A SUPERB Endgame Study

This truly remarkable study won 1st prize in 1972 for good reason!
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[@halfprodigyryan8633]

Yo! This is Ryan! (the guy who sent the positions) Nelson, I really want to thank you for showing off the position. It means a lot, as I feel like these endgame studies are too good to be this unknown (and I also get a mention in a somewhat popular channel but let's not talk about that). So yeah, thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@game_ender4317]

All the variations, especially the underpromotions and stalemate were really fascinating

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Yeah buddy, no problem! Thanks for taking the time to send them to me!

[@halfprodigyryan8633]

Also, a quick note about the study towards the end: After ...Bc4, all white has to do to draw is move the rook (yes, even to squares that immediately lose it).

[@redundantqwail9088]

This puzzle was incredible! How does one even conceive something so complex, that repeatedly shows off such good stalemating tactics?

[@realstick123da9]

Probably reverse engineering once you have an idea you want to show, still amazing though

[@emphyriohazzl1510]

A lot of time spent looking for something, then a lot of luck, then an awful lot of careful tweaking (usually, not always), then a lot of luck again.

[@rosimo01]

@@emphyriohazzl1510 after making 20ish puzzles myself i can tell you: this guy 100% knows what he's talking about.

[@rosimo01]

@@realstick123da9 you have the idea and build around it, yea thats usually how it works

[@trentonrothan9724]

I made an endgame puzzle before. It starts from learning a lot of basic theory. It builds up and becomes typical patterns in more complex positions. For example using a king to stop the advance of three connected passes pawns while making a breakthrough. It becomes a task of reverse engineering once the patterns build upon themselves. This one is very well done.

[@Tail_Yellow]

ok, the rook part really got me

[@altarancho]

I saw rhis comment before i finished the video thought for sure you were joking 😅

[@Mike-we3rb]

I’m so used to his under promotions I literally said out loud “he’s gonna get a rook next isn’t he” 2 mins before he got it

[@jonathancauley5345]

Yeah that rook move was super smart!

[@lesternomo6578]

i literally assumed the video was over after the second underpromotion and was already blown away and this comment made me go finish it lmao, just incredible

[@yeeten7153]

Same

[@levistepanian5341]

It’s amazing how this puzzle has three different main lines all with under promotion to a different piece! Absolutely incredible

[@brianjones9780]

I like draw puzzles. It's an essential chess skill but it gets overlooked

[@checkmate1284]

This is my new favorite endgame study! Solid explanation with a good study always makes for an excellent video.

[@doodaw2]

Those underpromotions are just nasty, amazing study!

[@Ghilji-w5f]

Feels like a roller-coaster ride great video. Thank you buddy

[@aliceinwonder8978]

I just wanna say that out of all the chess youtubers, I feel like I really understand what you are telling me :) This was a wild one I got the first move but that was it haha

[@MMMMPHH]

The chess really does speak for itself

[@diogenes_of_sinope]

Absolutely amazing stuff! Thank you! Keep on creating and never burn out!

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

under-promoting to put yourself into a stalemate, that's brilliant.

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

I figured the this was a drawn position. I didn't expect all those underpromotions, especially the bishop one. All those stalemate traps... 🤣🤣

[@davidbuller8627]

At 8:43, instead of black moving bishop all the way to row 1, how about moving black knight to A7 check. ? Checkmate in more move

[@pranav21047]

Simply amazing puzzle!

[@jiyoungchoi3998]

congrats on 200K man

[@marcoemaas6233]

at 3:22 black can mate with horse d7 to e5 and the king is left with the move c5 and know you can check mate with horse d6 to b7

[@brenorocha6687]

Watching your videos and the puzzles I beginning to appreciate draw puzzles more than winning ones.

[@joelbell6413]

You vids are amazing💜 thankyou for these!

[@BederikStorm]

Why don't move rooke one forward to b6 instead of backwards? The field b7 is open and it can proceed.

[@byeguyssry]

Good point... He ought to have covered this. I believe it's still a draw after Ne7+, Kb8 Nxc7, Kxc7 Nd5+, Bxd5 Bxd5. It's a Rook vs Bishop endgame which is in almost all cases a draw. If Ne7+ is replied with Kb7, ...Nc5+, Kb8 Nd7+ allows the king and rook fork again. It's easy to prevent the pawn from promoting, so it's another draw

[@userjk7]

"Chess speaks for itself" 🤣💀 well done, Nelson 👍

[@blue_red_screen]

They just keep coming!

[@trdi]

I completely failed at this one. I wonder what is the most amazing chess endgame "study" that was actually played in a game?

