Yep, I agree. Just learning the simple trick of keeping my king on the correct colour squares so that it can't be checked will improve my game enormously!
So, in summary, the strategy is to keep black's pieces up against the wall and keep the rooks mutually supporting until you have a position that lets you checkmate or take the queen with the loss of only one rook.
difficult puzzle. Solution is to push queen farther queenside, for example to Qb8, then check king until king is on Kf8, then check king Rh8+ and then when king takes second rook Kxg7, white takes queen Rxb8. Quite difficult puzzle, took long time and many attempts to solve it
It is very easy. Check with the rook. Black king forced to move to g8. Take the other rook to e7. The black queen can move within the 8th row only. 2nd rook to g7 check. King forced to move to f8. Rook h8 check.
Very nice. I immediately identified e7 as the key, but the initial check from h7 is the key first step for both your solution and the content creator's. Quite a few of his puzzles seem to focus on subtle tempo changes. I need to learn how to better see these opportunities in my game.
Your answer missed a possibility. After Rh7+ Kg8 Re7, the Queen doesn't need to stay on the 8th Rank. Black can play Qf6, Qf5, Qf4. White doesn't threaten checkmate, because if Re8+ then K×Rh7. So the Black Queen would be escaped, and the game would lead to a draw. That's why the solution in the video keeps the White Rooks away from the Black King, to keep the checkmate threat, which keeps the Black Queen on the 8th Rank.
With white king on b8 Black gives check from e5. If the left-side rook blocks b5+ is a perpetual. If the right-side rook blocks it's pinned while blocking the other rook and white can do nothing.
Rh7+ Kg8 Re7? looks decent, but the Queen doesn't need to stay on the 8th Rank. Black can play Qf6, Qf5, Qf4. White doesn't threaten checkmate, because if Re8+ then K×Rh7. So the black Queen would've escaped, and the game would lead to a draw. That's why the solution in the video keeps the white Rooks away from the black King, to keep the checkmate threat, which keeps the black Queen stuck on the 8th Rank.
Hmmm, stopped at min 0:58 and quickly thought of (not totally sure if it could be stopped though). Rook to B6. Black King only has one possible move, but the Queen will probably be moved. I don't think it makes a difference where so far, but Queen moves somewhere. Same rook white to C6, keeping the rooks protecting each other on that side of the board. What can the Queen do now? Does it matter? Queen or King black moves, and rook on C7 moves to C8. I have not developed from there, but i can keep the King in check or take the Queen after losing one rook. Now i will continue, and probably learn something. :)
Now I saw it: Make a king move for tempo, force the queen to move again and no matter what black does white can force an exchange with a rook for the queen.
Maybe Rinck was the first, who discovered this position. But certainly this position is easy to find (also without computer help), and many study composer after Rinck have made with this position a study. Also Gurgenidze and Gerhard Josten. Happy, happy birthday. It is rare that 2 persons have the same birthday and are together.
Is it possible for white king to make its way to B8 with the rooks still at their starting locations (or able to move back to that position in 1 turn), without allowing black king to leave the 8 rank?
It is not possible to checkmate a lone king with one rook and your king? I think if you got the king in a corner (like h8), with your king on h6, you can checkmate with the rook on the 8 file on any safe square from a8 to f8.
Yes, it is possible, and in fact EASY for a decent player. And the WHOLE puzzle largely revolves around FORCING him to lose a Q for a R, and then you have the win. Did you watch the video where he REPEATEDLY goes into that? All the threats are either winning Q for a R or checkmate, and all the defense is preventing checks and getting his Q to the center.
They say the third time is the charm. Completely failed this the first time it came up. Today, the second time, reembered the basic strategy, but still could not execute it. Maybe next time it comes up?
Mikael, a very Happy Birthday to you and your wife! 🎈🎉🎂 That was a tricky puzzle and too complicated for me, but I enjoyed watching the video and seeing how White could win. Thanks and I hope you have a great day!
