Brilliant Puzzle From 1876 Tells If You Have Chess Talent

Brilliant Puzzle From 1876 Tells If You Have Chess Talent

[@zarasty]

It's a cool puzzle and all, but the real question is how did the black king get there?

[@chessscape]

all the way from h8 along the h file.. this puzzle could definitely happen in real life.. very practical. after the knight chk, the king went to h3

[@gladiator3958]

​@@chessscapei found it after u played bishop ignoring skewer ıts counts as genius?

[@lloydm2883]

Maybe he was trying to get back to Wakanda and got lost, just before he was captured, and killed!!!

[@trinitysquad8853]

Could be possible cause of levi advice when in doubt run the king 😂

[@gladiator3958]

@@trinitysquad8853 ıts not Levi ıts levy

[@idobingo]

This puzzle was so good even Stockfish didn’t understand until the bishop sacrifice

[@chessscape]

yes i noticed this as well 😅

[@Kat-dp4rh]

That's weird, when I put it on stockfish, it instantly sees it's winning. Stockfish is very good with forced sequences, so I don't know why it wouldn't find the moves...

[@dayandere2669]

​@@Kat-dp4rhMaybe they're using a different version of Stockfish?

[@FILMIGHTGAMEZ]

​@@dayandere2669yeah I tried 3 versions of stockfish, 1 didn't understand till bishop sacrifice,one was like this video and the other was all brilliant moves

[@useruseruser40]

make sure your stockfish version is up to date and enable seeing all lines. It is important to do that because it forces stockfish to look deeper into lines instead of discarding their searches if nothing is found yet

[@Joel_Duelist]

We definitely need more puzzles like these..

[@user-tt9rn6qj1j]

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[@A_Rookie]

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[@lalithmani4]

do you have a girl friend

[@niveditavc719]

Seeing your chess puzzles makes me improved and motivated. Thankyou so much❤😊

[@syndrac6254]

Imagine if 2 GMs are playing and black resigns after bg2.

[@ognjenminjovic1253]

This one was amazing! We want more of these.

[@kzkaa.]

My solution(that I got) : 1. Qf1+ g2(this part is with Stockfish's help, although the rest are easy to figure out) 2. Qd3+ g3 3. Qxf5+ Rg4 4. Qh5+ Rhd 5. Qxh4# Also, apparently Stockfish thinks that taking the Queen is a mistake, instead opting for Rb1+ Edit : nvm. Bg3 loses

[@drrayman1435]

I worked visually on this line, as well (up to 3.Qxf5). It seems reasonable and I would have played something similar on board. Thanks for mentioning it.

[@ILiekFishes]

I saw that but you missed Bg3+ after Qd3.

[@Grayback1973]

@@ILiekFishesYup, I saw that as well. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@HoldenNY22]

Couldn't White just move the Queen to F1 Checking the KIng. The only Move for Black would be to move the Pawn one square down to G2 blacking the diagonal attack by the Queen. But then the Queen can go to 3 D- Checking the. KIng again. I think eventaully the knight can take at least one of the Pawns,if not more.

[@Mahrac126]

Black's response to checking on the 3rd rank is Bg3+, and then promoting the pawn after white moves the king.

[@RafaelSang-tq8ur]

A true smothered checkmate: means that the king is surrounded by all his pieces, no open squares.

[@noobie1301]

Sacrifice the Queen and the Bishop to activate the power of the legendary immortal Knight

[@Ramen_Kenpo]

At 3:44 it's a draw you can wait for your time to be over and it will be a draw due to king and knight not being able to checkmate.(though it's forced you can just wait for a draw)

[@chessscape]

it would still not be a draw as long as your opponent can prove there is a possible checkmate

[@ResearchAccount-kj9fu]

It will only be a draw if no side can checkmate, i have a legit question, have you not played that much chess before? Because everyone has been in an endgame with just kings but one side has a queen.

[@ResearchAccount-kj9fu]

Or if black just has no more moves on their turn.

[@landen99]

There is qd5, qd3 check, and knf4 check with promising lines thereafter. Much better than an obscure and brilliant line sacrificing everything.

[@justsaadunoyeah1234]

Much worse than sacrificing

[@jameslangschied7900]

This is why mastery of the knight leads to brilliant chess. Thank you for the puzzle.

[@lloydm2883]

Nice puzzle, and a great outcome for white. But, in reality, would this really have happened??? Plus there are other ways white could play to win!

[@AzuraArshad-yr7pz]

Qf1++ checkmate

[@IHaveNoValue]

thats not checkmate because the pawn can block the check

[@BrawlStarsPearl]

1:11 Queen d3 is a check, and nobody controlls that square

[@DarioV133]

Bishop g3 covers the check while checking white and queening on the next move

[@tailorjohnny6075]

Nice but I have a lot of questions still. What if 1. Bc6 Rb2? Or 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Ke2 Rb2+? It's not clear for me.

