He used 20 seconds to simulate a realtime decision making in an actual game. Of course it would be much easier if one leisurely took there time to play
For the first puzzle, what the comment in the video missed is that this is a Zugzwang theme. Blocking the g-file is not the point of Qg7, since the g-file is already blocked in the starting position; moreover Qg7 does not directly threaten any mate: g5 is (still) defended by the knight, Qg4 leaves h6 as escape, and Qxh8 leaves g6. However: * taking the pawn gives a checkmate on g4 by Q or B as the video shows * any other knight move gives Qg5 (taking the knight if it went there) mate * rook move on rank 8 gives Qh7 mate, and Rh7 similarly Qxh7 mate * finally Rh6 allows Qg4 mate. Actually quite nice
Thanks for the puzzles. You don’t need to give the 20 seconds with a clock ticking though. People will just pause the video. You can just say you’ll give a few seconds and tell viewers to pause if they like.
First problem composed by L B Salkind, published in Deutsche Schachzeitung 1907. Full solution is: 1 Qg7! ( ) R~ ; 2 Qh7 # Rh6 ; 2 Qg4 # N~ ; 2 Qg5 # Nxh4 ; 2 Bg4 # Kxh4 ; 2 Qg4 # (The symbol ~ means 'makes any random move at all'. The hashtag is used to show checkmate. Empty brackets means 'no threat is made, White is simply waiting for Black to make any move). This is a neat block problem in which the bN and bR each make a self-blocking correction move (Nxh4 and Rh6). 1 Qg7! is the ONLY solution (the key), and those who thought they had another key should look again more carefully. Those who thought that 1 ... Ng5 prevented mate (!?) note that 2 Qg5 # means white Queen goes to g5 CAPTURiNG the knight if it has gone there!! Second problem was composed by the great British problemist T R Dawson and published in Chess Amateur in 1920. 1 b8=N! ( ) Kxe8 ; 2 Qg8 #. (Set-play: 1 ... Kxe8 ; 2 b8=Q #) The whole point of this one-line problem is that it is a complete block. In the diagram position, if it were Black to play, he would have to play king takes knight, when White would mate by b-pawn promotes to queen (or rook). This is known as set-play. However White cannot make any simple waiting moves which would simply allow that line of play to happen. So the 'set mate' 2 b8=Q is changed to an immediate under-promotion and leads to a 'changed mate'. This is simple and neat example of a 'mutate'. I think Patrick may have a copy of Colin Russ's excellent book Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries (?) which is a brilliant collection of light-weight chess problems.
I did not watch the full video but here's my answer . . . White to move 1. Qg7 (Key move) Queen is able to lock G file and h6 square which makes only move for king to capture the pawn and 2. Qg4#. But if the opponent doesn't move the king here are the following scenarios...... 1st scenario Moving the rook horizontal in any squares or 1.....Rh7 This will lead to 2. Qh7# (or 2. Qxh7# if 1.....Rh7) 2nd scenario 1......Rh6 , This will lead to .... 2. Qg4# 3rd scenario Moving the knight any direction (except for 1......Nxh4) This will lead to 2. Qg5# (or 2. Qxg5# if 1.....Ng5) 4th scenario 1....Nxh4 , This will lead to ..... 2. Bg4# My answer is based on my observation, hope you like it
A few people have notice that there are other alternatives to the first puzzle, but all still lead to mate in 2 using 1. Qg7. As explained in the video if 1. ... Kxh4 then 2. Qg4#, or if 1. ... Nxh4 then 2. Bg4# If 1. ... Rg6 then 2. Qg4# If 1. ... Ng5 then 2. Qxh8# Any other Knight move loses to 2. Qg5# and any other Rook move (including 1. ... Rg8 or Rh7) loses to 2. Qh7# Hope that helps.
Neat. Thanks for the puzzle! Every couple of days I set up a chess puzzle on a chess board in my cubicle area for people to ponder.. I'll use this one today. Not too hard, but will still be a head scratcher for the uninitiated.
