Cool Mate in 2 that I Missed :(

[@forthemworthy]

0:15 Rc4 is a beautiful waiting move that forces white to play either Ba4 or Bxc4, Ba4 loses to Rxa4# with an immediate mate (queen is pinned) and Bxc4 is met with Qxc4#

[@farouqbaiti4315]

Why explaining when Chessscape is the explainer?

[@lajos-berenyi]

He is explaining, because he most probable solved it and then wrote this comment without seeing the solution in the video.

[@PratikUdmale6]

We can do chekmate by the no. 4 rook taking ahead

[@бообвооб]

The right notation is Ra-c4, because both Rooks can go to c4

[@AnisKoukouz]

Yesssss

[@ElevatorFan1428]

1:51 Kf2+ is actually a good move because Kh2 is forced the Kf3+ Kh3 Qh1#

[@clow242]

YES! I saw this and I felt like knowone else saw it

[@Michelle-mz8yq]

Same!

[@alfaro30]

Yes, it is. Although its sadly mate in 3

[@ieyshanlogesvaran5581]

​​@@alfaro30he literally said mate in 3 and that's it Edit: oh nvm

[@lucasgaming61]

i thought someone wouldnt find this

[@slendrio]

I'm tired of people saying first and saying I'm here to stop people from saying first like just stop

[@cristinatita7032]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ccbgaming6994]

@slendrio Why give a sh*t rather than just ignoring them?

[@gaminggnome4711]

Third

[@stain_in_life]

dude thank u

[@eightdogstreet]

W

[@thewrittenlegalist8110]

For the last puzzle, Rg1; King must move to e2 since he’s in double check. Then Qg4 is checkmate. Mate in 2

[@Lakky_RKP]

Black bishop b7 It's not mate in 2

[@thecricketmerchant]

Youre right

[@henczzz2035]

But what about rg1 then queen e1? It's still mate in 2​@@Lakky_RKP

[@Lakky_RKP]

@@henczzz2035 King f3?

[@henczzz2035]

Illegal since the knight on b2 attacks that tile​@@Lakky_RKP

[@mrblakeboy1420]

“you’re the next magnus if you did” i thought of it by thinking of the most counterintuitive move like you said

[@ffinerz]

it is easy. you just have to watch the video to find out😂😂 good video❤❤

[@chessscape]

😂

[@normalchannel2185]

2:33 on the 2nd puzzle, i thought that Qb1 is a good play, seeing how you can go to e4 to checkmate,

[@chessscape]

the black queen sacrifices hersel by taking the pawn on b7 and also controlling e4 ;)

[@liam5254]

@@chessscape after king h3 why is there no Qh1#?

[@chessscape]

@liam5254. we are looking for checkmates in 2 moves. Qh1 mates in 3 ;)

[@normalchannel2185]

ooooooh @@chessscape Thanks!

[@ctv186]

I think in the 2nd puzzle, after white queen a8, black queen can go anywhere from d-g8, and it's a mate in 3 after white queen takes black queen since white queen still needs to take black queen to reach h8. Might not be mate in 2, but decided in 2.

[@aabhash7c324]

Ryad sir these puzzles are awesome!

[@chessscape]

thank you! it took a long time to find them! i m happy you like them ;)

[@FilipArcta]

Hi chesscape i really like your videos, keep going

[@chessscape]

thank you 😍

[@pgGUser2024]

2:00, isnt queen h1 a checkmate?

[@Aayan_GamingOfficials]

"You're the next magnus if you did" Me: Bro, i'm 400 elo

[@chessscape]

for now....

[@Aayan_GamingOfficials]

@@chessscape I said "i'm 400 elo" only for this vid. But i am 1250 elo

[@Super_boss_3.0]

2:00 why can’t the queen move to h1, that should be checkmate

[@juliandiaz5590]

Cause then the black king can take the unprotected pawn

[@Super_boss_3.0]

@@juliandiaz5590but the 2 pawns are protected by the king

[@ChessChampions]

I am very much disappointed. I was trying to figure out MATE IN 2 from white side in the first puzzle for so longfrom the thumbnail before clicking on the video😂😂😂

[@creanero]

White to play is also mate in two, I think. 1. Qxc3+ kb8 2. Qb7#

[@vasiliypekhota9762]

You sacrifice the rook but we want !!!SACRIFICE DA RUUUUKH!!!

