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  • @Garl_Vinland
    @Garl_Vinland Pƙed rokem +2582

    At this point the old man smiled and placed a 12” tall mechanic Godzilla on the board.
    “Gojirra wins wins”
    He exclaimed before making laser sounds and knocking all the pieces onto the floor. At this point the club realized the answer: the old man was crazy, and was promptly escorted off the premises.

  • @onlyapawn4371
    @onlyapawn4371 Pƙed rokem +4691

    I think probably the young girl instinctively thought this looked like a win for white because of how many pieces white has and the other players (who had seen more of these whacky puzzle positions) instinctively thought black would win or it would be a draw due to the nature of these puzzles and how often one side can do really well when the king has limited squares. Still Bravo to her bet she was chuffed at that.

    • @timmytid6997
      @timmytid6997 Pƙed rokem +149

      Sherlock on the job?

    • @alexandrevillela926
      @alexandrevillela926 Pƙed rokem +80

      Bro you are so smart!!!

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine Pƙed rokem +86

      I expected black to win, given the nature of most puzzles. It's often the underdog that can come back because of the unusual positions and piece placement. When I was trying to solve it though, I couldn't find anything except the perpetual check draw and the stalemate.

    • @Gold-ck7vj
      @Gold-ck7vj Pƙed rokem +56

      Yeah that’s kinda what was exactly said in the video

    • @Classified141
      @Classified141 Pƙed rokem

      The story is 100% made up

  • @zanti4132
    @zanti4132 Pƙed rokem +2683

    Very sneaky of Nelson to show the Stockfish analysis while it is only at depth 18. I'd imagine by the time the chess engine gets to depth 20 it notices Qd3 and shows a high plus score or even a forced mate for White. So the other moral of the story is, don't trust chess engines when you haven't given them adequate time to analyze the position.

    • @ScorpioneOrzion
      @ScorpioneOrzion Pƙed rokem +157

      at higher depths it gives about +15.63

    • @ciekce
      @ciekce Pƙed rokem +158

      latest stockfish dev up to depth 65 finds a mate in 24 (after depth 40something)

    • @Figgy20000
      @Figgy20000 Pƙed rokem +83

      Even stockfish needs more than literally 1 second to analyze a position properly.

    • @sammarks9146
      @sammarks9146 Pƙed rokem +17

      18 is the default

    • @kub2039
      @kub2039 Pƙed rokem +42

      @@sammarks9146 the stockfish on my phone has depth 24 as the default and got there in like 3 seconds, showing white as +9

  • @neobullseye1
    @neobullseye1 Pƙed rokem +496

    My gut instinct: White can easily draw by simply shuffling the rook back and forth for perpetual check, therefore this is not a win for black. Meta reasoning says that since this is a puzzle, it's unlikely to be a draw either, otherwise it wouldn't be much of a puzzle. Therefore it's likely a win for white through shenanigans, probably with some kind of fork block at some point.

    • @sadas3190
      @sadas3190 Pƙed rokem +67

      I bet you've taken a few multiple choice exams in your time.

    • @andrewberdahl9922
      @andrewberdahl9922 Pƙed rokem +15

      @@sadas3190 all of the above and none of the above are always right lol

    • @akif1598
      @akif1598 Pƙed rokem

      'Gut instinct'

    • @speedyx3493
      @speedyx3493 Pƙed rokem +2

      Exactly how I did it too, I didn't find the winning move but also bet that white is winning just cause it's a puzzle

    • @DerMichael
      @DerMichael Pƙed rokem +8

      And I was super confused when the drawing position was drawn out so much. If you wanted to show a draw, just show the immediate perpetual. Why would white go the length to bait the queen around if they don't see where that would lead to? -> Because this a puzzle and it does lead to something other then a draw given a different move at the end of baiting the queen around.