[@Tomasngu]

My favourite is Dubov vs Mamedyarov stalemate trick.

[@ironepacaldo2919]

Best endgame under promotion stalemate tactics I've ever seen in chess history ❤️❤️❤️

[@frankg.39]

Insane crazy puzzle.

[@qzvl]

Wow this was just the most interesting draw i've ever seen 💀

[@fantomghost6213]

Great puzzle

[@dalejunior1251]

1st prize the promotion to a bishop can also be a knight bc he gets his knight on either 1 square threatening checkmate you just bring the knight out and trade which is also a draw

[@MohammadKhan-kg7bb]

How is it stalemate when you promote to bishop he still puts check with knight

[@extra...]

You escape to g8

[@jonathancauley5345]

Great tactic video right here!

[@ElectricBurgers]

Wow that's awesome.. amazing.

[@edsimnett]

to be complete @ 3.00 the King could move to B7, but the bishop and c3 knight combine to checkmate?

[@wrp7550]

Couldn't the bishop go to b6 to checkmate at the starting position??

[@extra...]

Its white to play

[@pradeepreddy7956]

8:04 instead of moving the knight to e5 we could deliver a checkmate by moving the knight to b8 checkmate

[@thugliferkps5773]

Pawn will just take or the king would take

[@sealandball3043]

in the description it says "won 1st price in 1972 for good reason!" but in the screen it's 1971

[@kodac4256]

That was pretty cool.

[@LokangoFreewar15]

10:00 actually it could perfectly be a draw if we could trade our knight for the bishop, because black can't checkmate us with 2 knights without stalemate or without having us a pawn to give them enough tempo for their checkmate

[@extra...]

They wont allow you to trade your knight for the bishop

[@LightLightA]

😍😍😍 Glorious

[@yoavravid7893]

What about Na7+?

[@muhammedyalınız]

5.59 Knight d6 is mate

[@rishianime7647]

Please check it, why whant move e5 wr can move to b6 then quen move to b8 game all most game over to next step f5 to d6

[@jacobymatthews3898]

Love thisss

[@UnMondeRiant]

On the last position, couldn't white take advantage of the discover check when king escapes to b7?

[@AmnesiaForever]

You could've had the whole 12 minutes without commentary considering I've never before seen a chess puzzle speak for itself

[@MrBaumGeo]

I figured out the part with the rook beforehand. Not impossible to spot for sure

[@jbxinfinity6989]

9:52 why can't you block with the knight for the check? Ryan, can you maybe answer this question?

[@C0203-i3b]

The knight also defends that square so you just lose a piece.

[@5ANDAHALFCHINCHILLAS]

Chess speaks for itself lmao

[@tonym4953]

Why can't you nb6 after black's bg2?

[@bhuvanesh17]

What if the bishop moves to e5 and the king moves to b7 to escape the check,wont the black king be umder check from the white room

[@jarige4489]

Wow, so epic!

[@tmmacd4639]

6:00 knight D6 is checkmate though

[@dltliam]

Black is in check, its a fork

[@Adventurer-te8fl]

Knight d6 isn’t legal since blacks king is in check

[@yongyizhang423]

can you play nd4 when the knight is on e4 or b5? nathan 9 years old

[@yahakam]

why we not check if we start with g8=knight+ ?!

[@andreastatsch2112]

Wow!

[@vitusdagalkjr4622]

5:48 is knight to d7 not checkmate?

[@ОлександрШишкін-м5р]

No. Bc King will go to a7

[@chilosacc]

Why at 5:55 knight to d7 isn’t checkmate?

[@kinglogic1729]

Nd6+ Kb8 Nd7+ Ka7+ the white queen checks the king, so black cannot play Nb5#

[@elendarulianreo]

You said at 2:50 that the king can't move, but it can go to b7. It wasn't covered, but it looks like this maybe loses to Bd5+? I'm not sure because after Kc8, black can again play Ne4, leading to the knight underpromotion with check on g8, which is similar to the line that leads to a draw, but the pawns are on a6 and b6 instead of a7 and b7, and the bishop on d5 can capture the knight, so I'm not sure what happens then.

[@byeguyssry]

Good catch. But I believe after Bd5+ Kc8, Nb5 leads to a mate. If white promotes the g pawn, use the Bishop to take it. a7 and b7 both lose on the spot to Nd6# which was shown. If white plays Kb7 again, just play Bd5+ again.

