Another two-mover puzzle

[@plynx3765]

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[@Noitssnotme]

Thank you

[@notspoileratall5471]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@toasteroven7683]

Thanks bro

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

The hero we need, if not the one we deserve

[@mikemimson4771]

Need more people like you all over KZbin haha

[@Thebuilderz]

I found a slower mate in 3. If you move the Rook to g5 you can play Rh5 next move if the opponent promotes thus forcing them to take back with the Queen they made, and you can capture back with your Queen and it's mate. If they do literally anything else RH5 is still mate.

[@Herbalist-athari]

Same here, found that move to, but he was speaking about a two move solution. Nonetheless good find

[@jimr5703]

This is the solution I came up with as well. Not as elegant as the 2 move, but tidy and effective.

[@geoffstrickler]

That’s what I found too. I missed mate in 2.

[@Brass319]

I found mate in 24 with Qf5, allowing me to quite easily win the promoted pawn, take the C pawn, slowly win the G pawn, force a rook trade, and then it's just a basic king/queen checkmate from there. No idea if that same line could have been played faster but I did win, and that's what counts.

[@Nagitudo]

Pawn blocks the check

[@andrewash9318]

I very much appreciate your method of explaining these puzzles. In the past I have been quite bad at solving chess puzzles, but I have got the last three right, and I'm sure that it has something to do with the way you communicate all the different ways of going about solving them.

[@ThMrksman]

Tried solving it before clicking on the thumbnail and it's a really good puzzle! I was baited into thinking it was too simple because of Qf5 before I noticed the black pawn on h2, and from there it took me toying with a few other ideas before finally noticing the winning play!

[@radicalrick9587]

*There's two different ways to mate in two, Rook to g1, if pawn takes rook g1 then queen to h5 mate or Rook to g1, if pawn h1 promote to queen, Rook capture queen h1, mate.*

[@RubixCubed3]

I saw a mate in 3: Rg5, h1=Q, then Rh5+. Black has to take with Queen, then white takes back with Queen#.

[@SmileyMikey]

Got this one within seconds. I credit this channel for sharpening my chess mind!

[@nelliebrian5750]

Hi Mikael Yes I do , White rook to G1 - Forces black pawn to G1 and takes white rook -- Now black pawn ( Queen ) is out of H colum Allowing White Queen moves to H5 - Checkmate Even if black pawn moves to H1 - White rook moves to H1 and it is still check mate in 2 moves ,,,,,,,,,, Your Welcome -- Brian -- Vancouver 👍

[@JayakrishnanNairOmana]

I got a mate, but not in 2 1. Qf5 If Black promotes, then 2. Rg1+ Black can extend the game by g6 3. Rh1xQ+ Mate in one from that position

[@b4ph0m3tdk9]

Short and to the point I like it!!!! I did not see the mate, glad to learn something.

[@FloatingOer]

I found R g5, if black promotes you check with the rook on h5, black Q takes the rook and white recaptures and mates. Rh5 cannot be stopped and will lead to a mate no matter what black do. Though it's 3 moves and not 2 like in the title which I couldn't see.

[@MurderMostFowl]

I honestly never would’ve seen this, except that you insisted it was mate in 2 . I have seen a mate in 3 described in the comments as well but I’m non-optimal most of the time and would have done Rh6 ( forcing the take by Black King ) then Qxg8. Regardless of whether black promotes the pawn at h2, do Qh8 to force the king out of the way and take the (promoted) pawn and then You mop up the rest and set up your king to move in for a checkmate. A long route but a win nevertheless. ( I think! It’s late lol )

[@GetMeThere1]

I think rook to g5 also works well, except if black promotes it becomes mate in 3 -- all other moves are mate in 2.

[@LightLightA]

I found it in 10 seconds,the rock sacrifice. I am proud because i rarely do.

[@the_sebablue]

Yh me too

[@dylankrejci9965]

Dwayne Johnson isn’t a piece on the chess board tho

[@v3rlon]

same here, you sacrifice the rock because the back of its head looks like a-- sorry, red notice reference. Let the Pawn take the WWE superstar, and queen move diagonal to H5, Mate. If the pawn ignores Agent Hobbs and goes to H1, rook takes, and still mate. If black ignores the pawn and move their own scorpion king. Queen take pawn at G7 and mate. If black moves pawn to C5 (from C4, and thus not cheating), Queen to H5 is still mate.

