2 Ridiculous Chess Puzzles
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Published 2022-09-21
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All Comments (21)
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Me: Absolutely stunned by 1st position and thought it's the greatest study of all time Nelson: "Hope you guys enjoyed that little warm-up puzzle..."
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The first puzzle really sheds light on how powerful bishops can be against rooks. Two bishops and a king forcing a rook into only two possible spots on an empty board really shows the potential of bishops in the end game. Really clever.
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I would in a million years never think about trapping that Rook
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Last puzzle, endgame 10:03 : what stops black from causing a stalemate by pushing the pawn on a3 - Ka1, Knc5, a2?, Knd3 but then it's a stalemate.
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I think I've said this before, but I really appreciate how you show, in full, lines and moves and ideas that are likely evident or clear to higher level players. Like, basically, I appreciate that you don't forget about your sub 1k rating audience. I'm not much above 1k but I remember being around 700 and getting really frustrated with some chess YouTubers when they would mention some idea or line off the cuff that I just couldn't see. You never do that. Cheers and thanks Nelson.
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Thank you for that Timman problem. I've seen that mating-net before, but it's stunning how White is forced to sacrifice both rooks, both bishops and 3 pawns, and promote to a knight.
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"You only have a knight! You couldn't possibly checkmate me!" "You have a pawn." "But I can still draw!" "You misunderstand me. You have a pawn, therefore I can checkmate you."
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that second puzzle took me longer than the usual 4 days to figure out.
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importantly at 2:52 after Kb2 Kd2 Kb1 white must play Kxc3 since Bxc3 is once again stalemate
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Plugged this into Lichess as a study with the thought of : What if the black king doesn't walk into the smothered mate? Whelp, black still loses: mate in 27 once white takes the queen with a knight. Great puzzle.
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The second puzzle's smothered mate actually has a name. It is called "Stamma's Mate", named after a French chess player Philipp Stamma.
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These puzzles are great but there is something most of them have in common: We do not get a queen, we get a knight.
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a week without chess puzzle from Nelson is a bad week
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You missed an important part of the last puzzle where if black tries to go for a stalemate
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How nice to see an old Jan Timman study. When I was young he was my chess hero.
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That second puzzle was amazing, with all the variations, especially that last one.
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really love these puzzle videos. keep it up!
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9:40 Once you play Kc1, can't Black play Ka1, then pawn to a2, forcing you to move your K to avoid stalemate, allowing Black to promote his pawn? EDIT: Never mind, Knight checkmates on b3.
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I love how your videos are never clickbait
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2:49 nice trick by black, king moves to b1 and if white immediately takes the rook it's stalemate.
