10 Levels of Tactics: Master Overloading 

Soooooooo....How far did you get?

On level 3 I think you can just take the rook for checkmate instead of checking with the knight and then taking the rook

I don’t wanna be an NPC commenter but this is legit one of my favourite series, not only on chess but across a lot of things all together!

Level 3, when showing on the real board, you missed the rook on f1, if qxq and nf2 fork there is a rook sac, rxf2. Also there is no need for knight check, rxf8 is simply mate

These tactics are very helpful when I'm playing, thanks for the extra practice!!

Nice video, Zach! I found ALL of the problems. The last one I was very proud of. As a 1400 myself I am very happy to have found all of these tactics(missed level 4 but found the others)

7:30 mate in 1 left the chat

Great content! I love these 10 Levels of tactics!!! On puzzle #4, I believe White can avoid mate by not taking the bishop with the Queen on d4, and moving the e1 rook to defense on e2 or f1. White still loses a Queen but gets a Rook and Bishop in exchange and can still fight for the game with a disadvantage though :)

For problem 3 isn’t Rxf8 a faster mate than Ne7 Rf8?

Thanks for giving your valuable time chess nerd and teaching me chess from 0 to 2000

Uh, there was rf8# as well, right? instead of delaying it one move.

For the third puzzle isn't this just a mate in two if the black rook takes (and not mate in three as you explained in the video?) 1. Qd5+ Rxd5?? 2. Rxf8# is better than 1.Qd5+ Rxd5?? 2. Ne7+?? Kh8 3. Rxf8# Of course Qe6 is better for black (as it changes from mate in 2 to mate in 3) 1. Qd5+ Qe6 2. Qxe6+ Rf7 3. Qxf7#

This will be interesting

18:15 Took me a minute but I found it!! The key is to think about all the checks, captures and attacks guys

In level 3 , we don’t even need to give a check with knight, rook to f8 is simply mate.

At 7:27 isn’t Rook on f1 takes Rook on f8 checkmate?

in problem 3 wasent Qd5 and then Rf8 also chek mate

your one of my fav teacher

In level 3 - Rf1xrf8 Rd8xRf8 qd5 rf7 qd8 rf8 qxf8 mate? King can't go to h8 because of knight. If queen tried to come in between, we can simply take it followed by checkmate in similar order. Every move comes with check so no other moves possible for black.

The puzzle at 7:42 has an error. On the computer game white’s rook starts on f1, but over the table it starts h1. The rook being on f1 means taking the queen is fine, since you can sack the rook onto the knight when it attempts to fork. Checkmating is better, but you can get a nearly free queen when the rook starts on f1.

i'm a 1100 but completely solved levels 1,2,3,6,8, and got the main ideas of levels 4,5. I also solved final boss somehow(i've seen similar ideas among the chess internet comunity). On level 3 btw, after Rxd5 you have mate in 1 with Rxf8.

Also level 3,you missed mate in one😂

I’m excited for this

Sorry to say but in second puzzle the King should be on g1 but it was on h1 over the board

There are 2 mates in level 3 obviously the first move is d5+!! After rxd5 in stead of Ne7+ you can simply play rxd8#

Are there 2 solutions two the second puzzle? Isnt Rook to c7 winning too? Cause black hast to sac the queen

This video is helpful thanks bro

For the second one, I did Rc7 instead of Rc8, because I thought the rook was the one being overloaded

Can the black queen go to f8 in the beginning example?

Level 3 has 3 solutions and one of them is in one less move

In my opinion, lvl5 should be higher elo than 6 and 7, as in lvl 5 the outcome is kind of equal position with a pond advantage, lvl6 and 7 quite obvious checkmates

Level 4 isn´t that from a Fischer-game? Wild to put it in as a 1000-1200 puzzle when it´s a game from a World-class-grandmaster.

that first example Qf8 could be played

How Does He Only Have 150k Subs, Let's Get Him To 1m!

Level 6: Bishop to F7 also works

i found final boss too and every other while being 800 elo bullet

I love these,please make more series like this one

Unbelievable! I solved ALL level 1 to 10 and final boss although I just 1000 elo. Thanks a lot Zach

On level 4, would taking d4 with bishop first be better? This would force rook to take d4 bishop then rook to e1 check and after mate. Rook to e1 first allows d1 to take on e1 then after bishop pins queen, allows time to block b7 bishops path with the c3 knight to e4 which is also defended by the rook on e1. You could bring the other rook to e8 to threaten the e4 knight then but queen takes d4 bishop, after e8 takes e4, e1 takes e4 still blocking the white squared bishops path and e4 is defended by queen. With the first move order where bishop takes first, mate is quicker and forced. If I missed something let me know, I'm only 1200 after all, I want to improve

Hey Zach what are those pieces called? The ones you use on your new board

Love the shirt you're wearing Zach, this video is really interesting and in depth. Keep up the great work!