Seeing such pawn positions in 2nd puzzle, an experienced chess puzzle solver will immediately think that the solution is pawn promotion which won't make a stalemate for black. So either promotion to a knight or bishop. For this case it's promotion to a knight. There are other puzzles that I have seen which involve two consecutive pawn promotions to different pieces such as : knight followed by bishop or vice versa or combination of promotions to rook/knight/bishop. Usually those are found in 3 or 4 moves puzzles which therefore are more difficult.
In the first puzzle, if Whites does move is Queen to G7, then Black can escape mate by moving Knight to G5. Then the Black King can move from the edge of the board.
Your first puzzle can not be finish in 2 because if we move the rook instead of capturing the pawn with knight then after the check we can capture the pawn with king
@@PatrickFestaPatman No, it is required to avoid double solution. Suppose there is no pawn at a7, then Ka7 will be a solution too, an ordinary one. So the pawn is placed there in order to result in a single solution, i.e b8 promoted to a knight which is impressive.
Maybe it's in the comments here but in the first puzzle you didn't cover the possibility of 1) Qg7 ... Nh2. That covers the g4 square so White can't mate with Bg4. White could mate, however, with Qg5.
In first puzzle, what about Black's moving his knight to G5 to block the queen and give his king the (temporary) escape square of H4? Queen can't then take the knight, must work around it for her next move. I can't see a way for White to mate in one more move; Black's king would be on a black square, so bishop would be useless; and I can't see any way for White's queen to check Black's king that the king cannot escape for at least one more move. I don't think you've shown us the correct solution yet--if there even is one.
What happens with the Mate in 2 when after Queen G7 Rook G8 is played? Obviously black will loose no matter what, but Mate with Queen G4 won't work (Rook x Queen G4) nor with Bishop G4 (King x Pawn H4) nor with Bishop F7 (again King x Pawn H4) nor Queen i.e. H6 (King G3)... What am I overlooking, please?
Can somebody help me with this chess problem?? Seven figures join the white queen, who waits, facing the board. The black queen, the black rook, and the white pawn stand on one side of the board. The white bishop, the white rook, and the black bishop stand opposite. The black rook stands to the immediate right of the white king and directly across from the white bishop. The white pawn stands directly across from the white rook and to the white queen's immediate left. The black queen, white pawn, white king, and black rook leave the board first, each one following the other.. The answer is a 4 letter word. There is this drawing too with a black rectangle with the white queen been on left side of rectangle and with 3 lines across the top of rectangle. First line has letter A on top then second line has the C on top and then the third line has the E on top.. Then, on bottom of rectangle there are another 3 lines across the bottom of rectangle. One line has letter B, second line letter D and third line letter F. and on opposite side of rectangle across from white queen is another line with letter G on it . I think I gotta use this as a clue to unscramble the 4 letter word. I used my chess board to tried to unscramble it by placing chess pieces just like the instructions said but iam confused about the drawing and the last part of the clues
I'm Sorry. I didn't realize , are you a youngster? If you could somehow show me the picture you are describing I might be able to help. I'm just no good at word puzzles.
Bishop D5 to kick out the knight on f3. once knight moves then checkmate on g5. if he doesnt move the knight then you take the knight and its checkmate in 2. am i missing something?
can anybody analyze this please for the 1st puzzle: if....1.Qg7...then Rg8!......black king is protected from any checkmate attempts in the G file...and has an alternative escape route on taking white pawn at h4...so it wouldn't be a mate in 2.
I found a different way for the second one white to move qe6-g6 and protecting the knight on e8 then he can move pond e6 or e5 then queen g6-g7 checkmate
Your name makes my comment ironic because it seems you are the dumb one here, if rook to h6 Bg4 isnt mate because king can then take the pawn, and if the rook moves to the left Qh7 isnt mate because king g5
CANT DO KING G5 BECAUSE ITS GUARDED BY THE PAWN AND THE PAWN IS PROTECTED BY THE QUEEN. BUT THE RH6 ISNT MATE WHEN BISHOPS CHECKS THE B.KING, YOU CAN AVOID CHECKMATE IN 2 AT ALL :D
benbert Ascano If he moves rook on the 8th line or h7... Qh7# If he moves rook h6, Qg4# If he moves knight h4, Bg4# If he moves knight anywhere else, Qg5# or Qxg5# Qg7 leads to a checkmate in 2 no matter what black does afterward.
