawn and knight cant deliver mate in 3 (cause of the discovered attack. So the first move is to prevent the discovered attack. Whites 2nd move is to prevent mate in 2 & prepare for mate in 3 next move. So In summary, with the whites Knights 1st move (Nb5 or Ne6) black replies by stopping mate in 3 by Rf5 by giving white two options (1) allowing white to mate in 2 moves (if white decides to do ) or (2) waiting until the 3rd move where whites check mate is difused by black.. Both situations, result in no mate in 3..The KxN line (which is the true mate in 3: without the mate in 2 lines), with the right move order, forces mate in ONLY 3 moves. White first move protects the white king from discoved attack. Blacks first move (depends on the line) can open up the option to mate in two. However, the difference in the KxN lines (than the Nb5 or Ne6 lines) is that whites 3rd move WILL RESULT in mate in 3 next move (with the correct move). Anyway, i dont wish to expain all the lines but they r simular to what has been describe in the video , anyway if u hav any questions about it or u hav spotted a mistake on my end please comment & Ill do wht i can to reply. ok thanks.
In puzzle 1 as well, a mate in 2 is possible with ‘help’ from black. The point of these puzzles is always that the opponent makes the best moves, which is: postpone mate or loss of piece as long as possible. With that in mind it’ll be easier and you don’t have to wrap your head around your opponent thwarting your effort by letting you win too quickly.
@@Misteribel thq 4 the reply and yr thoughts. Can u tell me the mate in two for puzzle 1 , cause i didnt quite come across the same subtle difference diffference or problem .because puzzle 1 was quite straight forward. Is there one mate in 1 or more than tht. Anyway for puzzle 2, thq 4 yr answer to tht, well I'm wondering why there is two answers to this puzzleas mentioned on the video but why hav I found an answer to the puzzle (tht makes 3) when it was (1) composed by a expert chess composer and (2) Nelson said Stockfish pointed to the two knight moves. I'm no chess expert and I'm sure these two would hav (I guess more so Oldrich) would hav seen or known wht I found. I understand wht u r saying it's just if u r right then it means tht this puzzle has 3 answers because wht u r saying follows the same logic when moving the king. However tht answer wasnt mentioned. Plus the answer came from stockfish.. If Oldrich was coming from my view where i'm definitely certain he would hav seen the two knight moves and the king move, Why wasn't the king move mentioned. Plus the puzzle was, if Im certain in thevid, was solved by stock fish and i didnt actual hear tht this was the actual answer mention by the actual chess composer. I was trying to find wht Oldrich answer was on the internet but could not find it. If u find it I'd b interested in was he said the answer was (links)
.Anyway I don't want to sound like a broken record but it doest add up. Especially tht this won 1st prize when there is definitely 3 answers and not 2. I find it hard to belive tht all this time has passed and ive found a 3rd answer when many great chess minds would hav seen the king move possibility. Imagine winning 1st prize and say there r 2 answers and i hav no doubt someone would hav found the king move back then and say sorry mate u said there was 2 answers I've just found an extra one. It doesnt make sense. The only thing tht makes sense is if oldrich seen the subtle difference tht i pointed out. I guess thts why stock fish mayb didnt c tht , .Anyway, if tht was the case I c definitely c why this came first
@@baskykeefe3352 yet all answers start with the same bishop move, which is why it's brilliant. Whatever happens after, all variants, they lead to mate in 3. Truly amazing, with so many pieces on board, that it's still so difficult to find that move.
I don't know what the contestants were, but I think it's worthy of a first price, even if it was about a100 years ago.
Can't the Queen > a1 version be stopped by black playing Rook > f5, which prevents Knight > f6 as the rook can take it?
Never mind the video portion the picture portion of your video just kicked in after several minutes! That was weird But it’s OK now I can see it
Not watched to the end yet, but for the first puzzle what’s wrong with e8? According to me if you promote to a queen black can either capture with the knight or not. If they don’t then Qa4, and Qd1# looks like it can’t be defended. If they do take, then Qa1, followed by moving the king off the back rank for mate. What am I missing?
The move Nf5 fails the mate in 3 by 1 move
1. e8Q Nf5
Now both 2. Qa1 and 2. Qa4 will be followed by 2... Nxe3! and d1 square is now controlled, delaying the mate by 1 move, making it Mate in 4 instead of 3
In the first puzzle pawn in F8 it's also mate in three if I'm not mistaken, being either D6, A6 or C3, C4/D3.
thought so too. but knight E6 can prevent every mate in two
@@1Ego1Ego1 yes, mate in two is out of the question moving the knight or the black pawn in a correct manner
@@1Ego1Ego1 How can it prevent mate if old queen goes to C3? Then C4 or D3.
