White to play and DRAW (Crazy chess problem)

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Puzzle FEN:
8/8/1B6/8/p2K1k1n/8/3p4/6N1 w - - 0 1
Puzzle Details:
B. Solovyev, 1978
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[@reubenmanzo2054]

I would've resigned on the first move for one simple reason. I don't want a giant teddy bear.

[@gamervibes9301]

Now the real puzzle here is how are you gonna fit the giant teddy bear inside your house?

[@tiletapper4ever]

Sacrifice the roof, give up a bunch of walls and you sneak into the house's position

[@gamervibes9301]

@@tiletapper4ever then how do you deal with the door and windows?

[@tiletapper4ever]

@@gamervibes9301 oh! I missed them, now we blundered the teddy bear for no reason.

[@joelbell6413]

I love how creative he is with the video concepts ❤ you always make me smile with the videos you put out. Keep up the good work😊

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Glad you like them!

[@shahezam3004]

My favourite of this guy is how he always consistent with the videos, just straight to the puzzle. No some side story xd

[@oscarpearce7675]

Pls do a stalemate puzzle in the future - I really enjoy watching your vids:)))

[@potatogg8072]

Challenge: beat Martin but you can’t move your king and queen, if you are in check and you are force to move, then is game over

[@Ziirf]

Jokes on you, I got nowhere to house such a teddy bear, so I didn't want to win anyways. 👀

[@ranchoabilities7928]

Challenge: Play against Martin, but every time you win, remove a point of material from your side. You can choose how to remove it. Start from 39 points, then 38, 37, 36, and so on as you keep winning. Find out how low your material can get before Martin can beat you. Can you win with just a pawn or two?

[@미스터마스터]

Tbh many people can win against martin woth only 1 rook pawn lmao

[@paolo3739]

Didn’t he already did that?

[@Ulaanbasaar]

@@paolo3739 no?

[@pansirawit]

“I beat Martin with 1 pawn”

[@greninja-roblox]

Anyone can beat Martin with only a queen.

[@vaibhavsharma5935]

what if the king didnt capture the bishop

[@mrdooman]

Surprisingly, I saw all the tricks in this one. As a ~1400 player. Normally i'm baffled by your puzzles.

[@jeremyaaron3523]

Challenge: Play as black. After white moves a piece, you have to move that exact piece. If white moves a piece that you can't move or don't have, you have to move a pawn.

[@Ash-bk7ji]

What if the black king moves to C1 in this position? 5:03 Preparing the promote the pawn with D1 instead of pushing the pawn to A2. The bishop is unable to stop it and if the bishop tries to check the black king, the king can simply capture it. Shouldn't it be still a win for black?

[@elendarulianreo]

Bg5 pins the pawn. After a2, Bxd2+, and the bishop is just in time to move to c3 and cover the queening square. If Ke1 instead of c1, you can either play Bc3, leading to the same idea, or Bh4+. On the latter, black has to either go back to c1, leading to a repetition, or go to f1, allowing Kxd2. After a2, Bf5 stops the pawn.

[@G-chess_channel]

This is such a mind blowing puzzle to solve

[@TheEthikos]

Love these puzzles, very enjoyable. This one wasn’t as bad as many others.

[@kluckmeme]

"If you had a chance to look at that."

[@CgVibin]

I want the bear Gimme bear Just not mittens... Not again

[@AnshuKumar-fi2jy]

Your puzzles are really great

[@LillaMig]

2:11 black pushing the pawn is not actually a threat, white's king could just catch it in time

[@nicolaidepue3970]

3:54 when knight to d4 check, why not play king to a2? Black won’t be to fork you and you’ll be able to sack your bishop for the other pawn

[@nicolaidepue3970]

Plugged it into a computer and it calculated mate in 14 after king to a2

[@michakuczyc1045]

Congrats on solving the puzzle! Now good luck carrying the teddy bear home (you're really gonna need it).

[@sharkpunchingmansharkpunch5129]

Well me as an intellectual, I do not need to solve the puzzle to get the giant teddy all I have to do is watch this chess vibes video.