  • @PlanetLibrary
    @PlanetLibrary Pƙed rokem +1249

    That is an Epic solution. This is a perfect reminder for a chess player to think more critically and improve

    • @YeaCloth
      @YeaCloth Pƙed rokem +24

      nah this reminded me to just go ooga booga points

    • @xerooreo1700
      @xerooreo1700 Pƙed rokem +4

      me who was always thinking that why move the bishop when u can get rook at the original area

    • @toonyrhythm3173
      @toonyrhythm3173 Pƙed rokem

      @@xerooreo1700 The game wouldnt end since they would go back and forth

    • @xerooreo1700
      @xerooreo1700 Pƙed rokem

      @@toonyrhythm3173 no now when i studied this puzzle a bit it would result in a tie because of repitation

    • @toonyrhythm3173
      @toonyrhythm3173 Pƙed rokem

      @@xerooreo1700 yeah

  • @afiblacksails23
    @afiblacksails23 Pƙed rokem +80

    I think the hardest part would be reverse engineering this puzzle to find out how three hell they got in that crazy position

  • @LucianDevine
    @LucianDevine Pƙed rokem +551

    There's actually another way for it to end! It's still a draw, but not by perpetual checks.
    3:42 If White Bd4, black Qa5+, White Rc5, Black QxR+, White must capture, but whether he does with the King or Bishop it's actually a stalemate. The white Queen covers E1, E2, and G2 while the white Bishop covers F2 and G1.

    • @trevorjamesconsideracion1982
      @trevorjamesconsideracion1982 Pƙed rokem +31

      Nice spot!

    • @akshay4107
      @akshay4107 Pƙed rokem +34

      Although white need not follow this line, that's just beautiful !

    • @pascal9814
      @pascal9814 Pƙed rokem +6

      What move is Black QxR? I am not into chess

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine Pƙed rokem +35

      @@pascal9814 Queen captures Rook on c5. It forces white to capture the black queen, but whether he uses the king or the bishop, it ends in stalemate as the black king has no legal moves.

    • @pascal9814
      @pascal9814 Pƙed rokem +5

      @@LucianDevine Thank you very much :)

  • @realitant
    @realitant Pƙed rokem +93

    I like how the most complicated way to draw is shown when white can literally just move the rook back and forth

    • @Qoko88
      @Qoko88 Pƙed rokem +13

      Because it's not a draw. Computers always to play the line with most options (even to the point of sometimes 'pointlessly' repeat a position once) if it's otherwise not detrimental to its position. Here, that's up to the winning configuration, but because its depth wasn't high enough it didn't spot the win. If you otherwise mean computer unrelated... well, again, it's not a draw 😁

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@Qoko88 touch grass đŸ«łđŸŒż

    • @abcdef8915
      @abcdef8915 Pƙed rokem +1

      Aim is show how white avoids repetition.

    • @HulkRemade
      @HulkRemade Pƙed rokem

      Because white doesn't want to draw.

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Pƙed rokem

      @@abcdef8915 So you are saying black people play for the draw and white people only play to win?

  • @combustiblefire5510
    @combustiblefire5510 Pƙed rokem +61

    I thought it was a draw because black has perpetual checks and white's pieces could shuffle back and forth but I only saw the queen sac when the position before it was shown again

  • @Qoko88
    @Qoko88 Pƙed rokem +195

    I noticed almost instantly this would impossibly be a win for Black due to Qa2+ Rc4 Qd2+ Rd4 etc. If it's 'weird', it must be a win for White (as otherwise puzzles like these are drawn) but I failed to think outside the box. Which, is quite literal here 😁. I'll save this one, thanks!

    • @witheringhs7766
      @witheringhs7766 Pƙed rokem +2

      i see what you meant.. quite
      literally black cant even get past a draw on move 2

    • @SevenTheMisgiven
      @SevenTheMisgiven Pƙed rokem

      I think it's a shitty puzzle altogether. Actually not a puzzle at all.

  • @BWeManX
    @BWeManX Pƙed rokem +145

    It definitely looked like a perpetual check situation. Didn't see the queen sacrifice! Awesome stuff.

  • @sarowie
    @sarowie Pƙed rokem +17

    The little story plus stock fish with inadequate depth for the puzzle gave a lot to the puzzle - very well done.
    This kind of framing gives a chess puzzle - something very logical, abstract, definitive and solitaire - am open ended and social element.

