8 Truly Remarkable Chess Puzzles

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[walshar]

Black: Has 100 queens and a very good defense
White: Has 1 pawn and 1 king
Chess players: Now, who do you think is winning here

[cytos]

Number 8 is the definition of “If you see a checkmate, look for a better one.”

[Eric_The_Cleric]

The idea that those pawns in the last one turned from king escort to prison made it 100% the best puzzle I've ever seen.

[johnmomberg]

The last one was so much better than checkmate in one lol

[brazen_helm]

The last puzzle really brings a new meaning to "if you see a good move, look for a better one"

[tabby]

Nakamura would like #7

The five knight checkmate, an essential technique for every chess player before they can ever imagine converting positional advantages

[wolfganglaun]

In #5, the hidden motive of White's first move is truly remarkable.

[HitsarPrideTheTanker]

17:08
Chess vibes: you have (k)nights on the board
Me: Five (k)nights at freddys!
Sorry for the horrible joke

[buneter]

The last one is the epitome of “if you see a checkmate, look for a better one.”

[SG-meta]

0:00 highlight

0:26 intro

1:21 puzzle 1 - one pawn vs black’s entire army!

2:40 puzzle 2 - please take the rook!

5:02 puzzle 3 - unstoppable double isolated pawns!

8:36 puzzle 4 - a double diagonal pin!

11:35 puzzle 5 - who skewers first?

13:14 puzzle 6 - the greatest king chase in history

15:10 puzzle 7 - a knightmare!

17:22 puzzle 8 - the iron cage of Tamerlane

[drewmah]

That last one would just be a cruel way to end the game.

[ultrametric]

Two of the first books I read were "The Chess Companion" and "Practical Chess Endings" by Irving Chernev. I was really lucky to come to those first, because they were both filled with amazing studies like this. They give a feeling for what is possible even in the simplest positions! Thanks for a great video! I had not seen any of these. Put up some sui-mates! Where one side forces the other side to give checkmate against his will!

[DaDitka]

As an ultru super mega novice player who probably scores at a -450, that last puzzle absolutely blows my mind away.

Amazing stuff, sir. Keep up the good work, you make these really interesting!

[roblodocus]

Wow! Some of those really blew my mind! Fantastic stuff. I feel like I’m going to be on the look out for that double pin idea. Slim chance, but it “could” turn up in a game.

[imamasterbaiter]

Me who knows they won’t solve any puzzles but watches anyways

[jackfarnsworth]

Hey Nelson! These are my favorite of your videos. I know it's a little more work but could you post pgns for puzzle videos like this in the future in the description? I'm just not good enough at visuslization for some of the harder moves and remaking the position is a chore especially when there are 8 of them! Thanks so much and keep making puzzle/endgame study videos!

[CoglinSherback]

I very recently started getting into chess thanks to your videos, great stuff, love your explanation of all the puzzles and making the info accessible

[rosiefay]

7. 15:11 Black defends better with bK moves which allow wQ checks (in that they force White to take longer) rather than those which allow wN checks.
2 g8=N+ Kg5 is better than 2 g8=N+ Kh7 #13
4 Nxg4+ Kh7 allows #4 as you showed, but 4 Nxg4+ Kg5 makes it #10.

[johnathanpatrick]

That was a gorgeous smothered checkmate (#8). 🤣🤣

[Lovuschka]

Position 2 is from the post-mortem analysis of a blitz game between Koskinen (which is a common Finnish name, not to be confused with the chess player Henri Koskinen in the databases, who was born in 1964 - so likely the first name Henri is wrong in my sources) and Juha Kasanen, Helsinki 1967.