Only Grandmasters Can Solve These Mate-in-Two Puzzles | Paul Morphy Chess Composition
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2022
- Mate in two checkmates can be challenging, even for chess Grandmasters! In this video we cover 5 of the hardest mate in two chess puzzles that only Grandmasters can solve, including a composition by Paul Morphy.
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For the last one I you don’t have to castle to win, because the knight has been forced to move to a3 the d2 square isn’t covered to king can move there for discovered mate. Maybe li chess had white give up castling rights in this puzzle, it makes for a cleaner solution as there’s only one winning move.
@@jacobs3092 Great point, I think though after Kd2+ (discovered check) the knight can bounce back to b1 and block check. Obviously white captures back and eventually mates but its not in two moves. I'm not sure why lichess didn't let me castle. Sometimes these made up positions are a little tricky for the computer. Thanks for watching!
In lichess analysis, you can specify whether castling is allowed.
Bro u messup at last puzzle . That is
1.Qd2 Nxd2
2.kxd2 1-0
Mate. 😅 this work because opponent will never miss the chance to capture a queen
i did thought of that varian too..... BUT high Elo would think before move :))
@3:27 I think a second mate in two solution is: Qg6 prepares for pxe8# double checkmate with no effective black response. Qxf7# if black's queen tries to stop it.
2nd -rc3 (b3 rxc4#)bxc3 bc2#
Nice that’s correct! A sweet little Boden’s mate in the endgame. Thanks for watching
I was so befuddled until I watched the video and noticed the rook in the bottom right. Then it was easy af.
I guess I'm a grandmaster, because I solved all of them (except Morphy's problem, which I knew) in about 10 minutes. Also, I disagree that these are difficult, because they have themes which make it easy to guess the move. Also starting with a check is usually unusual for good problems. I find that the hardest problems are the ones in which no clear thematic idea exists and finding solution requires a complete search. Finally, anyone beyond the beginner stage should be able to solve any two move chess problem.
Hey Ilan, glad you enjoyed the video! That’s very impressive that you were able to solve all of these. Most good problems don’t start with check, you are correct, but considering checking moves is often a good place to start! As a ~1900 level player, I wouldn’t consider myself a beginner, but I definitely had trouble solving some of these the first time I saw them.
@@MTXChess Ok thanks. For future reference, please always include composer name and the date and where it was published, when presenting a problem.
Only one piece rook makes sense to move anywhere next there is only one square it can move to that stops h pawn from moving forward that would clearly allow black to last longer then 2 moves...
Nice puzzles. Did you report that castle bug to Lichess? Would hate to have mate in 2 in a real game and not be able to pull it off because of a bug 😆
I did not report to lichess, I think it was just because it was a position I made on the board editor. There may have been an option to allow castling that I missed.
@@MTXChess Lichess has several castling toggles in the board editor that look like this: O-O and O-O-O, indicating the number of spaces between the rook and the king. When setting up the last puzzle, you need to tick the check mark next to the O-O-O for white to enable castling for that position.
found the first one, soo proud, very impressive by 10yo morphy although he was a super genius.
Nice! Morphy was just on another level
In the last puzzle, after black plays Na3, Kd2 is also checkmate (N no longer prevents that)
But it's not M2, the knight can block the rook that's giving the check
@@fnutarf2085 yep. You're right
I'm maybe a solid intermediate player, but I think I got the first one in a few minutes. I wouldn't see it though unless I knew it was solvable. But, I look forward to the rest.
Thanks Jeff, glad you liked the video!
Got #2. Maybe 5 minutes on this one.
Got only the closing move on the third puzzle, once you moved the queen.
@@MTXChess Thank you! I'm looking at #4 now.
@@MTXChess On #4, would Qa1 work? If black did pe4, white does Rd5.
Ta6
Si Pxa6 Pb7++
Si A.. TxA7++
At 3:30, after king is forced to take on f8, just move queen to f6 and it's checkmate for white no? What am I missing here
black queen blocks on f7
First puzzle... what about Ke7? Black has to move the bishop, the Rxh7
Black can move h pawn. Also, if white king isn't there, Rh7 is just a check.
No, I solved this position in seconds. I am a study composer and have solved many, many much more difficult puzzles.
Zugzwang, German pronunciation tsook-tsvahng thanks :D
I think there's an amendment to the US Constitution that prohibits Americans from pronouncing foreign words even close to correctly :D
saw the thumbnail, its rook h6
sincerely yours
-not a grandmaster
Zugzwang is pronounced "tsoogtswong", not "soogswong".
That's not true. I got a rating of 1720 and solved it.
Puzzle 1: move rook to ANY square on h file wins
No black just pushes the h pawn forward
Black just pushes the h pawn forward
Im an intermediate player and found a solution for all of these mostly somewhere between 5-20 secs. Although most of my solutions were different from the video but still led to forced mates. So idk mate these really aint that hard imo
Well except for the last one. Ill give you that one, that was a beauty
Hey D. Azrael, nice job finding these. If you found different solutions that were also checkmates in two moves then that’s really interesting. These positions really only have a single solution, although you can definitely force checkmate in more that two moves. The last one is tricky!
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@@assgrabberpremiumWhen you say you found different forced mates, were they also in two moves? Because if not, I understand why you may think the puzzles aren’t hard.
easy rook h6
Bait.
In the last puzzle... Black can Always avoid tò.be Checkmated in 2!!!
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