Chess Puzzles #4 (Endgame)

[17arkrage]

3/5

[Mwuesse]

I managed to get the first 3 puzzles and quite quickly too! The 4th puzzle I saw the first move but not all the variations from there, and the 5th puzzle again I guessed at the first move but didn't see all variations.

[Powhentall]

puzzle #1: 23 sec. i saw only the basics and i didn't calculate too much.

puzzle #2: 2 min and 1 sec. but first i looked at PxQ and then came back at the original position.

puzzle #3: i was a bit worried about the time and when i was looking at all variations i just picked 1 and in 48 sec. i missed the move,i learned that from now on i need to think more.

puzzle #4: 11 sec.not kidding! didn't see all variations.

puzzle #5: 8 sec! saw all variations!!!

[mathers1663]

3/5..good puzzles

[BlackSunSerenade]

Wow I actually solved one this time! You're helping me to get better.

[JonathonMcStrudel]

You have such a robotic voice.

[philWynk]

I got 1, 2, and 4 correct. I chose the correct move on 3 by instinct, but did not see the follow-up moves. On 5, I just punted for some reason. (My USCF rating used to be a little south of 1500, but I have not played regularly recently).

[azeriradio]

4/5... second last was pretty difficult, because of the last variation in it

[WarpBerlin]

1st, 3rd and last quickly

Rest: fail

[Nimzowitz]

1st one I didn't get but that was just practice round. Second I got. Third I thought Rf6! with the idea of Kxh5 and Rh6 mate. Fourth I saw Qa8, but certainly not the whole variation. Fifth one I just forgot to press pause.

[FarazR2]

I've noticed that I tend to be looking for the wrong things in these puzzles. Sometimes the puzzle is about capturing, othertimes about preventing pawns from advancing, sometimes you can just forget both instead focusing on mating. Any tips on narrowing down quickly what I should be looking for?

[ChessNetwork]

@FarazR2 Look for the most forcing moves first.

[brucenunn37]

Puzzle #2 -c8 was my thoughts.. nice 

[barsorrro]

Horrible -- I only got 4, but without half of the variations. I'm very inflexible in my thinking: a result of a nasty combination of too little concentration and dedication, too little experience with puzzles and thorough position analysis, too much blitz, a meagre gift for chess to start with, haha!

But it was a great eye-opener. And a pleasure to test myself. Thank you, Jerry!

[Chrono826]

3/5 =D

I didn't see all the variations in puzzle 4, I did see the fork at the end though. the 5th puzzle was good! I took some time on that one! I saw Rh4 but I couldn't get the follow up so I didn't give myself credit for it lol. Good variations! I was thinking along the lines of 1.Qe6+ Rf5 2. Rf7 but then it's pretty easily met by ... Qe3+ and I couldn't get a follow up =[

Thanks for posting though Jerry! Awesome vids as always!

[dietsnapple89]

I really love these videos. I like to just beat my friends have improved from all of jerry's videos.

[ChessNetwork]

@dietsnapple89 ;)

[1KevinsFamousChili1]

1 i didn't get 2 i didn't get 3 i got 4 i got but didn't think of everything he did and 5 i got but i wasn't sure if it was actually right or not

[Devineagan91]

I think there is another winning solution to puzzle #3 1.Kxh5, c3, 2.Rf6 (with the threat of Rh6 mate, so the black rook must move to make way for the king or lose the exchange in which case white would win) Re8 3.Rh6+, Kg8 4.Rh8+, Kf7 5.Rxe7, ( doesn't matter what white does 5.....Kxe8 6.g8=Q+, or 5....c2 6.Rc8)

Not as fast or strong as the solution but after I saw a winning continuation I didn't keep looking.

[gorantrevise]

jerry, maybe you can raise the level from easy to hard in this puzzle videos. thxs so far

[xactxx]

I only got the last one... I guess I'll have to do better next time! Keep these coming though, liked all of them. :)

[xundarz]

i got 0...

