This Puzzle Just Blew My Mind - Insane Chess Problem

Puzzle FEN: 3nk3/p2R4/3P1Kp1/8/5p2/3bp3/3p4/8 w - - 0 1
Puzzle Details: B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailowski (Macedonia)

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[nickcellino]

I have never seen another puzzle like this one. It's absolutely fascinating. No one annotates these puzzles better than Nelson.

[prawnydagrate]

What's even crazier to me is that Stockfish instantly saw that whole sequence of mate in 24

[grassrootsflshp]

One of the most beautiful and instructive puzzle i've ever seen! Indispensable and subtle chess principles as sustaining tempo, move sequences and maneuvering, and zugzwang were all demonstrated. Loved this.

[Amoeby]

Love the geometry of the queen moves. I was surprised how far I could calculate this without seeing the position.
1. Re7+ Kf8 2. d7 Kg8 3. Re8+ Kh7 4. Rxd8 d1=Q 5. Rh8+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kh7 7. Qc7+ Kh6 8. Qxf4+ Kh7 9. Qh2+ Kg8 10. Qb8+ Kh7 11. Qxa7+ Kh6 12. Qxe3+ Kh7 13. Qh3+ Kg8 14. Qc8+ Kh7
Here I decided to set the position on the board to calculate from that because I wasn't too sure where the next couple of moves were leading. That was very helpful.
15. Qd7+ Kh6 16. Qh3+ Qh5 17. Qe3+ g5 18. Qxd3 (queen has to guard g6 square so there are only two moves — g4 and Qe8) g4 19. Qe3+ Kh7 20. Qe7+ Kh6/Kh8/Kg8 21. Qg7#
18. ... Qe8 19. Qh3+ Qh5 20. Qf5 (threatening Qxg5+ -> Qg7# and Qg6# so black's queen is paralysed) g4 21. Qf4+ Kh7 22. Qc7+ Kh6/Kh8/Kg8 23. Qg7#
Gotta say I had a chess orgasm after solving this. As I said before, the geometry of the queen moves is truly fascinating.

[Alan.n]

Absolutely brilliant. Shows the endless possibilities of Chess moves, the power of the Queen, and finding the way to win!

[arsenic]

5:00 - I would have guessed to go Qa1 to check, but I see the king can "escape" to h8, but that does leave open going BACK to h2 for a check to force the same position. So if I was playing this, I would have played Qa1 just in the hopes of a mismove of the king to f8. :P

[alexandrucirtu]

fascinating puzzle! all of the moves are so intuitive, yet they create quite the interesting combination :D

[jacobwansleeben]

At 3:20 I was convinced that the next move for White was to move Queen to F8, but then I saw that Black can just move Queen to A1 to Check.

[lutimstrickshots]

Incredible position! Black had so many pieces and was forced to lose all of them. Crazy! Amazing video as always Nelson!

[WarAxe]

Your chess videos are immensely superior. You explain it well, and illustrate it well. I learn something every time.

[-wu]

Queen deserves a rest after all that eating

[PrometheanConsulting]

Apart from the pawn-clearing, I recognized this pattern from the outset. The first 3 moves were literally my first try and it took me a moment to work out the specific tactics at 2 of the checkpoints.

A queen out of position is no queen at all. A very instructive video on how powerful the King is in a mating attack in the endgame.

[cwjalexx]

Puzzles like this make me wonder how many times people have resigned seemingly obviously “lost” positions when in reality they had a forced win.

[pianotm]

I had no idea what the moves were supposed to be, but I did know one thing: don't stop checking. Check every move, no matter what.

[TerjeMathisen]

I immediately saw the first move and the next few logical continuations, but I had absolutely no idea of the subsequent complications. Very nice!

[DJNightchild]

Also, for those who like to use software which cannot 1. Import games 2. Edit the board.

Use this moveset:

1. Nc3 Nc6 2. Rb1 Rb8 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bc4 g6 5. Ke2 h6 6. Be6 dxe6 7. Kf3 Qxd2 8.
Nd5 Nd8 9. Nxe7 Qxc2 10. Kf4 Qc4 11. Nc6 bxc6 12. Ke5 Ba6 13. Qd5 cxd5 14. Bxh6
d4 15. Bxf8 Nd5 16. Bd6 Rxh2 17. b3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Rxg2 19. Rh5 Rxf2 20. bxc4
Rf5+ 21. exf5 d3 22. Rb7 d2 23. cxd5 Bd3 24. Kf6 cxd6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rf5 exf5
27. Nf3 f4 28. Ne5 dxe5 29. Rd7 e4 30. d6 e3

[stephendevore]

At 2:16 Black should NOT promote the pawn to queen, but move the bishop back to attack that White pawn down near the end! There's no way for White to protect the pawn. In that position, it would seem that Black would win if it could (after Sacrificing the bishop and taking the white pawn) promote a pawn to a queen.

[shreyjain]

i would literally ragequit chess if this happened to me
like usually you'd think the queen checks would end after a while
but they dont
and then u realise that the queen is taking all your pawns and piece slowly, with check
and when u think it might be a draw
it becomes a checkmate

[hx]

Judging from the opening position, the key for white was a series of forcing moves. And what's more forcing than a check? QED

[Trip_Fontaine]

Wow, like 9 mini puzzles in one position. Amazing composition. I love how your channel has unusual puzzles like this.