5 Chess Puzzles Guaranteed To Fool You 🤔

[@nathanleech4933]

11:35 In the 5th puzzle, if the king hides in the corner there’s actually a checkmate for white, knight f7. Therefore the king must go to f8 to get a draw.

[@s8ul_forever53]

👍👍👍

[@1mnewnpc]

Such a genius guy

[@vowing]

🎉

[@vowing]

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[@vowing]

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[@petesmith147]

Funny thing in the 4th puzzle. If black plays Qc3+, white has to take with the king. If white takes with the queen, it's a stalemate.

[@prithvisinghpanwar007]

really bad joke bro

[@naelcharvet9928]

Dude its not stalemate at all, cause if black plays Qc3+ then we take it with our King and you know what ? Black has still the A1 square free cause the black queen leaves it.

[@kogmawmain8872]

@@naelcharvet9928 Which part of "white has to take with the king. If white takes with the queen, it's a stalemate." did you not understand?

[@Error17401]

Yes, but it is still checkmate

[@awatermelone9436]

@@naelcharvet9928 ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)

[@mayebeline1149]

For #3, an interesting move for black wasn't mentioned. At 4:42, black can choose not to move the bishop at all, and instead move king to h3 (behind his pawn). This still traps white's king and protects the h2 pawn, which are black's objectives. However, white can then respond with knight to g5, putting black in check. At this point, black's only move that doesn't result in an immediate draw is to move his king back to g3. White can then move his knight back to f7, blocking the bishop again. Black can still move his king, but white has the same response. If black keeps trying to move his king, white can force a draw by threefold repetition.

[@ayoutubecommenter7494]

After Kh3 Ng5 Kg3 there's the simpler Nf3, it's the same movement for the knight as if the bishop was moved but with a check instead

[@reubenmanzo2054]

Black could also move Bb1 and the threat is now Be4 and white has no way to stop this.

[@бообвооб]

​@@reubenmanzo2054They have: Knight to f3!

[@бообвооб]

​@@reubenmanzo20545:10 it is showen

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@бообвооб How is the knight moving to f3 from h8?

[@Lindness]

11:25 if king h8 you can do knight f7 and checkmate

[@BorisGamingChannel]

Yes

[@mematioIumdemek]

Yes

[@kirillzakharov7336]

Yes

[@uwose]

So the king has to switch between h6 and h7

[@blue_red_screen]

​@@uwose f8 and g8

[@c99kfm]

11:35 This hurt my soul. Why would you check at G6, when you could check mate at F7? :/

[@neobullseye1]

True, but that's a misplay on black's side. Assuming black is competent, they would see that that move leads to a mate in one, and so would never play it -- which then leads to the draw by perpetual check.

[@BigDBrian]

If black had played Qb3 that wouldn't work. He arbitrarily moved the queen to a random spot to just explain the idea that ALWAYS works, regardless of black's choice. Still, I agree, it was worth a quick mention at least

[@CrimsonProjectWingman]

Because of VIDEO ENLARGEMENT

[@poorvikbabu0076]

Yeah he missed it

[@JaydenJeong-u1n]

He’s probably blind

[@ELegenDEAZ]

In the 5th puzzle it is worth mentioning that the bishop move necessary to block the queens path to e1 after the knight captures the bishop, so the queen could monitore the e7 square and stop the perpetual

[@ppmendonca1]

Great content again! Two comments on puzzle #5: 1-Once the perpetual check is established with knight to e7, the black king cannot go to h8 because knight to f7 is mate for white. 2-If black sees this possible line, after knight to e3, it can position the knight via c7 then d5 prior to queening the pawn (which can't be stopped by black and can be accomplished later). This would impede the perpetual check and allow other winning solutions for black, correct?

[@smerriman]

If black doesn't play b2 after Ne3, white just plays Nc4 and the pawn is stopped permanently.

[@aaronscott7467]

@@smerriman I don't think it would be permanently, as black could sacrifice one of their knights to force the knight to move from c4, thus allowing the pawn to move and promote. If white then tries the same perpetual check idea, black can just move their queen to e1 because they wouldn't have the knight blocking it any more.