[nrmz22]

Looks like my end game needs improving...got the 3rd, 4th and 5th right, but I didnt get all the variations...I totally missed some of blacks moves...great puzzles though thanks for posting them Jerry...Looking forward to your next video

[MrMarson123456]

i got 2 however i didnt know the continuation of one of them

[nicoeste8765]

thanks again for the video

[jrc2k]

The third time I watched this video, I solved all the puzzles without even pausing the video. My chess game is really improving.

[ChessNetwork]

@jrc2k Great!

[dumpnchase]

Thanks for the video.

[xXxAceGuyxXx]

Happy I successfully solved 5/5 :D

[gorskitim]

On puzzle number 4 what if after c8=Q black played Qd8?

[ChessNetwork]

@gorskitim Qxe6 and then mate in 1.

[serrie85]

@gorskitim I wonderd the same. The awnser by chessnetwork is ok, but Kh8 instead of Kf7 is also possible, but after Kh8 you have a knight fork and king and queen.

[sauskeuchiwa]

are you serious?? thats too difficult! i got 3 right after 10 min of thinkin...

[PoketoMtg]

4/5, the last 2 just jumped into my eyes. I love sacrificial tactics and it has helped a time or 2 against players at one time 900 points higher than me :D.

[xChessMachinex]

#2 made me think for a good minute and a half, #4 took less than a second, and the rest were somewhere in between and very nicely done. 5/5 correct and 5/5 for the quality of the video. Keep up the good work!

[dbriggs530]

that was fun, i'm glad i subscribed

[44percentburnt]

Puzzle 4 I rejected 1. Qa8 Rxa8 2. c8Q because of 2 .. Qb8.

This is also bad of course because of Qe6+ [wich threatens mate or facilitates a fork on king+queen] but to be complete I would include that nice variation as well..

[44percentburnt]

2 ..Qd8 that is

[MuseseekerMan]

i had trouble with number four even on my second try! I almost got all five on my first try, but didn't actually solve any.

[apfrezende]

I solved all of them, but to be honest I would probably not find that on a real game

[noxure]

4/5. I missed the first one too.

But to be fair: I didn't get all the possible variations of the forth one, because it's very complex. Just saw it was a strong threat.

If it was a real game I would only play it as a "hope-move", because taking a chance is still better than going into a losing end-game with certainty. :p

[chessenthusiast]

I totally screwed up the first one, but got the first couple of moves for the last four puzzles. For some reason, though, I didn't see all the way into the variations (for example, on number 5, I missed the Q block on h5 after Qh7+).

Good puzzles, Jerry, please keep 'em coming!

[TimeFreeze1]

W00t got 4! I didn't get the first cause my brother was watching the video and I saw his screen when he was looking at the solution so in essence i didn't even get to try :/

[ChessNetwork]

@TimeFreeze1 The bro' beat you to my video! :)

[TimeFreeze1]

@ChessNetwork yea :)

[Keldorn01]

I think I have found an alternative winning line for puzzle 2. I calculated 1.Kg5! c3 2.Kf6!! c2 3.Ng5+ Kh6 4.Rxg8!! and Rh8#. My chess engine suggests 1...Rxg7 which is an obvious win for white after 2.Nxg7 Kxg7 3.Rc8 stopping both pawns. What do you think? Can I get full credit for this? :D

[jrc2k]

Hi Jerry, I solved them all successfully. But only after watching the video the second time. :-D

[44percentburnt]

@jrc2k well done!

[Mudd0000]

2/5 

[colourmegone]

Got 4, missed number 3, the long variation.

[NottinghamEngland]

I only got 2 right but I thoroughly enjoyed all 5 puzzles and learded lots. Thanks Jerry, all of your videos are always great.

