DONT! think this is "Easy" checkmate in 2 moves here!!

[@bhgtree]

This is really good and not as easy as first seems, thanks.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks to you ☺

[@dionlindsay2]

For me, the most satisfying way to explain it is: "Firstly, look for the most restraining move White can make. 1. Qd7 gives Black only one square: 1...Ka2. There is now no second move which delivers mate, but the form begins to appear, as it would from a stone mason half way through carving a figure. Is there another first move that restricts the Black King to only one square? There is: 1. Qe6. Black must play 1...Ka4 Now here comes the delivery of beauty: what move, however unfamiliar as a queen move in a mating net, ends the game? 2. Qa6. And there's the transcendental moment - the kick of beauty. With 2. Qa6 the Q and K combine in a way I haven't seen before, to cover all Black's flight squares. And the game is over, the King is dead." For me breath-taking. Not because it was difficult to predict, but because the novel form of the combined control by White's K and Q provokes some sort of adrenalin rush for me, an appreciation of beauty. And the sadness is, if I had more experience I wouldn't be surprised and get that rush. Like a drug addict I would need a more extreme hit of the unexpected to get the same rush. But a lot of the pleasure of it for me is that though I didn't solve it as a puzzle, I appreciated the heck out of it as a solution. The joy of it didn't come from the intellectual effort, but the aesthetic recognition.

[@ChessFinalzero]

That's nice way of assumptions the moves 😉

[@v.gopalakrishnan350]

White plays e6 forcing black to a4 and then plays a6++!

[@johnsavard7583]

That's what I think it is too.

[@parha9880]

++ mostly means double check and rarely checkmate. The real symbol for mate is #

[@v.gopalakrishnan350]

@@parha9880 many old chess books that I still have would use this notation to signify checkmate!

[@v.gopalakrishnan350]

​@@parha9880some of the old chess books that I still have would use this notation to signify checkmate!

[@taito404]

​@@parha9880there's an actual notation for double check? I always assumed it was just +

[@michaeltellurian825]

Really enjoying these puzzles!

[@ChessFinalzero]

glad you like them 😊

[@janneromppainen977]

Finally I found one quickly!

[@arthurjarrett1604]

Me too!

[@ChessFinalzero]

very nice 😎

[@ChessFinalzero]

nice@@arthurjarrett1604

[@GRALISTAIR]

me too!

[@SB-ex2px]

me too, I felt proud of myself, thank you for this nice puzzle!

[@djconnel]

Wow -- I actually considered that but I didn't notice it guarded a2. Good puzzle!

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks 😊

[@tom-kz9pb]

Seeing this only took a second, but it is a nice puzzle.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Really very nice ☺

[@Redstoner34526]

Yes

[@kicorse]

It'd be good to show the reasoning that leads to the right move, rather than just randomly guess moves and see if they work. Here, White has to account for the two responses 1. ...Ka2 or 1. ...Ka4. The options are: (a) Give the queen access to both b2 and b4, but this is not possible (b) Give the queen access to both b2 and a6, but this is not possible (c) Give the queen access to b2 while preventing 1. ... Ka4, but this is not possible (d) Give the queen access to either b4 or a6 while preventing Ka2, and Qe6 is the one move that achieves this.

[@michaeledwards2251]

I viewed the problem as 1. Assume the white king is still 2. The black king can move to a2 or a4. 3. How to mate with queen on a4 or a2. If the black king moves to a2, the White Queen has to be on b2, requiring 3 moves to get there. 4. Mate on a4. White Queen on a6. 5. How to move the Queen to a6. either d3 or e6. 6. Only e6 prevents Black king to a2.

[@teambellavsteamalice]

Maybe not just show what the solution is, but teach how to get there? If the king moves, you won't get a mate in two. If the king doesn't move, black can move to a2 or a4. On a2, the only mating square is b2 On a4, you can mate on b4 or a6. You can look for a square to threaten both b2 and b4/a6, but you can't reach any. So you need to prevent the king from moving to either a2 or a4 AND threaten the other mate. That leads you to look for the a2-g8 diagonal and either b4 or a6, which gives the answer Qe6, Ka4, Qa6.