It's been probably 20 years since I've played a game of chess. I did okay against the casual players, but I got my butt kicked online. My strategy for this would be a Queen Rook swap, anywhere I could. As long as you keep his King from being in play. And White's 2 Rooks are protecting each other. I'd take a swap any day. I don't understand why he says if you let the black Queen to the middle, it's gonna end up as a draw. He can check me all he wants. I don't even care if it ends up in a fork as long as it comes out, a Queen Rook swap. And I would keep moving my king closer to my rooks. For a third level of protection.
As he said, with the Q in the middle, it is perpetual check. That means he can check you FOREVER, whether you block with rooks or not. 50 move rule says 50 checks and it's a draw. So THAT's the problem with the Q in the middle, which is why the whole puzzle mostly is about preventing that or Q checks to allow that.
I had a different thought. What if I let the queen check me. I will move my king slowly towards A8. After that I will use my 2 rooks to block the check and move my 2 rooks & king towards h file. So at the end black has to sacrifice his queen for my 1 rook.
Moving white king to a7? Thought that might be simpler, but I couldn't keep the king out of check and the rook unpinned to allow winning the queen. Seems like a lot of maneuvering to win that as well. Do you have a sequence for that?
@@debg1424 I'm still learning. When the king was at b8 queen can't check, but can pin the rook, Q to f4. Seems like then either you have to move the left rook, or you have to move the king to a8 or c8 where the queen can check again.
@@debg1424 think walking the king down via c8 through checks towards blacks king and bringing the left rook down to the third rank eventually gave me black's queen. Still seemed to be almost as complex as the rook gyrations the author did.
Happy birthday to both of you from another Libra ⚖💝😉Your chess miniatures have become almost a daily routine to me. I was an active chess player in my salad days but I lost the patience to sit for hours. I appreciate your enthusiasm to present the little puzzles, they have just the right difficulty for me. Hope you will continue 😇
Happy Birthday! I think this is your most difficult problem so far. Even after seeing the video, there is no way I could actually win this over the board. There are too many variations to remember.
This is one of those puzzles that's more about understanding the themes rather than just pure calculation.
Yep, I agree. Just learning the simple trick of keeping my king on the correct colour squares so that it can't be checked will improve my game enormously!
Congrats to you and your wife. I had some elements right, but not in the winning sequence. Very instructive.
So, in summary, the strategy is to keep black's pieces up against the wall and keep the rooks mutually supporting until you have a position that lets you checkmate or take the queen with the loss of only one rook.
Hope you both have a great day. Thank you for the present.
difficult puzzle. Solution is to push queen farther queenside, for example to Qb8, then check king until king is on Kf8, then check king Rh8+ and then when king takes second rook Kxg7, white takes queen Rxb8. Quite difficult puzzle, took long time and many attempts to solve it
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the wonderful chess puzzles!
It is very easy. Check with the rook. Black king forced to move to g8. Take the other rook to e7.
The black queen can move within the 8th row only. 2nd rook to g7 check. King forced to move to f8.
Rook h8 check.
Very nice. I immediately identified e7 as the key, but the initial check from h7 is the key first step for both your solution and the content creator's. Quite a few of his puzzles seem to focus on subtle tempo changes. I need to learn how to better see these opportunities in my game.
Your answer missed a possibility. After Rh7+ Kg8 Re7, the Queen doesn't need to stay on the 8th Rank. Black can play Qf6, Qf5, Qf4. White doesn't threaten checkmate, because if Re8+ then K×Rh7. So the Black Queen would be escaped, and the game would lead to a draw. That's why the solution in the video keeps the White Rooks away from the Black King, to keep the checkmate threat, which keeps the Black Queen on the 8th Rank.
Happy birthday to both!
Have a great day to both of you!
Greatly enjoy your videos, happy birthday!
Why not just bring the king to a7 then b8? - next move it either mate or rook-queen exchange.
With white king on b8 Black gives check from e5. If the left-side rook blocks b5+ is a perpetual. If the right-side rook blocks it's pinned while blocking the other rook and white can do nothing.
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(@3:16) white can just move to king to h2 and black is all out of checks; rook controls b2, queen can’t get to b7, and Qh7?? loses instantly.