@@darzgwapo knight to C5 covers D3 and white has only one move for check mate. Queen to d3 is only check, same with queen to C4 since black can put the knight on D3 preventing check mate in 3 turns
@@1Ego1Ego1 but what if the old queen don't go C3 but to A1 and next moves king move out of the way discovered mate
on puzzle 1 i thought of Qh7 then black blocks with Kf5 then Qxf5 then black cant do anything to block Qd3
I think there might be a possible miss on a different checkmate that is easier to spot. White E pawn moves forward 1 square and upgrades to a queen. If the black knight takes, the white queen moves down the diagonal to A1 then next move Whites king moves out of the way. If black does not take the queen on E8 then that queen moves along the white diagonal to A4 I believe then next to D1 for the mate. Did I miss something?
Nf5
If the pawn move forward it allows the black bishop to capture on B4 then D2 sacrifice orA3 giving white king a check which will delay the checkmate by 1 move
Am i stupid? First riddle, cant you just go Qh7 and no matter what black does, white either mates in 2 with Qd3 or, if black blocks with Nf5, its mate in 3. What am i missing? Im still new and learning, be kind :3
Isn't there a solution to the 1st puzzle by just pushing the pawn, promote to the queen and then either Qa4 - Qd1 or Qc3 - Qd3 depending on whether knight captures new queen or not?
I'm just reiterating previous comments.
After e8Q black plays Nf5!, and after Qa4 Nxe3 delays the mate in d1 for one move (becomes Mate in 4). After Qc3 Ng3, Qd3+ Ne2! also delays one move
Why not just Qh7? Getting redy to checkmate Qd3？What am i missing.
I'm bit confused for the second puzzle, I'm thinking about a mat in 2 : Qe5+ black takes with rook or pawn and then Nf6# I can't see if I miss something
Nevermind, if you take with pawn, then the knight is pinned. Would have been a cool mat tho
In the 2nd puzzle, when the queen moves at a1, what do you mean black can't stop Nf6? What about Rf5?
Oh wow. I would have never guessed it. Brilliant
the puzzle is okay but if we just simply plat queen h7 after that queen to d3 its mate . black can delay mate by placing his knight on f5 but it still is a 3 move mate (That's Easy) :)
Nice problems well presented!
Nice to have noted that 1.Bd5? was almost a try (a try is a move that is refuted by a unique black move, so 1.Bd5? is not a try as both 1...f6 and 1....f5 refute it) and that it creates the damage of occupying the g8-c4 diagonal. The other try (a real one) was 1.Be4? with all the same mates but 1....h4! and after Qxh4 the Q can't reach c4 (damage).
For the second one, I wonder if there isn't some mistake in the starting position (I just asked on my chess discord to get confirmation). Obviously the intended solution is 1.Nb5! in any case. It creates a blocus, like in the first problem (ie there i no threat, unlike 1.Ne6 which does threaten a mate in 2 and is therefore not a blocus) and each black answer creates a damage that allows a different mate :
1...b3 2.Qxd4+ Rxd4 3.Nc3# (damage : removing control of c3)
1...d3 2.Qa1(threat Nf6#) Rf5 3.Qd4# (damage : opened up the f6-a1 diagonal. little dual 2.Qb2 here though)
1...R~ (read this as "R plays" for instance 1...Re5 or 1...Rxb5) 2.Qxe5+ dxe5 3.Nf6# (damage : removed the virtual pin of the Nd7)
1...N~ (Ne7 or Nb6 or Na7) 2.Nxd6+ Rxd6 Qe5# (damage : removing control of d6).
It's very unlikely that the problem intended to have a second solution, especially one that doesn t make any sense (Ne6 is ugly compared to Nb5, and no thematic link between the two). And although it was very common to have cooked studies pre-stockfish (ie unintended solutions or non(-working solutions), it's very rare for problems. So I'll let you know if there was a mistake in the diagram or if it's indeed a case of an incorrect problem.
Well the position is the one that is available in YACPDB (problem database).. Maybe Duras and the judge and participants all missed 1.Ne6. Or maybe it was transcripted incorrectly into YACPDB.