[@BigDBrian]

maybe I'm wrong but these are the only options I see: Kb7 Bd5+ Ka7 Nb5# Kb7 Bd5+ Kc8 Na4 a7/b7/g8 nb6#

[@elendarulianreo]

@@BigDBrian After Na4, g8 = N+. Ke8 allows Nf6+, forking the king and knight, which leaves b8 open as an escape square for the king. (As covered in the video, any other king move allows the king to escape to d8.) Bxg8 allows Kb7, and after Bd5+, now the king can move to a7 since the knight on a4 is no longer positioned to give checkmate on b5. I'm not sure how much longer the game extends with either of these lines, but it doesn't seem obvious to me. Intuitively, the initial Kb7 should be bad, since white is effectively forfeiting a tempo to deflect the bishop to d5 as compared to the starting position, but it nevertheless seems like this line merited examination in the video. Edit: I figured it out. After black plays Bxg8: Kb7 Bd5+ Ka7 Naxb6 c8 = Q (or any piece, only move) Nxc8#. Or after Bxg8, if white plays a7: Bd5 a8 = N Bxa8 b7 Nb6#

[@BigDBrian]

@@elendarulianreo Ah I see. I forgot about the underpromotion trick there. But yeah, you can capture and white's still in a solid mating net as you showed.

[@ondrejmrazovic6035]

5:31 how is knight to d6 not mate?

[@fabianglathe6131]

Because you’re in check. If capturing kings was a thing, white would capture your king one move earlier.

[@kurtstrains]

Who makes this stuff up??????

[@the8thark]

What if the black bishop went from E1 -> H3 check - 10:29. That would leave white more open to move and either prolong or stop the stalemate. How is this a bad move? I do not see it. Can someone please explain?

[@jerrywu9962]

You no longer have enough material to win in a regular endgame (I don't know if this amount of material is a straight up loss for black or not) but basically you no longer have a mate threat so might as well settle for a draw.

[@Adventurer-te8fl]

After Bh3, white plays king to b7, which is a discovered check on blacks king and I think from there black loses the opportunity to create more threats

[@TottenvilleMiddleSchool]

Well I can see why this puzzle got 1st place. Underpromotions to a bishop aren’t that frequent.

[@Kytrion]

The last rook move. Why not b1 ?

[@LEARN-UNITY3D]

but the problem is i hv auto queen option enabled 🤣

[@pinkigamer3534]

Me as a beginner: Wait rook so we can have every under promotion Better be a rook ayo what actually a rook ACTUALLY A ROOK

[@berrymacokinya8131]

😆the chess speaks for itself🤣… careful, he suin everyone!

[@itsnavyasperiod7505]

@ChessVibes can't be just play RB6 on 11:41

[@Amoeby]

The fact that you have to say which way the pawns move when there is notation on the board stuns me every time.

[@SmithCS]

How do people even come up with this stuff😧

[@nirupmasharma4733]

in 1st black can win a6 is a checkmate

[@extra...]

Pawn blocks and its whites turn

[@bnwgaming5076]

Yw Nelson how’d you know my real name was Ryan? Rly enjoy the videos

[@mrjdp5660]

I guess queen is too powerful 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@juliuspons818]

To answer the first question needs some hours of analyzing😂

[@DonCorleone964]

People are uninterested in problems that ends in draws? Why!? It makes no sense that draw-problems are somehow of less value than win-problems 😮

[@mr.potato8640]

what if bishop take a rock?

[@cajundrillers511]

Bruh what

[@jorgecelis2775]

W O O O O O W!!!!!!

[@kogmawmain8872]

*Comment contains a spoiler* I found the promotion to a bishop move :D

[@intranova741]

You’re welcome

[@tomriddle2257]

I thought black would win. Well, it was much easier for black.

[@GMBlunderfish1]

Anish Giri

[@dylan_s]

This is probably my favorite study, with exception of Mitrofanov's Deflection. I've seen it before. Spoiler: I've mainly seen it as an Allumwandlung with a queen promotion.

[@JohnDoe-ti2np]

Is there a line where the fourth white pawn is promoted to a queen?

[@2010sunshine]

Good one, but I could solve it.

[@sangmoonkim7858]

Q!!!!!!!!!!

[@samtux762]

(1) Stalemate should be a loss. (2) En passant should be available to none or all pieces. (3) In a draw endgame the winner should be the last player with mating pieces. E.i. queen exchange in the queen vs queen ending? The player who captured the queen first wins. (4) If neither rule apply black wins (extremely rare). Draws kill the fun of chess.

[@hero-gaming_yt8377]

Honestly not to be rude, while watching the video, the forced moves for white were kind of becoming very obvious…

[@hero-gaming_yt8377]

Tho it’s still super cool!!!!!!