To trap the bishop on a wide-open board with only king and rook is fascinating to me. In 5 lifetimes I would not have found that. Those who did are on an entirely different level than I, and they have my admiration.
@@brettmccann3403 I wonder at what level they look at a puzzle like this and quickly see it all the way to the finish. That way I can know what level I will NEVER reach.
I saw the first move but didn’t see the 2nd one right away and the problem it caused the bishop. Was a nice one. Whether or not any of us ever encounter that position is debatable, and more than likely not.
Excellent puzzle as always. Although its not easy but it needs some tactical thinking here. Just playing casually will not win this and you explained it in detail as always. I love your puzzles because you give a clear explanation on how our thought process should be. That is a great learning. Thank you very much.
I played it against stockfish 8 and won. I have not looked at your solution yet. I will add to my comment when I have. Fascinating and satisfying. Many thanks for posting.
very nice. small addition: rook and king have to cover bishop moves along h2-b8 AND e1-h4 diagonals, in particular rook must cover d6 e5 AND e1; incredible that rook and king can cover 10 squares along two diagonals.
I think if the King doesn't take the Knight there is still a good chance of trapping the bishop with Knight to g6, but I got lost eventually with all of the possibilities. Thanks for the enjoyable puzzle. I like the mix of two/three movers with the odd "you can win/save this" puzzles. Just like you have it.
@@Khaim.m E5 the rook just takes it, so likely he meant E4. That does let the knight escape so you have Rook/Knight vs Bishop endgame which Im pretty sure is winning for a good player (or a draw, for me 😂😂)
F5 is a white square so that is an impossible move. If you meant e5 the rook captures it. If you meant f4 the king captures it. Either way, we don't mind losing the knight to get the bishop.
@@Christoph5782 no man, it's actually *exactly THE OPPOSITE ... -_-* п006s will mess it up and *NOT* get the sure win with the Rook vs the Bishop. Whereas higher rated players will score it EASILY. :) .
At 1:23 the easiest way to get out of that check, as far as I can tell, would be for black's king to move diagonally, then, regardless of where white's rook moves, there's still room for black to outmaneuver white; the kings are on opposite sides of the board, so there's not too much worry about black being boxed in. Plus, black still has their bishop to attack
Well... Rooks will go to B8 and take the bishop. So, where the white's rook move after the black king's move matters a lot actually. Of course, white can decide to not take the bishop but why would they?
@@SkyYerim Very true. Rook can easily take Bishop, but I still believe that my point still stands; as long as black is able to get out of check, there is a possibility for black to win this game
@@Dichotious And you are wrong. King and rook against king alone win all the time, that's a very well known end game. The only hope for black at that point is a draw by stale mate but he will never win because a king alone can never take the other king. So black loses the game at the very moment he loses the bishop.
Not only that, I would add on that checkmate with a king and rook is rather trivial. Maybe it could be possible to mess up on low time but that's not here. And even then, it's a draw at worst for white.
To trap the bishop on a wide-open board with only king and rook is fascinating to me. In 5 lifetimes I would not have found that. Those who did are on an entirely different level than I, and they have my admiration.
😅, no don't admire no one!
@@brettmccann3403 I wonder at what level they look at a puzzle like this and quickly see it all the way to the finish. That way I can know what level I will NEVER reach.
I saw the first move but didn’t see the 2nd one right away and the problem it caused the bishop. Was a nice one. Whether or not any of us ever encounter that position is debatable, and more than likely not.
1900 + level
Excellent puzzle as always. Although its not easy but it needs some tactical thinking here. Just playing casually will not win this and you explained it in detail as always. I love your puzzles because you give a clear explanation on how our thought process should be. That is a great learning. Thank you very much.
The starting position does arouse curiosity. Ideal for chess players to “warm up” their chess skills.
I couldn’t solve this one, but what a great exercise in seeing the truth of a position! Thank you, as always.
Enjoyed most the “this is beautiful “ hahahaha 😂 soo beautiful 😂
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ahaha I actually found this immensely enjoyable also !! :D
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This is very useful. 💯
Mates in 2 where we are up a lot aren’t so interesting
Excellent, thank you.