[@smerriman]

@@aaronscott7467 How would they do that? If they attack white's knight, white just moves it to b2. The only way to prevent that would be to have one knight protecting b2 first before another knight attacks c4; by the time they've done that, white has moved the other knight to take the pawn.

[@christopherheckman7957]

I just noticed that if Black moves his queen to b6, then Nf7 is illegal, because the knight will be pinned.

[@lethalty6055]

Qb6 would've been the best possible move for black, which is why a draw is the best case for white.

[@徐瑞斌-i8o]

7:17 black King C2 needs to be analyzed: It's similar but not trivial.

[@alieninsectbass]

In the 5th puzzle at 11:36, If King h8, you DON'T go Ng6+. You go Nf7#.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

yes. but, only if Kh8 happens.

[@alieninsectbass]

@@kirillzakharov7336 Yup. If Black doesn't jump off the deep end with the move Kh8, then it's definitely a draw after Kf8.

[@mavikartal7775]

0:06 pawn g4+ The king has to move somewhere (the pawn is protected) and no matter where he goes that rook goes down. The black pawn That’s about to be a queen is guarded by the bishop. Edit: 0:37 hold up, That’s a stalemate,isn’t it?

[@kitster900]

that second puzzle was incredible. who ever heard of playing b4+ d4+ b4+ d4+? truly beautiful solution there

[@michasokoowski6651]

11:34 Black won't play Kh8 because it's a checkmate in 1... unless black plays Qb6 which will pin one of the knights.

[@mavikartal7775]

3:56 pawn b3 to block bishop, bishop takes the pawn, pawn at the end becomes queen check, bishop takes the Queen, Knight to f7 which blocks the bishop from going to the check, bishop takes the Knight, remaining pawn to c4 and if bishop takes it it’s a stalemate

[@victordeluca7360]

The idea is right, but if you play in this order, black can just not take the pawn on c4 at the end. Bg8, let's say. Then you have to play c5 next move (only move) and black checkmates on d5. The correct order is pawn b3, then pawn c4, then queen, then knight to f7. And that's just the start of the puzzle, but I assume you've seen the video by now.

[@sjoerdglaser2794]

In #3 at 5:08. What if black makes a waiting move so the bishop? For example by moving the bishop to b5. If then white takes the pawn or makes another knight move,, it's Bc6# check, Kf3 Bf3 check mate. Why does that not work?

[@lenalittle4193]

Because the black pawn is no longer there and you can not checkmate with just a bishop. 1. b3 Bxb3 2. c4 Bxc4 3. g8=Q+ Bxg8 4. Nf7 Bh7 5. Ng5 Bd3 6. Nf3 Bb5 7. Nxh2 Bc6+ 8. Nf3 Bxf3+ 9. Kg1

[@Humuncules]

In the last puzzle, if king moves to h8 it's even a checkmate

[@user-jn4sw3iw4h]

Yes I saw #4. (similar to how I got close with #1) Notably: I see what the obvious move is, and know that's the wrong move, because it says 'puzzle' in the corner. Step one, run the obvious scenario, find out why the obvious one, is the wrong one. Either find a solution for that weakness. (something that actually requires skill, why I didn't solve #1) Or try the only alternative, which is why I did solve #4. There were only 2 'non-terrible' moves. as it is a puzzle, it's the one that isn't obvious. There is no way I would have spotted it in an actual game.

[@awang_ir]

Now we need another Livestream with 2 knights+king vs 1 pawn+king checkmate tutorial for next puzzle idea Great video as always

[@sadilhas9118]

11:35 black blundered the game horse can go to f7 and that's a checkmate!

[@anishdesai5788]

11:35 when king goes to h8, Nf7 is actually checkmate!!!!!

[@MessLeadingProgramming]

Just a random idea for a video - could try learning shogi chess, I think it would be interesting to see how you find it while being very experienced in western chess! I have just found out about shogi and thinking of checking out how it works.

[@christopherheckman7957]

Why not combine them? It's called Crazyhouse. And the 2-player version of that is Bughouse.

[@chaotickreg7024]

I tried to learn it but I think it doesn't have the dramatic, long attacks of chess. It's a lot of small unit movement. Not that it's not tactical, it's just less dramatic visually.