@@emphyriohazzl1510 I pretty much agree with your analysis, except that I'm sure the second problem is cooked rather than having 2 intended solutions. The 1.Ne6 solution is much cruder as the move entails multiple threats, in contrast to the surprising zugzwang set up by 1.Nb5, and the former also has more messy duals. As you mentioned, there's no thematic connection between the 2 solutions, which pointlessly repeat many variations. Pre-computer days, unsound mate-in-n problems (not just studies) are not that rare. If this problem were intended to have 2 solutions, that would have been specified with the "mate in 3" task when originally published, and the YACPD reproduction does not mention this in the stipulation.
@@Rocky64 thanks for the clarifications ;)
I'm not even lying, Bb7 was the first move I saw and im just a 1900. wow. I can't believe this
you forgot Nf5! the only move there was Qf3, threatening Qxa6# and if the knight blocks, Ng3#
1st puzzle....1. Pe8=Q KnxQ 2. Qa1 ... 3. K c2++ OR 1. Pe8=Q .... 2. Qa4 .... 3. Q d1 ++
Rook captures Nb5 is not checkmate because after Qe5 instead of using the pawn to capture u can use the Rook which the forces the knight to recapture it and checkmate avoided
Is 1. Qh7 blockable for M#3?
Chess Vibes in Puzzle 1 the pawn shown on G2 has black king at F1 in check throughout the puzzle. Black was already in checkmate unless there is a rule I don't know about. And the pawn could push forward and promote to queen and checkmate anyway as it is protected by the bishop.
I am so sorry. I just realized that the black king is on white's home row. As usual, early morning thinking is foggy.
That’s why Nelson always says, during the intro, while drawing arrows, in what directions the pieces go. As a general rule, ‘white to move’ puzzles have white on your side. Also, bottom left is A1.
In the first one what if we play Bb7 Black move the knight to f5 we take the pawn on h5 and black takes on e3, do we have mate in one?
Why doesn’t knight g3 work on the first puzzle?
Puzzle 2: you forget about black rook to f5.
For puzzle 1, the real conundrum is, how did the black king get there in the first place?!
First puzzle. Isnt it possible to move the pawn and get a queen. If knight takes then queen moves to a1 and king moves to c2? If knight doesnt take then new queen moves to a4 and later to d1? Is that a solution or am i missing something?
Black responds with Bb4 and Bd2+
first puzzle: h6(Q) then a6(Q) = mate, black can´t stop it. What i miss?
First position wouldnt Qh7 then Qd7 work too?
What happens in the first puzzle if knight to f5?
Ke2 is Mate in 1 for white right?
What is stopping white from going Qh7 and Qd3 after? You have mate in 2, king is Trapped and there isn't anything that can take queen? Or am I missing something? Just started with chess and it's really interesting
yeah you are missing pawn f5
After f5 then Qg6 what is the next move for black?
Yes f5 is ok
@@sonnyagulay8596 Qg6 is a bad move
My engine didn't see bishop b7 running for a while until I played it lol
Check or checkmate? I was taught you are allowed 1 square between kings so E1 (never really mentioned) would avoid many cited examples of checkmate. Not saying it's a good move just confused why it was never once mentioned. Have the rules changed?
e1 is guarded by the white bishop on f2 so the black king can't move there
But what to do in puzzle 1, if black will go nf5? I i didn't find the solution for this one becasue for each other white move black can sacrifice thier knight with moves ng3 or ne3 depends on white move.
I found the answer - qf6, then based on black move qa6 or ng3
The king is on f1. Or did u mean Nf5?
@@Adventurer-te8fl yes, you are right, I mean knight, but forgot that in English knight move i should write with n, not k
I'm a beginner so have probably missed something on the first puzzle but how about Queen to H7 and then Queen to D3. That's mate in 2
unless black plays Knight to F5 in which case white Queen has to take it first, so mate in 3?
Just got my mistake. Black pawn to F5.
Hi, if I'm not mistaken, there seems to be mate in 2. Queen to h6 followed by Queen to a6
Then knight to e6 will block that path, right? I think Queen to h7 might be great with following step to d3.
@@soksovanratha5958wouldn’t that make it a mate in three?
For the first puzzle, does Kd1 not work somehow? I would think that it puts black into a similar position of zugzwang, and the light square bishop won't be in the way of any of the follow-up queen moves.