Actually did anyone notice that if in the first puzzle first move is Q-g7 and black plays R-g8 how will you mate him in the next 1 move left????please like if I'm true and comment if have an answer
We have a pause button.
He used 20 seconds to simulate a realtime decision making in an actual game. Of course it would be much easier if one leisurely took there time to play
Qb7 move
For the first puzzle, what the comment in the video missed is that this is a Zugzwang theme. Blocking the g-file is not the point of Qg7, since the g-file is already blocked in the starting position; moreover Qg7 does not directly threaten any mate: g5 is (still) defended by the knight, Qg4 leaves h6 as escape, and Qxh8 leaves g6. However:
* taking the pawn gives a checkmate on g4 by Q or B as the video shows
* any other knight move gives Qg5 (taking the knight if it went there) mate
* rook move on rank 8 gives Qh7 mate, and Rh7 similarly Qxh7 mate
* finally Rh6 allows Qg4 mate.
Actually quite nice
Thanks for the puzzles. You don’t need to give the 20 seconds with a clock ticking though. People will just pause the video. You can just say you’ll give a few seconds and tell viewers to pause if they like.
i feel like getting off my ride and just push u to speak faster man damn ur making me paralyzed
The black can move the castle and attack the white queen by g8 as first move instead to move the horse
Black can try try to interrupt mate in 2 with R-G8 or R-h7
But Q-h7+ or Qxh7+ does the trick
If the rook moves to G8 there will not be a check mate in 2 moves
I saw the key in 2 seconds. Nice Zugzwang
Me: _What if I move the rock?_
Guy of the puzzle: *YOU WHAT!?*
Yea thats what i'm thinking too. You cant mate it in 2 moves
If you move the rook (anywhere), it's still mate in two. Here's how:
1.Qg7, Rg8 2.Qh7#
1.Qg7, Rh7 2.Qxh7#
1.Qg7, Rh6 2.Qg4#
good puzzles
First problem composed by L B Salkind, published in Deutsche Schachzeitung 1907. Full solution is:
1 Qg7! ( ) R~ ; 2 Qh7 #
Rh6 ; 2 Qg4 #
N~ ; 2 Qg5 #
Nxh4 ; 2 Bg4 #
Kxh4 ; 2 Qg4 #
(The symbol ~ means 'makes any random move at all'. The hashtag is used to show checkmate. Empty brackets means 'no threat is made, White is simply waiting for Black to make any move).
This is a neat block problem in which the bN and bR each make a self-blocking correction move (Nxh4 and Rh6). 1 Qg7! is the ONLY solution (the key), and those who thought they had another key should look again more carefully. Those who thought that 1 ... Ng5 prevented mate (!?) note that 2 Qg5 # means white Queen goes to g5 CAPTURiNG the knight if it has gone there!!
Second problem was composed by the great British problemist T R Dawson and published in Chess Amateur in 1920.
1 b8=N! ( ) Kxe8 ; 2 Qg8 #. (Set-play: 1 ... Kxe8 ; 2 b8=Q #)
The whole point of this one-line problem is that it is a complete block. In the diagram position, if it were Black to play, he would have to play king takes knight, when White would mate by b-pawn promotes to queen (or rook). This is known as set-play. However White cannot make any simple waiting moves which would simply allow that line of play to happen. So the 'set mate' 2 b8=Q is changed to an immediate under-promotion and leads to a 'changed mate'. This is simple and neat example of a 'mutate'. I think Patrick may have a copy of Colin Russ's excellent book Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries (?) which is a brilliant collection of light-weight chess problems.
I found them both difficult at first but got them both right after several minutes!
