Chess Problem 7: White (Black) to Move and Mate in 2 (4)

[Origoo88]

it was easy!

[yumeybaconcutout]

funny accents ftw!

[ArtsewS]

Nice one

[Zee96969696]

well, how do u expect me to see all this stuff when im playing chess, this is too deep for me, i can't just look at the board and concentrate enough to see these posibilities, i have a very average attention span, that just sucks, can't wait until science figures out a way for average people to become extraordanerily smart, i probably won't live to see that day sadly, i need to find a girlfriend

[pacmandem]

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[Ross7237]

I was wondering why Ng3 is the best move?

I'm just a beginner so, I could be wrong and probably am but would any of these situations be correct?

1. ... Ng4+ 2. Qe3 Bxe3+ 3.Kh1 Rxh2++

1. ... Ng4+ 2. Qb6 Bxb6+ 3. Kh1 Rxh2++

1. ... Ng4+ 2. Kh1 Rxh2++

If I'm wrong, can someone please explain to me why?

[Ross7237]

@Ross7237 I said Ng3 where the move shown in the video was Ne3. I'm sorry.

[Ross7237]

@Ross7237 Opps I meant to say why Ne4 was the best move?

[mrjuggles1000]

@Ross7237 1... Ng4+ allows 2. Kh1. After 2... Rxh2+ White has 3. Bxh2

[Cuchuflaity]

White (Black) to Move and Mate in 2 !!!(4)!!!

"...the white has delivered checkmate in 2 moves...  black can !!!also!!! deliver checkmate in !!!3!!! moves"

Nice videos anyway, keep up your work guys.

[tubaoful]

i don't understand Queen move g6?

[tubaoful]

i don't understand Queen move b6?

[thezimboman]

For black's mate, an even cooler mating attack would be...

after 1. Kh1 Rxh2+ 2. Kxh2 Rh8#, just for the fun of it

[qwerty123456789abcde]

Blacks check could be rook to h6, rook to h8, rook takes h2 pawn, rook h1 check.

[MrMeowmix9994]

Couldn't blacks solution go like this?

1. B.Knight to g4, W.Queen to b7

2. B.Bishop to b7, W.Bishop to f2

3. B.Bishop to f2, W.King to h1

4. B.Rook to h2 checkmate

[verified2]

for black Ng4 would be good also

[alinusD]

lol his name is Ser Gay? wtf

[mostolesdude]

there are probably a million "Anands" in India...

[Zepplinne]

you should do more episodes with this guy, I like his accent

[mariecrisable]

i love chess very much !!!!

[mattfca]

i saw black's mate long before the white one

[somespareid]

A couple of people asked about 1.Bxa6 (in the first episode). If 1.Bxa6?? then Black mates with 1...Ne4+ (as in the second episode).

[kgyll]

genius!

[dobsondale]

what about bishop to a6 if pawn takes or not you can still mate with queen to c6

[luisarmandoperez1]

torre h6 stopping the checkmate

[dobsondale]

good point !!!

[ilusionist11]

wouldnt bishop a6 and queen c6 also do the job ?

[luisarmandoperez1]

@ilusionist11 it is not good because black plas torr h6 stopping the checkmate

[ilusionist11]

oh wow i didnt even see that haha. thanks for pointing that out

[ldvareckas]

if you listened, he said it would, but it would delay the process, and he demonstrated delayed process version.

[J3ofHearts]

at the 1st one, white can easily do Qd6 and how yuo gonna avoid checkmate!

[derenkoff]

bishopB7 is avoiding checkmate in two moves... only way is white bishop on a6 and if he takes checkmate with queen on a6

[cLiPz0r]

@J3ofHearts By doing the combination that is shown for black? Winning for black as he can mate white. And even if he couldn't: Ne4+ at least gets the white queen ...

[GetMeThere1]

It was much easier for me to see the black mate than the white. I guess I'm just blind to sacrifices!

[BuckFush64]

this scenario has blown my fuckin mind

[hermit925]

Commonsense90. You are wrong, The white bishop would just take the rook on H2

[CommonSense90]

I found a faster checkmate for black. (I think)

Move the knight g4 for the discovered check. Then king has to move h1 (or white can delay by giving up material)... then rook h2 mate. Please tell me if I'm wrong =)

[cLiPz0r]

What about the bishop on g3 that can take on h2?

[aawitkamisapanginoon]

if you move your knight to g4, the white king goes to h1 square. you cannot just take the h2 paw because it is supported by the bishop on g3

[angryafro]

Not forced.

[ciondari]

You could take the rook with the bishop, but supossing it is blacks turn you could do the discovered check with knight to e4, then the king moves to h1 and then you take the bishop on g3 with your knight to check mate

[zianclone234500]

you should make videos of good openings

[scotland7yard]

1. Qc6+, bxc6

2. Bxa6#

[BeastmasterKory]

i found another checkmate for white. Bxa6, blacks pawn recaptures and qc6 checkmate

[xxxrrrxxxrrr]

Then black knight would go away and let bishop check white king.

[angryafro]

Not forced.

[no1sjester]

o.O

[blah1988]

what about 1. Qxa6! Now if bxa6, Bxa6# and if black tries to delay with the discovered check, White's Queen can simply capture a7 bishop. so, for example, Qxa6 Ng4+, Qxa7 and it's mate next move.

[gilbertoagostinho]

It's true, your line also works, but this is a mate in 3 not in 2 (since black can delay it with the discovered check). In a game this would be perfect, but I think the main point of the puzzles and exercises is to find the best and fastest mates. Sometimes it happens to me in a game that I can't see the fastest mate, and I try a more complicated line, in which I can make some calculation errors and loose a great opportunity. Best regards!