In level 3 after queen D5 and rook takes, you could just play knight takes F8 checkmate.

Rf8 is checkmate in 1 move 7:28

Level 4 ! Well i think if i were the white Player I'd put the rook at g1 rather taking bishop.

I hope I'm not asking a dumb question but, being a beginner, it's really puzzling for me: isn't this tactic a deflection? We are luring a piece away so that it stops defending a particular square and I've learned that that's what deflections are. If deflection and overloading are two different tactics, can a more experienced player please explain to me their exact difference? I understand, for example, the difference between deflections and decoys, but in this case I just can't work it out...

4th puzzle i calculated correctly but theres a sneaky move that actually defends mate, after bishop pins queen... you can play knight to e4. blocking site of the light squared bishop while defended by the rook. resulting only in a queen loss

Idk if I’m going nuts but the knight never has to go to e7 in problem 3 right?

7:42 the board is different, the rock belongs to f1 not h1.

Final boss was very easy under 30s😊😊

On level 3 can’t the black king just move aside? If it moves out of check white doesn’t have a clear way to win.

Level 6 is not always checkmate. What about Qe6, Rxe6, Nxe6, Qxe6 and the last rank is defended by the rook.

howd the rook in the first tactic be there in the first place tho?

for level 3 cant we also play rook f8 first

Flipping to the 3D board is kind of pointless. It takes time to reorient to from 2D to 3D

21:03 I found it in 2 minutes 🎉❤ It was hard for me to find it but I did it 💪

I love this series, keep it up!

This tactic is basically my life. There is too many homework to do

7:30 isn't it mate without the knight check?

Why did u mate in two instead of one in third pos

You're a talented teacher! Video editing is also insanely clean

7:28 cant you just capture the rook with mate in 1 ?

on level 4 why doesnt bh6 work. it is also winnining right

7:27 why Ne7 when Rxf8# is mate in 1?

I was able to get up to level 8, but struggled with level 9 and gave up.

7:28 isnt Rook takes rook checkmate? in level 3

Very nice sir thank you

bro i love your videos

At level three, why Ne7+, when I can play Rf8#?

Yay im gonna be 2500 rated

Sir you are a great

10:10 what about rook to e2?

For Level 3, why do you have to do the knight check after sacrificing the queen? Can't you just immediately take the rook? Knight is protecting it.

Level 2 - Rc7 works too?

Amazing content dude, keep it up!

I found levels 1,2,3,4,5 and the final boss and level 8

Those tactics was too hard

7:27 Isn’t Rxf8 just mate?

Best Series Ever!!!!

at 7:29 can't rook just take rook for mate instead of moving knight with check than take rook?

7:30 why can't we do rook takes f8 that would also be checkmate right?

Hi there, @thechessnerd . In problem 3(800-1000), was RxF8 ok? RxF8 RxF8 QD5+ RF7 QxF7#

In Level 4(1000-1200) xbd4 possible

At 7: 30 of the video isn’t rxf8# checkmate?

And stop with the clock. We know where the pause button is!

7:30 Rf8#?

Could you do the Undermine tactic now or is that too similar to the deflection tactic?

i completed level 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 (i didnt find Ra1 tho) i failed level 3, 5, 7, 10, final boss i almost completed final boss i got the idea and even calculated Rd1 but went for a7 first instead of h7 so yeah i failed but very close call

Super instructive and fun video, I loved the edits as well! Keep up the good work!

As 900 very proud of finding Bf6 with all the sequences at 8 level❤

7:39 couldn't you just take the rook immediately with checkmate? or am i blind cuz im only 800

In Level 3 I Found Different Way And It Is 1.Rf8+ Rf8 2.Qd5+ Rf7 3.Qd8+ Rf8 4.Qf8# 1-0 Explanation: 1 Rook Takes f8 Forcing The Rook On d8 To Take Then It's Gonna Clear The D File(The King Can't Take The Rook Because The Rook Is Protected By The Knight) 2 Rook Takes f8 Because It's A Forcing Move 3 Queen To d5 Giving A Check To The King 4 Rook To f7 (If The Queen Blocks The Check It's A Free Queen Because No Pieces Protecting The Queen, And It's Also Check Again And Then The Rook Gonna Block The Check To f7 Anyways) 5.1 Queen To e8 Or c8 (If The Queen Blocked Before The Rook) 5.2 Queen To d8 (If The Rook Blocked The Check) 6 Rook f8 Because It's a forcing Move 7 Queen To f8 And It's Mate

I love this series!!!! 🎉🥳✨

7:27 can’t you just play Rxf8# instead of Nd7+Kh8 Rxf8?

It's harder than interference

Isn't level4 is a decoy

Cant you just mate with rook and no knight move at 7:35

You are so Awesome

I was able to solve all of them, nice 😊

Isn't rook f8 mate 7:30

1st tactic 💀