[@ChessFinalzero]

but i explained in the video didn't just show the solution i showed it after explaining why each move don't work and the reasoning right what did i do

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

You're correct. This is the specific thought process. The video was good and did explain the solution, but didn't explain the reasoning that you have to go through to get to the solution.

[@frankschmidt9821]

I don't know the solution and am trying to solve it myself without a video. First I imagine where the white queen is when the black king goes to a4. The best square for the queen in this case would be the square a6. How can the white queen get to a6 and at the same time take the square b1 from the king and threaten checkmate? Do you see it? That's right, I think the white queen has to go to e6. No matter what Black moves now, he will be checkmated.

[@ChessFinalzero]

[@tottenvillelegend826]

The solution is Qe6. This prevents the black king from escaping to a2. All of the squares for the black king are cut off except for a4. So Black has to play …Ka4 and White finishes the game with Qa6#.

[@ChessFinalzero]

That's right well done 🤜

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

Correct solution, but Qe6 is not a check.

[@Dmitriy_D]

Great puzzle! Thank you!

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks to you 🙂

[@sparshsharma5270]

On seeing the board for some moments, it's obvious that White cannot deliver checkmate when Black King goes in either direction. Hence we have to stop one of the flight (escaping) sqaures of Black King. On a closer look of board, it's seen that White cannot mate in 2 if Black king goes to a2 square. Hence the key to this puzzle is preventing Black King to go to that sqaure. Qg2, Qh3, Qe6 are options but first two can't deliver mate if King goes to Ka4. Hence Qe6 is the key move.

[@ChessFinalzero]

yea right

[@jackbombay1423]

I didn´t solve this one before you did. Nice puzzle.

[@ChessFinalzero]

try other checkmate

[@quadibloc2]

It took a while to figure out how to do it in two moves. Queen to e6, forcing King to a4; followed by Queen to a6, which protects the b5 square the white King doesn't attack as well as checking the black King.

[@ChessFinalzero]

amazing

[@mpeterll]

That must be the easiest "checkmate in 2" I've ever seen. Saw in in less than a second.

[@ChessFinalzero]

awesome

[@cobusvanderlinde6871]

This is one of those puzzles that has little to no application in chess. There is no reason why this mate would need to get out in two moves, and in all likelyhood black will resign the moment the board is down to a king and queen vs a king (if not even earlier). A fun challenge but very limited application.

[@Tenshi_Sora]

Another solution is queen to e3 then depending if king goes to a2 or a4, queen will go to c1 or c5 and that is also a mate in 2

[@ChessFinalzero]

Only Qe6

[@MrDkgio]

Cannot be a king move, that would take ages to regain opposition. Therefore must be a queen move, it must also limit where black king moves to, thus Qe6 this limits black to Ka4, the mate is obvious from there. I don’t think I would have seen that 2 move mate across the board, but would be an easy if less elegant win.

[@ChessFinalzero]

That's right 👏

[@ЮраН-ь2к]

0:17 Yes, it is easy. Qe6 Ka4, Qa6. But I wonder, how commenters suggest something like Kc4, because I am Russian, and in our chess notation the letter "К" means "Конь" /Koń/ (Horse).

[@michaelrobinson2687]

If K means Knight/Horse in Russian Notation then what letter do you use for the King? My guess is that it would be T for Tsar, how far off target am I?

[@ЮраН-ь2к]

@@michaelrobinson2687 Two letters: "Кр" means "Король" /korol'/ (king). The word "Tsar" is "Царь", begins from "Ц" and is cognate with "Caesar". But the chess piece is normally called Король.

[@michaelrobinson2687]

@@ЮраН-ь2к Thank you. I love learning new things.