[cLiPz0r]

In main not correct. Its draw then, as Black can double check the white king with Nh3+. Then Kh1 and Nf2+ again. If the Bishop captures, its no problem for black to capture a6 with the pawn, as its no mate then.

[rolfch1p]

its amazing how this guy comes up with puzzles that work both ways!

[bitname96]

and i can't reed

[MarkVig97]

You seriously suck at talking English.

[MrHandsomeBasterd]

Talking English?? No I think you do.

[danpt2000]

I bet you suck more in Russian.

[talacal]

Wait a minute! Black to mate in 3 moves? I counted 4.  Here are the steps on black moves: 1.) Nf4, 2.) Ba7xQ, 3.) Bb6xBf2, 4.) Ne4-Ng3 checkmate! Did I miss anything?

[JtheEpic]

the sacrafices were just examples in theory those wern't going to happen

[urmas7]

Knight g4 - Kh1 - Rxh2 - Bxh2

now black can draw by Nf2-Kg1-Ng4

or he can try to do something about the mate threat, Nxh2 for example

[FOIVSI]

Would Kg4 Rh2 also mate, or did I made a mistake?

[veggieindian]

white also move his queen to d6 and then d7 for checkmate; but this way is block-able by black

[ghostmz]

I agree with SantahClaus. Although pawn would not have been forced to, it would not have mattered since then pawn could not take queen at c6 with bishop there.

[EternalEnigma314]

Qc6??

[TKmallet]

it aint mate, cause the PON can take the KNIGHT

[ZetaNeubourn]

Nooot quite. If the Pawn moves, it open the King up to the Rook at H8. ;) He said that in the video.

[Sarutahiko1]

no, on account of the rook, as is explained in the video

[AdminOnDuty]

I agree with binboston, that is the same move I saw. Even with blocking it seems a more valid move.

[binboston]

hmm didnt see the Bxh2 move

[binboston]

playing from black what about knight to g4, white plays king to h1, and black replies rook to h2.

[raptriforcee]

Then Bxh2?

[RelaxoII]

good idea! but black would not take the bishop as this leads to immediate mate. and because after Bxa6 there is no "check", black can force his opponents mate.. if now he can find it ^^

[SantahClaus]

I found another combination for white to win. All white has to do is move King's Bishop to A6. Then Pawn on B7 is forced to take Bishop on A6. Then white's Queen to A6.

Mate.

That's what I would have done at least.

[F2L4Life]

Not forced, black doesn't have to take the bishop; in fact, black could then deliver a forced mate.

[Munistacker]

You two guys are very different!

[hydrosbon]

oh, i had a slightly different solution for black. knight g4 followed by rook h2. of course white could delay it, but it wouldn't help either.

anyway, nice puzzle!

[ataggake]

That wouldn't be mate:

Ng4, Kh1, Rxh2, Bxh2 and now you can still check (on f2) but it's not mate.

[bulgarianboy93]

very good q-c6, then you have the white sqare bishop take the a pawn for the mate. i liked your puzzle with lasker, it was nearly impossible to solve without playing out the possibilities on a board.

[zzzzzz998]

from black side ; what if w.queen captures knight to delay the mate?

[pikmen12321]

cant because the king is already in check

[elbay2]

This mating pattern has a name, does it not? I'm fairly certain it does, but I don't remember the name.. Does anybody remember it?

[shaany155]

For white, I'm pretty positive the checkmate is called a "Boden's Mate". I read it in "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess".

I don't know what the black checkmate is called.

[cosbyshow3]

Yes! I solved this one! I Could only Solve a couple of the other video chess puzzles. I guess my Mate tactics is one step better now. Thanks!

[vorojtsov]

That's great! More videos are on the way!

[shaany155]

I figured out the pattern for White. I think I read about it. I couldn't find the pattern for Black, though.

[kaenanskates]

you should become a youtube partner. you will make alot of money

[vorojtsov]

Good idea but it does not work in this case because 1. Ba6 does not deliver check and therefore white is getting mated according to what Anand has presented.

[buenotc]

THATS A FAKE ANAND!!! AHAHAHAH

[vorojtsov]

shhh, don't tell anyone :)

[illmatic2k9]

Great video. Knight to G4 would have also produced a mate in 4. And this variation would involve the use of the rook along the H file. Did you notice this alternative when you were thinking of the problem?

[obender71]

No, Ng4 is not in four.

... Ng4+

Qb6  Bxb6+

Kh1! Rxh2+

Bxh2 Rh8

and Rxh2#

five moves and the fourth without check, not forced white fifth move.

[warKinder]

very nice. I'm in love with the series. Know that I am ready to watch them all :)

Thank you.

[ChessMasterVideos]

Nice! But the second one is mate in 4 if im right. Watch my video, its a five star rated video! Its also about chess!

[brucewallace2]

The first mate is known as a Boden mate after the English player who first employed it in practice.

[vorojtsov]

Hi Bruce! Thank you for pointing this out.

[shaany155]

Cool! At first I wasn't sure whether or not I knew which checkmate it was. Thanks for clearing that up!

[alanmillwall]

excellent

[JajaJibbidyJa]

right awn

[vorojtsov]

Wow guys! This really generated some interest. I'll post other problems as time allows, hopefully tomorrow.

[brrrdman85]

I really enjoy your clever little chess videos. I have probably watched them all ten times.

[jrobichess]

Great video Vorojtsov!

[brrrdman85]

Yesss! More videos!!

[thunderhead27]

WOAH BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY

great job

keep it up

[slattster]

Cool position! Thanks for sharing!