[Bulbapuck]

First time I got 5/5 :D

[ChessNetwork]

@Bulbapuck Congrats! :)

[sawio5]

cracked only the last one

[Bo0mz0r]

5/5 Very interesting puzzles

[tuoljg]

puzzle 3 i thought : 1. Kxh5, c3 , 2. Rf6 threathening mate in one forcing either Rxg7 or Ra8 (b8 c8 etc) and if Ra8 its followed by Rh6+ and Rh8+ grabbing the rook and the game am i wrong?

[skillsex]

@tuoljg me too :)

[OgreVI]

Oh, that last one was gorgeous!

[coosoorlog]

4/5. Didn't see the fork on the fourth one. Really nice ones :). thanks.

[Elzification]

Puzzle #4 has one more variation, after 2. c8=Q.

(I solved this puzzle without actually seeing the variations with 2...Nf8).

So, after 2.c8=Q i thought 2...Qd8 stopes white's attack but looking further i saw 3.Qxe6+ 3...Qh8 (3...Qf8 4.Qf7#) 4. Ng6#.

[RookieN08]

I got 3/5......Puzzle#1 and #2 taught me not to underestimate the power of bishop in endgame.

[Ninja007Assassin1]

awesome puzzles ,imanaged 4.gud sound edit ,add mor vdos

[Cationification]

2/5 loved the video

[AgedQuasar]

I like this format for doing puzzles! Thanks. :)

[AntiCitizenX]

I got 3/5.

[AgedQuasar]

Got 4 out of 5. Considered the correct move in the one I missed but counted wrong.

[vozdipedra]

thanks. very good indeed. I couldn't gess so far, but this is gonna be very useful in my future games.

[davetronnier]

very nice puzzles... got two...

[NoOneKnows231]

5/5, you have really good puzzles. What is their rating?

[dancethrushadow]

4 out of 5.. although I missed some of the alternatives black had in puzzles 4 and 5. An alternative you missed in puzzle 4 after Qc8 black could interpose with Qd8 and the back rank seems all shored up.. but then Qxe6 and its lights out.

[ToxIkWaste]

only got one but really enjoyed the puzzles; especially the last one! :D

[kolibrizas]

5/5 :O

[muaythaifoon]

I only got 2. I thought they were all white to mate. XD

[yankeestarz1]

i consider myself a good chess player, but this made me feel dumb. 0 out of 5

[sapereaude120]

Got puzzle 1. Puzzle 2 I went for Qf2 (mate threat on f8) followed by Bh6. Not sure why I didn't even consider the immediate Bh6. Puzzle 3 took forever, but I got that one. Puzzle 4, I certainly didn't calculate all those variations, so although I came up with Qa8, I don't count that as solved. And I got puzzle 5. So 3/5 here. Thanks for the video, Jerry! I don't put enough time into my endgame studies.

[DrFundies]

I think I found another way for #3, what about Kxh5, if c3, Rf6, if c2, Rh6 Mate?

[WfireH]

3 out of 5

[mrKreuzfeld]

think I found a better continuation on nr4

at 3:29 instead of Rxf8 I went with

Ng6, if Kh7, then Nxf8 check, Kg8 ,  Nd4 check, winning the queen.

if queen moves, then Rxf8 Kh7, h5 Queenmove, Rh8 mate

I hope I did not miss anything, but I think this is a more accrate continuation, becase you don't let black deend with the pawnmove.

[codexelectra]

@mrKreuzfeld Ng6, Kf7

[MrChad1016]

0/5 T_T

[cubbiesrule8191]

holy cow that last one. i got 3/5. i got the fourth one but didn't analyze it that much. just thought about the first move haha

[picotodas]

got 4 out of 5 correct, but I did not considered all th possible variations...at last my intuition helped me to get them correct...

[Placement93]

"Make sure to let me know how you did for all five of these puzzles."

I did fucking horrible.

[chessking1193]

thanks. my brain was on freeze. keep up tje good work.

