05:30 Nelson: "This is a good rule for beginners: if you're worried about stalemates, always play a check and you'll never have stalemate. Worst case scenario, it's checkmate." This is really brilliant. Never omit a check, it might be a checkmate! :)
Nice puzzles! I got the first one, but fell for Nf6 in the second one. Also pleasing to see both the Arabian mate and the Vukovic mate coming up in that second puzzle... really shows the value of committing common checkmating patterns to memory!
The second puzzle reminds me of one old problem: "Find a position with material KNP vs kq, BTM White wins". There is only one solution and it may be found if one knows about that special Black Queen vs White King opposition.
Those are two studies, created by a chess composer. “Puzzle” or “problem” would be a bit of the common inaccuracy in the definition. Beautiful and tricky! Thank you.
In puzzle 1: What about bishop c4 instead of white king a2 because if black king moves to c3 we can still play rook b3+ and if black takes bishop we bring king to b2 and we win if black king goes back to d2 we give rook d3 check and we still win forcing black king to moves infont of pawn or away from pawn.
Good puzzles, but they seem to depend on a king being in one of the most limiting positions on the board, in the corner where their possible moves are very limited. So a further question is why is a king in such a location? I know the puzzle sets it up there as an assumption, but why in a game would it end up there?
The same options to get out of a corner are the ones to get in, and the King is meager in combat but must be defended to not lose. Let the other ones do all the dirty work, while the king does as little as possible in the safest spot possible you can afford to put him in. The absolute safest spot is a corner, by the original statement.
In the first puzzle. why doesn't bishop d1 work instead of king a2? the next move we take the pawn, likely, loosing the bishop later on. But rook is enough to checkmate.
Puzzle: ✔️
Friends: ❌
05:30 Nelson: "This is a good rule for beginners: if you're worried about stalemates, always play a check and you'll never have stalemate. Worst case scenario, it's checkmate." This is really brilliant. Never omit a check, it might be a checkmate! :)
I love these puzzles!!! Keep it up.
Nice puzzles! I got the first one, but fell for Nf6 in the second one.
Also pleasing to see both the Arabian mate and the Vukovic mate coming up in that second puzzle... really shows the value of committing common checkmating patterns to memory!
Cool puzzles, Nelson. Hope your health is good.
2 short problems to show your friends that you have no friends!
lol
Bold to assume we have friends. Lol
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Dang.
Those glasses now make Nelson look twice as tough, powerful, and smart at chess than he was without the glasses.
Those were the insane and brilliant and easiest puzzles.
Hope you get better soon Nelson
Thanks, love that little chess problems.
Loved the second puzzle!!❤ I didn't see the fork idea.
Now we needs to find a stalemate trap that comes from a forced check
The first thing I thought was where is Nelson, what happened and who is this guy? 🤓
I'm wearing 👓 too
I was spot on for 1st.
50-50 for second
I like the 2nd puzzle, it was black to move & stalemate!
1.puzlles bishop d2 k:d2 r:c2
6:15 "of course, we are going to win with rook and knight and king".
you severely underestimate my powers 😭
The second puzzle reminds me of one old problem:
"Find a position with material KNP vs kq, BTM White wins".
There is only one solution and it may be found if one knows about that special Black Queen vs White King opposition.
Didn't see the first one but caught the second one
Great video
how come friends isn't in quotes 😂
can you do a colle system in depth vid nelson? i thinks its pretty underated
Those are two studies, created by a chess composer. “Puzzle” or “problem” would be a bit of the common inaccuracy in the definition. Beautiful and tricky! Thank you.
very good puzzles with few pieces
Gotta be honest, I found most of the moves in the first puzzle except Rb3.
Nice glasses Nelson!
This voice is good 👍🥳
Glasses is good for protection against looking at constant fire!
1st problem, after Kd2, Bg4. If Kd3, Bf5 skewering the pawn.
... Kc3.
Dear Nelson, Glasses+Frontlight = suboptimal 🤩
Nice Problems!
I miss your speed runs
On 2:16 bishop h5
I solved the first puzzle, but on the second one i thought that horse f6 was the solution
On the 2nd puzzle, I initially said Qxd5 because a queen vs rook endgame is usually a win... then I realised it was WHITE to move.
Me too 🤧😞 foggy head is making my elo suffer too 🙈
Puzzle2 took me only a second, rook to e8 and lose.
My first move in the second puzzle was Knight to c7. 😂
In puzzle 1: What about bishop c4 instead of white king a2 because if black king moves to c3 we can still play rook b3+ and if black takes bishop we bring king to b2 and we win if black king goes back to d2 we give rook d3 check and we still win forcing black king to moves infont of pawn or away from pawn.
... Kd1. Then, if White doesn't want to lose the pawn, 1. Be2+ Kd2 is forced, and we have a repeated position.
First puzzle: when the black king moves to D2 why not white bishop to D1? The pawn is pinned.
Kxd1.
Because the black king then takes the bishop and all white can get is a draw
I swear i solved all first puzzles no mistakes
You look like an anime protagonist with the reflection in your glasses 😂
Brilliant :-)
bobby fisherman series episode 41?
No more rating climb?
I solved them all.
I solved all the moves.
because it was easy, I solved them too.
Good puzzles, but they seem to depend on a king being in one of the most limiting positions on the board, in the corner where their possible moves are very limited. So a further question is why is a king in such a location? I know the puzzle sets it up there as an assumption, but why in a game would it end up there?
You never played chess
The same options to get out of a corner are the ones to get in, and the King is meager in combat but must be defended to not lose. Let the other ones do all the dirty work, while the king does as little as possible in the safest spot possible you can afford to put him in. The absolute safest spot is a corner, by the original statement.
Castling, most likely.
Castling and being chased down by stronger pieces. Happens all the time.
First one is very simple ... Second is not ...
Have you ever sacrificed your bishop?
Have you ever sacrificed your king?
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
Haha "Worst case scenario is a checkmate". In that case what is a best case scenario ?
No wayy u got glasses ??
Voice sounds ok
Puzzle 1 is EASY
Thought I'd clicked on to a video of Joe90 by mistake ;-)
Hello all.
In the first puzzle. why doesn't bishop d1 work instead of king a2? the next move we take the pawn, likely, loosing the bishop later on. But rook is enough to checkmate.
Kxd1
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