[@CatSurfer]

In the last puzzle if the king goes to h8 you have checkmate with Nf7

[@enchanteratsuma9519]

I saw that too. I'm kinda shocked he missed that.

[@SpiderWaffle]

9:00 if Black underpromotes to a knight could delay the mate by 2 extra moves from this position.

[@Eswar.]

Please make a complete series for beginners

[@gemmken]

11:35 the king went to h8, you can play knight to f7 for a mate?

[@kirillzakharov7336]

yes. but only if Kh8 happens.

[@gemmken]

@@kirillzakharov7336 but it went ther

[@marcoemaas6233]

11:35 last puzzle horse d6 to f7 mate the only thing black can do is draw the game

[@harikumars1487]

8:50 In this situation, can't black move its queen to c1 or d1 to check the white king, forcing white to move to capture the black queen?

[@Small_Schlonng_9000]

Ya

[@SimpleBonsai]

Yes but thats not a stalemate

[@tianlecheng2656]

11:36 Nf7#

[@januszkorwin-mikke7277]

In the puzzle#4 U've neglected the variant: 1.Ke2 Kc2 2.f5 a5 3.f6 a4 4.f7 a3 5.f8Q a2 6.Qa3 Kb1 7.Qb3+ Kc1 (or a1) 8.Qc3+ (not Q:a2??) Kb1 9.Kd2 a1Q 10.Qc2# Your puzzles are really inspiring!

[@yigalzemach9083]

you can also return to the main line by 6.Qc5+ Kb2 (Kb3 7.Qc1) 7.Kd3 etc.

[@mrdraw2087]

That Nd6 move in the last puzzle also serves another goal: it prevents black from pinning the g6-knight with ...Qb6.

[@Ncitbgihem]

for puzzle 4, what if black responds to Ke2 with Kc2 instead of pushing the pawn?

[@sondretofte599]

You can run the pawn, Qa3,Qb3,Qa4 then play kd3 with a mate on c2 or like the video

[@stupidnamefilter]

Yeah the other reply nailed it, but the guy in the video should have covered that. Once the original stalemate position is out of the way (by the king moving), black can't afford to let white's pawn get two moves ahead of his own pawn any more. And he can't stop it with the king because white will just walk it in with their own. Kc2 ends in checkmate.

[@The_Alpha_Wolf]

We need more fancy puzzle videos

[@esnrp]

OK I'll come back when I'm 6000.

[@milaytube]

11:36 I’m so mad right now at you because HOW TF YOU MISSED KNIGHT TO F7 MATE?! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU?!

[@KITT-ms5ep]

For the first one I saw Kf7 right away but couldn’t figure out what came after Rh4. Assumed it was still a quick mate somewhere and Chess vibes would explain it but of course he doesn’t look that far into it. I kept looking for the quick mate until I finally had to run it through the engine. No quick mate, you have to settle for gxh4 and it’s a mate in 22 for white.

[@gheorghebirca]

In the 4th puzzle when white king moves f1-e2, black moves it’s king from c1-c2, and blocks white king to go to d3. Black I think can manage to get stalemate eventually. Black doesn’t need to let white king move two times just by moving it’s pawn, instead of moving it’s pawn, black has to block the white king’s move to d3, with it’s king to c2. This scenario was not included in this puzzle, which disqualified it as a clear win for white. If black is clever, he/she can get stalemate.

[@jloiterer]

In the 5th puzzle, after the check if the king goes to H8 - isn't it actually checkmate when knight moves to F7?

[@sharegreats2157]

Cool tricks, well explained - subscribed!

[@Blade1515]

Black wins in Puzzle 5, after the white knight moves to D6, Black Sacrifices! The Queen, taking the G6 Knight with it, leaving 2 Black Knights vs 1 White Knight along with the kings.

[@victordeluca7360]

#3 isn't very difficult but it's pretty creative, I like it

[@A_Wzone]

What about moving white Queen to H8 6:12 to take the queen the following move anyway which then all that would need to be done is to move to A1 then proceed to paint the black king into a corner for a check mate? also you could argue for stall moves on the black king but you could go down the diagonal line to A1 one step at a time and once you get to B2 you could just take the pawn anyway regardless of if they push into getting queen or not

[@thetaomegatheta]

Kb1 allows black to just guard the square, though. If white takes black queen, king retakes, and it's a draw.