Great video, and study. Happy Birthday to the both of you.
Nice strategy. I have never seen that before.
Rh7+ Kg8 Re7? looks decent, but the Queen doesn't need to stay on the 8th Rank. Black can play Qf6, Qf5, Qf4. White doesn't threaten checkmate, because if Re8+ then K×Rh7. So the black Queen would've escaped, and the game would lead to a draw. That's why the solution in the video keeps the white Rooks away from the black King, to keep the checkmate threat, which keeps the black Queen stuck on the 8th Rank.
At 8:48 Whats wrong with queen g8 here? Ok, in the end it is the same, but should be mentioned.
Hmmm, stopped at min 0:58 and quickly thought of (not totally sure if it could be stopped though). Rook to B6. Black King only has one possible move, but the Queen will probably be moved. I don't think it makes a difference where so far, but Queen moves somewhere. Same rook white to C6, keeping the rooks protecting each other on that side of the board. What can the Queen do now? Does it matter? Queen or King black moves, and rook on C7 moves to C8. I have not developed from there, but i can keep the King in check or take the Queen after losing one rook. Now i will continue, and probably learn something. :)
The long variation that ends at 8:50.
Why can't black just play Qg8?
Now I saw it:
Make a king move for tempo, force the queen to move again and no matter what black does white can force an exchange with a rook for the queen.
Maybe Rinck was the first, who discovered this position. But certainly this position is easy to find (also without computer help), and many study composer after Rinck have made with this position a study. Also Gurgenidze and Gerhard Josten. Happy, happy birthday. It is rare that 2 persons have the same birthday and are together.
Thank you very much for explaining how to do it. Much appreciated…I have SUBSCRIBED!!!
Another great study. Happy birthday to you and your wife. Best wishes John
Happy birthday to both of you! Thanks for the interesting puzzle
Amazing. Happy birthday the pair of you.
Is it possible for white king to make its way to B8 with the rooks still at their starting locations (or able to move back to that position in 1 turn), without allowing black king to leave the 8 rank?
Congrats, Sir!
Birthday special puzzle is a fantastic one, thank you very much and God bless you both. Belated wishes as Iam watching this video today.
Happy birthday to both of you 🎉
It is not possible to checkmate a lone king with one rook and your king? I think if you got the king in a corner (like h8), with your king on h6, you can checkmate with the rook on the 8 file on any safe square from a8 to f8.
Yes, it is possible, and in fact EASY for a decent player. And the WHOLE puzzle largely revolves around FORCING him to lose a Q for a R, and then you have the win.
Did you watch the video where he REPEATEDLY goes into that? All the threats are either winning Q for a R or checkmate, and all the defense is preventing checks and getting his Q to the center.
They say the third time is the charm. Completely failed this the first time it came up. Today, the second time, reembered the basic strategy, but still could not execute it. Maybe next time it comes up?
Happy double birthday! Great video as always.
though I knew Re7 is must, I could not think further
great puzzle
. Thanks dear.
Mikael, a very Happy Birthday to you and your wife! 🎈🎉🎂
That was a tricky puzzle and too complicated for me, but I enjoyed watching the video and seeing how White could win. Thanks and I hope you have a great day!
Congratulations to you both.
It's been probably 20 years since I've played a game of chess. I did okay against the casual players, but I got my butt kicked online.
My strategy for this would be a Queen Rook swap, anywhere I could. As long as you keep his King from being in play.
And White's 2 Rooks are protecting each other. I'd take a swap any day. I don't understand why he says if you let the black Queen to the middle, it's gonna end up as a draw. He can check me all he wants. I don't even care if it ends up in a fork as long as it comes out, a Queen Rook swap.
And I would keep moving my king closer to my rooks. For a third level of protection.
As he said, with the Q in the middle, it is perpetual check. That means he can check you FOREVER, whether you block with rooks or not. 50 move rule says 50 checks and it's a draw.
So THAT's the problem with the Q in the middle, which is why the whole puzzle mostly is about preventing that or Q checks to allow that.
I had a different thought.