[@chessscape]

i said Daruuk in the video.. you didnt watch the whole video :))

[@Bruh-bk6yo]

2:35 I freakin' like this pointless yet ridiculously funny handshake.gif

[@chessscape]

😋

[@Zorrky]

Second puzzle, isn't Rg2 works as well? (-oh, i missed out black Qa8 covers both h8 and a1 while we blocked off the diagonal for bxa8 queen/bishop. :(

[@PinkiMaurya-p3d]

Hi chesscape There is an another alternative for the last puzzle King takes night If Qe2 check then rook takes queen is mate If bishop takes on g2 then Qe1 is mate If bishop F3check then again rook to e2 wins the game If i am missing something please suggest me

[@SorakaOTP462]

You need to be rated 1800 or above in order to have the right to comment on these videos, newbie. Bishop F3 check, rook E2, black responds with Bishop to G2 - no checkmate.

[@chessscape]

these are not checkmates in 2 moves ;) after Re2, there is Bg2 :)

[@B16Dominoes]

​@@SorakaOTP462oh wow some random commenter telling people that they can't comment. Hmmmmm. You probably added the rule of "1800 plus" only because you're 1800 and wanted to be included. Stop shutting people down for sharing their ideas cmon man

[@SorakaOTP462]

@@B16Dominoes I'm not good at chess, but it's annoying seeing someone stating their opinion where they have no idea what they're talking about. To illustrate what it looks like, it's literally just like explaining engineering of any kind and a 5 year old kid trying to make a smart comment about it.

[@B16Dominoes]

@@SorakaOTP462 okay, so then this is like a 7 year old explaining to an engineer what a 5 year old is doing wrong.

[@Shark_Boi_Clips]

You are 2nd best chess channel after GothamChess

[@armaan6the018]

Ikr!!!

[@Icehso140]

4:07...with all those pieces still on the board, that position is nearly impossible to imagine.

[@ludyna_rozymna]

1:24 Discovery checkmate is the best

[@arthurjournal.3966]

4:40 bro u literally got mate in 1😭😭😭

[@toxdaz]

What is

[@salazymberi2948]

In the last puzzle, you could have just have moved the rook to g1, then when the king moves to e2, you can move your white squared bishop to f1, checkmate.

[@PokemonFan004]

Rg1+ is a double check and those end up usually in a winning position in endgames.

[@lextiglao6549]

Kf3?

[@rejun7683]

For the last one, just Rh2# is checkmate

[@Lakky_RKP]

+++++

[@iamadooddood4331]

Bg2

[@cristinatita7032]

You are the best ♥️🙌🏽 Amazing video as always!

[@amazingfireboy1848]

3:45 The only reason I didn't think of that was because I'm afraid the Pawn will take the Knight, then the other Knight takes the Pawn, then the King takes the Knight, so that's not Checkmate in 2. You failed to clarify which side was which, because this only works if White is on bottom.

[@lczq6737]

But the coordinates on the board already tell you which direction the pieces are travelling though.

[@ctv186]

For the first puzzle, I'm curious if Rook to anywhere lower on the A column also works; only thing that can move is white pawn 1 space forward, Rook takes pawn #

[@El_sepuIturero]

Hello, in the second puzzle what stops kf2+ kf3+ qh1#?

[@red7821]

It's a puzzle with mate in two, that would be 3 moves. But nothing stops it, tho

[@muhammadsaifaanshaik8329]

Chesscape : ill give you some time Me: Bro you only gave us *5 seconds*

[@chessscape]

i know :) they re not easy but you can pause the video ;)

[@lajos-berenyi]

5 seconds are really enough to pause the video! 😉

[@PremlataTiwariDevi]

1:15 I got it! Bishop takes rook, Queen takes bishop mate!

[@engiealcano5105]

On the 2nd puzzle it also actually has mate in 2 1.) Rook on B2 move to F2 or G2 Whatever the opponent plays can't stop it 2).move king behind the rook You just moved CHECKMATE Summarize: 1.RB2 to RF2/RG2 RF2+KE2=checkmate RG2+KF2=checkmste

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

It took a long time for me to solve this, I eventually felt I didn't have enough concentrated power. Suddenly I used a principal of "connect your pieces" then immediately solved it.

