The hardest 2 mover puzzle ever??

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White has a nice checkmate in 2 moves here, can you find it?
Composer unknown, if you know tell me!
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@GetMeThere1 6 ай бұрын

I knew this, from a fairly recent video of Magnus being challenged with it -- he solved it quite quickly.

@meofamily4 3 ай бұрын

My relationship with this series has been trying the moves which you show to not work, and then, bereft of options, allowing you to tell me the solution.

@frizlaw 6 ай бұрын

I figured this one out in about 20 minutes, but I've been unable to solve much easier puzzles that you've posted. Life is strange.

@xenaguy01 3 ай бұрын

Ditto!

@ceejay0137 6 ай бұрын

Lovely puzzle! I set it up on my board and spent half an hour trying everything obvious that didn't work. Eventually I looked at Qa8 and realised only two of the pieces on the diagonal actually had to be moved for the mate, so it is a well-concealed zugzwang!

@unholycrusader69 6 ай бұрын

My respect for Magnus increased substantially when I realised that this was the puzzle that he was challenged with in that one video! He solved it really quick too. GOAT for a reason.

@TedHopp 5 ай бұрын

After looking at all the attack options for the first move, I was quickly convinced it was some sort of zugzwang solution. I saw that black would have to move either the queen or the rook, but I didn't find the key move to a8 that turns that to white's advantage.

@giovannicorno1247 6 ай бұрын

The line I find more artistic is Qd4 that blocks the King.

@andrewklang809 3 ай бұрын

"So, I have a new chess puzzle for you. Maybe you cou---" "Zugzwang. Look for the Zugzwang!!"

@RamKumar-gy9nb 6 ай бұрын

Excellent and brilliant as always, Thank you very much. God bless you

@dajepson 6 ай бұрын

I got very lucky on this one....I started by trying to convince myself that the b7 knight could not be the piece to deliver checkmate because c5/d6 were covered by both the rook and queen. But then I thought, wait a minute, if one had to move away and the other was pinned... Also, "when in doubt, stick something on a seemingly random corner square" seems to be a pretty good heuristic for these two-movers.

@grinningtaverngaming395 5 ай бұрын

Sooo instructive. Just a few thoughts I processed after seeing the solution: Which pieces are the key defenders? Rook and Queen. Therefore White needs to create immediate threats against those pieces. Note: my rating fluctuates between 1450 and 1550 😅

@MrBmarx 2 ай бұрын

Really a great puzzle. Thank you a lot!

@lukasaudir8 6 ай бұрын

I saw Magnus solving this puzzle in a chess tournament broadcasted on KZbin, It took 2 minutes for him to solve it

@DonJC49 6 ай бұрын

Magnus solved this way under 2 minutes. I saw the video. I remembered Qa8. So, I had to recuse myself.

@tiemen9095 6 ай бұрын

I didnt see the solution but I had a little revelation after studying the puzzle and then watching the video for the answer. I realized when studying I am short 1 move, as the rook and the queen can both block. So how am I going to get mate in 2 if black still has 2 blockers? The answer is to have black make one of our moves. I.e. we have to put him zugschwang. Nice puzzle

@Greenpower2 4 ай бұрын

As an average person who plays chess for fun, and the last time I played a game was about 30 years ago, it took me about an hour to solve this.

@Jagdstolz 6 ай бұрын

without calculations I figured this out in 5 seconds, because the almost full diagonal points into the direction to fill it further with a piece

@ioannisleventis30 6 ай бұрын

Me too! It would be even better (but maybe more obvious) if the white King was at h1!

@Badbentham 3 ай бұрын

For me (FM) : Extremely easy, while I actually often struggle with problems. 😉 - The "silent" starting move completely suggests itself, after a quick 3-second glance, under the given context of a problem.

@JohnDoe-sq5nv 6 ай бұрын

I was so close. I figured out q to a8 because I had a gut feeling that I wanted either of the black pieces to move, but I didn't figure my next attack from there

@broniuszibaitis7246 6 ай бұрын

To me there is no check mate in two which I cannot solve without moving anything, and this is life! It took again about 15 minutes but the puzzle is excellent!

@davidloewen5528 6 ай бұрын

I saw the unforced checkmate, pawn to b5, if queen blocks instead of the rook, then the white rook to e3 would give a checkmate. I did notice that rook blocking spoils it. At least rook to e3 was part of the solution. Queen A8 never occurred to me.

@tobiasisback4605 2 ай бұрын

I would never have solved this, not in my lifetime.

@jychilly 6 ай бұрын

I was up literally half the night trying to figure this out. I failed. When I saw the answer I was kicking myself. It was literally the only option I never considered.

@kevinriley2261 6 ай бұрын

It took HOURS before I saw the Mate In 2. Well done.

@petersiegfriedkrug 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I can't solve it myself because I already knew the solution from another video (with solver Magnus Carlsen). Recognising zugzwang positions is always difficult, even for chess programs.

@zogzog1063 6 ай бұрын

Not especially difficult. Just a matter of recognising the piece to deliver the coup de grace. Knight (to g8); Queen (to a1) and Bishop (from g2) dont work. It kind of defaults to the Knight on b7.