[@МаксимАндреев-щ7б]

1. Qe6 Ka4 2. Qa6

[@ChessFinalzero]

👍

[@Dodgerific]

Took me a little bit but i play chess a lot. Good little quiz

[@ChessFinalzero]

glad you like

[@exponentmantissa5598]

There is a simple way to solve this. Clearly white has to move the queen. Now the black king will go either to a2 or a4. With the king on those squares how do you checkmate. Q a6 mates in the king is on a4 so now how to get the queen to the a6. There are 3 moves Qh6 Qe6 and Qf1. Now Qe6 cuts off the king from going to a2 so that is move 1. Now king to a4 and Qa6 mate. It aint that hard if you start with blacks only 2 possible moves.

[@dionlindsay2]

Yep, I like that 🙂

[@oguzhan9424]

Queen E6. Took me about 20 sec looking at the thumbnail. Came to confirm the solution

[@ChessFinalzero]

Perfect 😉

[@algraham7177]

Qe6 followed by Qa6. Took me about three mins to work out, and I am not even that good at chess.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thats nice 👌

[@BEEMERBALL]

Took a minute - was trying to put Q in pos'n to both b2 and b4, no possible way in one move, then saw d6 forcing a4, and then a6 - good one!

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks ☺,very nice

[@acekingdom5050]

I’m sure most beginners would try Qh1 or Qh8, or maybe trying the discovered checks by moving the King. You play Qe6, Black’s King can only go to a4, then just bring the Queen over to a6 and it’s mate

[@acekingdom5050]

This is before watching, hope I’m right

[@ChessFinalzero]

you right

[@jathanzhou-fp8uc]

Ans:Qe6 Ka4 Qa6#

[@ChessFinalzero]

right 👏

[@Lordmewtwo151]

Kc4(or Kc2)Qb3 looks promising, but it doesn't quite work (although Kb2 in that sequence would be M3).

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes right

[@mouradadnane]

There is another solution. Queen to e3. Black king goes either to a2 or a4. In the case black king is in a2, white Queen goes to c1 checkmate. In the case black king is in a4, white Queen goes to c5 checkmate.

[@ChessFinalzero]

if king in a2 queen c1 is not a check that stalemate and draw , if king a4 Qc5 that a stalemate because again

[@patcoston]

You forgot to tell me whose move it is. Is it 2 moves by both, 2 moves by black, or 2 moves by white?

[@pattystomper1]

White Queen to E-6. Black King has to move to A-4 White Queen to A-6 Checkmate

[@ChessFinalzero]

💯

[@mohamedgoldstein5565]

Good one. My mind is mush

[@ChessFinalzero]

🤷

[@sergeyalexandrovich8443]

Halleluya, I guessed the right move in just 15 secs! Thanks for this puzzle!

[@ChessFinalzero]

Well done 😃

[@CV_CA]

Managed to solve this one. 🙂

[@ChessFinalzero]

Amazing

[@vulcanh254]

Move to d7, extremely easy. Never had an easier time solving a puzzle!

[@ChessFinalzero]

d7 ka2 then kb1 but Qe6 he have only ka4 then Qa6#

[@Dimalik]

Look, there's a whole queen on an empty board, the mate is inevitable sooner or later

[@kurtwpg]

I remember being befuddled by this a few months back, and today I saw it front page and quickly realized the Queen has to take away one of the two squares. Then it was easy.

[@SerbAtheist]

Qe6 preventing Ka2 then Qa6 after Ka4. Nice problem.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks ☺

[@HouseOfHam]

but it IS easy...

[@brian_vb]

Lie again & tell us how long it took u to solve

[@HouseOfHam]

​@@brian_vb​ Do I have to lie? Ok, I'll go with 10 year, then.

[@brian_vb]

@@HouseOfHamdude said he solved it, which I believe but if it took you longer than 3 minutes you’d probably run out of time. It’s not as important to only solve as it is solving in a timely manner. took me over 3 minutes which is unacceptable 😅

[@Pablo.673]

True

[@mitchchartrand]

There's a difference between easy as in simple once you find it, and easy as in immediately obvious, which this wasn't.