[@EnzoChaupis]

4:08 Also you can capture knight d1 with knight b2 or with the king

[@chessscape]

both moves cant checkmate in 2 ;)

[@ximzedxxl]

​@@chessscapehey, sorry, what will black do after king d1? If they give a check either with the queen or bishop, rook e2 is checkmate. Any other move leads to a checkmate with queen to f2 or e1

[@eskeyf5512]

​@@ximzedxxl about knight move there is a counter Qf6 if king moves, then Bf3 ands it's a check what leads to Re2 Bq2, both sadly aren't mate in 2

[@Zain-xu3rv]

5:09 Rh2

[@chessscape]

Bg2 and no checkmate next ;)

[@electricalmaster5807]

2:00 you can also move queen to d1 and then f3 and no matter what they wont be able to get to the queen in time

[@hinyuchin4724]

black can play Qxb7 to delay mate.

[@georgeren7168]

Qxb7 covers the f3 square

[@ericdennisdeguzman5155]

Hard puzzle but still found the solution

[@SpencerSmith-ee7pg]

Even though it’s not a mate in 2, it’s can also work in the second puzzle. The order goes: Rxd7 If they are smart and they prevent checkmate with Qh8, I play b8 = Q, creating a zugzwang. If queen takes, Rh7# If not, Qb7#. You can let me know if there is a way black can counter this move.

[@123crackera]

2:32 wait.. what about leaving the queen on the same file, like... What about Qe8? You can't checkmate... Right?

[@shivanigupta6089]

Then b8= queen or anything is a checkmate because queen on a8 is discovered checking the king

[@AmoghavarshaHiremani]

Rook a5 is checkmate 😂

[@Bgmakesmemes]

On the last puzzle just how do you get your king to the other side of the board and both players still have tons of material???

[@henczzz2035]

Of course it is a fictional situation

[@acekingdom5050]

For the second puzzle, I was at first thinking Rook to f2, then King to e2 for the mate, idk if Black can delay that but then I saw Queen a8 was better

[@villss894]

the fact its mate in two if black plays first and mate in two when white plays first in the first puzzle

[@PavelSuvorov-m8e]

On the first position there is a mate in one Queen b5

[@adnane945]

the king can take it

[@pannenkoeksus]

3:47 i paused for like 3-5 seconds and found it

[@chessscape]

beautiful!

[@Blazedolf]

In last position there is another way to checkmate: Kxd1 blackmoves Qf2

[@darkglacier1581]

If king takes d1 then bishop b7 to f3 check and it's not M2

[@srherron]

By the way, for the second puzzle, after black moves his king to h3, the queen had checkmate with queen h1

[@Threepwoot]

whcih makes it a checkmate in 3.. we are looking for a checkmate in 2

[@srherron]

@@Threepwoot oh, right

[@Official_Arjavplayz]

isn't rook to h2 checkmate in the last puzzle?

[@chessscape]

Bg2 :)

[@Official_Arjavplayz]

@@chessscape can't we take it with our Bishop?

[@kingprofessional3141]

beautiful video but can you please make a video about how to checkmate with 2 bishops

[@chessscape]

i have a lot of videos to do before doing it but i have it in my list ;)

[@kingprofessional3141]

thanks for considering

[@xyfu8967]

Well well well on the last one rook g1 and the only legal move is king e2 and then bishop g4 ChEcKmAtE

[@Casual7646]

Yeah i saw that too but queen checkmate, same thing

[@xyfu8967]

@@Casual7646 yea but I thought he would point that out

[@ctv186]

Last puzzle: I went for White Rook h2 (check with bishop), only thing black can do (king is trapped) is Black Bishop g7 to block, White Bishop takes Black Bishop at g7 #; any holes in this play?

[@frithjofspeetjens2818]

Unfortunately, in your solution Ke2 is the escape. I was thinking about Kxd1. Next move is always mate.

[@palavonipal]

3:46 I actually did find this, took me like a minute and a half

[@chessscape]

nice!!

[@Kiririll579]

I thought I needed to find mate for white

[@johnshaw6702]

When I saw the thumbnail, I did too.

[@jakeshotdog3525]

4:55 RG2 to RF2 is check and if knight takes queen takes knight for a checkmate with the bishop watching the queen.

[@gunavkumar760]

Bro the pony can't take da rukh cuz the queen also checks the king 👑 and it's a double check

[@vverbov22]

Going fancy with checkmates in 2 when you have a winning position is just a way to cry for a time lost endgame. Don't be fancy, just promote 2 queens and do the easier checkmate

[@123crackera]

1:07 wait... What friend? What Is a friend, even?