Enjoyable-thanks.
I did not watch the full video but here's my answer
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White to move
1. Qg7 (Key move)
Queen is able to lock G file and h6 square which makes only move for king to capture the pawn and 2. Qg4#.
But if the opponent doesn't move the king here are the following scenarios......
1st scenario
Moving the rook horizontal in any squares or 1.....Rh7
This will lead to 2. Qh7# (or 2. Qxh7# if 1.....Rh7)
2nd scenario
1......Rh6 , This will lead to ....
2. Qg4#
3rd scenario
Moving the knight any direction (except for 1......Nxh4)
This will lead to 2. Qg5# (or 2. Qxg5# if 1.....Ng5)
4th scenario
1....Nxh4 , This will lead to .....
2. Bg4#
My answer is based on my observation, hope you like it
that's the answer on 1st puzzle
Yes. I also noticed that black could move other pieces
Bishop to F7 is also checkmate
First puzzle would be foiled if he moved his knight to e5. You cannot absolutely force mate in 2. You're wrong
A few people have notice that there are other alternatives to the first puzzle, but all still lead to mate in 2 using 1. Qg7.
As explained in the video if 1. ... Kxh4 then 2. Qg4#, or if 1. ... Nxh4 then 2. Bg4#
If 1. ... Rg6 then 2. Qg4#
If 1. ... Ng5 then 2. Qxh8#
Any other Knight move loses to 2. Qg5# and any other Rook move (including 1. ... Rg8 or Rh7) loses to 2. Qh7#
Hope that helps.
Yes. These puzzles come from some books, and there are always other moves.
If If 1. ... Ng5 and 2. Qxh8, then 2. ...Nh7 and we have mate in 3. Let's say 2. Qxg5 instead.
Travis Williams Any knight moves except xh4 is checkmate in Qg5, Knight g5 included. Taking rook on h8 is not checkmate in 2, Nh7 follow.
Travis Williams any other rook move excluding Rh6is checkmate with Qh7..
There is another one: Ne5 (defends g4 so Bg4 is no longer available) but if the knight moves, he allows Qg5#
I love checkmates in 2. First 20 minutes of thinking: it's impossible, then like a thunder: it's obvious!
What if black played Ng5?
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Neat. Thanks for the puzzle! Every couple of days I set up a chess puzzle on a chess board in my cubicle area for people to ponder.. I'll use this one today. Not too hard, but will still be a head scratcher for the uninitiated.
I spent like 1-2 houres to solve this
I found both of it. First one took longer. Second one within 30 seconds.
The solution to the 1st puzzle is about to put black in "zugzwang" position.
First Puzzle -and we sacrifice the bishop
second puzzle was really good!
Second puzzel ,mate in 3 variation. King to b8 . King captures knight . Pawn to a8 ( queen ) . King d8 or f8. King a7 check mate with 2 queens
Easy peasy puzzle
ALL POSSIBILITIES EXPLAINED
1) Qg7
...1) Kxh4 -> 2) Qg4#
...1) Nxh4 -> 2)Bf7#
...1) Rg6 -> 2)Qg4#
...1) a different rook move -> Qh7#
...1) a different knight move -> Qg5#
If Nxh4 you dont play Bf7 because of Ng6 instead of that you play Bg4
Seeing such pawn positions in 2nd puzzle, an experienced chess puzzle solver will immediately think that the solution is pawn promotion which won't make a stalemate for black. So either promotion to a knight or bishop. For this case it's promotion to a knight.
There are other puzzles that I have seen which involve two consecutive pawn promotions to different pieces such as : knight followed by bishop or vice versa or combination of promotions to rook/knight/bishop. Usually those are found in 3 or 4 moves puzzles which therefore are more difficult.
True, the 2nd problem (Dawson) isn't difficult, but see my comment below. It's a very neat mutate in miniature.
The second puzzle was really good. I subbed.
second puzzle: Qd5 Kxe8 b8Q+ (promotion to queen itself check mate)
No that allows black to advance his pawn.
