I was racking my brain trying to figure out how white can checkmate from h1, never realizing that it can be done from the opposite end of the file. Will I ever learn?
Beautiful! Sacrifice bishop and pawn to put black pieces in awkward position (I think it is called deflective moves) for later inevitable checkmate. One of the most brilliant studies I've seen and not easy to solve.
As always I appreciate the efforts you bring out. Imagine someone already having analyzed all the positions, traps, etc and then making this video. It means you put a lot of efforts in giving us the simplest video to watch it, analyze it peacefully. God bless you.
At 3:53, why not move white bishop to f3 to protect the rook on f1? Then if black pushes pawn to g4, pull white bishop back to d5. Black now has to move his bishop and white can then take black rook with white rook for check. Did I miss something?
Took me awhile but I solved it. When I was looking at this I presumed that black would prolong the game by declining to capture the newly promoted queen and instead play Rf4. The queen couldn't capture the Bishop or move off the 8th rank at all or black would have an immediate checkmate. The simplest response is Rh1 to force a rook trade, then queen safely takes the Bishop.
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I was racking my brain trying to figure out how white can checkmate from h1, never realizing that it can be done from the opposite end of the file. Will I ever learn?
I really enjoy your very thorough analysis videos. Thank you.
Beautiful! Sacrifice bishop and pawn to put black pieces in awkward position (I think it is called deflective moves) for later inevitable checkmate. One of the most brilliant studies I've seen and not easy to solve.
Beautiful. Thanks, as always!
I wonder what percentage of viewers can solve this in five minutes or less? I certainly couldn't. Nice puzzle!
Just found the first move as obvious, but not the continuation ...
excellent, as always enjoyed your intelligent explanations very much 😀
0:33 "black is slightly better here" - Shouldn't ever say this in a tablebase position, as we know the outcome with best play (a draw in this case)
Solved, thanks!
Excellent excellent puzzle, found the first move right away. Just brilliant. Thank you very much and God bless you
As always I appreciate the efforts you bring out. Imagine someone already having analyzed all the positions, traps, etc and then making this video. It means you put a lot of efforts in giving us the simplest video to watch it, analyze it peacefully. God bless you.
At 3:53, why not move white bishop to f3 to protect the rook on f1? Then if black pushes pawn to g4, pull white bishop back to d5. Black now has to move his bishop and white can then take black rook with white rook for check. Did I miss something?
Black can trade Rooks, making it impossible for white to win as blacks Bishop is preventing the pawn from Promoting
How is it a rook trade? Wouldn't white now be up by a rook?
Took me awhile but I solved it. When I was looking at this I presumed that black would prolong the game by declining to capture the newly promoted queen and instead play Rf4. The queen couldn't capture the Bishop or move off the 8th rank at all or black would have an immediate checkmate. The simplest response is Rh1 to force a rook trade, then queen safely takes the Bishop.
Sooo beautiful smothers 😂
Saw the key move, but failed to see the continuation after the sacriifice. Great study, thanks.
Very, very easy. I saw immediatly the whole combination until end from the diagram in the beginning. I needed 10 seconds, no more.
I even thought about the bishop move, but I didn't calculate it after the rook capture I was able to see the pawn promotion move.
You always make it look so easy. But I can't get it in a real game 😩
Very clever!
I got this one!
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