[@jeevikaslife]

I dunno what language is he speaking 😂

[@HydrochloricGaming]

I think it’s German

[@jeevikaslife]

@@HydrochloricGaming is there a word in German called friend?? I don't know this word 😔

[@jeevikaslife]

@@HydrochloricGaming relax it's a joke

[@karthickr6167]

For the last puzzle king can take rook right after bishop movement

[@Retroguy.]

0:38 was the queen pinned right?

[@alfihitce]

In the second problem with king e3 check,black king moves to h2,then move the king to f3 check with the rook,and when the black king escapes to h3,mate with queen to h1

[@lextiglao6549]

That's not really mate in 2

[@diegozamora2366]

What about in the last puzzle? Because... White move: Rg7+ Black move: Ke2 White move: Qg4++

[@iamadooddood4331]

Bf3

[@Mikhail-tal-the-GOAT]

i spotted the last one, it me 10 min felt so satisfying

[@muhammadsaifaanshaik8329]

For the first puzzle, isnt queen takes the bishop on B5 mate in 1?

[@chessscape]

king takes queen ;)

[@c651productions]

I didn't think about that too 😅 Thanks for the explanation!

[@muhammadsaifaanshaik8329]

@@chessscape I forgot about the king because the queen was pinned

[@AdamKafei]

Looking at 4:16, that knight on d1 is looking kinda vulnerable, like king takes and I've got at least two mates after. If Rook takes on e2 I have Queen F2 with mate. If Queen check on e2 then Rook takes on e2 with discovered mate unless I wanna drag the game out an extra move, can play Kc2+ forcing Qd/e1 and either way rook takes with checkmate.

[@orangeoranges-mw2sb]

2:00 isnt qh1 just mate? ok nvm its a 2 move checkmate

[@GodPratham0]

4:43 can I move the rook to G1 Making a double check and the only place for king to move is E2 then you can just move your queen to E1 an alternative mate in 2

[@godnmaste]

h2

[@vincentpham991]

Kf3

[@superequippedfaun3672]

2:19 you can still checkmate the king by moving your king up and again and then movw your queen to h1 and the king cannot take the pawn because its protected by the king

[@Threepwoot]

which makes it a checkmate in 3.. we are looking for a checkmate in 2

[@PokemonFan004]

I’m too lazy to figure out if the first one can be solved by the queen taking the bishop but I think it would work.

[@gunavkumar760]

4:56 In puzzle four as far as I am concerned this variation also works 1. Rh2 discovered check Bg2 forced 2. Bxg2# This just made me realise that he lies about " only move " 💀 BTW Not always there is only one winning move

[@lazgheen]

Your solution is wrong. Indeed the only solution to mate in 2 is Bc8.

[@normalchannel2185]

5:32 why can't you take the rook with the king?

[@chessscape]

you can but.. queen h3 checkmate ;)

[@normalchannel2185]

I just had to freakin make a custom game and found out why. if you take with king, the queen comes on h3, supported by the bishop

[@normalchannel2185]

yea, thanks!@@chessscape

[@lacs2732]

3:52 I found that move 😄

[@lightningshour6266]

Wait, and 1:08 isn’t technically taking the bishop with your queen checkmate?

[@fishrankers]

Then king takes the queen if queen takes bishop because rook only guards/attacks a straight line square and not diagonal

[@courcierohanacourcier3180]

Bro white can checkmate in one

[@OneWay_PH]

Queen is pinned noob

[@courcierohanacourcier3180]

@@OneWay_PHI thought of a different way but I realized it doesn’t work

[@Umaykalamay]

Rook in F2.check..Knight take Rf2..Queen takes f2 checkmate..if its ignore,.the queen can move to E1 then Knight c2 check mate. if king move to g1 ..queen to h2 ..check mate

[@armaan6the018]

Mrbeast for chess! Love your videos!! ❤️

[@chessscape]

Thank you!

[@drincmusic2769]

Ngl you should line up the board with the side to move. Otherwise it looks like it's white to move and white's mate in 2 is qxc6+, kb8, qb7#. For the first puzzle i mean.

[@joycongrip]

Can you check out the Steinitz gambit? I think that you'd love it

[@chessscape]

sure!