[@A_Wzone]

@@thetaomegatheta yeah but couldnt you not move your (white)king from F1 to D1 then block on qB8 cause you would have an extra move and if they were to do that they would delay putting their queen off by a move so you could move to qA8 and threaten the pawn at that point cause at 6:12 if the black king was on b1 it wouldnt be close enough to protect the pawn

[@thetaomegatheta]

@@A_Wzone 'yeah but couldnt you not move your (white)king from F1 to D1' A king can only move to an adjoining square. White king can't teleport to d1 from f1. In the meantime, black can promote, and white has to either take the black queen, making it a draw on the spot, or to retreat, making the move Qh8 pointless.

[@A_Wzone]

yes but if your (white)queen is guarding the B file then the black king cant move into B1 to protect the pawn and yes i do know a king can only move one space at at time i was merely stating the start point and end point obviously it would take 2 moves to do it assuming the black king was able to move to B1 as you suggested

[@thetaomegatheta]

@@A_Wzone 'yes but if your (white)queen is guarding the B file then the black king cant move into B1 to protect the pawn' White queen can't guard the b-file from h8. If you are abandoning your initial idea, and actually going Qb8, then black just promotes, as there is no threat there. 'and yes i do know a king can only move one space at at time i was merely stating the start point and end point obviously it would take 2 moves to do it assuming the black king was able to move to B1 as you suggested' 2 moves is way too long to prevent black promoting.

[@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542]

11:35 when the king is in corner, can't you mate by moving the other knight?

[@Weeb_Life]

11:34 knight d6 to f7 is checkmate if the king moves to h8

[@kirillzakharov7336]

yes. but Kh8 is also the least likely of the two moves.

[@Weeb_Life]

@@kirillzakharov7336 yeah ik but just saying cuz he moved the king to h8 in the video and he just said to do perpetuate check

[@shadowmancy9183]

I'd like to see you start analyzing xiangqi as well- similar game, but very different ideas to pieces.

[@NPC-W]

4:28 how about black bishop b1? how can white stop bishop e4?

[@Together4.4M]

The first puzzle is a good example of how you should always look for the ‘best’ moves and not just the ‘obvious’ moves

[@NIsaacs73]

Not sure about this but knight at g2 to f4, if black knight takes, we take black knight with our knight at g6 then follow next step with knight to e6, king to g7; if pawn to b2, knight at f4 to e6, then pawn to b1 becomes queen but then king to g7. Isn't that checkmate? I guess once knight to e6 opponent will see and move king to f7, but then it's quite different with lots of potential outcomes?

[@lenalittle4193]

How can your white king go to g7? The black king is on g8 :)

[@customarylover3857]

Fun fact: if the position shown in the thumbnail were slightly altered so that white's c and b pawns were both on the 2nd rank, it would be a win for white provided it was white's turn.

[@riaanshkumarchatterjee4468]

After King e2 what happens if black plays King c2 9:25

[@farouqbaiti4315]

11:22 If the King goes to Kh8 we have Nf7#(Unless they play Qb6)

[@bradleywalker8642]

7:06 After Ke2, can't Black just play Kc2 for opposition to prevent White from getting closer to the pawn? If Ke3, then Kc3.

[@thetaomegatheta]

Kc2 is a mate in 15

[@lucienli4553]

​@thetaomegatheta how dafuq3

[@HongMinhKhoi]

4:44 We can move Nd3 instead of move Nh6 bc we can prevent mate and can draw with Nf5

[@thetaomegatheta]

Are you sure that is the correct timestamp? Because the knight can't reach either of those squares.

[@7cmheaven]

5:28 the 3rd puzzle is wrong. You could just move your bishop to e2 and then its not a pinn and if the knight moves its mate

[@thetaomegatheta]

Nxh2 and black can't checkmate at all anymore. How is this solution wrong?

[@kurwamac7229]

On problem 4, what happens of black play Kc2 on their first move ?