EDIT: Actually, it doesn't work for a surprising reason - black can suicide the knight to deliver check on the white king, winning a tempo and forcing the mate to take an extra move! xD
Ohh it's so funny as a German to watch your videos. The word zugzwang also exists in german language.. Zug means 'turn' or 'move' and the translation of zwang is 'duty'. It's funny to see we have the same word for the same thing, but we know why it's called like this haha. Same thing with kindergarden
Am I missing something? King to D1 followed by bishop to E2 is a mate in 2
Then black king will escape at G2
Very nice puzzles.
But I can't believe that you say "Zugzwang". 😀I love the way you say it.
I'm from Austria and of course I know this word, but is there no word for it in English? 🙂
I found a different solution for the first puzzle and I can't figure out why it would not work:
You go pf8 and promote into queen. If black moves the f or h pawn then Qc8 and there is no way to stop Qa3 mate. If black moves the knight then you go Qa1, no way for black to stop a discovered mate. What am I missing?
I was missing Nf5, Ne3 and Na1 right on time to stop the mate
Also why couldn't one solution be that white simply moves his king closer and then deliver mate with the white square bishop with the next move?
@@perpetualbystander4516 mm because the pawn on G2 will then be undefended and black king will escape.
@@lorenzos.1353 Goddammit, you're right! Thanks for enlightening me. 👍
Yeah why I don't get it I think your solution work out just fine
you may the wrong move, there mates-in-1 move after bishop to B7
Puzzle 2: you said black pawn to b3 twice
pxb=Q is a winner in three. If black moves either pawn, then Q(f8) to c5 threatens mate on c4.
If knight moves to e8, same thing C5 C4 mate or c3 d3 mate.
If knight moves to e6, then Q(h8) to c3 mate on c4 or d3.
If knight moves to f5, then Q-c3 mates on d3.
Nf5, Ng3, Ne2 blocks all those mates.
@@cwjalexx nah cuz once the knight moves out of the way Q(h8) simply goes A1 and next move, white king moves out of the way
@@rodriguezzachary8722 Nf5, Nxe3, Nd1 and the queen has to capture the knight making it a mate in 4. There's only one mate in 3 and that is the solution shown in the video.
@@cwjalexx wow didn't see that
@@rodriguezzachary8722 me neither. i didn't see the knight blocks until I tried what I thought was a solution against the engine and it shut me down.
Nice problems!
You missed out one little thing in the 2nd variant: If
1. ♘b5 d3
2. ♕a1 (there is unfortunately ♕b2 also!) and then if
2...♜f5 to prevent ♘f6#, there ist
3. ♕d4#
Do you know this fascinating study from Pàl Benkö with only 4 pieces?
8/4p3/8/2K5/8/6k1/P7/8 w - - 0 1
White moves to win
I dont like such a puzzles when there is a straight forward mate in 4 but you need to burn your time to find a m3. It's about the first puzzle where you can just crush everything with your queen on her way to checking position.
Commenting this before the video starts. I’m kinda ass at chess but I figured it out in under a minute. Queen to h7. If they queen you ignore it and check mate QD3. Is that not mate in 2 lol.
Also mate in 3 would be queen to h7. Blacks knight to f5 to block. Queen takes. No matter what move they make, qd3 again; Check mate.
And mate in 4 for extra; qh6. They queen, bishop takes. They block queen with knight e6. Queen takes. No matter what move they make queen a6 check mate.
Am I correct on all of those lol. It’s literally mate in 2 if they don’t block with the knight
Edit. Just realized which way blacks pawns are going. Scratch one of those. At least I got the correct diagonal lol
In 2nd situation I'd like to see what if after white knight f6 Black goes for rook f5
Hello, I am a beginner to the Sicilian Defence. I decided to start with the Dragon Variation as it is apparently good to start with. I have memorised it and the Hyperaccelerated version. Any tips? 🤔
Immediate edit: I do understand the basic meaning behind every move just to clarify
Rating?
@@jaideepshekhar4621 749
U need to train tactic, calculus, and strategy
IN THE FIRST PUZZLE IS KNIGHT TO G3 NOT MATE?
On the first puzzle you missed black promoting the pawn
puzzle 1 you can go qh7 then theres no good moves for black he can block check mate with nf5 but then qf5 then theres no good moves for black again whatever the move is white can go qd3
I only saw mate in 2, queen h6 and then queen a6. Or am I terribly overlooking things here?
Knight e6
@@gamingpuzzled7532 and that's why I'm only rated around 1200 😂
What about queen h7 and then queen d3
@@cilence4444 could only be hindered by knight F5, as far as I can tell. But then it's still mate in 3
@@arp3721 Pawn to f5 blocks it
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