[@PaperPlateParody]

Same, I'm a 1200ish rated player and haven't played in a long time, so solving this felt good.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Also not mate in two but........ Rh6+ KxR QxR easy win for white.

[@alargeturtle]

Can't belive I actually got it right

[@quackduckquack]

Same. I doubted my prediction at first though and started looking for other ways but my first guess was correct

[@chookingvid]

I finally solved one along with seeing all the possible responses.

[@Tiriondil]

Frankly, first I thought Rxg7, but after Rxg7 Qh5 isn't mate anymore because now Kg8 is possible. That's how I realized to move the rook away to threaten Qh5 with mate, while having a counter for h1=Q. And Rc8+ isn't possible due to the pawn on c6. Beautiful puzzle, every piece has a purpose!

[@jsmariani4180]

I saw it quickly but then remembered I had solved this puzzle a while ago. Still it's a good one.

[@empireofthechangedayandnight]

It took about 4 minutes. 1.Rg1 Yeah, I know I'm not good in tactics 😧

[@MrJaster45]

First time l solved one of these puzzles. Very pleasing.

[@khaalidcarab1403]

Very hard to find but very simple to when you see it

[@Nagitudo]

Queen f6, black pawn promotes, then rook f6, discovered check, if king moves up, rook h6 check, queen has to take, then white queen takes and it's checkmate. If king moves down, queen g7 is checkmate

[@UTU49]

The pawn will take the Queen.

[@danprairie3863]

I found Rg5, Ph1-Q, Rh5-check, QxR, QxQ Mate

[@StarGGundam2]

Same. Sadly that’s mate in 3

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Like the first reply, it's M3, and your notation is weird. Pawns are not notated by P, you just say h1=Q. To notate check, you suffix the move with "+", so Rh5+. You don't say "piece x piece", you say "piece x square", so Qxh5, Qxh5# ("#" meaning checkmate). But if that's how you like to notate your moves, I won't stop you.

[@goodgenes0]

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[@-YELDAH]

​@@goodgenes0you're in the comments section of a chess puzzle video, crying over corrections to notation? How dumb are you really

[@KenFullman]

I got this one in just a few seconds! I'm sure these puzzles are improving my skills.

[@joetrident]

I found Rg1, but didn't see that that covered the queen mates in case their rook moved 😂😅

[@Gertunet3103]

if the black rook moves there is mate given by the Queen on g7

[@tommynilsson2022]

Beautiful mate! Are you from Sweden?

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

I haven't watched the video yet, but I think the solution may be Rg1!, followed by either (a)h2xg1=Q Qh5#, or (b)h2h1=Q Rh1+.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

I've watched the video now, and I was right! Makes a nice change.

[@petermaharajh2088]

Omg I am so terrible. I didn’t see that at all. Thanks for making these videos they really help people like me. I have played for years but can’t seem to see ahead well enough. Oddly I love chess even though I am so bad at it.

[@danielschechter8130]

Cool! I totally missed that.

[@noplays2480]

This puzzle is suprisingly easy

[@EB-bl6cc]

yeah, there's not as many moving parts/possibilities as some of the other ones he's posted so it's pretty damn fast to find it

[@SimpleAnimation.]

Fr

[@UTU49]

I've barely played chess at all, and as soon as I saw the pawn on the 2nd rank, I was like, "SAC THE ROOK!!"

[@rocktober1327]

Today I'm Leaving a comment because this is the first puzzle I figured out. always a thumbs up.

[@tiemen9095]

Took me a while but once I realizes the problem it was quite straightforward

[@LordWaterBottle]

Certified Gotham moment

[@bipolarminddroppings]

paused at 0:01 Rg1, promotes on H1, Rh1# otherwise Rg1, promotes on g1, Qh5# or Rg1, Rf8 (or anywhere else on the 8th rank), Qg7# I will unpause and find out. 1:36 I was right! woot!

[@Cykk0]

Queen F5 might not be it, but its still winning, if you follow it up with rook g8, its just less accurate and more drawn out...