  • @rosiefay7283
    @rosiefay7283 Pƙed rokem +56

    This is great! I like problems with tries that are plausible but wrong, and this one has tries at various levels of naivety/plausibility.

  • @onymous919
    @onymous919 Pƙed rokem +18

    I was thinking about that queen sacrifice as it was the only unconventional option to simultaneously block the check as well as breaking the chain, all other pieces had one and only one way of blocking..although I didn't understand the importance of the sacrifice at first, so I thought it's suicidal, hence didn't gave much thought...but I was wrong..and right too.
    Another lesson for me, thanks :)

  • @logansl4008
    @logansl4008 Pƙed rokem +28

    My immediate thought when it got to the last move on the draw is that the queen could make a more offensive play, though when you’ve been moving in a box it’s common to just assume that’s the only place you can move by instinct.
    I think being bad at chess makes this easier to solve 😂😂

  • @octaviovilchez3096
    @octaviovilchez3096 Pƙed rokem +6

    0:35 That day the little girl promise herself to take revenge on those who humiliated her

  • @zip0869
    @zip0869 Pƙed rokem +3

    And then they realized there was a random old guy in their chess club for kids

  • @Gyro_369
    @Gyro_369 Pƙed rokem +13

    Bro your story telling was good and your inspiration from chess talk was new kind of content

  • @Person01234
    @Person01234 Pƙed rokem +13

    Hey, I actually got one of these right. It's not that complicated really, the queen's ability to keep checking depends on her distance from the king and other pieces, by offering the queen sac you simultaneously pull her closer and give your king an escape route, or if the sacrifice is not accepted you just give your king an escape route and make your queen active.

    • @philw6056
      @philw6056 Pƙed rokem

      The black queen can't escape, because the queen and king are forked. If black doesn't want to accept the sacrifice either the king must move away and the queen gets captured OR the queen must block the check and still gets captured.
      In all three scenarios the white king can escape and white wins, but only in the scenario from the video the black queen stays on the board.

    • @qwerty687687
      @qwerty687687 Pƙed rokem +1

      There is no other move that gets black out of check while saving the queen so if the sacrifice is not accepted, black will lose the queen.

  • @bendover23875
    @bendover23875 Pƙed rokem +65

    The old man speaks for himself

    • @marvira
      @marvira Pƙed rokem +4

      The young girl's hunch speaks for itself

    • @al_fletcher
      @al_fletcher Pƙed rokem +8

      That’ll be $100 million

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell Pƙed rokem +24

    Coincidence. I watched my first Chess Talk video yesterday.
    By the way, there is also an easy draw for White line -- just move the rook back and forth.

    • @markthompson2874
      @markthompson2874 Pƙed rokem +4

      That was my thinking, it was obviously either a win for white or a draw.

  • @sebastien5048
    @sebastien5048 Pƙed rokem +5

    The name of this young girl ?
    Albert Einstein.

    • @sheulidas451
      @sheulidas451 Pƙed rokem +1

      The name of this young girl?
      Mangus Carlsen v2

    • @ekki1993
      @ekki1993 Pƙed rokem

      @@sheulidas451 The name of this young girl? AlphaZero

    • @sheulidas451
      @sheulidas451 Pƙed rokem

      @@ekki1993 The name of this girl?
      Stockfish

  • @DragonFan3166
    @DragonFan3166 Pƙed rokem +2

    I find it funny that none of the people tried to accont for the king

  • @awang_ir
    @awang_ir Pƙed rokem +12

    fun fact for me
    before subscribing to Nelson's Chess vibes, I actually subscribe to Chess talk
    so basically CZcams thought that Chess talk "promoted" algorithm to Chess vibes in my home page
    nice video as always

    • @awang_ir
      @awang_ir Pƙed rokem

      anyway, because of this cute funny plot twist, I finally decided to join membership at this channel. hopefully Nelson could play chess & collab with Chess talk channel someday

  • @diophantine1598
    @diophantine1598 Pƙed rokem +5

    While this is an epic solution, after the first move is given, a chess engine can replicate this win for white move for move.