Qd5 is not the answer
Because he can move the pawn
You have to promote in knight its like a backrank checkmate
for the second puzzle the thought process is a bit short. It is much more natural to first try all possibilities without promotions.
for 1st puzzle Bf7 is a checkmate maybe mate in 1??
no
You do realize that this video was 7 years ago don't you? LOL
In the first puzzle, if Whites does move is Queen to G7, then Black can escape mate by moving Knight to G5. Then the Black King can move from the edge of the board.
Nevermind, forgot about the Pawn.
Can u underpromote to a pawn?
yes. you can promote to anything but a king. but can't keep the pawn either.
czcams.com/video/J6bGKBDwnGc/video.html
I want tö promote to an enemy Queen.
Your first puzzle can not be finish in 2 because if we move the rook instead of capturing the pawn with knight then after the check we can capture the pawn with king
After queen to G7 if we play rook to H6 then there is no chance for checkmate in the next move
@@bhanuchaudhary801 qg4 mate hoga chutye
How do you say in two moves
In the second puzzle, what is the role of the white pawn on a7?
The second puzzle is about 'Under Promotion' and the reasons why. The pawn on a7 is that pawn that you don't want to promote to a Queen.
@@PatrickFestaPatman No, it is required to avoid double solution. Suppose there is no pawn at a7, then Ka7 will be a solution too, an ordinary one. So the pawn is placed there in order to result in a single solution, i.e b8 promoted to a knight which is impressive.
the correct move is Q takes F3 putting black In check...than Q to G4 and game over
if the king doesn't take the pawn, it won't be a mate in two moves. the game will still be over soon, but not as efficiently.
In the first puzzle,what if the black din’t take the pawn??it won’t be a 2 moves mate
Or it didn’t remove the knight in f3
Still mate in 2. Differently but still.
First puzzle was actually easy
Heck with mate. Q captures R, check.
First puzzle : And when black's first move is Ne5 ? Queen takes the knight, it's only check, not a checkmate
It's white to move.
@@PatrickFestaPatman I mean : 1. Qg7 Ne5 2. Qxe5+ - only check, no checkmate. So white will checkmate the black king, but not in two moves 🙂
@@batavuskoga Bf7 not Qxe5.😉no. wait....sorry... next comment i'll answer
@@batavuskoga Ok, Qg5 is mate. Not Qxe5?
Bishop is a key move
Why would you do check mate in 2 when you can just do bishop to f7 mate in 1 on the first one?
Bishop to F7 is checkmate. Just one step.
Bf7 is NOT checkmate.
Queen captures ruke . And then queen to h7 is checkmate. Right
Dooes Bf7 still work on the 1st puzzle?
Maybe it's in the comments here but in the first puzzle you didn't cover the possibility of 1) Qg7 ... Nh2. That covers the g4 square so White can't mate with Bg4. White could mate, however, with Qg5.
@ Not really. The king is already blocked off from the g file before you move the queen.
I mean, the answers are soooo obvious
Perhaps, but please notice that this video is about 8 years old now. please visit my newer playlist for more.
Sir, your answer for this puzzle is wrong. If I move the black rook to g8 there is not checkmate in two moves.
It's white to move.
Then Queen to h7 is checkmate my friend
4:34 The Bishop can go to G4 or F7
F7 gets blocked by knight to G6.
Knight to g6 block queen takes then only checkmate. But then it becomes mate in 3 and not 2.
you can move the bishop to F7 too in the first puzzle
ladapata After Kg4, there is no way to checkmate in that turn.
In first puzzle, what about Black's moving his knight to G5 to block the queen and give his king the (temporary) escape square of H4? Queen can't then take the knight, must work around it for her next move. I can't see a way for White to mate in one more move; Black's king would be on a black square, so bishop would be useless; and I can't see any way for White's queen to check Black's king that the king cannot escape for at least one more move. I don't think you've shown us the correct solution yet--if there even is one.
Give us some puzzles by Samuel Llyoid. His puzzles are classic : 2, 3, 4 moves.