[@UTU49]

I was interested in Qf5 too, because I love revealed checks. Unfortunately it leaves Black with a couple of options.

[@neesel]

Queen to f5 should work too. Black gets his queen at h1 but than white brings rook down at g1. Black king has to move and his queen is done and mate. Technically its in three moves. But still a good option?

[@dudono1744]

Rook g1 is the play. If they take the rook, Queen to h5. If they promote, Rook to h1. If they move the Rook, Queen to g7. If they move the pawn on the left, Queen to h5.

[@richardknouse618]

Rh6 almost works except that the king can take it. That leads to Qf4, KH5, Qxp which leads to continuous check as the queen walks the king back up the board.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Rh6+ KxR QxR game over.......

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I saw Rg1 in about three seconds and was convinced I was right until I saw Kh6. At that moment, I doubted I was right, completely overlooking Qg6 was mate. So my initial guess was correct after all.

[@TravisMcGee151]

Great puzzle!!

[@FirstLast-n5b]

It was easy one - I saw it immediately.

[@Dale-hv4xi]

Rxg7 and it is mate by Bishop on c2 so black king has to move and cannot take Rook on g7 as it is protected by Queen so can only move to h8 (white moves Qh5 and QM) or h6 (white moves Qg8 - which is protected by the Rook - and QM).

[@dagg310]

king is on c2 ... lol

[@topmaths0.69]

first time I solved your puzzle !

[@andrewhall7930]

This reminds me a bit of the (only) puzzle Morphy created. I don't know why

[@petersmythe6462]

You need to sacrifice THE ROOOOOOOK

[@Asmo_Lay]

*THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK*

[@ChyeHeng17]

I figured it out in 3 steps. But I like this 2 steps idea.

[@ShawnGrayV]

Lovely puzzle. Thank you.

[@gzaf187]

I found it almost immediately, but only because I knew it was a puzzle and the answer needed to be awesome. I would never find this in a game.

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

Enjoyed it. If I was Black I've have pushed the pawn on c6 to show my destain.

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

Thanks for making an easy one lol makes me feel special for getting it myself.

[@stevesidare2493]

Found one in 3. A puzzle would mark me as absolute WRONG! But I still win the game. Life is not black or white.

[@userac-xpg]

Saw this instantly. Always look for normally bad moves in puzzles first (allowing rook to be captured)

[@ejdspihrne2496]

whats with that pawn at c6

[@UTU49]

He's just hangin' out. Living his best life. No I'm just kidding. It has to be there to protect the White King from the Black Rook.

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

Yes. Found it quickly too. It's (spoiler)... Rg1!! (and the mate is Qh5, Qg6, Qxg7 or Rxh1, depending on what Black does)

[@roloffi]

finally!..........I figured one out..........I can sleep tonight

[@GunslingerBahamut]

Had the wrong impression from the thumbnail. I was thinking as if it was blacks move an they were promoting, and I had to work out a mate in 2 while they had a black queen on the field again. Black having that queen one turn sooner really wrecks the puzzle. ^.^; Woulda helped to watch the vid first, but I was engrossed in the thumbnail >.>;

[@kurtwpg]

Rook to g1. I'm getting better at these.

[@4231jerome]

Same! I’m having the best luck with these mate in two puzzles.

[@kevins7030]

This is the first one I've ever solved!

[@chriscurtain1816]

This is one of those puzzles where I can look and look for hours without seeing the solution. I can even look at the correct solution without seeing the solution! And it's all so obvious when the winning move is revealed.

[@signaldrift2274]

I find it useful to explore all possible moves with a Holmesian integrity, this removes our blind spots and preconceptions

[@nihits]

R-g5, p-h1Q, R-h5+, QxR, QxQ# takes 3 moves though

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Rh6+, KxR, QxR, Ph1Q, Qh6+........ game over.

[@Kragnar1]

I actually found it… however it took me a good minute to find. Speed chess ain’t my bag, baby.

[@brunopc101]

Well... after the statment that there is a mate in 2 it was easy. Not sure if I would find it as easy without that information.

[@Mayhamsdead]

Yup, I saw it. This one was a bit more oviois than your usual ones.