[@vincehomoki1612]

Challenge: You are not allowed to check martin at any time unless it's checkmate.

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@harikumars1487]

Love these types of puzzles

[@adventureboy444]

Me on my way playing the dumbest move I can think of and somehow win the teddy bear

[@phillyfan4051]

Looks like someone owes me that bear

[@BobChess]

The kids who use the motorcycle to go for this challenge: How do I gonna bring it back home?

[@yoav613]

It is like what agadmator used to say:" with perfect play ,any game is a draw".

[@emilianozamora399]

Ai is getting so good i didn't even notice the image was ai generated until the end

[@ostobb]

cool puzzle

[@nblack2867]

This is why you don't trust carnies, lol. They're always several steps ahead of you :D

[@davidking4838]

Next challenge: getting the Teddy Bear home.

[@kyleroberts4636]

Challenge idea: Play Martin but every pawn is a chess speedrunner. Every 3 moves you must move at least one pawn forward (whether through capturing or pushing). If you fail to do this you lose. Pawns also want the fastest time possible so you must play in bullet time with 1 minute to win and you may only win the game with a promoted pawn.

[@broccoliyong9319]

Me wondering how many times he said “well if you had a chance to look at it

[@VorizonBeatsKids]

Challenge: A game of chess, where with each piece you capture, you have to remove the same piece from yourself

[@manikaojha5568]

Restart ‘stump the chump’

[@seantheswimmer]

as a 500 elo player who just guessed and did not think past the move im making, i can confirm it isnt solvable

[@lovekittys1239]

Challenge: chess but it's checkers (if you can take you MUST)

[@JohnMcKaig]

Don't like the green and white board. The piece on it are not clear enough for my old eyes.

[@pauljetrosureta5748]

After bishop to c3, king to e1 wins for black

[@Kenaes_]

Why solve the man's chess puzzle when I can do what I always do: Pull out my 100% off coupon 🔫

[@k3ose455]

What if in this position black plays king c1

[@alucard2821]

So I could've gotten a giant teddy bear?Because I saw all the right moves

[@aprilfoola]

this is the first puzzle on chess vibes where i only got 1 move wrong

[@CloakandDaggersPapa]

This is just a natural draw because chess is solved in database when 7 pieces are on the board...

[@faraazremtulla]

1:53 why would black move the king to e1 and not the pawn to d1 to get the queen with check

[@thepalogaming1913]

The black king was checked

[@gergoeboy5243]

discovered check from the bishop on b6

[@runningrock124]

"we can follow it up with the move King to d3 CHECK" emphasis on the CHECK

[@faraazremtulla]

​@@runningrock124 ahh ok didn't catch that thanks

[@dayanandpathak-rv8mw]

Hey I am not able to understand when black king was at e1 why we can not place our bishop at a5 and use our king to reach other pawn by king c2,b2/3 as per what black play

[@Laezar1]

Because the king can move out of the pine and threaten to make a queen on d1, if you take the pawn then the knight take and it can then move to c4 after the pawn is moved to a3 (which you have time for the king would reach it just then) and that protects the pawn, you can take the knight but that makes you too slow to stop the pawn and the black king can then slowly come in to protect the pawn and let the knight move out of it's position to force you away and force the pawn to promote

[@idea_list]

Help! 1:01 - I really can't see, why I can't play king to d3. Doesn't it kinda solve the problem with lack of time to control both pawns? UPD Or, nevermind, i'm just blind

[@raymat1774]

if king to d3 is played, then the sequence of moves could go like this. pawn a2, knight takes a2 (basically forced), pawn d1, and black promotes to a queen before you could get the pawn with your king.

[@ThomasDong-zy4gw]

where do we claim the teddy bear?

[@fibsh7453]

where do i put the bear

[@Kirito_wr]

I have some questions. How do i get this tedybear home, where do put it and what am i going to do with it?

[@farouqbaiti4315]

I solves all of those moves.

[@Solsice]

where is mt teddy bear

[@karrpclips2679]

how would you get that teddy bear home...