[@Imperial_Legacy]

King C2 ; Queen B3

[@ChessFinalzero]

only Qe6

[@upenderm6061]

What if the black King moves to a2 instead of a4? Will it be still checkmate in two moves? I am a novice

[@thatonefrenchguy937]

The queen is controlling that square....

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

Interesting. I looked at every combination before the winning move and eventually gave up. I’m sure there are some moves that mate in three though.

[@BlazingSun72]

I had the right idea but I was trying to do it from the wrong square right by the king

[@ChessFinalzero]

at least you know the idea try checkmate previous puzzles

[@zendov1]

hard! TYSM! my brain a hot!

[@ChessFinalzero]

i didnt know what TYSM mean thanks 😂

[@zendov1]

@@ChessFinalzero tysm its "thanks you very much"

[@ChessFinalzero]

@@zendov1 yea i translate 😂

[@angelamaro6689]

Queen e6 King a4 Queen a6++

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes

[@timyamasaki8261]

White queen to e3. Then depending on where black moves, white queen to either c1 or c5.

[@SB-ex2px]

Ka2 is the response, and if you really try Qc1, then the black king hits it and draw.

[@quinnlevy8996]

Dang, I thought I figured it out with queen to e3 but yeah no, that's just a stalemate

[@ChessFinalzero]

Queen e3 he still can move king to a2 or a4

[@alyvav.trauma2440]

I was eager to find the stalemate in 2 moves ^^

[@ChessFinalzero]

haha

[@CarlosFlores-ub2xl]

Queen: G4, B4 and B2

[@ChessFinalzero]

Queen g4 a2

[@CarlosFlores-ub2xl]

@@ChessFinalzero Yes, I don't know why it wasn't modified if I had changed it.

[@ChessFinalzero]

@@CarlosFlores-ub2xl it is ok

[@luckytrinh333]

Bruh, that's *WAAAAY* too easy... At the very most a 1100 puzzle 🙄

[@ChessFinalzero]

I say 1800 as i used to solve 3000 Elo😂

[@หมากรุกไทยลุงเล็กสู้เอไอ]

great

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks 😍

[@AyaanMansuri-gn2bg]

I thought it was a trick puzzle and that he was going to say that it was black to move in the position.

[@ChessFinalzero]

black have only king

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

Cool!

[@soundmindwar]

I really hate when I have to see 50 ways it doesn't work before getting to what does

[@asmartbajan]

The video title needs to state whose turn it is to move.

[@Usernhhh77776]

Qe6 my first thought

[@ChessFinalzero]

nice 😎

[@slpguy6026]

Dude you have whiffed on several ways to checkmate here lol

[@ChessFinalzero]

explain why they dont do fast mate

[@sycariummoonshine7134]

I solved this in like 2 seconds after considering and deciding not to move king away.

[@ChessFinalzero]

well done!

[@perfectionbox]

darn, almost had it 😩

[@ChessFinalzero]

you solved every puzzle

[@dionlindsay2]

1:45

[@Avaboin-pz6bm]

I found the solution in 30 seconds

[@ChessFinalzero]

nice 🤩

[@dieterSchoeffel]

i not find the mate after 2 hours and now i cry

[@ChessFinalzero]

try the previous checkmates

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

Don't worry, I couldn't get any at the start either. It's as probably more technique or style than brain power.

[@angelamaro6689]

Queen e6 Queen a6++

[@ChessFinalzero]

astonishing

[@ВладимирКей]

Qe6

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes 👍

[@Spherify]

is it black or white turn?

[@ChessFinalzero]

black have only 1 king and king cant checkmate in chess with no pieces!

[@Spherify]

@@ChessFinalzero No I meant, is it black turn or white turn first, kinda important to know

[@Lijlyon]

​@@Spherify Only white has pieces to mate in this puzzle, so it's white to move.

[@jonathanpfeffer2464]

I got queen a6 correct but got the second move wrong

[@broniuszibaitis7246]

Do not start 2 moves checkmate task from a check!!