[metalgee]

amazing mate, so much fun to watch

[LHCBlackHole]

I got the last one :/

[mukamuka123]

damit 4/5 the 4th one is a huge jump in terms of # of variations to be calculated. but i like how it's realli practical teaching the rook-pawn-knight tactics

[Zheng261]

I got 1.. =/ dammit

[BrettBurnardStokes]

I think number 3 has the alternative (quicker?) solution of 1.Rf6, followed by 2.Kxh5 and 3 Rh6++

if 1 Rf6 Rb8 2 Kxh5 Rb5+ 3 Kg4 c3 4 Rf8 c2 5 g8=Q+ Kh6 6 Rf6++

if 1 Rf6 Rb8 2 Kxh5 Rb5+ 3 Kg4 c3 4 Rf8 Rb4+ 5 Kg5 Rb5+ 6 Kf6 winning

[AndyMH182]

fun fun. Only got one of them

[CerebralAssassin1983]

I got 2....damn I suck at endgames :((

[MultiKnark]

I actually got all of time. First time with your puzzles!

Thanks a lot for this Jerry. :)

[visitor45]

i got the 3rd one and partially saw the 5th. but after i watched the whole video, i took the test again and got them all right! :) all of your videos are great!

[DarkInception1]

Nevermind on my last comment, I see what happens. After 2.c8=Q Qd8 3. Qxe6+ and black can't avoid mate. After 3... Kh8 4. Ng6#, and after 3...Kf8 4. Qf7#

[MrIran69]

where is good website to gets hundreds of chess puzzles ?

[intersweat]

@MrIran69 .... chesstempo (dot) com is the best

[MrIran69]

thanks jerry , chess cube website you play at , the rating system is a joke , i am a 1450 rated player in local chess club but there i have rating close to 1900 !! , most players in lounge there have rating over 1800 ? . every tried playing chess in yahoo games ? , it's free

[iutulbidibosta]

@ChessNetwork Hullo, Jerry! Got 3,5... What if,. on the third puzzle, I thought oh Nd7, instead of Rxf8+. Does the move order make a diference? By the way, Great Video! Thanks!

[DarkInception1]

Jerry, on puzzle #4, after the c-pawn queens (in the video it's appr. 3:20), instead of Rxc8, why not Qd8?

[mukamuka123]

@DarkInception1 after Qd8 white can take the hanging pawn on e6, and after Qxe6+ it's mate in 1 so black is forced to take the queen in that position

[DarkInception1]

@mukamuka123 Thanks, I realized this and posted a few minutes later as a reply.

[Joao92]

Only got the 4th one...

And the right ideas on the first two, just not exactly the right move. Should have paid more attention.

[intensityI]

3/5 missed the first 2 but came back to get the last 3 :)

[sausage4mash]

got two , I just don't have the visualization skills to look that far ahead :(

[ChessNetwork]

@sausage4mash Practice will only ever make almost perfect. :)

[MCNeoX]

at least i got 1,2 and 5 :D

[noyearold]

I figured out all of the key moves but didn't calculate all the variations of the last three puzzles. Good video as always, you keep delivering high quality content! =)

[HWeingard]

I really enjoyed this video, thanks for the uploads!

[Franchan10]

got 3, got first 2 moves of 4, and 5.

the problem about these puzzles is that being me, I take the easy route and just go for the crazy moves first because thats what people usually go for in these puzzles. I have yet to find a crazy combination in a real game

[pyrodudewasa]

got 1... is that good for a casual player? I guess not... either way... i like ur vids

[nicocola1]

4/5, missed the first one!

[mashinka93]

yes i got the 5 puzzle right

[fabianstraregy]

I did'nt get any of them (Puzzles)i'll be studying some more .

[renumeratedfrog]

I got 2 and 5... I guess I failed... :P

[nicocola1]

wow Jerry you're awesome, thanks :D

[Physicsandmaths]

I got only 1 :(

[ChessNetwork]

@Physicsandmaths They aren't easy! :)

[balanceseeker]

I got all the first moves, except for the last puzzle. Some of my continuations thereafter were not perfect (just did not see deep enough), but the reasons I was making the moves were similar.

[NumbFlynn]

Um first?