Thank you Dr. Can, another great video! Please keep them coming, your teaching is treasure! Re: Homework - white queen has to keep an eye on g5 or it will be mate and also keep an eye on f2 pawn so it's a little overloaded... so d4 will displace that piece with at least 4 outcomes I see: If Qxd4, black mates Qg5#. If Qf4, g5+ is a brutal fork winning white queen. If Qe8+ Kh7, there is no perpetual because g6 blocks and now there is a wall in front of white king. If Qe5 to keep an eye on g5, black moves Qxf2+ and wins a pawn at the start of a king hunt...
Homework: ... d4. The White Queen has two defensive tasks: guarding White's pawn islands and preventing mate on g5. It's too much. If Qf4, then ... g5+ wins the Queen. If Qe8+, Kh7; Qe4+, g6; Qf4, g5+! (or Qg4, Qxf2+; Qg3, g5+; Kg4, f5+; Kxf5, Qxg3 and wins ... or Qe5, Qxf2+; Qg3 g6, etc. and wins). If Qe8+, Kh7; Qe7, Qxf2+; Kg4 (Kh5, Qxf3+; Kh4, g5+ loses the Queen, etc.), g3+; etc. with various lines chasing the King with possible captures on f3 or d2 or Queen trades leading to a won endgame. Caveat emptor! My visualization limits were tested here. ;2)
Position 4 was extremely helpful for me. I wanted to take the bishop. Even though I knew that was wrong, I thought I could defend it. Was very helpful seeing how strong that a6 pawn ended up being. Also, pointed out that we are already 2 pawns up and do not need to take material at the moment. Homework: d4, easy move, hopefully correct. White must move carefully because of the mate threat on g5. For example, if Qxd4, then Qg5#. If Qe5, Qxf2+ and we can start gobbling up pawns. Qe8+ might be white's best try. Kg7, Qe4+, g6, and white's only move to continue defending g5 is Qe5, after which we have Qxf2+ and gain the advantage after assassinating pawns.
Pawn to d4 forces the white queen to f4 (to keep defending checkmate on g5) and the g pawn can fork the king and queen. As a 500 I went from not understanding the first position at all to spotting that last move in seconds. Massively valuable lesson, thank you! Edit: also just realized that since queen captures is forced, queen recaptures is checkmate anyway
I am extremely happy to help you have a big leap in understanding! That is the main function of my videos: keep it as instructive as possible for all levels! ☺️
About the homework position. G5 is mate, so we can work backwards from there. D4 is a move to look at, as it gives the white queen a chance to go wrong. Maybe g6 is a good start, rather, in order to create a second mate threat from f2. If g5 and f2 are then both mate threats, what then would be the response to the first idea of d4? Could be it. Edit, no, g6 hangs the pawn. Hm, need to think more. This is close
I'd say d4, because the White Queen has to guard against Qg5#. ... d4 Qe5 (of course we hope for Qf5 ) Qxf2+ We cannot keep the King in his box, he will not move to h5 Kg4 Qg2+ The h file is too toxic for his King, so Kf4 Qxd2+ Wherever his King goes, we want to check him in line with his Queen, and exchange to allow the d pawn to promote. I considered g5+, but he can hide with Kh5, and his Queen has too many easy checks. Thank you for this thought-provoking lesson.
Pawn d4 is the best option, it’s a forcing move. I also considered pawn to g5 but that becomes complicated, keeping it human and keeping it simple is what you taught us in the last video.
White Queen must protect g5 square or black Q a5 is mate. d4 forces white Q to f4 so white g5 forks K and Q winning the Queen. Maybe. Excellent lesson with a clear learning outcome. Awesome!
In minute 12.46 if black a6 1. .........., a6 2. Rxb7, Be7 3.Ndf3,Qc5 4.Rb1 ,0-0 5.Rb1b6, I Think white slighly better They enter all pieces in Sir please refute this line Sir
And with that said...homework: guess what? The white queen is tied down to defend Qg5# checkmate so that d4 will force Qf4 and here comes the pawn fork on g5. Not only did I learn not to tie down my own queen BUT ALSO how to take advantage of my opponent’s tied down Queen. You have a real gift to make it easily understandable! 🎉
