I think most of us would not know how to play it. And even if we know it, would we do it within the 50 moves that we have, even less so after a long game of chess...
@@ruthenianthruth Even if I would study the K+B mate, I doubt that I would execute it properly within 50 moves, given the fact that most of us do not play this mate in a real game that often. As it happens at te end of a game, concentration becomes an issue, at least it does for me. Given the time restriction, I would rather offer a draw than lose on time.
@@ruthenianthruth Some IMs with thousands of games in their career have never had B+K mate occur (I personally have never had either B+K or B+B, at a peak rating of 1850). And GMs have occasionally failed to execute the mate in games. Probably not worth learning unless you're master level or above (I did learn it myself for fun, but never practice it, so I don't know if I could do it on demand).
The real puzzle here is how to get this position. Black decided to fork the bishops instead of just taking whichever the rook was attacking the previous turn. The only explenation that makes sense is that a trade or a briliant move (bait blunder) took place on f5.
Maybe there was a pawn on f5 which rook took, but overall indeed, looking couple of moves back it is not easy to find situation where white has not used a discovered check (or even mate) already
Regrettably, I assumed that white had to salvage his dark-square bishop because black’s queening square was a1 (a dark square). This assumption made my lackadaisical effort to solve this puzzle impossible. So I did what any frustrated, pretentious chess player would do: I gave up. Really nice puzzle though …
This puzzle reminds me of the Queen Gambit game of Beth Versus Townsend where the king attacks the rook, and subsequently, all moves of the rook are either taken or forked.
What if the rook moved to f1? The knight moves away safely, the king has to move, and then if the bishop takes the rook, the pawn advances. If the bishop doesn't take the rook, the rook can move away and still be a factor. too many moves for me to map out all the possibilities, I'm still learning.
The theme of Rinck's studies ls domination. Very artistic! But here, mate with Bishop and Knight is ok, but with one pawn for black isn't it more difficult? You force the pawn to move and win 50 more moves
the only problem with the puzzle is i have to know how to checkmate with a bishop and a kn ight. I know somewhat in theory (Not confidently. so in any case if this show up on my game i may just offer a draw anyway LOL :P
No kidding - Narrator doesn't understand the meta-game. You see, Black is forcing White to attempt a knight-bishop checkmate, thus causing much more psychological suffering for White.
A little quality time with an AI opponent after reading the many descriptions of how to do this on the internet would solve this problem quickly. If you are playing casual chess you might now know.. but anyone competing that has made it past the mid levels will know how to do this. And this is a more advanced puzzle.. hence..
This composition is #736 in Kasparyan’s Domination in 2,545 Endgames Studies. For a seemingly endless supply of these types of problems, check that book out!
No not “common” but once you understand the themes you will see them more often. I recommend the book Domination in 2545 endgame studies. Kasparyan presents these types of compositions and it’s all organized by theme. For example, part 2 is devoted to trapping the rook. Chapter 2 of part 2 is specifically examples of two minors trapping the rook. It is then further categorized by motif such as black king on a8/h8, bishop on long diagonal etc. By grouping like this, you get idea of what “set ups” you are aiming for and so solving the compositions and seeing these ideas in games are more likely
Yeah. Trading a bishop and a knight to get an opponent’s rook is a strategy that beginners use a lot that USUALLY loses. Think of pieces as having point values- pawn=1 bishop=3 knight=3 rook=5 and queen=10. Knight plus bishop= 3+3 which is greater than rook=5. Positions vary greatly, so there are definite instances where the rook is better if there is some compensation such as a tactic that wins a piece or pawn or leads to a checkmate. In general though the knight and a bishop is better than one rook.
Sorry for coming so late to this puzzle, but if white moves k-d6 immediately, the discovered check will allow him to save both bishops after black moves K-b8 by taking the rook, k-f5. From here mate should be a piece of cake.
@@Chess-strategy I saw that right after posting my comment. It looks like white will lose a bishop sooner or later. Saving the white bishop seems the better option.
Cant move the pawn because it doesnt get you out of check from the knight - ypu have to move the king on Black's turn which wastes their move and gets the rook taken before black gets a chance to defend with the pawn
You can't move the pawn while your king is in check. So... B Rb4 W Nd8 discovered check B Kb8 (the only other legal move is Rb7, which results in the knight scoring the rook) W Nc6 check fork, no opportunity to move the pawn. B Kc7 W Nb4 x captures rook
