Grandmasters Struggle To Solve This Bishop Endgame Puzzle | Can You Do It?

Hello and welcome back to an insane bishop endgame from Dvoretsky endgame manual. Looking at the position, someone might say “Oh it’s a rook pawn and a wrong colored bishop so this cannot be a win”. Well if someone would said that, they would be wrong, because let me tell you, this is indeed a win for white and it’s the hardest bishop endgame I have ever seen.
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[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Did you managed to solve this puzzle?

[@christopherstokes9393]

Beautiful puzzle! I've heard it said that "weak players think primarily in terms of pieces; strong players think primarily in terms of squares". And this puzzle is an excellent test of a player's ability to think in terms of squares.

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Very well said. this is exactly how I learn chess, I am thinking John Bartholomew have a video regarding this concept

[@literallylegendary6594]

I didn't manage to solve this one, but it's a very interesting puzzle and I enjoyed you commentating the solution

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

I am glad you enjoyed the video

[@tykemorris]

I feel good about solving this one. I had Bd7 as my starting move to allow the Be8 blockade later. I even saw if Black was on f4 instead of e4 for his second move then Kd4 Was The killer move. This wasn't easy. Nice puzzle.

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Congratulations on solving the puzzle, it's not an easy task and very few people were able to solve it.

[@abababa7483]

That was a tough one. Well done.👍

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

It was one of the most difficult puzzles i ever solved

[@ruzenorkyouma2848]

Very tricky puzzle Surprised to know that the trick to solving the puzzle is the awareness that even the vulnerable, weak pawn also controls squares against the enemy king

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Indeed, as I said in the video, the key of solving this puzzle is to see that g4-g5-f5 control when pawn's on h4, and the g6-g7-f7 control when pawn is on h6, to force the black king to take the longer way around

[@ertugkaya919]

Brilliant video as always, thank you

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@perfectionbox]

Damn that's crafty. But AIs can solve it right?

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Als? meaning artificial intelligent? Yes, stockfish doesn't have any problem solving this

[@humanrightsadvocate]

Stalemate should be a win.

[@austinbryan6759]

Couldn't agree less. If you are up 4 queens but aren't able to checkmate, no way in hell do you deserve a win. Stalemate keeps chess interesting.

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

Sometimes it is

[@humanrightsadvocate]

@@austinbryan6759 It makes no sense for stalemate to be a draw. We already know that if you leave your king in check, or move your king into check you automatically lose the game. Therefore, why would it be a draw if all your possible moves will result in the immediate capture of your king? It is illogical.

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

I have only sen the picture and now immediatly without looking the video, that only 1.Bd7 wins. I´ve memorised thousand and thousand of endgame studies therefore it is easy for me to find the solution. Only if you bring a new study from the tournament I have to think. But this endgame study which you brought here is extremly old. I knew this, when I was 14 years old.

[@ChessCrafters-lk4dv]

It's from dvoretsky's endgame manual, I wouldn't say it's that old, but if you are a chess enthusiast you would know about this. I am glad you remembered the study and are able to solve it.

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

Heavens Forbid that you'd have to think!!! Is it too exhausting for you?

[@dariogreggio7981]

ok man we understood, you comment under every video

[@humphreyblogut672]

Yawn…