[@lenalittle4193]

White can push the pawn because the white king on e2 is now close enough to deliver checkmate. 1. Ke2 Kc2 2. f5 a5 3. f6 a4 4. f7 a3 5. f8=Q a2 6. Qa3 Kb1 7. Qb3+ Ka1 8. Qc3+ Kb1 9. Kd2 a1=N (9... a1=Q 10. Qc2#) 10. Qc1+ Ka2 11. Kc3 Nb3 12. Qb2#

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

#1 -- I mean, it's gotta be 1. g4+ forking king and rook. Yeah, the e and f-pawns may get gobbled up, but at least White's bishop on h8 controls the a1 queening square and the rook will be claimed too. *Nelson: If you said 1. g4+, you would be wrong.* (I stepped into a trap, didn't I...?? 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️)

[@christopherheckman7957]

The idea of a puzzle is that the "obvious" move is wrong.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

I like your endgame puzzles. I should have learned them when I played at the chess club in 1971.

[@robertehrenworth3310]

Brilliant stuff & Just goes to show... always look for stalemate possibilities when one or other King is an a box.

[@basavboss9768]

11:24 If knight to f7 then it will be checkmate

[@kayr0112]

Only reason I expected that the solution is not to push the pawn in puzzle 4 is because you keep bringing interesting puzzles to the table xD

[@gguy3600]

Honestly same

[@fantomghost6213]

Great stuff I subbed

[@forsee9396]

I enjoyed this so much.

[@kristofkovacsRisy]

Although I don't play chess, puzzles are fun. At No.4 I forgot that the black pawn has double move. 😅

[@-_Cross_-]

In The 5th puzzle in The final King to f8 It prevents checkmate

[@SimplyIbruh]

The 4th puzzle is a win for black. If he moves the king then white is forced to move the night then checkmate with the bishop 4:42 black king moves to h3 wins

[@thetaomegatheta]

If black goes Kc2, it's a mate in 15 in favour of white. Not sure why you are talking about knights or bishops. There are none in puzzle 4. '4:42 black king moves to h3 wins' Ng5+ forces the black king to go g3, after which, the knight goes back. If black keeps repeating, it will be a draw by repetition.

[@MrYoav1813]

4:51 you are wrong, becaze black can do a waiting move - move to h6 with the king, white have to move the knife, and black checmate

[@solareclipsedudefinale9026]

Do u mean h3? That’s wrong because white plays Ng5+ which checks the king forcing black to play Kg3 in order to keep defending the pawn, and then the knight goes back to f7 which repeats the position.

[@danielschafer3408]

I could solve the First 4 Puzzles on my own but for the fifth I missed this particular checking pattern I've never seen in Endgame studies even though it does not seem very special. Important Note Puzzle 2: After 2. ... Kxc5 the move 3. d4+ would bei wrong because that line ends up with the c-pawn taking the rook on b4 and the King now moves Kd4! letting the pawn take the knight (or move on to b5), so there is no stalemate but a lost position for white

[@Eshtian]

Puzzle 4 King E2 blocking the black king from pressuring the pawn and pushing the black pawn to deny a promotion If you just push with the pawn black king can defend his own pawn meaning at best you get a trade into a stalemate Black's pawn has to chase into you while your pawn has to chase away from black

[@dVTHoR]

That last one was just insanity.

[@sk8kman]

4:28 puzzle #3 can't black just move their bishop to b1, ignoring the pawn and force mate with bishop to e4?

[@RichSmith77]

White would promote on g8, getting a Queen and delivering a check. At a guess, white could then keep putting black in check, preventing black bishop from mating, or force black king away from the pawn.

[@yanipenaflor2950]

11:12 can the queen just capture the knight on g6

[@maximCS2002]

11:35 Pause and notice how there could be a mate if king really were to move to H8

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I just found your channel within the last week. I'm a novice, but I can happily say I found the right answer on the first one! The wrong move didn't even cross my mind. I'm making progress thanks to your channel! For the last three puzzles, I figured out part of the solution, but missed some steps.

[@rogerkearns8094]

In the first position Black can delay matters by one move with (after 1 Kf7) 1 ... a1=Q, 2 Bxa1, etc. (Sorry if it's obvious.)

[@dieschachbrettfee2060]

He also could delay mate for several moves by playing Rh4. I don't see any immediate checkmate after that so white has to take the rook and win later after promoting a pawn.