  • @teambellavsteamalice
    @teambellavsteamalice Pƙed rokem +4

    Great puzzle, I thought black was able to pull of perpetual checks. Giving up the queen to break the pattern, with check so forced, is just brilliant.

  • @Imcringe769
    @Imcringe769 Pƙed rokem +2

    At 0:49
    “They will defend with the bishop”
    Me: why not the rook?

  • @williamsmith8640
    @williamsmith8640 Pƙed rokem +35

    This fascinating puzzle speaks for itself

  • @eliasvonbrille
    @eliasvonbrille Pƙed rokem +4

    Haven't watched the Video but I have seen this position in some sort of book before and I know that White wins by giving away the Queen in the end just to stop the repetitions.
    It's actually really funny. A very easy concept that everyone should be able to come up with and yet we don't.

  • @Debbiebabe69
    @Debbiebabe69 Pƙed rokem +10

    Why, if White does not see the long term queen sacrifice (ie on the black wins or even the draw scenario) upon the second check (white q to D2), instead of bishop to D4, does White not just play rook to D4? This would lead to a perpetual qA2 rC4 qD2 rD4 situation and an easy draw for White.

    • @Figgy20000
      @Figgy20000 Pƙed rokem +1

      Anyone thinking white loses this position is a complete idiot tbh. White can just move his bishop or queen back and forth in any of the lines mentioned.

    • @ekki1993
      @ekki1993 Pƙed rokem +1

      The black wins scenario relies on white playing badly. White always has an available draw. The point is finding the win for white.

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine Pƙed rokem +1

      White has several draws by perpetual if he wants, and as long as he doesn't blunder into checkmate by pushing the E4 Pawn too soon, there's not really much harm in feeling out the position and trying to find a win as white.

    • @flacsomtodosclas2165
      @flacsomtodosclas2165 Pƙed rokem

      The objective of a puzzle is find the best line possible not the perpetuals checks

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 Pƙed rokem +2

      Read your comment, you said "why should white win when they can draw?"

  • @hikari1690
    @hikari1690 Pƙed rokem +5

    For me the moral of the story is that the longer you are in a field the more disillusioned and pessimistic you become. Give the girl a few more weeks and all the puzzles will make her think it's either a draw or loss too

    • @christopherheckman7957
      @christopherheckman7957 Pƙed rokem +1

      The moral of the story I got is that you can be right for the wrong reason. More pieces doesn't always translate into a win.

    • @SlyNine
      @SlyNine Pƙed rokem

      The moral of the story is its better to be lucky than good. That's why the story sucks.

  • @Bruh-bk6yo
    @Bruh-bk6yo Pƙed rokem +1

    The boy was like
    "Ah, it's mate in 2 for black. White will play f3, black - e6, and now white plays g4, black delivers a checkmate with a queen on h4.

  • @TVGUY333
    @TVGUY333 Pƙed rokem +24

    I like the chess stories. It adds a warm touch to a cold game. I'll use some of them at the Library chess club to engage the kids. Thanks

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie Pƙed rokem

      that sounds awesome!

  • @vincentprime740
    @vincentprime740 Pƙed rokem +8

    The rule is, if all your pieces combined can cover the whole board movement and you have more of them, you win.

  • @Valentino_Crespo
    @Valentino_Crespo Pƙed rokem +1

    Ahhh yes, the boy plugged in the moves into the computer in the year 1959.

  • @33LB
    @33LB Pƙed rokem

    100 IQ- surrounding the king with pieces to ensure he is well guarded.
    400 IQ- sacrificing the queen to allow the king to escape.

  • @customarylover3857
    @customarylover3857 Pƙed rokem +9

    I still remember thinking at first that Black had a sneaky win up his sleeve until I realized that White could respond to Qg5+ by blocking it with his queen (Qe5). After I realized that, I figured at first that it would be a draw by perpetual check- until I realized that, just as Nelson pointed out, after several more checks, White can block Qd2+ with Qd3+, thereby sacrificing his queen in exchange for the positional advantage of being able to block the resulting check via Bd4 without the danger of keeping his king trapped in the box and forced to be put in perpetual check.
    TL;DR- I first thought Black would win but then saw Qe5 as a way out of being checkmated. Then I thought it would be a draw by perpetual check until I saw the counter check of Qd3+ as a way out of perpetual check.