[@joycongrip]

@@chessscape Thank you, it is my favorite opening, Steinitz himself has used it against Paulsen in a very beautiful game

[@DUCK-xx2ec]

Qe3 is nice because the queen can’t can’t cuz for rook pin and the only move is the bishop which can’t defend anything then checkmate

[@somerandomguy4216]

True

[@sarahshailes3862]

1:10 The rook move is good but they was the quicker way taking the bishop with the qeen because he can’t take with the queen because it’s pinned.

[@sarahshailes3862]

1:53 He missed it would’ve been checkmate because when he moves up you move the queen to Qh1#!

[@sarahshailes3862]

(You cannot move Your king to Ke3 no matter what asweel of course.)

[@sarahshailes3862]

4. I would move Rg1+ then Ke2, only move then Bg4 is CHECKMATE!

[@sarahshailes3862]

Oh I made wrong analysis for the first move😂

[@ElectricGamer-ih8nn]

5:09 bro, if he moved the Rook to h2 checkmate rook protects the upper file and the queen and control the last square so it’s checkmate one

[@raytheronnie8234]

In the last there is mate in 1 rook g1 is actually checkmate because the bishop protects the rook the queen protects e1 and the bishop is also attacking the king(but cool mate in 2)

[@gazelhendricks6262]

There was a mate in one move on last game, It’s Queen F2!

[@kylelappsed]

Until the night takes

[@jsmariani4180]

In the first puzzle, what about Qe3? White queen can take Rc6 but then Qa7. Mate

[@bradlichtenstein1160]

So the obvious moves in the first puzzle after the black mate in 2 are NOT a blunder: after …kh3, qh1 is mate

[@kylemelinkovich8675]

The second puzzle had another mate in 2. Rook G2 pinning the king. 2nd move King F2 discovery checkmate.

[@anythingpeteives]

Black Qa7. Now the white king cannot move to F2

[@yangwan9677]

On the last puzzle you could’ve just put the rook on G1

[@animecuts-PokeTV-Amzngmoments]

4:07 wait, is'nt there an unstoppable checkmate after king takes the knight on d1. Queen F2 is unstoppable and even if the opponent gives a check, (Bf3 or Qe2) or defends the checkmate by playing Qf6, you can go rook e2, a discovered checkmate. Correct me if i'am wrong please.

[@みんぐ-k8j]

Rook to e2 is not a checkmate Black’s bishop can still block the attack from white’s bishop on h3 After Kxd1, Bf3+ Re2+, Black sacrificing bishop by Bg2 Lastly white Bxg2# Mate in 3

[@Elmo9001]

I thought from the thumbnail that this was an incredibly easy Mate in 2... because I assumed I was playing as White. Queen takes Rook, Check. King to b8, Queen to b7, Checkmate. Can I just pretend that that was the puzzle?

[@mitsunam7001]

Nice video as always!!!! 😁💗💐👍🇹🇭

[@Arsenniy]

Amazing video!)

[@xristoskoumpourlis1614]

4:49 rook h2 is mate in 1

[@NOBITA69420]

No. King can go to e2..

[@WintrNiptur]

@@NOBITA69420 the rook covers that

[@NOBITA69420]

No rook can go to h2 in 4:49 this position...

[@airinjc11]

call me crazy but wouldn’t Kxd1 on the last puzzle work too?

[@Michalson532]

1:57 but after king goes to h3, queen h1 is checkmate

[@Joel_Duelist]

And Ithought mate in 2 was easy...

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

Just a normal looking chess position where the black king walked to the back rank at 4:20 . Nothing to see there.

[@ahmedwalaash]

In the last puzzle there is a another answer rf2 is a chek with rock and bishop there id only two moves 1 if kq1 the Qe1 is a cheek mate and if ke1 the nc2 is chek mate

[@frithjofspeetjens2818]

Qe1 is not possible because the rook is on f2

[@CV_CA]

What are you doing? In mate in 2 puzzles always white moves then black then white mate. Or is this sort of politically correct thing now?

[@HexarHunter]

i didnt find a single one 😭

[@chessscape]

i dont think anyone did :)

[@aravgawande3278]

Bro I literally spotted Qa6 after thinking for 7minutes

[@jedrechdadigan4795]

he didin,t see that queen can checkmate black in one move

[@WilliamCook-ce5kb]

I KNEW IT!ZUGSWANG MATE!!!

[@RoniX__TheEditor]

Last puzzle : what abour Rf2, Nxf2, kxf2 checkmate ❤

[@Aaksia]

I found another way to checkmate in two moves