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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2022
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    R5R1/p7/p5K1/8/1k6/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1
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Комментарии • 273

  • @prim16
    @prim16 Год назад +104

    This is actually genius. It's just a shame that I have trouble visualizing the board after any x+1 moves, it made it too difficult for me to work out this puzzle

    • @chrlpolk
      @chrlpolk Год назад +1

      Genius? Obvious, more like it. I figured it out right away, and I suck at chess. This is beginners advice, at best.

    • @prim16
      @prim16 Год назад +35

      @@chrlpolk I'm sure your mother is very proud of you. Because she's the only one who cares.

    • @levistepanian5341
      @levistepanian5341 Год назад +1

      @@chrlpolk dude, don’t be an asshole just because you’re better.

    • @rosomak8244
      @rosomak8244 Год назад +11

      @@chrlpolk Nah. Guessing the move is easy. However reassuring that it is a winning move with all the variants to calculate isn't.

    • @AmnesiaForever
      @AmnesiaForever Год назад +2

      @@chrlpolk if you honestly think solving puzzles like this is something to be proud about, maybe chess isn't for you... No offense

  • @Drawfill
    @Drawfill Год назад +25

    I really like your puzzle videos. You always pick fun ones!

  • @BobChess
    @BobChess Год назад +70

    Rook endgame is tricky. This is absolutely true and fascinating!

  • @nwstraith
    @nwstraith Год назад +13

    4:34 Rook to E5 looks interesting as you can force the king into the H file, but then you can't deliver the coup de grace because the promoted Queen on A1 prevents it. Happy to say I saw the first part, but the last part with the rooks I was way off.

  • @whelmking6497
    @whelmking6497 Год назад +1

    First one of your harder puzzles that I saw all the moves. Super fun!

  • @m42orion12
    @m42orion12 Год назад +16

    That was incredible and honestly 100% i didn't find it...amazing.

  • @user-ud3cg2vp5s
    @user-ud3cg2vp5s Год назад +1

    Your puzzles and explanations are marvelous

  • @frankg.39
    @frankg.39 Год назад

    Fascinating stuff, thank you

  • @UndefinedFantasticCat
    @UndefinedFantasticCat Год назад +27

    Title: 99% chance you'll enjoy the puzzle
    Thumbnail: 1% chance you can solve this...
    not-so-bright implication of Chess experience

    • @chri-k
      @chri-k Год назад

      he did not say those are correlated

    • @TheJacklikesvideos
      @TheJacklikesvideos Год назад +1

      @@chri-k that's what the word implication means

  • @GregoriousApartment
    @GregoriousApartment Год назад +1

    Incredible puzzle and great explanation.

  • @leefisher6366
    @leefisher6366 Год назад +24

    Got it! I've learned a lot by looking at your channel.
    The king castles, moving up to G7, as the rook moves down to G5.

    • @reubenmanzo2054
      @reubenmanzo2054 Год назад +1

      King has to move 2 squares to castle.

    • @leefisher6366
      @leefisher6366 Год назад +4

      @@reubenmanzo2054 Good point. Unless it's a castle 'en passant', though.

    • @leomurry8195
      @leomurry8195 Год назад +4

      My chess is rusty, but I’m pretty sure castling works nothing like that. Both the rook and king have to not have been moved already to castle, and they have obviously moved all over the board.

    • @reubenmanzo2054
      @reubenmanzo2054 Год назад

      @@leomurry8195 That is also correct.

    • @leefisher6366
      @leefisher6366 Год назад +1

      @@leomurry8195 r/wooooosh.

  • @TimeTraveler-hk5xo
    @TimeTraveler-hk5xo Год назад +16

    I found the first bit of the puzzle solution but couldn't figure out what to do if the black king would hide behind the white king. Upon further study after watching the solution, I noticed how it's important to sacrifice your rook on E1 specifically. Saccing it on D1 wouldn't work, because the king would be able to get back in time to defend its pawn. Saccing it on F1 would mean the king would be able to defend the key square H1 in time, preventing the skewer. Fun puzzle!

    • @TheNiczal
      @TheNiczal Год назад +1

      I think that the sacrifice is not needed. Just Re5 instead of Re1 should win. Ladermate (Rf8,Rg5,Rh8#) nowhere to run.

    • @georgechue9045
      @georgechue9045 Год назад

      Actually hiding behind the white king doesn't work either as the Rook sacrifice still works with the same solution as in the original solution.

    • @eneseren6531
      @eneseren6531 Год назад +1

      @@georgechue9045 Nope it doesn't, after Rf1 Kxf1 Rh8, Black king can just go to g2 and defend h1 square. So you won't be able to scewer anymore. This sacrifice has to happen on square e1. Nothing else works.