One of the best composers!
How about Rh6?
Cyril Pagcaliwagan Qg4
The first puzzle was mate in 1 not 2 as you described. Mate in 1 is BG4
Bg4 Kxg4
Wouldn't knight to G5 prevent mate in 2 on the first example?
+The Water Guy I think that, in this case, after Q to G7, and your move, knight G5, then Queen takes the knight, mate, right?
+EWRwer dgfdgdg The first move is Queen to G7, then Queen takes the knight if blacks try to prevent mate with knight to G5.
@EWRwer dgfdgdg it is mate due to the pawn defending the queen
No mate on the frst puzzle f knight will go to E5
Dg7! es la jugada que da mate en 2
The first puzzle was not checkmate in 2. What if Ne5? That would need checkmate in 3 or more
Qg5#
For the second puzzle, can't you move Queen waiting move D4, forcing the king to take the knight and then promote the pawn for checkmate?
Jarah Fluxman I think you mean d5, but yes, that appears to work.
no because in that case black can push his pawn,
Qf6-Qh8, ph4-ph5
What if he doesn’t take the pawn at all then it won’t be mate in 2?...
Bro Bf7 is mate in 1 in 1st puzzle.
Kg4
@@haydenhannigan5108 oh yeah i forgot bishop was guarding g4 .
What is the program he uses for chess?
The first one was hard. Didn’t get it until the hint about covering the g file. Second one was pretty easy :)
Dileep Mv
What if black played Ng5?
what if the reply of the black is rook to g8?
Qg7 not Qg2
What happens with the Mate in 2 when after Queen G7 Rook G8 is played? Obviously black will loose no matter what, but Mate with Queen G4 won't work (Rook x Queen G4) nor with Bishop G4 (King x Pawn H4) nor with Bishop F7 (again King x Pawn H4) nor Queen i.e. H6 (King G3)... What am I overlooking, please?
Q-H7
@@stevesevents361 K-G5 ... and no mate in 2
@@danitour-granada311 Can't do. Check. The pawn is moving up the board not down.
@@rc4716 Uups... :) Thank you!
In first puzzle, mate in 2 can be avoided after bringing rook to G8
No, if Rg8 then Qh7 is mate instead.
I do agree. And it’s not mate in two.
Ok keeyow
I solved the second puzzle doing:
Qd5 Kxe8
b8=Q#
Puzzle 2:
1. Pa6 Ke8
2. Pb8=Queen (mate)
Can somebody help me with this chess problem??
Seven figures join the white queen, who waits, facing the board.
The black queen, the black rook, and the white pawn stand on one side of the board.
The white bishop, the white rook, and the black bishop stand opposite.
The black rook stands to the immediate right of the white king and directly across from the white bishop.
The white pawn stands directly across from the white rook and to the white queen's immediate left.
The black queen, white pawn, white king, and black rook leave the board first, each one following the other..
The answer is a 4 letter word.
There is this drawing too with a black rectangle with the white queen been on left side of rectangle and with 3 lines across the top of rectangle. First line has letter A on top then second line has the C on top and then the third line has the E on top..
Then, on bottom of rectangle there are another 3 lines across the bottom of rectangle. One line has letter B, second line letter D and third line letter F. and on opposite side of rectangle across from white queen is another line with letter G on it . I think I gotta use this as a clue to unscramble the 4 letter word.
I used my chess board to tried to unscramble it by placing chess pieces just like the instructions said but iam confused about the drawing and the last part of the clues
Not my kind of puzzle.
I'm Sorry. I didn't realize , are you a youngster? If you could somehow show me the picture you are describing I might be able to help. I'm just no good at word puzzles.
Bishop D5 to kick out the knight on f3. once knight moves then checkmate on g5. if he doesnt move the knight then you take the knight and its checkmate in 2. am i missing something?
nvm he can go king g4 after first move.
What about r g8 on the first puzzle. Doesnt that prolong the gamę?