  • @a_doggo
    @a_doggo Pƙed rokem +3

    Mind = blown. Thanks for the FEN and mentioning where you got the idea, that was fun.

  • @TheElevenFirst
    @TheElevenFirst Pƙed rokem +1

    Bro made a boss fight 😭😭

  • @jamke6170
    @jamke6170 Pƙed rokem +1

    I could instantly tell you were following a different theme of doing the chess puzzles with stories.

  • @thebuffman5597
    @thebuffman5597 Pƙed rokem +3

    I was at first like "wut how would this even be a win for black this is a dead draw but even more a win for white."
    Then you proceeded to explain my thoughts lol.
    Tho yes queen sac is something I do often so that is the only reason I knew this.
    *Also looks at the amount of times someone messed with me by putting the king on h2 with pawns surrounding it as it is horrendously strong defense, same with opposite corner*

  • @eddiegness
    @eddiegness Pƙed rokem +3

    If anyone's looking for me, I'll be busy picking up pieces of my brain from off the floor. Great content, Nelson!

    • @itslullas
      @itslullas Pƙed rokem +2

      I found some on my lawn and wanted to give them back.
      🧠 🧠 🧠
      Must have been really mind blowing for them to land all the way in Germany! đŸ€Ż

    • @perpetualbystander4516
      @perpetualbystander4516 Pƙed rokem

      @@itslullas No, it was brain blowing. 😅

  • @OmerTheGuy
    @OmerTheGuy Pƙed rokem +1

    3:23 black will kill white’s queen resulting in a checkmate

  • @SamuelPearlman
    @SamuelPearlman Pƙed rokem +1

    "What a Noob". I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to whom I am referring.

  • @williampapadopoulos8145
    @williampapadopoulos8145 Pƙed rokem +4

    That was an AMAAAAAZING PUZZLE!

  • @MrLordFireDragon
    @MrLordFireDragon Pƙed rokem +6

    I like how for all the sophisticated logic used to demonstrate a draw no one bothered with the trivial draw by repetition of moving the rook back and forth.

    • @j-69
      @j-69 Pƙed rokem

      If white is playing to win, they won't want to do that.

    • @EricOneOneNine
      @EricOneOneNine Pƙed rokem

      That wouldn't happen because White doesn't want to draw. White wants to escape the checks and then use his massive material advantage to win.

  • @RigoVids
    @RigoVids Pƙed rokem

    As soon as you paused, the queen move stuck out as an obvious oversight on blacks part, the characters in this story overlooked the ending of the line.

  • @Trollllium
    @Trollllium Pƙed rokem +5

    Here's how I solved it (rather logically):
    I realized quickly that shuffling the rooks would give white at least a draw. So I considered why white wasn't clearly winning, and deduced that the king having no other escape squares kind of forced white pieces to constantly defend the checks in the 3x3 grid. If any piece made it outside the grid then the king will have an escape square and things could change. I then hypothesized that a queen, being the most versatile, had the best chance of blocking the check outside of the 3x3 grid. I searched for this and found the solution Qd3.

    • @Trollllium
      @Trollllium Pƙed rokem

      @Anonymous yeah, what's up

    • @ryguy2006
      @ryguy2006 Pƙed rokem

      Beautiful reasoning!
      The best thing about puzzles is that they can be constructed to show a specific tactic or idea.
      That's why I try the daily puzzle if I can, because it helps me miss less in actual play.

  • @thewizard6092
    @thewizard6092 Pƙed rokem +29

    Congrats to the young girl for the answer! If she continues to practice and analyse positions, she might well become the best imaginary chess player that ever was!

  • @taaque_tv
    @taaque_tv Pƙed rokem +1

    I don't know what engine the boy uses but Stockfish litteraly depth 1 says +10.81 for white
    - depth 36 he sees a mate in 27
    - depth 45 he sees a mate in 24 (which is the fastest mate)

  • @sulfuras1985
    @sulfuras1985 Pƙed rokem

    And then there's me, just moving the rook back and forth from the very beginning.