[@yoyiiofficial3970]

Fun fact: the prize is lending Martin for 1 day!!😏😏😏So what are u waiting for?

[@borntomorrow]

At 3:44 why can't we just take the pawn?

[@sngyugmss3226]

he would not push the pawn to a3,he will get the king out of the way to make a queen at 4:40 and its gg for white

[@lenalittle4193]

Bg5 pins the pawn and the white bishop can capture it on the next move :)

[@sngyugmss3226]

@@lenalittle4193 oh

[@FireCaT-]

PRIZE?! IMMA TURN INTO MAGNUS CARLSEN

[@FireCaT-]

I saw quite a few of the moves

[@terribleatobbies4944]

thanks for the teddy bear 😛

[@mxttchu6437]

Quick question, how do I get it home?

[@gernotg8480]

Does Nelson change his old Thumbnails?

[@bat_0002]

what about Kd1

[@lmESAM]

I’m wondering what happens if king goes A2 at 3:48

[@lenalittle4193]

The black knight defend the a pawn, the white bishop have to sacrifice for the d pawn, then the black king force the white king away of the a pawn. 5. Be3 Nf3 6. Kc3 a3 7. Kb3 Nd4+ 8. Ka2 Nc2 9. Bg5 Ke1 10. Bxd2+ Kxd2 11. Kb1 Kc3 12. Ka2 Kb4 13. Kb1 Kb3 14. Kc1 a2 15. Kd1 a1=Q+

[@Twas-RightHere]

5:04 I think another important line is Kc1 here by black is met with Bg5?

[@nadicamaksimoska1928]

1:05 how about kd3?

[@NepsandHelis]

At 0:50, whats wrong with the move Kd3? wouldn't that just tie the game there?

[@im7ld]

If Kd3 was played then black would still play a2, and if white captures either of the pawns they can't stop the other one from queening.

[@AdvaithOMGOfficial]

Hey @ChessVibes! Can you make a video about the Vienna Opening? One of my friends says that it is very strong but I want to make sure. What other good way is there to do so other than asking you? ☺😀

[@iamaghost6859]

On 2:15 if bishop takes the pawn , knight recaptures, isn't that still a draw

[@denz0747]

No, mainly because of Bxd2+ then Nxd2 and anywhere white king go there's Nc4 protecting the pawn.

[@lenalittle4193]

The white king can not stay in the corner because of the knight. 4. Ba5 Nf3 5. Bxd2+ Nxd2 6. Kc2 a3 7. Kc1 Nc4 8. Kb1 Kd2 9. Ka2 Kc3 10. Ka1 Kb3 11. Kb1 Ne3 12. Ka1 Nc2+ 13. Kb1 a2+ 14. Kc1 a1=Q+

[@ikbeneenmeme104]

Where is my big teddybear :(

[@brownie1839]

At 4:33 what if the guy moved his king to C 1 then queened?

[@Pogzhsd2]

where is my prize

[@mcbescheiden725]

Where is my giant teddybear

[@richarde98]

Ngl I want a huge plushie

[@lucascherubl8631]

I won the teddy❤

[@c3physics772]

Wonderful sir. Can you suggest me a good book for knight maneuver and double knight attack or bishop pair

[@G.K.Nilesh]

How do I win this giant teady bear I come for only this

[@AmericanCaesarian]

Interesting puzzle

[@CW-yf2kp]

Is that really a bear? It looks more like a dog. 😃

[@rozmarinideas5340]

3:52 what about King to a2?

[@lenalittle4193]

The black knight defend the a pawn, the white bishop have to sacrifice for the d pawn, then the black king force the white king away of the a pawn. 5. Be3 Nf3 6. Kc3 a3 7. Kb3 Nd4+ 8. Ka2 Nc2 9. Bg5 Ke1 10. Bxd2+ Kxd2 11. Kb1 Kc3 12. Ka2 Kb4 13. Kb1 Kb3 14. Kc1 a2 15. Kd1 a1=Q+

[@Rqwwqw]

Day 9 chess but Martin moves twice

[@kingofforce7880]

Too easy I am a 800 and I saw it all

[@charliekingston7069]

I lost it to Bc3 😢

[@yahyaalkinani6329]

nice puzzle

[@boquan1966]

Yh bc u defo watched the vid already

[@perinbanmohanraj9145]

give me the teddy man I found it without mistakes😀😀😀😀😍😍

[@balazsproksza9118]

At 3:56 what happens if you take the pawn with the bishop instead of taking with the king?