Nice, interesting and tactical puzzle! Not a difficult one. I managed to solve it. Thanks!
Nice video, useful excersise
I played it against stockfish 8 and won. I have not looked at your solution yet. I will add to my comment when I have. Fascinating and satisfying. Many thanks for posting.
very nice. small addition: rook and king have to cover bishop moves along h2-b8 AND e1-h4 diagonals, in particular rook must cover d6 e5 AND e1; incredible that rook and king can cover 10 squares along two diagonals.
Beautiful motive!
I think if the King doesn't take the Knight there is still a good chance of trapping the bishop with Knight to g6, but I got lost eventually with all of the possibilities. Thanks for the enjoyable puzzle. I like the mix of two/three movers with the odd "you can win/save this" puzzles. Just like you have it.
how could that bishop possibly be trapped? amazing
very nice domination. There is a lot of endgame studies based on this theme.
Why no rook B6 at the start?
Because then ♗g3✛
And here i draw with a queen against a lone kinh
Full Domination! nice...
Good🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great puzzle
Not sure if that was mind expanding or mind boggling. Was anyone able to just look at the setup and say, “Too easy. The solution is obvious.” ?
Nobody polite, probably. ;)
@@rogerkearns8094 Funny
I actually got this one, these are quite hard most of the time
I solved it. I was happy to sacrifice the knight to get the king in the corner which looked like bishop trap bait to me.
Poor Bishop, trapped😊
I nearly saw it "all the way". Thanks.
1)Re6 -- Bg6 ch; 2) Ke2 -- KxN; 3) Kf3 & Bishop trapped.
What ab rook b6 ?
Then Bg3! and when your king moves out check they can take the knight. Then you can’t trap the bishop
Great problem! This one was too tough for me.
Quite useful
What if bishop moves to f5?
Either the White Knight escapes, or the Rook takes the bishop, depending on when black bishop moves to F5
F5 is a white square? Did you mean E5?
@@Khaim.m E5 the rook just takes it, so likely he meant E4. That does let the knight escape so you have Rook/Knight vs Bishop endgame which Im pretty sure is winning for a good player (or a draw, for me 😂😂)
@@froodtube ... but E4 is also a white square.
F5 is a white square so that is an impossible move. If you meant e5 the rook captures it. If you meant f4 the king captures it. Either way, we don't mind losing the knight to get the bishop.
lol what ??
A Rook vs Bishop *"is normally **_A DRAW_** "* he says ?! :O
Dude... O_O
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It is a theoretical draw it most cases, though obviously the lower you go in rating, the higher chance that its not going to be a draw
@@Christoph5782 no man, it's actually *exactly THE OPPOSITE ... -_-*
п006s will mess it up and *NOT* get the sure win with the Rook vs the Bishop. Whereas higher rated players will score it EASILY. :)
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Let the king capture the knight while you capture the bishop then push the king towards a corner using your rook and king
@@______-795 that was, what I thought too, e r r o r
They will check with the bishop then captures the knight still
Solved
Got that one!
I have seen this video on chessscape
Honestly easy puzzle
At 1:23 the easiest way to get out of that check, as far as I can tell, would be for black's king to move diagonally, then, regardless of where white's rook moves, there's still room for black to outmaneuver white; the kings are on opposite sides of the board, so there's not too much worry about black being boxed in. Plus, black still has their bishop to attack
Well... Rooks will go to B8 and take the bishop. So, where the white's rook move after the black king's move matters a lot actually. Of course, white can decide to not take the bishop but why would they?
@@SkyYerim Very true. Rook can easily take Bishop, but I still believe that my point still stands; as long as black is able to get out of check, there is a possibility for black to win this game
@@Dichotious And you are wrong. King and rook against king alone win all the time, that's a very well known end game. The only hope for black at that point is a draw by stale mate but he will never win because a king alone can never take the other king. So black loses the game at the very moment he loses the bishop.
Not only that, I would add on that checkmate with a king and rook is rather trivial. Maybe it could be possible to mess up on low time but that's not here. And even then, it's a draw at worst for white.