A challenging chess problem for strong players!
2024 ж. 5 Мам.
13 860 Рет қаралды
We are looking at a very hard and complex position but white can win this with brilliant play!
This study was composed by Vasily Smyslov in 2005.
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How consoling that the best computer software in the World is not a match for a mere human
That is the most convoluted position I've seen you post.
There's an important line that you missed here, if black plays 2... Kh1 then we play a waiting move with the bishop, e.g. 3. Ba6. We allow the promotion, and mate immediately with 4. Bb7 and 5. Bxg2# unless black underpromotes to a Knight. In that case we play 4. Kg3. Now in response to either 4. Nxe2+ or 4. Nf3 we play Kf2 and the finish is similar to the version you showed. And if 4... Nh3 then 5. Bb2#
Excellent study... lot of learnings... Thank you very much
After noticing the time length of this study [12.38], I realized that there was NO WAY that I was going to attempt to solve it. Why beat my head against the wall by making thousands of random, errant moves? So, I just sat back and enjoyed the video … I was duly rewarded for my discretion!
Excellent!!
I don't think that Magnus Carlson could have solved this.
This problem is a really hard one! Many options don’t work.
I am on a roll today, solving all 4 of your puzzles that I tried, but this was by far the hardest and I didn't really play out the Underpromotion variations at the end until we go to that part. I was torn between C4 and D5 for like an hour, so I would have timed out. I was trying to use C4 for a checkmate and I finally realized how good it was to have the e2 space protected by the Bishop.
Great puzzle!
I did find the first move the second one was a nice surprise, so was the final endgame with Bishop against knight.
Very difficult, a true World Champion's study!
I realized pretty quickly that anything other than Nc3 couldn't be winning but I wasn't able to see the win after ...c2 and would likely have thrown the game away with Ne2. Edit: I doubt I would have *ever* found Kf2 in response to ...Ne2.
Wow!
the missed win stockfish was talking about:
1:22 Losing in the meaning of we failed to win and just got a draw? :)
Losing, as in, not solving the puzzle.
(@5:50) Instead of Bc6, you have Bh1! forcing black into zugzwang! Black must play Kf2, then white just grabs the pawn with Kxh2. Now a bishop and knight can force a checkmate.
This is rich! I stumbled every step!
Found it! 😊 At least the main moves, didn't check every variant!
I saw the first move, and then I floundered.😂
Same here. I saw the need to get the knight to e2, but missed all the complications that arise after that . . . Very nice but hard puzzle!
At 11:28 it is said that white has checkmate by moving bishop to e4 but what stops black knight from taking the bishop (and putting white in check)?
Black has to move first and he can only move his knight (and drop the protection of e4) so wherever he puts it white has Be4 and checkmate after that.
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Li chess StockFish say Nc3 +99.0
But when you play Nc3 Now black moves g2 is +2.0
I got it under the minute, but would have never search for a win overboard - would have just taken the draw. Looking now - no, I did not see all the lines :), amazing