    • @georgechue9045
      @georgechue9045 Год назад

      @@eneseren6531 see it now weird solution. Rooks dominate here.

    • @serulu3490
      @serulu3490 Год назад +1

      @@TheNiczal nah that's blunder queen takes Rh8

  • @Figgy20000
    @Figgy20000 Год назад +1

    Wow, this puzzle was incredible!!

  • @danielmadden9691
    @danielmadden9691 3 месяца назад

    Thanks, truly fascinating

  • @lifesnotfair
    @lifesnotfair 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome puzzle !!!

  • @Amoeby
    @Amoeby Год назад +13

    4:22 I guess I see the idea and the reason why we needed go exactly here in order this idea to work.
    We go Re1 and if black takes we have Rh8 which would be a skewer on the next move if black gets a queen or move his king on the second rank. 5. Re1 Kxe1 6. Rh8 a1=Q 7. Rh1+ or 6. ... Kd2 Rh2+.
    It is fascinating that if we went for this trick earlier black's king would be close enough to defend the pawn and the best we can do is throw perpetual checks and get a draw. At the same time if we threw another check on f8 and tried the same thing then black's king is close enough to the h file to stop our rook from getting to h1 or h2.
    4. ... Kf2 5. Rf1+ Kg2 6. Rf1 Kxf1 7. Rh8 Kg2 and white can resign. White probably still can get a draw after 5. Rf1+ because two rooks should be enough to capture the rest of the pawns and protect the king but it would be a missed win.

  • @ItsJustJek
    @ItsJustJek Год назад +6

    First time I’ve truly been astonished at a chess puzzle (Probably because I’m finally okay enough to appreciate it lol)

  • @KaukoSaarinen
    @KaukoSaarinen Год назад

    Brilliant!

  • @Lexii.lindsay3569
    @Lexii.lindsay3569 Год назад +2

    I cant believe i mentally solved all of that except the first rank lure idea in like 5 mins, to be clear i had the idea of checking the king to the point of the lure but didnt figure the lure out

  • @FustinJields
    @FustinJields 7 месяцев назад +1

    Found Re1; pretty common motif in puzzles.

  • @gaberielpendragon
    @gaberielpendragon Год назад

    King to c file opens up rook to take first of two pawns, them getting queen doesn't really help as you can lock them into check over and over until you force the queen to block and take it, or setup the fork.

  • @tammyyaniro5455
    @tammyyaniro5455 Год назад

    That was awesome!

  • @SteveThePster
    @SteveThePster 9 месяцев назад

    Great puzzle! Does it work with the white king anywhere else on the board? I can see f6 or g7 won't work because of a1=Q+. How about King on g5?

  • @MarciodaGama
    @MarciodaGama 5 месяцев назад

    Absolutely DELICIOUS! Very unusually I was able to anticipate the moves… for the first 2 minutes of the Video! From there on, I was driven for a delicious - that is the word, taken by the hand - for a DELICIOUS Ride through the World of Chess. Thank you for all your Chess Videos!

  • @brunomaelstrom8823
    @brunomaelstrom8823 Год назад +4

    If I did not screw it up, you can count me in the 1% ☺️
    1 Rg-b8 +
    If the black king goes to the a column, then Rxa7, Ka5, then Rxa6+, then Ra8+ and Rxa1 wins
    The king has to go towards the right side of the board and down the board in order to stop the rook from reaching the first line :
    … Kc3
    Rc8+, Kd2
    ( if Kb2, Ra-b8 and Rc1 on next move wins)
    Rd8+, Ke2 ( if Kc2, Ra-c8+, then Rd1)
    Re8+, Kf2
    Re1 !! (Forcing the black King in the first rank !)
    …Kxe1
    Rh8 !! Wins the game because the rook reaches the first rank or the second rank
    If a1 = queen, Rh1+ and Rxa1
    🥳

  • @anaryl
    @anaryl Год назад

    AH I knew the skewer was the key! But I was hoping that Rxa2+ Ka*; then skewer the king through the pawn which could work if not Ka5.
    Nice problem and nice channel :)

  • @billprovince8759
    @billprovince8759 8 месяцев назад

    I looked for a bit at Re5 (instead of Re1) with the idea of building up a ladder: e.g., a1(Q), Rf8+ Kg[any] Rg5+ Kh[any], and my idea was Rh8?? however, that just fails to Qxh8. White can try some checks along the f file, and then eventually give up (when black plays to h1) and play Rf7 threatening mate at h7, but black should be able to check often enough with the queen to hold the draw.