  • @prince_youtube12345
    @prince_youtube12345 Pƙed rokem +4

    The girl was just lucky in being right. More pieces on the board doesn't always mean a win.

  • @33niboR
    @33niboR Pƙed rokem +4

    Oh no my queen

  • @walterswonderfulworld
    @walterswonderfulworld Pƙed rokem

    "The old man then smiled and flipped the board and began screaming."

  • @aaronscott7467
    @aaronscott7467 Pƙed rokem +1

    I knew it wouldn't be a win for black, because white could simply force a draw off repetitive check by repeatedly blocking with the same piece. I can't say I saw the win for white option, but it was interesting to see

  • @turnuphat3538
    @turnuphat3538 Pƙed rokem +3

    Dude for a draw you can just constantly block with the rook on qa2

  • @SudiptaBan
    @SudiptaBan Pƙed rokem +8

    Your storytelling is as nice as your teaching. That made the Chess puzzle so interesting. Thanks Nelsie 😊

  • @blackmoon3452
    @blackmoon3452 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +1

    its a 3 moves repetition draw because the rook can just move back to d4 and block the queen's check. lol

  • @mrglibb
    @mrglibb Pƙed rokem

    This chess video has the same plot as a Dhar Mann short and I love it.

  • @imamasterbaiter6645
    @imamasterbaiter6645 Pƙed rokem +5

    Who woulda thought a young girl would outsmart an engine and a strong player

    • @daniilvaino6077
      @daniilvaino6077 Pƙed rokem +4

      actually enginge calculates white win in 24 moves if u give it enough time to alalize until depth 49

    • @puppergump4117
      @puppergump4117 Pƙed rokem

      The key here is that she can't explain how to win. There's many positions where too many pieces leads to a smothered checkmate.

  • @heerakumar1608
    @heerakumar1608 Pƙed rokem +3

    Nice puzzle, boring story. We already liked your style of narrating, Nelson.

  • @sentinel8185
    @sentinel8185 Pƙed rokem

    I find it funny how black didn’t use its king, even putting him into jeopardy and breaking the cycle.

  • @LetsPlayCrazy
    @LetsPlayCrazy Pƙed rokem +5

    please stop with the fake chess stories!
    They are so long, overblown and boring.
    We are not here for religious apologetics, but to learn :D
    Give us the ideas without these made up characters please :-/

    • @jakefromstatefarm6969
      @jakefromstatefarm6969 Pƙed rokem

      Disagree

    • @HTen-sh1nc
      @HTen-sh1nc Pƙed rokem +1

      But... but this way, the lesson will become more interesting, learning will be more fun :'(

    • @davidfleb
      @davidfleb Pƙed rokem

      It's a fun video to watch. You can just skip it if you only want straight to the point learning videos.

    • @LetsPlayCrazy
      @LetsPlayCrazy Pƙed rokem +2

      @@HTen-sh1nc is it though?
      Maybe I am just way too much into the apologetics debunk channels xD
      I've heard these kinds of stories 100 times.
      They always have a moral you can see by sentence two, could have been shortened to like 30 seconds and padd everything out to the absolute last, giving some filler info inbetween to make it more believable...
      This was like an apologetics clone video for chess xD
      If you've never heard these kinds of stories, I guess they could be fun... but since I've seen 3 videos in the last 2 days like this for chess... I just wanted to voice my opinion.

  • @kenjimege5027
    @kenjimege5027 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +1

    The girl is basically a lucky person who always gets the answer right but used the wrong method

    • @JaidynGX
      @JaidynGX Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      Math in a nutshell

  • @LiterallyAnythingg
    @LiterallyAnythingg Pƙed rokem +1

    I was dead ass looking for a way to get my queen to c4 for a check. But couldn’t figure out how to make one always getting checked. The second side pawn push is what I didn’t see thought it would lead to mate lol

  • @SlyNine
    @SlyNine Pƙed rokem +1

    It wouldn't inspire that because I care more about solid reasoning than a lucky guess.

