For the puzzle the only other possible move is g5, so that must be the solution. Likely black then takes the hanging queen with Qxe6. We can now promote our pawn on f8, but it's tricky because if we pick a queen, then g6 is still check mate. If we promote to a knight we fork the king and queen and can grab the queen after the king moves to g8. Very cool line.
@@rishabhkumaryadav192 Hi. How did the Queen get to the F file if they were on the e-file? After White moves to g5, if Qe2+ then Qxe2 and White is winning with a huge advantage of an extra Queen, but is not checkmate yet. The other line mentioned by others is also winning for White but less advantageous for White since White ends up with an extra Knight, rather than a Queen; Therefore capturing the White Queen is the best option for Black. After White moves to g5 The Black Queen takes on e6, f8=N# (fork), and no matter where the King moves the Black Queen is captured on the next move by the newly underpromoted Knight. Am I missing something? (This is about the last puzzle on minute 9:10) Thanks
@@playmesalsa Hi! The line being talked about goes like this. White plays g5 to block the check. Black queen takes the white queen on e6. They don't play Qe2+ obviously as this blunders the queen. Now white pushes the f7 pawn and makes a queen (I hope this answers your doubt regarding the queen moving from E file to F file, it's a different queen), but then white loses in 2 moves. However, if white makes a knight, they have an extra piece that will later help in defeating the black pawns, making a new queen (or maybe 2), and white wins. Underpromoting to knight doesn't win immediately but white ends up winning. Hope this helps.
9:36 The move is g5! If Qxe6, then f8=N+! with an underpromotion and a fork. Every other move loses Black the queen or gets him mated. And g6 is no longer a threat because g4 is now a free square and there's a queen controlling g6
Is it a joke question because he had already explained that the 2 queen moves resulted in losing to checkmate in 1 and g5 is the only other legal move.
@@marcrob100 It's about which piece you promote to. Queen is the wrong answer. Black eventually has to go Qxe6, at which point you promote your pawn to Knight and get an instant royal fork.
I've just completed a whole load of "White to play and win" type puzzles. The common theme was underpromotion as the only solution. Yet here, because this was from a real game, it didn't occur to me. Seems I'm just not learning 😥
It’s a way of thinking to improve any idea one may have in a position. The devil is in the details, as we all know. So, no, it’s not about “don’t play bad moves,” which is useless advice.
- Apply Lasker's rule to avoid immediate errors (0:13) - Question first-move impulses to find stronger strategies (1:28) - Consider all consequences before executing a tempting move (3:22) - Use patience and analysis to identify the best move (5:18) - Recognize the importance of looking for hidden drawbacks (8:08)
Lasker's rule: If the first move you come up with is the best move, you'll lose the game by running out of time trying to come up with a better move. 👍 10/10
► Chapters 00:00 Best chess rule to improve your performance 00:24 Example-1 01:24 Emanuel Lasker's Golden Chess Rule 02:28 Example-2 03:59 Example-3 05:39 Example-4 07:01 Applying Lasker's Chess Rule 09:08 Puzzle of the Day 09:20 "When you see a good move, look for a better one" - Lasker
"The well-known chess aphorism "If you see a good move, try to find a better one", sometimes misattributed to Lasker and other writers, can be found in Damiano's book (1512); similar sentiments were expressed by al-Suli regarding shatranj, the Persian precursor to chess." (Wikipedia)
Helpful! I've already started working Fischer's rule into my game. Like Lasker's rule, one must always keep it in mind, every move, to receive the benefit.
In the beginning position at 1:15, wouldn't moving the a pawn to a5 trap Black's queen? Igor says the computer says black is better here, I don't see it?