  • @dentonyoung4314
    @dentonyoung4314 Год назад +2

    The whole thing hinged on the threat of a skewer. Fabulous ending.

  • @ronvavra
    @ronvavra Год назад

    That is freakin' amazing.

  • @electricmaster23
    @electricmaster23 Год назад

    Seal of approval!

  • @mikedavis1208
    @mikedavis1208 Год назад +6

    I've actually figured this out by thinking to always give checks to force the the enemy to just move his king then I realized what more I can do after that. I am suprised I actually got that although the thumbnail says it's only 1%. Grandmasters, I am coming for you.

  • @mach1553
    @mach1553 5 месяцев назад

    Smooth!

  • @proudzerzurancitizen
    @proudzerzurancitizen Год назад +2

    what's stopping a tie between b and c checks?

  • @RazielDeTam
    @RazielDeTam Год назад

    Nice puzzle 👏

  • @ghgg5346
    @ghgg5346 3 месяца назад

    Why black must go to the 2nd file? Can it just go to the f4 instead of f2 (or f3) ftom e2?

  • @QT5656
    @QT5656 Год назад

    Nice!

  • @interesting3956
    @interesting3956 Год назад

    btw at 2:09 white can't take on a7 trying to ladder mate because the black king runs all the way to the g file to find safety behind the opposing king

  • @joshuaadkisson6170
    @joshuaadkisson6170 2 месяца назад

    You should have also talked about how white had to force the king to the F file specifically. Had white moved the rook to the first rank while the black king was on the E file, the king would have been in time to defend the pawn before the second rook could attack it.

  • @Stevo935
    @Stevo935 Год назад +5

    Well, the next/first time I ever see three pawns lined up in the same file, I'll be sure to use this one.
    (Seriously though, how rare is that formation lol)

    • @chrlpolk
      @chrlpolk Год назад

      Just you wait! One day, you’ll bring something to A3 just to bait that B2 pawn. You may not even remember this vid, it’ll be forever planted in your subconscious!

  • @parose1457
    @parose1457 Год назад

    I'd bet that the 3 pawns positioned on the A file like that in an end game like that has NEVER happened. The strategies around promotion and skewers was very interesting though.
    If you take the two pawns and the second rook out of the puzzle, would the same skewer snatch a win?

  • @Frullock_88
    @Frullock_88 Год назад

    Finally a puzzle I solved 😅
    Thanks for the illusion of being in the 1% ahahahah
    ... On a serious note what is the definition of "solving the puzzle"? Seeing all the ramifications and how many steps before going to checkmate? Or seeing all the direction it could take?

    • @thekurdishtapes8317
      @thekurdishtapes8317 Год назад +1

      seeing the entire winning line up until the winning position (e.g. white a rook up) from the starting position in all possible variations of potential responses from black and without physically experimenting with variations on the board but calculating everything just in your head.

  • @NWRIBronco6
    @NWRIBronco6 Год назад +1

    Love this! Had the first half tactic figured out, but not the second half.
    Also worth pointing out that the f8 check doesn't work with the same tactic because the king from f1 can reach h1 in two moves, preventing rh8->rh1.

  • @JVsMusicalSoundscapes
    @JVsMusicalSoundscapes Год назад

    I got the e1 sac and afterwards, but not the obvious play if the King went to the a file LOL

  • @aee220phmunirabad
    @aee220phmunirabad Год назад

    Wonderful game

  • @ValkyRiver
    @ValkyRiver Год назад

    It’s worth noting that only that square works; if it’s on d1, black can take and head for the pawn; if it’s on f1, black can head for the h-file

  • @Jason-ie1ih
    @Jason-ie1ih Год назад

    finally, a puzzle i could solve

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings Год назад

    I got every move except the rook sac. I was looking at ways to take the pawn and use the 2 rooks together to mate the king, saw it wouldn't work and was stumped...

  • @wdiddy1
    @wdiddy1 Год назад

    Man these puzzles just boggle my mind, after seeing the results it seems so simple, that's what boggles my mind. I think it's cause I have a hard time picturing where pieces have moved when trying to calculate moves. I pretty much need a piece of paper to take notes or I screw something up.

  • @Requiredfields2
    @Requiredfields2 Год назад

    Who created the puzzle and when?

  • @resengor1300
    @resengor1300 5 месяцев назад

    Mind blowing

  • @markdearlove8634
    @markdearlove8634 9 месяцев назад

    Why wait until king is on f? Wouldn't it work moving rook to d1 while king is on e2?

