This Puzzle Will Blow Your Mind

It's known that this study was originally unsound (Black could force a draw), but it's been fixed by the composer. The published correction is to add a white pawn on c4. Then at 11:58, 11.Nc1+ does win because the extra passed pawn makes all the difference, e.g. 11...Ke4 12.Kb2 Bd8 13.Kxc2 Kxf5 14.Kb3 Kxe6 tablebase win. The main variation with all the underpromotions is not affected.

Wow amazing puzzle! I was screaming at my screen when he said that promoting to a queen was wrong and then I was left speechless when I saw the stalemate. Also the overall idea of having to promote 3 times into everything but a queen made this puzzle next level. Not even a hardcore chess fan but that was amazing.

The underpromotions are so satisfying lol but sadly that one black king move makes it a draw. It would be cool if white really wins the game cuz it's like an entire army is trying to stop a dangerous pawn and an assassin bishop😄 Because of this puzzle, I just remember an another chess puzzle that I saved in my files that has a similar situation to this one. The setup is: ⬜[WHITE]⬜ King -> a3 Rook -> f7 Bishop -> f1 and g1 Pawn -> b2, b7, d4, f6, and h7 ⬛[BLACK]⬛ King -> a5 Bishop -> b8 Pawn -> a4 and b3 It is white to play and win. Idk who composed that puzzle. It is just a puzzle I found on a FB page

5:53 Not sure why you didn’t mention that Black can play Bd4 here (If Nxd4, then c1=Q#). I think White’s only move then is Bf4 to defend c1 with a 2nd piece.

Now people can understand that less pieces on the board does not mean it’s necessarily simple. Sometimes they are more complicated than it looks on the surface.

Nelson, I'm very glad you enjoyed it and thought it interesting enough to present to your viewers. Cooked or not, I agree, it's a wonderful composition and you did a great job presenting it.

It's been a minute since the last Mark Liburkin puzzle...😁😁 I can't get enough of puzzles where you can't queen a pawn because the octo-directional nature of queen moves can cut off so many potential escape squares for the enemy king and create stalemate positions. I felt like the easiest moves to figure out were Ne4+, b8(B) and e8(R), the latter 2 due to what I just mentioned in terms of queening a pawn leading to stalemate.

This was a fantastic analysis. Totally enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.

Those 3 under-promotions from the pawn to stop a stalement when you take the bishop, this puzzle was truly adequate

7:38 Yesterday your puzzle featured every what if which led to every different promotion type possible.

I've seen this puzzle before but I think white has a pawn on g2. That pawn is important for white to win a resulting queen and pawn endgame after Nc1+ Kd2 (Ke4 obviously loses in this version). For the version in the video, black can hold the endgame.

Great puzzle - the "flaw" somehow makes it even more beautiful.

Quick question @ChessVibes, After the black Bishop moves after you play f3, what would happen if you play Bd3 check?

The whole point of this is in the artistry and creativity to create a position that could allow for the unconventional theme of underpromoting every pawn.

Been playing recreationally for 15+ years. I caught the first under promotion but the other two blew my mind. So many tricks with this one that I could not keep up. I know I’m no master but after this puzzle I’m super humbled and am laughing at myself for how tough this was. Excellent vid.

The ad appeared on my screen is litterally Rise of Kingdoms💀

I quit chess a long time ago but there's just something about this channel that makes me wanna watch it even if I don't play chess anymore lol.

Thats one of the most incredible things I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing with a 849 🙏🏻 Love the underpromoting and the stalemate forcing. Will integrate these going forward.

Please remember that a game, perhaps the first one known with pawn underpromotion to bishop is Schallopp-Schottländer, Hamburg, 1885.

After all those moves where you promoted to something to always be able to take the black bishop I was led to the wrong (I think) train of thoughts. I thought the right move was to move the white knight to F6 so that if the bishop moves to E5 I simply move the knight to D7 makning the bishop move to G7 or H8, but then I saw that D4 was an option too. Oh well! That's why I'm not the one making the puzzles 🤭