  • @liomurasaki
    @liomurasaki Pƙed rokem

    I also thought on queen to e3, it was kind of the best solution because you could get out of check and put the enemy on check

  • @shieldphaser
    @shieldphaser Pƙed rokem

    I mean, you can tell straight from the start that it's not a win for black. The rook can just go back and forth between C4 and D4, always getting in the way of the queen's checks one way or the other.

  • @drifter2391
    @drifter2391 Pƙed rokem +1

    Casual chess player here, I went through all possibilities in my head and realized that sacrificing the queen using its omnidirectional movement would allow two spaces to be opened up, and thus an escape route. I voted for white's win.

  • @noone-_-314
    @noone-_-314 Pƙed rokem +1

    Wait... Isn't it possible to draw like: q b 3 check, r c4 , q d 3 check, r d 4 and repeat for a force draw?

  • @FavvvvazM
    @FavvvvazM Pƙed rokem +1

    Do you know that the stupid and the genius often have the same answer? That's what happen in this case.

  • @EliasHasle
    @EliasHasle Pƙed rokem +1

    I was kind of hoping for the first move to be a king move. That would be another cool plot twist.

  • @Tibovl
    @Tibovl Pƙed rokem

    Surprisingly I actually recognised that the solution would have to involve a diagonal block with the queen. I just didn't have the time to play it all put and realize it was a queen sacrifice.

  • @karadesu8348
    @karadesu8348 Pƙed rokem +1

    We were too caught up in the cycle

  • @_Oltzm_
    @_Oltzm_ Pƙed rokem

    Been in this position many times throughout my chess career. I call it tank formation protecting my king after taking all of my opponents pieces.

  • @Tuck213
    @Tuck213 Pƙed rokem +2

    You made up a whole story to make the title 'A cheater tried to solve this...' well, checkmate I guess because I clicked on it.

  • @potatosei2103
    @potatosei2103 Pƙed rokem +1

    No no no, the real question is: how did the black king travel that far without getting ladder checkmated?

  • @SantosTV81202
    @SantosTV81202 Pƙed rokem

    Everybody gangster until the pawn starts moving backwards

  • @McGravyboat
    @McGravyboat Pƙed rokem +1

    Reminds me of a similar story where the answer was "it depends whose move it is".

    • @Moldylocks
      @Moldylocks Pƙed rokem

      Literally what I expected, but I should've assumed the old man told everyone it was black to move at the chess club and tried to think harder to solve it. But honestly wouldn't have found the solution either way, pretty nice puzzle

  • @ZJasmineDragon
    @ZJasmineDragon Pƙed rokem +1

    “Here is a made up story that makes this novice right for literally no reason other than plot device”

  • @why_n
    @why_n Pƙed rokem

    Technically it could end in either 3 ways, but most likely it would be a draw, or white to win assuming black stopped checking

  • @hapexamendar1093
    @hapexamendar1093 Pƙed rokem

    Ha ha your channel is making me better. Didn’t take the time to figure it out but it felt instinctively like all you had to do was break that symmetry and you were gonna win.

  • @ruiquanchong
    @ruiquanchong Pƙed rokem +1

    moral of the story: use higher depth stockfish

  • @milpy1257
    @milpy1257 Pƙed rokem

    Basically, this is a scenario where the general rule of 'the one with more material is in most cases winning' seems to be incorrect because of the weird position, but it is still correct.
    The beginner, not knowing that general rules have exceptions (and this one in particular, many exceptions), simply stated 'White has more pieces, white is winning'.
    The more experienced players both thought... hmm this is a puzzle and a weird set-up, probably the general rule doesn't apply, the doubt is if black win or draws the game. One said that black wins, and the other that black draws.
    And then, in the end, it's revealed that the general rule still applies.

