3 Chess Puzzles To AMAZE You

Puzzle 1 FEN:
k7/2Kp2R1/5P2/8/2b4n/2p5/4p3/n7 w - - 0 1
Puzzle 1 Details:
Duras, 1939

Puzzle 2 FEN:
8/4p3/1P3pn1/k2p4/3R1P2/N7/r6P/7K w - - 0 1
Puzzle 2 Details:
Filaterov, 1926

Puzzle 3 FEN:
2b5/2n2K1k/8/8/8/8/RP6/8 w - - 0 1
Puzzle 3 Details:
Fritz, 1950

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[jean-rogernosecondname]

Puz 1: There's a reason why you can't go from g4 to g5 directly instead of g4 to g1 to g5, but it's not obvious. You should add that line. I missed the possibility of bishop sacrifice at first look. It's a clever defense by black

[Srelathon]

3:00 Interestingly Stockfish actually disagrees with moving the knight here. It says the best move is to promote the pawn and have the rook take it, as that delays checkmate by one move since it takes a different series of moves but it also opens up a lot of potential for more mistakes.

[wolffangburgers]

Puzzle 1:
You should add the line after 3. Rg1 e1=Q
4. Rxe1 Bd1!
I think this looks just as good as the one in the video

[youtubersingingmoments]

I still can't wrap my head around why starting with a preview is favorable for YouTube statistics. How the hell can people be in such dire need of instant gratification that they want to both waste their time with an intro AND get a later part of the video spoiled? It just doesn't make sense (this isn't throwing shade on the video creator; he is doing everything by the book to have a more successful video).

[PrometheanConsulting]

In a game, I'd probably have missed the knight zugzwang on the 3rd puzzle. I was thinking Ra5 to threaten mate and then slide over to re-fork the lined up minor pieces.

[TheEthikos]

Great puzzles. Love the ones with fewer pieces especially

[amecarethqc]

Trapping the knight when there's no other pieces on the board, now I've seen everything

[rinus]

damn didnt expect that that fork in puzzle 3 was just bait. wow

[rayantaleb]

I found a problem at the end you could sac your knight on g6 to prevent the rook from going to a5 and then you could cover the a6 square with ur bishop

[JustAnotherCommenter]

Puzzle 1 was my favorite. It looks like white is losing due to black's defensive teamwork, but in the end, it was all a bamboozle anyway as white changes their direction of attack. Very nice video too!

[farouqbaiti]

Knight and Rook checkmate is called:Arabian Mate.
You should probably make a video about this.

[johnathanpatrick]

8:43 -- that's the Arabian mate. 😁😁

That introduction had me thinking as I saw the final of the 3 puzzles. All the while I'm going 'I don't wanna lose my rook, it's the biggest advantage I have, I can't blunder it to a knight fork!!'. Yet when I took another look at the fork, the more I realized that taking the bishop (Rxb7) was a great idea if I knew where to move next, and sure enough, knight takes rook, b4, and the knight is in jail. Where ya goin' knight?! Caught with your hand in the cookie jar!!🤣🤣

[小政-ud]

Hi Nelson, I’ve watched your videos such as puzzles or gambit introductions for a few weeks and I like them much. I’m glad to join your live stream today, and I would like to know which country you are in so I can know more about you. I’m a chess beginner from Taiwan, and thank you for answering my question during the stream. 😀

[Jopo]

14:02 Knight Trap! Nice reference there.

[aleksandrajanicka]

I like the puzzle #2, the position is very much gamelike as for such puzzles.

[iankilber]

For Puzzle one, King to B6, then Rook to G8 is forced checkmate, and black cannot stop it

[BobChess]

These are unbelievable puzzles! especially the last one when you trap his knight with a king and a pawn

[BreakTheIce]

Pretty sure puzzle 2 is a draw after knight + rook vs queen, they're close enough to their king to make a fortress. I plugged it into stockfish and it says it's a draw with perfect play.

[hemantkarekar]

Puzzle 1:
The best attack for white after 1:29 according to me would be:

Kb6 and if black ignores the f7 pawn, and plays any move, then white plays following:
Rg8+ forcing black to play Nf8 then Rxf8#

[barun]

Amazing puzzles solved puzzle 1 immediately. The rook and knight mate is called Arabian mate.