09:08 Puzzle of the Day Pawn g4 to g5 blocks the check. If black Queen takes that pawn on g5; then white has h takes g5, capturing black's Queen. White has unstoppable checkmate: for example: Qg6+ Kh8; f8=R# 1::0
g5 is the move I believe. If black capture white queen then underpromote the f7 pawn to a knight forking King and Queen. With this extra piece white should be able to win
In the first example QF7ch KC6 BB5ch KB7 A5 wins the queen because it’s trapped. Black would have to play QxB or PxB. Checking with the bishop first is stronger I agree but they both win
At 9:15, white has only 3 legal moves: Qxe5, Qf5, and g5, since Qxe5 and Qf5 will lead to g6#, the only choice will be g5. Then black's best attempt will be Qxe6, but this will run into a fork given by f8=N, and then white can take the queen with the knight and then eventually promote another pawn to deliver checkmate
9:09 White plays pawn to g5, if Qxe6, promote to knight, royal fork and white wins the queen. If black plays Qe2 check, Qxe2, then promote to Queen. If black plays g6 check, Qxg6 check, then promote to Q and mate. If black plays pawn hxg5, Qg6 check, then promote to Queen and mate. If black plays Qxg5 check, hxg5, then promote to Queen and white is winning.
If you promote to a knight, either Black moves Kh7, and unless checked by the knight, he then moves Pg6#, the knight keeps checking the King, forcing a draw by repetition.
White pawn to g5, Qxe6, Pg7+, Kh8,Pf8(becomes Q or R)#. If after Pg5, Black moves Pf6, Qxf6+, Kh8, Qg8#. If Black moves Pxg5, Qxe5 = white is up a Queen and able to promote for a second Queen. If Black moves Qxg5, Pxg5 and the same thing happens.
Exchange the passed pawn for a knight (check). Black king moves to H8. Knight moves to G6, forking the king and queen. King moves back to H7. Knight takes queen. Black moves G7 pawn to G6 (check). Knight takes G6 pawn.
In example 2, you can just play Qa6+, followed by Kxb8 (only move) Kc6 Kc8 (only move) Qa8#. The key point is you can give up the knight and still easily mate with king and queen. A beginner or even intermediate player is not necessarily going to see the optimal mate, and even if you're in time trouble, it's probably quicker to premove an obvious mate in three than to search for the mate in two.
The move that saves is g5: If Qe2+, there's Qxe2 and white is up a queen and winning with no threat of mate If g6+ there's Qxg6+ Kh8 Qg8# If Qxe6 there's f8=N+ Kg8 Nxe6 and white is going to promote the h pawn and win (When I used Stockfish, the engine showe the following variation after Nxe6: Kf7 Nd4 Ke8 Kg6 Ke7 Kxg7 hxg5 hxg5 Kd6 Kf6 Kd5 Ne6 Kc4 g6 Kb3 g7 Kc3 Ke5 Kd3 g8=Q Ke2 Nd4+ Kf4 Ke1 Qa2 Kd1 Qe2+ Kc1 Qc2#)
Example 2: I'd play Qd7, let my horse die then move in for the Queen mate. I know we're trying to find the best move but is a move really better if the result is the same? It's an M3 vs. an M2 so I suppose that does have value. I'd do well to remember Ex3.
Same here lol. I mean, generally in the real play, at endgame, time is something really need to consider especially if you are in far advantage than your opponent, so yeah IMO doesn't get the M2 in order to avoid risking lose of time or stalemate is still great move (don't forget you could still checkmate your opponent in a few move soon)
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The last example is fabulous! Such a simple idea, and yet one I might easily overlook.. In the first example, what if Black replies to Bb5+ with ...Nc6
Why are the solutions for the first 2 examples so bad?! 1. The move which you claimed to be wrong (Queen to f8) is a more brilliant move than the one you suggested. After all the moves play out like you said at 01:09 , you can push the pawn to a5 and still get the queen without any major sacrifice/exchange. 2. Doesn't simply moving the Queen to c7 checkmate the black king in 1 move??! Or am I missing something in both puzzles? Edit: I realised the king still has a8 move in my solution to the second puzzle. But I still have a query regarding the first one
The idea of looking for checks first then doing it is kind of superceded by "ok, but is that going anywhere?" If you only checked as soon as possible, you'd lose more games because you don't have the backup needed. I agree it's a good idea to think about as many options as possible.