[@official_mosfet]

3:40 this was the only move i found myself, but i was because i wanted king opposition

[@litestuffllc7249]

OK a very nice solution the double sacrifice; but it assumes that black uses the rook to check and take the queen; he could just move the pawn up take the queen. but why not queen to kb1; check, pawn must move forward to block, queen to q3 check; pawn likely moved forward to block; queen takes pawn check. Rook must block; Queen to KR check Rook must block; queen takes rook checkmate; now there is a problem the bishop could have blocked. In your solution; the Black could have just used the pawn pushed up and the queen is lost.

[@henrynguyen6716]

Why you shouldnt play the Sicilian Dragon 😂

[@dmaster20ify]

Anyhow, I have no Chess talent because I can't solve these videos.

[@texeppl]

Wow, that's amazing! Thanks ! I watch your videos and solve puzzles on lichess, they help me understand and find good moves like in this puzzle, and now thanks to this I managed to solve this puzzle and I'm so happy about it!

[@championclan265]

Chess coaches: save your queen it is the most powerful piece on the board Chesscape: Sacrifice your queen

[@franktaggart-qs5ff]

Like the way, you explain what to look for thank you to see the whole board

[@BurgerEater69420]

Actually Black can wait until it's draw for timout vs insufficiant material.

[@chessscape]

it would still not be a draw as long as your opponent can prove there is a possible checkmate

[@techhien]

Holy, that double brilliant+smothered mate was beautiful

[@thescratchsavy1587]

I love the way how my 1600 elo brain got the solution In less than 5 minutes .. I was just not sure that white had to win or NOT LOSE

[@marko6457]

I've got it after the bishop sacrifice...

[@Grayback1973]

This puzzle makes me realize that I will never be a Grandmaster........:(

[@ricelag]

can't believe I found this at 1300

[@exranz2552]

how to lose a friend easy tutorial:

[@sheldondrake8935]

this is the first puzzle I've gotten!!

[@braniik1108]

every time I watch your video I get the sudden urge to play chess

[@Zinaida7224]

I smelled the checkmate after knowing you have to sac the queen

[@LorvinWolf]

Heres my solution: (i hadn't watched the anwser yet.) White: Bishop C6. Opponent: Rook b1 White: King e2 Opponent: Rook takes queen. White: Bishop g2 (CKECK) Opponent: King takes bishop White: Knight F4 (CHECK) Opponent: g1 White: King e1 Opponent: pawn g2 White: Knight E2 (CHECKMATE)

[@Urza26]

Second last move is unusual in that it's both zugzwang and clearance in one move.

[@BobChess]

This is the same thing if black's king is on the corner! But in this puzzle the pieces were blocking his own king! Fascinating

[@firewolf5848]

Also I recommend you maybe make a big video with tons of puzzles combined. Just my recommendation and opinion.

[@chessscape]

I am actually finishing the video you are talking about. It will be posted tomorrow!

[@ashoksafaya5397]

From such examples I have learnt see the possibilities with your opponent as well solution may lie there.

[@chuashanganluciennhps9992]

Holy shit that one was good Didn’t see the bishop sac but saw the other moves quite easily, especially the king move

[@phillipmarlowe8505]

Great surprise ending. Good work as always from this channel.

[@ZacharieCraftarie]

Amazing! Definitely one of the best chess channels on KZbin.

[@chessscape]

Appreciate that

[@veenukoshal3521]

Somehow i saw all the brilliant moved not kidding but not the knight checkmate

[@slappbassnow]

Brilliant

[@danielschechter8130]

Clearly I'm not a chess genius. But it's a very cool puzzle. Thanks.

[@progameronly9852]

0:18 i see what is the solution here 🏆

[@gayindutimodh]

This is the real Brilliance!!!😂😂🎉🎉

[@TRquiet]

Guess I don’t have chess talent.

[@hvnterblack]

Im not chess genius, but still it is one of best games in qorld. Thanks man.

[@jackmclane1826]

Sadly.... I'm no chess genius! ;)

[@uzeyirmehdiyev3045]

I actually came when i instantly saw king e1

[@frostykari7336]

Knight to g4 would have been checkmate after moving the bishop

[@stallsunguy3064]

What

[@TheGumer0]

I actually saw everything which im pretty impressed by myself

[@jonathancarter6696]

I hate how they post a picture different than the puzzle that is actually shown when you click on it. Please give a thumbs down for this.

[@l0v0l78]

Wow I have thought of this first move but I never thought it would end in this way

[@Hesztek]

You have only king and knight and you are on the way to checkmate me Me: *not moving the king*

[@AndrewYac]

I am just 500 elo, but I'm happy that I found most of the moves

[@MeowPau]

i saw 4/4 of the moves and im only 1000 rated currently is that good

[@chessscape]

if true :) its an amazing result!