If Rg8, Qh7# Or if Rh6, Qg4#
in the first puzzle you cannot mate in 2 because after Qg2 the black would move Kg5 then ???
Black cannot move to g5 with White Q on g7
what if black plays rook to g8 after you played queen g7, it seems to ruin your mate in 2 no?
Then Queen to h7 is checkmate!
First puzzle........ Black ruck G8 than not checkmate in two move ......... Check nowww
devbrat dwivedi If Rook goes G8 then Queen goes F7 for checkmate. Do you see that??
@@GotStones1 h7*
can anybody analyze this please for the 1st puzzle:
if....1.Qg7...then Rg8!......black king is protected from any checkmate attempts in the G file...and has an alternative escape route on taking white pawn at h4...so it wouldn't be a mate in 2.
after rook g8 white reply Qh7. the king can't move to g5 square.
Qg7,Rg8,Bg4.Rook doesent do shit
1st puzzle is bf7 also right?
That allows K to escape to g4.
Ony Q to g7..
if Qg7 and after that black Bg8,there's not checkmate in two move
hog rider same solution as if Blacks moved Knight(?) in H8
I guess there should be no rook in puzzle 1.
Thank you
I found a different way for the second one white to move qe6-g6 and protecting the knight on e8 then he can move pond e6 or e5 then queen g6-g7 checkmate
On your last move there is k×e8 is available
He would simply take your knight and move on man
Qg7 I mean
great video
That is ez just move the queen to g7 after that knight move to e4 QUEEEEEEEEEN g5 checkmate.
what if black move rook g8
Aquamarine Aries yeah. This guy is clueless. There is no mate in 2. Rg8 will delay the mate.
it's white to move!
it's white to move!
@@cleukenpunisher4634 wrong. Queen H7 mate.
No mate 2moves
white queen to g7
1st one can be blocked with night to g5
Joseph Zauner Queen would just capture knight for checkmate. It’s protected by pawn
Answer of puzzle no.1 is Q×h8 Kg6 h5 checkmate
Fail, because after :
2. h5 Kg5
I don't want to destroy your business, but have you guys ever heard of the app "lichess"?
Yeah I use it quite often ^^
Couldn't the queen taken either the rook or knight?
Gaming Funnel No, because mate in 2 has to be forced.
The first puzzel . Queen eat the rok then check so the black king go to f6 thren move the pawn in H5 its a mate
Kg5
what if he didnt take the pawn ?? there is no checkmate in 2 probably
benbert Ascano if he moves the Knight, Qg5
If he moves the rook to h6, Bg4
If he moves the rook left at all, Qh7
Your name makes my comment ironic because it seems you are the dumb one here, if rook to h6 Bg4 isnt mate because king can then take the pawn, and if the rook moves to the left Qh7 isnt mate because king g5
CANT DO KING G5 BECAUSE ITS GUARDED BY THE PAWN AND THE PAWN IS PROTECTED BY THE QUEEN. BUT THE RH6 ISNT MATE WHEN BISHOPS CHECKS THE B.KING, YOU CAN AVOID CHECKMATE IN 2 AT ALL :D
ISwearSheLooked19 King can't move to g5 because of the pawn. I was wrong about Bg4 but Qg4 is mate
benbert Ascano
If he moves rook on the 8th line or h7... Qh7#
If he moves rook h6, Qg4#
If he moves knight h4, Bg4#
If he moves knight anywhere else, Qg5# or Qxg5#
Qg7 leads to a checkmate in 2 no matter what black does afterward.
Impossible in 2 move
White move - Q g7
Black should defense R h7
And NO checkmate
Then Q x h7 is also mate.
Yes i know im just joking 😂
There are other alternatives in the first puzzle.. Mate in 2 can be avoided
Shuaib Mohammad NOPE
Actually did anyone notice that if in the first puzzle first move is Q-g7 and black plays R-g8 how will you mate him in the next 1 move left????please like if I'm true and comment if have an answer
king h7 mate
Bg4
What if horse will go to E5? On the first puzzle...
then QG5+ will win the game