I would like to see golden rules for the middle game because I find the middle game to be the most complicated phase of the game. The end game is a simplified phase because there are less pieces on the board, and the opening is a no brainer if you just follow book moves, but the middle game is when things get muddy and complicated.
Openings and end game are pretty much "solved", but midgame is still as complex as we first began to play chess... even for the strongest engines, midgame is enigma, so there is not an easy way to learn about how to play midgame. You can try to be "clever" as much as you want but there is no way you can learn how to play it for certain, like that is for the openings or the endgame.
Excuse my notation, not doing that for long yet ;) how about F8 Underpromote to Knight, King H8 only Move, QxE5, Kg8 only Move, Knight G6. If king to f7 force him back to g8 by QE7 / If King H7, waste a move before deliver check on rank 8 and checkmate QH8.
2:28 dont we wanna loose the knight so we have less risk of stalemate? i would go Qa6+ because that forces the black king to take the knight and then we can just mate with king and queen.
Mate in 2 is more accurate but yeah especially in blitz or low time, why overthink it, I would just give away the knight so I can safely premove checkmate.
You need to stop check. G4 to G5, if pawn on H6 to G5 promote pawn to a knight and check. Then capture Queen. If Queen captures pawn on G5 recapture the queen with pawn on H4.
In the second position, I had another winning move, although it took 3 moves instead of 2 to checkmate. 1. Qb5 Ka8 2. Kc7 Ka7 3.Qa5# or Qb7# The puzzle was not that difficult, as there are only three legal moves, and Igor had already shown that two of them fail. g5 is all that is left.
puzzle of the day, g5 if pawn captures, Qg6+, Kh8 only move and f8 promote to a queen is checkmate if queen takes queen, f8 pawn promotes to a KNIGHTTTTT!!!! forking the king and queen, now we're a knight up and win the game
lesson learned: always find the !! moves, to improve my chess. More seriously -- the point is clearly not to fixate on "obvious" good moves. I am often guilty of this and then in game review I'm shocked to see the "missed" symbol. So I should broaden my search path.
for puzzle of the day the only other move is g5, which wins for white if Qxe6 then f8=N+ Kh8 (or Kh7) Nxe6. i dont see an immediate mate after this but ur up a knight so ur definitely winning all other moves i see lead to mate, for example if Qc5 to stop the promotion then Qe4+ Kh8 then Qe8+ Kh7 Qg8# (black can block Qe4+ with g6+ or Qf5 but those also lead to mate)
So for me, 'look for a better move' doesn't express what I need to think about. I see a move, where does it fall in order of operations? Does it need a set up? Is there another threat I can make, is there a threat I am exposed to? All these together have to be remembered and the 'look for a better move' does not trigger this for me. It gets me lost looking for single move with no depth.
at 1:21 can white just play a5 trapping the queen? And if rook attacks the queen on f8 white can retreat the queen. Isn't that just winning?? never mind I just realised black can play Bxh2+ to get the queen out
Black has Bxh2 to allow to trade queen for the two bishops with Bxh2+ Kh1 Qxb5 Nxb5 hxg5. This is the only line in which black maintains an advantage, assuming white plays correctly (Kxh2 is a mistake because of the hanging bishop on g5, and Kf1 fails because white needs the threat of capturing the bishop on h2 later on if black tries to save his queen with Qd6). I agree that the position after black retreats its king in Kb7 cannot be simply written off as an easy piece up advantage for black, it's actually a very difficult position to play and analysis of what happens after a5 is necessary to judge it.
4:23 I had an idea to play Rxe6 because the 2 connected passed pawns on the 6th rank or 5 and 7 ranked are better than a rook so Rxe6, fxe5 and only then a5
Cover the white king with a pawn, sacrifice your queen, and then get a knight forking black king/queen, and then now you have a knight and 2 pawns against the king and 2 pawns
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