  • @francoislechampi2002
    @francoislechampi2002 Год назад

    Not only this puzzle is wonderful but useful too

    • @chrlpolk
      @chrlpolk Год назад

      Because this situation happens all the time?

  • @loganburke3266
    @loganburke3266 Год назад

    I didn't see roook G8, but I did see rook E1! that made me happy.

  • @TheChessGenie
    @TheChessGenie Год назад

    I'm actually surprised that I managed to see the solution to this one from the beginning!

  • @phoenixarian8513
    @phoenixarian8513 Год назад +3

    Damn. Why do I always look at the wrong direction...despite I already know black goes down the idea of pawn takes b8 fooled me.

  • @ShortsBySam.
    @ShortsBySam. Год назад

    play against martin but when you Develop a piece you can only use that piece until it's captured. This rule does not apply to pawns and when you using a piece and you used the piece and got a queen then you can use it if only it is the piece you were using.

  • @Cybuch87
    @Cybuch87 Год назад +1

    It is worth to consider why instead of Re1 making move Re5 loses on the spot :)

  • @irohnick
    @irohnick Год назад +3

    But at the end what if the king just moves back where it was after eating the rook? the tempo allows him to

    • @Confluence358
      @Confluence358 Год назад +7

      then you move rook to h8 as per usual, and if king moves back to where it was, you skewer the pawn and king on the 2nd rank instead and take the pawn before it can even queen :)

  • @ivyyan
    @ivyyan Год назад

    This is enjoyable

  • @davidconnelly
    @davidconnelly Год назад

    All this time I thought my brain was a Pentium Quad Core. Turns out it's just a Celeron from the early 90s.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams 5 месяцев назад

    2:00 You shouldn't have to continue the game to the point where you actually put the king in checkmate. Once the queen is captured, the game is over and any competent player knows it and resigns.
    Unfortunately, there are too many marginal players who will make you chase them around until the inevitable checkmate happens. This was the reason I did not play against the students the two years I sponsored the chess club just before retirement.
    By the way, I tried moving the King to free up the rook. I missed the skewer which is brilliant. He's right, I love this puzzle for its elegant simple solution that only takes a few moves.

  • @alielchouli2809
    @alielchouli2809 Год назад

    What of black dont take the rock or just goes up instead of staying on the lower lines ( after the first check)

  • @fantomghost6213
    @fantomghost6213 6 месяцев назад

    Didn't get this one. Great puzzle

  • @levistepanian5341
    @levistepanian5341 Год назад

    Re1 is a beautiful sacrifice

  • @vytarien
    @vytarien Год назад

    1000 Blitz/900 Rapid trying to solve here!
    I'm paused at 0:31. I see this: Rxh7 h1=Q Rg8+ Kf5 Rf7+ Ke6 and beyond that I see no checks.

  • @tykemorris
    @tykemorris 8 месяцев назад

    I did solve it but it took a while. At first I forgot the old "always check the king" strategy. Then there is always the second rule: These puzzles usually have a sacrifice. Lol.

  • @maycoral1224
    @maycoral1224 Год назад

    What happens if black queen keeps moving across on 3 and 4 row instead of moving down to 2nd? They can get behind the white queen?

    • @maycoral1224
      @maycoral1224 Год назад

      Found it,,,, rook just moves down to row 1 and blocks queening square.

  • @colescalisthenics
    @colescalisthenics Год назад

    I wouldn’t even know to sacrifice my rook for a skewer later on lol

  • @siddharthgautam900
    @siddharthgautam900 Год назад

    I found the first move this puzzle was mind boggling

  • @paulbrennan4163
    @paulbrennan4163 Год назад

    I enjoyed 99% of this puzzle. The remaining 1% was spent trying to unboggle my mind.

  • @Lambert7785
    @Lambert7785 Год назад

    nice

  • @ElKartoffelbreii
    @ElKartoffelbreii Год назад +230

    1% chance to solve the puzzle? You definitely featured harder ones on the channel, should have used that thumbnail on one of those, imo.

    • @Yggdr4zyl
      @Yggdr4zyl Год назад +18

      Kind of agree. Sure it's a nice puzzle, but it's neither complex nor super original imo.
      So much exaggeration kind of ruins the hype...

    • @GregoriousApartment
      @GregoriousApartment Год назад +32

      He wanted to make a joke dude. 1% chance, 99% fun. Don't dig deep into the statistics.

    • @replikvltyoutube3727
      @replikvltyoutube3727 Год назад +6

      Ever heard of click bait?

    • @johnb6723
      @johnb6723 Год назад +1

      Lol.

    • @californiaplant-basedeater2761
      @californiaplant-basedeater2761 Год назад +1

      Did he change the title?