What if I let the queen check me. I will move my king slowly towards A8. After that I will use my 2 rooks to block the check and move my 2 rooks & king towards h file.
So at the end black has to sacrifice his queen for my 1 rook.
As he said, once the Q is in the middle it is PERPETUAL CHECK. I don't know why so many refuse to listen to or grasp that.
I got this.
White Rook to C8. Q takes Rook. White Rook to C7... Queen takes Rook.
I lose!
SPEED RUNNING LOSSES, BABY!
Minute 9, why not Qg7? Then move king behind queen and ultimately free the queen.
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Happy Birthday to you both, sir!
DOUBLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY !
Don't drag the video too long
Birth year of both?
It will take a while but all you've got to is move your king
happy birthday 2u both :)
happy birthday
I would bring the queen to a7 without moving the rooks and then it will be a simple win. Queen alone can't stop the king to come to a7
Moving white king to a7? Thought that might be simpler, but I couldn't keep the king out of check and the rook unpinned to allow winning the queen. Seems like a lot of maneuvering to win that as well. Do you have a sequence for that?
@@patclark6032 yes a7 and then b8 if queen is giving more checks. Once the king is in b8 then that's it.
@@debg1424 I'm still learning. When the king was at b8 queen can't check, but can pin the rook, Q to f4. Seems like then either you have to move the left rook, or you have to move the king to a8 or c8 where the queen can check again.
@@debg1424 think walking the king down via c8 through checks towards blacks king and bringing the left rook down to the third rank eventually gave me black's queen. Still seemed to be almost as complex as the rook gyrations the author did.
@@patclark6032 king won't go to through c8. King will eventually go to b8 and then rook will go to c8. That will either checkmate or pin the queen.
Happy birthday, I hope you have a fun evening.
Please in the end of the vidio one time show correct final solution till we couls remember final way after many calculation in video
Happy birthday! 🎂
Happy birthday 🎂🎈🎉
Happy birthday to you two
Complicated, useful anyway
Happy birthday to both of you from another Libra ⚖💝😉Your chess miniatures have become almost a daily routine to me. I was an active chess player in my salad days but I lost the patience to sit for hours. I appreciate your enthusiasm to present the little puzzles, they have just the right difficulty for me. Hope you will continue 😇
Put the same puzzle next birthday and I might have some chance of getting it
Forgot to say Happy Birthday...
Happy birthday both.
Happy Birthday. This one seems impossible for a human.
Happy Birthday!
I think this is your most difficult problem so far. Even after seeing the video, there is no way I could actually win this over the board. There are too many variations to remember.
@viswakumarr above gives a much simpler and elegant solution.
Happy birthday to you🎉
Grattis to you and your wife!
Many many happy returns of the day to you and to your wife 🎂🎁🎁
Many happy returns to you and your spouse.
Ka7?
Great fact. You share your birthday with your wife.
Happy birthday to You and your Lady. Sorry that I'm a bit late 🎉🎉🎉
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthdays!
Happy birthdays 😂🎉🎉🎉
Congradulations
Zugzwang!
Yes indeed. Zugzwang for lots of moves. Very impressive and clever.
Happy birthday 🎉
Not your birthday here. But have a great day where you is.😀
There are only 2 star signs. Those that are Scorpio’s and those that are not. But hey, close enough. HB to you and your wife. Many more.
Happy birthday greetings belatedly.
Happy 80th bday .....
Done this before blacks are favourite if you don't think about it
Happy birthdaaayyy!!!
Happy birthday
That doesn't make sense. Why i shouldn't take a queen with my rook. Why it is a draw ? That's a win
It's a draw if King isn't under check but doesn't have any moves. Which will be the case.
impossible for me to win 🙃
It's hard.
And how old are you now? 🫠 Happy Birthday to you! 🎉 Happy birthday to your wife? Does she like chess too? 😃
I turned 52 today. Yes, my wife like chess too and was talented as a junior but after we met and played some games she gave up on chess 😀
Menudo aburrimiento
i was thinking bout c3 so you could protect king with it and b5 maybe. to atack king from low 😅 but queen must be spoil all that 😴
Happy birthday!