@drigans2065 6 ай бұрын

Saw it in about a minute as realised the rook discoveries were going nowhere, the knights and black squared bishop had a mating net, the queen and rook moves were in a kind of zugzwang if the queen was on a8. I think I was lucky :-)

@gm1590 6 ай бұрын

The problem is beautiful but I solved it instantly :P The key is begging to be played.

@rickoffee 6 ай бұрын

Found it too. Only the black queen and rook can move thus the idea of a zugzwang. The queen on a8 can pin the remaining piece after one of the two black pieces moves and white moves its own b7 knight with check(mate) on b6 or c7.

@rickoffee 6 ай бұрын

sorry! i meant c5 and d6

@michaelrobinson2687 3 ай бұрын

I noticed that the Knight on b7 was important but failed to see the Qa8 move. Yet again I missed the zugzwang. I always fail to take that into account when attempting chess puzzles. It's one thing I need to improve on but I just can't figure out how to do it. Those moments when I can identify the problem but have no solution to it are frustrating. Do you have any advice on how to figure out when a chess puzzle has a zugzwang component?

@thomashutcheson3343 6 ай бұрын

What about Q-a1, ..., R-e3? Really a beginner here, but no matter where the black queen or rook go, there's still a double check/mate.

@AnanthNat 5 ай бұрын

Black would play Rc3 blocking the a1 diagonal.

@ShaneKent-s5o 6 ай бұрын

Pawn to b5 rook to c3 that works don't it?

@Rajeshgodsown 5 ай бұрын

Rook to e3.... not c3

@ShaneKent-s5o 5 ай бұрын

Rook anywhere on 3rd file is checkmate

@jsmariani4180 6 ай бұрын

I got it in 3:38 seconds (after he showed it). Down to 1 in 6 solved again. C'est la vie.

@petervanvelzen1950 6 ай бұрын

After trying out Ba7 and Qa7 (which do not work) I was strangely attracted to a8. And that was - of course the right move

@jamescooley6771 3 ай бұрын

What about K-d6, check, then p-b5? It doesn't matter if rook or queen takes knight on d6.

@johnshaw6702 6 ай бұрын

Very nice and much more difficult to see than it should have been.

@adityathakur3792 Ай бұрын

Fantastic 👏

@rolef6084 6 ай бұрын

Solved it in around 10s, might have to do with me recognising the puzzle instantly 😅

@bllllood 6 ай бұрын

well fail to figure it out...but moving the rook to G9 is still a good move as it would take away 2 peons out of the battlefield...gave up trying to find the 2 moves win after about 5-8 mins...not gonna spend all my night on it XD

@AnanthNat 5 ай бұрын

Qg9? I think you are thinking out of the box! 😅

@denisrho1019 6 ай бұрын

Brillant!

@ShaneKent-s5o 5 ай бұрын

Rook to any square on the 3rd line is checkmate

@AnanthNat 5 ай бұрын

f3 blocks it.

@braddevon1283 6 ай бұрын

😂 never thought I’d go against u . This is a horrible position. Sooo horrible 😂

@Chess-strategy 6 ай бұрын

The position just came up in a blitz game I played 🤣🤣🤣

@mattmcmillan9245 6 ай бұрын

KC5, follow with B4 pawn takes. This puzzle has at least two lines of solutions

@mistermaestersirthomas9164 6 ай бұрын

I’m never right, so I’m probably wrong here… If he takes knight with rook, he survives a third turn before mate; or if he moves king to d3 in the first place. You still win just not in two… I think.

@mattmcmillan9245 6 ай бұрын

@@mistermaestersirthomas9164 Nah, you're totally right. That's what I get for chess-ing before my Ritalin 😂

@thatonefrenchguy937 6 ай бұрын

Was this puzzle the one where magnus took 2 minutes to solve it? Because I know the solution. It is Qa8

@Chess-strategy 6 ай бұрын

No idea to be honest, haven't seen that clip. But possible for sure.

@michaeledwards2251 6 ай бұрын

@@Chess-strategy It definitely is, the clip was very annoying. I saw a thumbnail, clicked and all it showed was Magnus making comments, with the pieces he was viewing out of shot. There was no picture of the position. From remarks he made, it is possible to estimate how he did it. For a 2 move puzzle, no white piece whose movement allows a check on the white king by black, can be used : N7 is eliminated. Viewing the piece movements of the black pieces, only the Queen and Rook can be moved : he made a remark about zugzwang. (about 1 minute) Move of the f3 rook fails to checkmate, the king has d4 as an escape. (He made a remark, after presenting the solution, the mate by the bishop was semi-hard to find.) This leaves the white queen a4 and knight b4. The black king has a single square, typical of a smothered mate. The b7 knight would have delivered mate, if both the Queen and Rook were prevented from capturing. The zugzwang of the position, either the Queen or rook has to move, means a piece pinning either the Black Queen or rook to the black king, would allow mate by the b7 knight. The piece left to pin the black Queen or rook, was the White Queen when on a8. The attempted counter by Black is Qd4 which fails to Rf3c3 : the black king escape is occupied by the Black Queen. (2 minutes, he announced the solution. )