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum Год назад +1

    Rook'n'Roll!🤘🤘

  • @Someone-tn8ur
    @Someone-tn8ur Год назад +1

    1% chance you can solve this. Considering that there are 21 legal moves, I know a strategy to almost quintuple my chances of finding that first move...

  • @nillinx1234
    @nillinx1234 Год назад

    What do you call this? You use the checks to reposition your rooks, gaining 'free' moves in this position.

  • @nanoswipe147
    @nanoswipe147 Год назад

    Could someone explain to me why at 5:20 rook to e5 wouldn't be the easier move to find that check mates them by continuing the ladder afterwards

  • @MichaelHarrisIreland
    @MichaelHarrisIreland 4 месяца назад

    When all else fails, sacrifice your rook.

  • @yogi9631
    @yogi9631 Год назад

    Super

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven Год назад

    This shows the deeper level of thinking that a GM has, say. When Magnus looks at the board, he sees more hidden cause & effect relations.

  • @fifiwoof1969
    @fifiwoof1969 6 месяцев назад

    3:15 after Rh1 why not a1=Q?

  • @willbishop1355
    @willbishop1355 11 месяцев назад

    Why does the black king stay on the 2nd rank as you chase it with the rook rather than moving to the 3rd or 4th rank?

    • @frankvandorp2059
      @frankvandorp2059 7 месяцев назад

      If the king does that, you can just move the rook to the 1st rank without the king taking it, and stop the pawn from promoting.

  • @dzxy314
    @dzxy314 Год назад

    I think R - e5 (instead of e1) will win as well

  • @vilasmahindrakar8854
    @vilasmahindrakar8854 Год назад

    What a great beauty of chess,no doubt cricket is king of game but chess is king's game

  • @chiepah2
    @chiepah2 Год назад

    You were right, not clickbait.

  • @wucehanhan7000
    @wucehanhan7000 Год назад +2

    after watch this video, i notice that i am still stupid

  • @My1xT
    @My1xT Год назад

    Skewer the royal couple as one chesstuber i know likes to say

  • @ericsbuds
    @ericsbuds Год назад

    i normally only show my friends at the bar or the library my chess moves...

  • @milesgreenwood5036
    @milesgreenwood5036 Год назад +1

    Can't believe I saw Rf1 Rh8 instantly

  • @GGBel1
    @GGBel1 Год назад

    does not work if they keep their king in the 3rd row when moving otwards the right side of the board

    • @tykemorris
      @tykemorris 8 месяцев назад

      Yes it does because all that means is that the king can't stop your rook from getting to the first rank. Once black let's that happen your pawn is doomed whether it queens or not.

  • @la8ball
    @la8ball Год назад

    Honestly, I've been in that position a few of times and always ended it in a draw.

  • @MrGoatMan3895
    @MrGoatMan3895 Год назад

    I didn't think this was possible to win... Nelson made my jaw drop as always!

  • @fifiwoof1969
    @fifiwoof1969 6 месяцев назад

    6:15 why not Rh1+ then Ra1 gobbling up all those pawns?

    • @dagg310
      @dagg310 4 месяца назад

      because the king can make it to b2 and you would lose ur rook

  • @SamuelPearlman
    @SamuelPearlman Год назад

    4:06 + -- why does the king need to move toward the 1st row? If they stay in the middle of the board there's no skewer on the 1st rank!

    • @Debbiebabe69
      @Debbiebabe69 Год назад +1

      because then the white rouk can move to c1/d1/e1, then to a1, then freely eat all the black pawns.

    • @SamuelPearlman
      @SamuelPearlman Год назад

      @@Debbiebabe69 Ah, got it, thanks!

  • @bayezidahsan7309
    @bayezidahsan7309 Год назад

    The first one is so easy

  • @jayhershey7525
    @jayhershey7525 5 месяцев назад

    WOW! 😂

  • @Big_Z_Gaming
    @Big_Z_Gaming Год назад

    "If you had a chance to look at that" Counter: 5

  • @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
    @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 Год назад

    Two rooks on an open board are very powerful.
    {:o:O:}

  • @xerxese191
    @xerxese191 Год назад

    Very nice. I didn't spot Re1!! 👍

  • @user-gw8ou6lc2t
    @user-gw8ou6lc2t 8 месяцев назад

    And then he sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @heavenaimol1988
    @heavenaimol1988 Год назад

    Y does the king only move on the 2 line though. Cant he just go 3line?

    • @Alan-xxxxxx
      @Alan-xxxxxx Год назад +1

      White simply brings rook down to 1st rank and can then ultimately capture the pawn