[@rogerkearns8094]

@@dieschachbrettfee2060 Nicely spotted.

[@vijaygarv]

Amazing content as usual 🙏. I’m not that good at these puzzles so it’s fascinating for me every time

[@edwardlazell3157]

Thanks, this was fun.

[@michlop452]

11:35 MISSED MATE IN ONE 🗿

[@kirillzakharov7336]

if Kh8 happens.

[@michlop452]

@@kirillzakharov7336 (and it did)

[@goldfing5898]

Puzzle 3: I would suggest 1. b3 B×b3 2. c4 B×c4 3. g8Q+ Bxg8 4. Nf7 BxNf7 Stalemate, because White has lost all pieces except his King, his King cannot move anymore but is not in check. Should Black not take the White pawns but e.g. Mode his Bishop to b1, g8D+ even wins because the White Queen cannot be not captured.

[@goldfing5898]

move his Bishop g8Q+

[@drbombom4786]

Idk why i find this funny but his first word at 1:00 is obviously

[@adrianmariano1198]

Bro on the 5th puzzle knight to f7 was mate

[@llandy123]

When I was little we were taught if you trapped the other person's king like this, that was a win for you and not a draw.

[@luuduonghy659]

At 2:03 Black can go Rd8

[@Jay_76]

Out of curiosity, on puzzle four, what happens if white takes the pawn race, makes a queen, and moves it to b4?

[@Szlugopis]

Yay, you made my day by this vid

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

On the 5th puzzle, it is actually that black wants to draw and not the white because white has a checkmate threat

[@garvkapoor8145]

what will happen in puzzle3 if we play the move c4, then black takes with the bishop then queen promote then black takes and then what will happen please tell.

[@JaydenJeong-u1n]

In the last Puzzle the king moved to h8 there was Knight f7 checkmate. Nelson was an idiot in the last puzzle he made black moved The king to h8 in 11:35 (the minutes of the video not the time) he just played knight g6 when there was knight f7 checkmate that’s what I noticed.

[@Alex-yx8gx]

This is the first time I get a puzzle right from the beginning and it feels good

[@fanthonyfictions]

“Now this, is Pawn racing!”

[@lordmaster6667]

Puzzle 4, white F1>E2, black C1>C2 ends in a stalemate too, right?

[@josquin4760]

In the last scheme, if the king goes to H8, the Knight goes to F6, checkmate

[@Soundwave444]

Nelson bro in 5th puzzle nf7 is checkmate if the king goes to h8

[@Grim-Grin]

On the third puzzle, what if black plays Bb1 after b3 (it threatens Be4#)?

[@DoomsdayR3sistance]

White gets a Queen with the Pawn on G7 at that point since the Bishop no longer threatens G8 and Black has to move their king since now in check, white wins easily in that scenario.

[@Grim-Grin]

@@DoomsdayR3sistance Ah yes, I didn't see black was in check, thanks

[@AnnaColon3]

4:07 if you eat black's bishop while they aren't looking that's a free queen with check

[@bennettgibson3738]

WOW incredible puzzles. Stumped me!

[@SirVidness]

Sooo... At 4:41, what if black moves his king behind his pawn?

[@AaronWGaming]

Nelson just one thing if black goes to the corner on puzzle 5 THAT IS MATE not Perpetual Check... Swing the other Knight into the space beside and CHECKMATE...

[@Pratyaksh069]

Sir what if black saw that coming and instead of pushing pawn at 10:29 he would have played king to f7 for a win as he can push the pawn after bringing the horse close

[@theyneverlearn3679]

Kf7 runs into Nc4.

[@Pratyaksh069]

@@theyneverlearn3679 or if i get you right than king can go to f8 and then get a queen

[@Jackaboy3695]

3:23 you shoulda mentoined king c5 does the same because the pawn can't move

[@Jahanceltic]

11:56 can’t they just move the king they do not have to move the queen

[@bam38]

King doesn't have any place to move

[@Jahanceltic]

@@bam38Oh😂😂

[@charlief6323]

11:35 just go knight f7 checkmate instead of going knight g6

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

#2 Is clever! I guessed the two knight moves but was looking for a repeated move for black, not stalemate for white.