  • @LordMidichlorian
    @LordMidichlorian Pƙed rokem

    My answer at 2:54. White wins if it can get to ...Qa2+; Qc3+ to force the queen exchange. But that means white needs to swap queen and the rook that's initially at d4, but I don't believe there's a point for white to do that, as the pawn at e4 can't leave its place without denying e5 to the Queen as the queen needs the rook in a corner to go diagonally but neither bishop not pawn can't get off its path and once c6 is done to block a check, which I don't see how to avoid without getting into a perpetual, I can't see how to make the queen change to go clockwise and even then I don't think it's possible as then it's the pawn at e6 blocking the corner for the other rook to get the queen to swap side with by a diagonal block.
    Edit: Dang, I saw the ...Qd3 possibility but didn't follow that in the moment I thought of it and then I got too fixated on blocking with a check with the queen as to go back consider that one.

  • @arklaw8306
    @arklaw8306 Pƙed rokem +2

    Really shows you need to be open to new possibilities.

  • @orelas167
    @orelas167 Pƙed rokem

    Queens are so powerful sometimes you forget they're also so damnably tricky.

  • @rosemarybai9519
    @rosemarybai9519 Pƙed rokem

    Never overlook tiny details, even if they seem insignificant or rather, downright stupid - they could lead to big mistakes

  • @frax8696
    @frax8696 Pƙed rokem

    Martin: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

  • @rulaibrahim5205
    @rulaibrahim5205 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    A girl as an absolute beginner in chess literally outclassed a highly experienced chess expert. This old man was amazing with this puzzle. I thought it was a draw.

  • @eggboy178
    @eggboy178 Pƙed rokem +1

    No, she got it correct by blind luck. She said it was because there were more pieces, so that immediately signifies that she knew nothing about the game at all. Secondly, the chances of this playing out exactly like that would be extremely slim, and, without doing it multiple times, most people would mess up the order of the white piece movements in a timed match or not, and would end up losing.

  • @jobenco5757
    @jobenco5757 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

    I let Stockfish run for hours: Depth 84 sees M26 for white. However, after move 13 for white, it realizes that it's only mate in 12 from there. Therefore, it's Mate after 24 moves, as far as I know.

  • @davidfleb
    @davidfleb Pƙed rokem +2

    If white wants it to end in a draw isn't it easier to just move the rook back and forth instead of going on the merry-go-round?

    • @ZyphLegend
      @ZyphLegend Pƙed rokem +2

      yeah, but when playing chess, it is sometimes better to make moves that might make is easier for your opponent to blunder, or perhaps to give yourself more time to think of something better than a draw.

    • @leandrorositto8238
      @leandrorositto8238 Pƙed rokem +2

      The idea is that White knows the position isn't losing and has winning chances if they find this move. I would have drawn it too I guess.

    • @ekki1993
      @ekki1993 Pƙed rokem +1

      If it was stated that "white must draw" then sure, just move the rook back and forth. The nature of the problem is not knowing if it's a win, lose or draw so you should always check every line, avoiding loses while looking for a win. The merry-go-round is there to check if the line can end in something other than a draw.

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine Pƙed rokem

      @@leandrorositto8238 I 100% would have drawn or blundered into the stalemate.

    • @Debbiebabe69
      @Debbiebabe69 Pƙed rokem

      @@ZyphLegend but then you run the risk of blundering into the mate by Black.....

  • @theliamofella
    @theliamofella Pƙed rokem

    That little girl sounds like it might have been my daughter, she is a little “know it all” aswel 😂

  • @demonic7610
    @demonic7610 Pƙed rokem

    based on skill is only way to determine a winner if draws can be tossed out white is obvious because the multiple chances, but can also go both ways based on skills.

  • @rotorblade9508
    @rotorblade9508 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    “because it has more pieces” is only one of the reasons

  • @miguelebina9451
    @miguelebina9451 Pƙed rokem

    Man my classmates would lose the pawns instantly then get stalemated

  • @giovannicorno1247
    @giovannicorno1247 Pƙed rokem +2

    Really nice, one have always to be openminded!

  • @AyrtonTwigg
    @AyrtonTwigg Pƙed rokem

    The cheater should have used faster analysis. After about 1 second, it switched to #24 for me.

  • @mpeterll
    @mpeterll Pƙed rokem

    Excellent. I also missed the queen sac, thinking it was a draw.