[@mintu5931]

you cant because youre in check

[@balazsproksza9118]

@@mintu5931 Shouldn't watch chess videos in the morning, what a mistake. Thanks for the answer

[@8b15sanjaisudharsun.g7]

I WON IT

[@michaelclark1330]

Can I have the giant teddy bear’s still colossal (but slightly smaller) son? 😂 I got everything right except for missing Nd4.

[@siddharth840]

anybody please tell can't we go bishop a1 its also draw by stalemate

[@lenalittle4193]

The black king can go to c1 or e1 and you can not stop promoting, i don't know where you see a stalemate :)

[@cedomirvukobrat7561]

i got it

[@sonalirainavaid173]

I won

[@kevinmiao1787]

I knew it🎖️

[@LilacShowers]

The one thing I don't like about these videos is when looking at the wrong lines, you usually only look at the most obvious, obviously wrong follow-up, which makes sense since you're trying to not make it too long, but it leaves me frequently wondering "okay but what if you follow it up with a move that's not stupid?" Like for example, at 2:11, why can't you just play Bd2+ and then Kc2 looking to stop that pawn? Yes, the knight can capture the bishop, but then what? If black plays Kd1 instead of capturing, then Kc3 instead and either way I'm not seeing a way you can be stopped from blockading the pawn, though I'm sure there's a problem with all this I'm just failing to see.

[@lenalittle4193]

No he don't look at the most obviously wrong follow up, he look at the best alternative move, he can not cover every single move. Normally he gives the FEN in the description, you can explore other moves on a analysis board for free, on Lichess for example. The white king can not stay in the corner because of the knight. 4. Ba5 Nf3 5. Bxd2+ Nxd2 6. Kc2 a3 7. Kc1 Nc4 8. Kb1 Kd2 9. Ka2 Kc3 10. Ka1 Kb3 11. Kb1 Ne3 12. Ka1 Nc2+ 13. Kb1 a2+ 14. Kc1 a1=Q+

[@LilacShowers]

@@lenalittle4193 Ah, that makes sense, thank you. I usually try to visualize the lines he doesn't talk about and usually I manage to do so and it's just some minor tedium, but this one was beyond my pay grade. Also, to be clear, I do fully understand he can't reasonably look at every single line in every single position, my complaint was that sometimes the lines that do get looked at are a little questionable, at least in my opinion.

[@hristianslavchev6726]

3.54 why do you have to take the pawn or the knight, you can just go in front of the pawn and what will black do, whatever they play, you take the pawn that is one step from becoming a queen with the bishop and then if black takes the bishop, you take the other pawn, if not you can still draw?

[@Rocky64]

Ka2 loses to ...Nc2, which protects the a-pawn, e.g. Bxd2 Kxd2, Kb1 Kc3, Ka2 Kb4, Kb1 Kb3.

[@georgealbadin9690]

When do I get my teddy

[@NikkiTho]

Hey

[@bloodstrikeryt]

Me: scrafice the kniggggggggghhhhhhhhttttttttttt.........

[@legothearlo]

Now time to hug that teddy bear

[@Skispp]

Bishop A5 WOULD work though because you can just bring your king over and take the other pawn and trade the bishop since you need a draw unless I'm not seeing a counter for black

[@ghettoman1609]

Can’t black just push and get a queen

[@vladivascanu108]

He can i think

[@Nep511984]

2:04 : why can't we just go for the other pawn if the knight is coming ? The pawn is pinned and it the king moves, we can sacrifice our bishop to take it. Our king is closer to the other and should be able to take it no ?

[@gabrielbeaudoin9551]

Kb3