[@cho4d]

well i thought of all of the not working options you mentioned so.... that's sort of like getting it right.... right? every time i thought about rook down my brain just shortcut it as not viable because losing the rook and he promotes. but it is very viable!!!

[@jercki72]

ah finally one that I can solve, also thank you for the arrow in the thumbnail, I guess some people cant read numbers :)

[@ashoksafaya5397]

This problem I would like to title "dislocating the expected queen" first such experience, thanks once again.

[@tontonbeber4555]

This one is much easier than usual ... I found everything in 10 seconds :)

[@johnhightshoe996]

Levy’s voice echoing in my brain solved this one lol

[@Vordikk]

Was a super easy one, once for a while (: Found solution in some seconds.

[@TheRhysStreams]

Yeah, it's a sneaky one.

[@jaxus24]

Solved it very fast and also saw the other mate in 3 :)

[@activistmalpractice]

Why not rook to H6? King in check and has to take and then move Queen to F4, check again, and when King moves take the pawn on H2?

[@Scharlarntz]

I was so convinced with Rook H6 too!

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Rh6+, KxR, QxR, Ph1Q, Qh8+......

[@williamsquires3070]

This one was fairly simple. 😊

[@ersatz_cats]

Sweet, I found one!

[@maltem7973]

Damn this one waa easy found it in way less than 10 seconds

[@LazarusIsBackBaby]

Wht not Qf3? If we know the pawn is going to promote then we just take the promoted piece immediately & have a checkmate.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Qf3 KxR.........

[@ashoksafaya5397]

So nice , thanks.

[@abelwritesmusic]

This one was easy because I actually figured it out!

[@jayswizzle57]

I did not find it but I did enjoy it.

[@spendingtimetogether8428]

SPOILER BELOW R-G1! If ...PxR, Q-H5++ If ...P-H8, Rx(P)++ If ...K-H6, Q-G6++ If ...any other, Q-H5++

[@fantomghost6213]

Nice puzzle!

[@shart_with_force6686]

This was the first mate in 2 puzzle I ever had to really think about. When I first saw it a few years ago it took me 5x the length of the video to solve it.

[@blizyon30fps86]

I spotted it in like 20 seconds wasn’t that complicated

[@ivorscrotumic3556]

What happens if.... 1; R-h6 check...?

[@biserkasertic1208]

I can solve 30% of your puzzles.This one is included in this 30%.

[@selectivepontification8766]

Obligatory *THE ROOOOOOOK*

[@mikeoglen6848]

Great Moves!

[@jermu9607]

Wait am i getting something wrong isnt this mate in 1. Rook to h6 and that is a mate. At that point Black cant movie King anywhere safe and cant eat the rook with the pawn cuz that would cause check too.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

KxR, QxR, Ph1Q, Qh8+.........

[@mattheusspoo]

found that one from the thumbnail

[@jayhoughton4174]

Whoop! Got one right 😂

[@jimkyle8008]

A nice easy one this time.

[@b005t3r]

You trying to make those look like Chess Vibes videos?

[@Chess-strategy]

Like many chess channels I use chess.com board and Canva design tool with the result that they look similar to each other. Nothing intentional.

[@b005t3r]

@@Chess-strategy thumbnails look very similar to the ones Chess Vibes makes, actually to the point I mistaken your channel for their channel at first :)

[@nelsonx5326]

Got it.

[@kamen42]

Darn, I found the first rook move and though "Well, the pawn just takes and promotes, it's no use."

[@mariodiaz909]

There is mate in 1, or not?

[@eduardhagiu9836]

actually is first time when it took me 2 seconds to solve a chess puzzle. Tg1, hxg1, Dh5#

[@tomfinney3416]

rook g1allows qh5 which is mate rg1,hxg1=q qh5++

[@rithuschannel9147]

I solved the puzzle when I saw the thumbnail….easy 😊😊😊

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Without looking, Rg1 ?

[@jayhoughton4174]

First one I’ve ever got right 😂

[@pig_wrestler]

So...I don't play chess & just chanced upon this. Why is Qf1 a dumb move? It seemed the obvious choice to me...

[@phiefer3]

If you do that move then they can just move their rook somewhere to the left leaving room for their king to escape the check on next turn. Or they could just take your rook with their king which also gives their king space to escape on the next turn.