[@meeragopalakrishnan1593]

chesscape we need more puzzles like this

[@ziyadbachar4389]

Puzzle1 qf1 is checkmate

[@Beqasage350mlbb]

Now I'm just wondering if I knew the best moves that led to this amazing checkmate, if I would have worked harder to find them

[@precisegalaxite]

I actually found all three moves XD I'm so thrilled right now

[@StumbleNAG15k]

i really found all that

[@user-lz3nt8kq5b]

is it so old? i know that alexay troytsky composed it and he leaved in the 20th century

[@awesomefighter2272]

My stockfish finds a forced mate in 15 and the best moves are completely different. I am sorry to say but this puzzle i guess is not mathematically correct but still fascinating is your method to checkmate.

[@kzkaa.]

Stockfish finds 1. Qf1+ g2 as the first move. I can then continue the sequence of 2. Qd3+ g3 3. Qxf5+ Rg4 4. Qh5+ Rh4 5. Qxh4#

[@firewolf5848]

I am 1000 elo and I found this puzzle at the beginning. I am so happy that I got such a crazy position correct

[@LedionZogaj]

Nice

[@mba27]

im about 800 elo, i didnt get the whole puzzle right but i managed to get the last 3 moves and checkmate right

[@iamlegend3674]

I guess I have talent who knew.

[@rAnDoM.199]

I actually got it right im only about 1100 elo but i can see very hard sacrifices at least for my level but i still blunder a lot in games but im proud of this 😁

[@Flyingturt1e]

i have no idea how i got the whole puzzle right. i am rated 600 lol

[@Agustin-tw1fk]

No, no la encontré; pero ciertamente es una pieza muy bella

[@lauti8699]

1 puzzle thats a super error i se an a checkmate in 3 moves what is not that

[@botimportant]

Welp I don't have chess talent

[@chessscape]

not true. life is not black and white. Same with your chess skills. Sometimes you just didnt have the pattern already in place in your brain. Next time you see a position remotely similar, you ll find 1 brillint, then 2, then the whole variation. Just keep wkg on the game and let things happen 👊🏻

[@sa_107ii]

why did you not chack mate him in one move by moveing your quen to f1

[@lukelock2249]

Wow that zuzwang is crazy

[@congnguyentri4029]

How about queen f1 black pawn g2 and then quen d3 checkmate

[@Kat-dp4rh]

That's not checkmate, black can block with the bishop. Never forget, when it's a check, there is 2 potential other options, other than moving your king: blocking with a piece or taking the piece that puts the king in check

[@zainalabdin3762]

we need this more

[@alejandro23119]

woa i found the puzzle by thinking about 7m really amazing puzzle (the first move is the hardest one to get to be honest)

[@prisme_se]

So i am not a chess genius?

[@normalguyaveragellol]

Irrelevant fact, I just reached 1500 elo

[@amityosifovich1805]

i found the last three moves, does that count?

[@RonBeaugh-fo5tt]

Alternative. Qf1chk pg2 qd3chk pg3 qxpf5chk rg4 which rh4 qxrmste

[@geekspeed300]

@chessscape this puzzle is amazing !

[@chessscape]

😋

[@brodawgyt]

Lets go I solved it without help!!!

[@Fernando-qd4ur]

Earned a subscriber!

[@koreanésealé]

zugzwang

[@dmaster20ify]

I hate puzzle videos where the narrator begins giving away answers before giving you a chance to figure it on your own... But I digress. I guess this is a video for less advanced players.

[@gunterbosman3250]

So, no chess talent for me then :)

[@Dimkord1011]

Or just queen g2 checkmate

[@money_wing_bg7777]

I found bishop c6 but not found bishop g2 sacrifice i found knight f4 check and king e1 but bishop g2 is hard to find

[@metalface877]

for some reason i thought your voice was ai generated

[@chessscape]

many people tell me this. i still dont know why my voice gives this impression though 😅

[@user-hr6zb3zc6u]

I don't think I can solve it

[@vahapakar]

Where are you from

[@prithvisinghpanwar6609]

super nice puzzle i didn't find it😔

[@chessscape]

the most important is that you tried which means you improved and will succeed if you keep at it 👊🏻

[@DreamersWarrior_2009]

What an amazing puzzle.!!!

[@Grayback1973]

Beautiful!!!

[@atishh_1]

i can watch this man for 24 hours and not get board

[@coolguyplayzgaming9833]

CHECKMAYTEEE

[@scp3812SolosRealLife]

I cant believe i did solve this puzzle

[@JulianFernandez]

thanks!

[@SuperWindsage]

F1 then d3 with queen?