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes sometime it can start with a waiting move forcing other side to do a move

[@SKboys-bw3kt]

Qe6 then Qa6

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes

[@angelamaro6689]

Queen e6 Queen a6

[@ChessFinalzero]

[@coulie27]

Found it, cool

[@ChessFinalzero]

😎 good

[@resarfekim]

So easy, I'm surprised I couldn't figure it out.

[@Llanchlo]

The key to such puzzles, and indeed often in 'real' chess, when looking for a mating net is to focus on the King's escape squares - so the obvious first candidate moves are Qh2, Qg2 and Qe6. Thinking that way there are only three options to look at in this puzzle and it is quickly solved.

[@ChessFinalzero]

yes

[@ChessFinalzero]

not easy until you see solution 😂 this happens mostly in all puzzles

[@dionlindsay2]

@@ChessFinalzero Absolutely. And then we bring the solution with us to more puzzles, increasing our ability to solve them, but reducing the adrenalin rush from experiencing the solution for the first time. But thank you - I didn't think I would enjoy such a hard to find but easy to appreciate solution so much. I loved it 🙂

[@patcoston]

Just show me the solution. I'm not interested in the fails.

[@masterchess-ju9se]

I Solved this one 😎

[@ChessFinalzero]

very nice :)

[@Redstoner34526]

Took me 20 seconds Qe6 blocks the king then Qa6#

[@ChessFinalzero]

correct.

[@BEEMERBALL]

Hadn't seen this one! (spoiler) E6 forces A4; A6xx

[@nickchoporis5901]

What is ' checkmatt ' ? ?

[@dionlindsay2]

The English spelling of the sound of one of many Asian languages' expressions meaning the King is attacked and has no defence. Why, what did you think it was? 🙂😉

[@kimbirch1202]

Must be Q e6

[@ChessFinalzero]

nice

[@blipco5]

Queen D7 ?

[@blipco5]

Never mind.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Qd7 ka2 and kb1

[@leopanaite604]

Found it... 😊

[@ChessFinalzero]

very nice 👏

[@arctic_haze]

Easy peasy. The white king stands where it should so you need to force the black one to move where you want by Qe6 and than mate by Qa6++.

[@darth_patzer]

Easy, found in about 5s

[@ChessFinalzero]

really 👍 nice

[@BenWong-dt8zq]

Yep. Hard.

[@Roll-Tide_75]

Found in 30sec

[@ChessFinalzero]

great

[@TalkingGIJoe]

king to b3

[@ChessFinalzero]

😂 works

[@farouqbaiti4315]

I found the move.😎

[@Rigs.]

No, you don't did this

[@ChessFinalzero]

great 😊

[@danielevans8728]

Mad easy e6 a6

[@kingsgambit7098]

Qe6 EZ!

[@ChessFinalzero]

Great :)

[@andrewwashburn6080]

Yep pretty easy

[@ChessFinalzero]

perfect 😍

[@arpitagoswami3089]

I solved it

[@ChessFinalzero]

very good!

[@BillyCarsley]

Stalemate in 2 is easy

[@ChessFinalzero]

possible if title how to stalemate in 2 😂

[@BillyCarsley]

@@ChessFinalzero is certainly possible!

[@GammaDelta-xl6ew]

I found it.

[@ChessFinalzero]

😎 try the other checkmates too

[@pengo_play_chess]

Too easy😂

[@adamrussell658]

Q-E6

[@ChessFinalzero]

correct

[@HiArashi13]

this IS easy though...

[@ayaxorozco449]

good puzzle. i solved in 2 min. my intuition tells me it should b a queen m. along the h3-c8 diagonal.

[@ChessFinalzero]

Thanks for that but he will king a2 and wont be mate in 2

[@lakhan1894]

वेरी वेरी वेरी इजी

[@ChessFinalzero]

?

[@stefantomas]

This one actually is EASY, even for total amateurs like me.

[@ChessFinalzero]

not everyone can solve it 🙄,if you did nice 😉

[@TheGumer0]

this is easy

[@ChessFinalzero]

awesome

[@angeldomingojr.7538]

Qh3 - e6...Qe6 - a6

[@ChessFinalzero]

perfect