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The second he said the word friends I started scrolling down and read this lmao

Roy

"Stoped breathing - died before video ends")

Why not White Bishop to f2 traps the king then it's either just Knight to e3 Mate or if Black covers with their Bishop you have to dance around knight to f5 giving you options for e3 / g3 and Black can't cover both

@@user-ch2kt8mz4b good excuse for not being prepared for class the next day. Once I got a bug in my eye...still there, but no longer an excuse.

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Yes

There's a separate channel for that

Give him time man he's been in the hospital, my boy Nelson needs to be okay before anything else

@@BL-vs4cdso true

Thanks

Okay

Another small detail, that makes the position slightly less perfect (but still insanely impressive), is the fact on the 4th move white can play either 4.Be5 or 4.Bf6 - which are both equally winning with the same idea.

Another important detail is that the Knight on e4, also guards the Bishop on f2, ridiculous puzzle.

Thanks.

after 1.Bd4 Bd2 2.Bf2 Bc1 white cannot win. this puzzle is flawed.

@@Bhadrudu You play Nc3 - e4 threatening two mates in one. The only way to stop both is to play ...Bf4 thereafter you simply capture the bishop on f4 with your king. The bishop on f2 is now gaurded by the Knight on e4.

It's on a different channel u know right

@@waicheng1227 And when did they last upload?

@@mohamedayaan2220 1 Month ago it stopped in episode 39

​@@mohamedayaan2220The channel is called chess adventures and they uploaded 1 month ago

Yes

same here

He has a second chanel for the chess adventures

1. Bf2 Bd2 2. Nb2 Be1 3. Be3 Bf2 and White has nothing.

Black plays bishop e1 and then it’s a draw

@@Connor-tw3uu 1. Bf2 Be1 2. Ne3#

Looks like a checkmate though? Bf2, Be1, Ne3?

Bf2, Bd2. White can't go Ne3 due to black bishop

Hehe yes that’s why I couldn’t demonstrate it against my friends. They wouldn’t know bishop+knight is a forced mate and I wouldn’t be able to prove it.😂

I thought the same but black bishop to d2 will kill the idea and white has no mate solutions

Blacks Bishop to d2 stops it.

I still need an explain why Black wouldn’t play Bd2. I think it’s may be draw.

I've just checked the endgame database. The way to win after Bd2 is Bf2, trapping the King, end after the Black's Bishop moves, either immediate checkmate on e3 or reroute White's Knight d1-c3-e4 threatening checkmates on d2 and g3, forcing Black to lose his Bishop on f4.

Then Bf2 Bf4 Nc3 Bd2 Ne4 Bf4 (only square, where the bishop stops both, Nd2# and Ng3#, but now the f2 bishop is defended ny the knight, so) Kxf4.

Bishop to d2 would stop the checkmate, and if you still gave a check with the knight, it'd lead to a draw

In that case, it's sufficient to move the knight in g4, controlling both e3, h2 and f2, the black bishop can't defend both e3 and h2 simoultaneously, if not the king can take it while the black king can't retake because the knight defends the bishop in f2. If the bishop defends the main black diagonal you can reach the checkmate aiming to e4 instead of g4 with the same result... Anyway you can reach the checkmate moving only the knight from the move 2

- "It's well-known that Knight+Bishop is a win." - "OK, prove it." - *Starts to sweat profusely*

yes it is...that's the whole point of a zz.....every move for black puts them in a worse position.

@@dagg310 It’s supposed to put black into a worse position, but black’s position is just as hopeless either way. Ergo no zugzwang.

I was thinking the same, but black can counter with bishop to d2

If Bd2 then white plays Bf2 trapping the king. Black needs to guard e3 so they have to release control of c3 and e1 (preventing bishop trade). Then Nc3 - e4 threatening checkmate from d2 and g3. Black can only guard these squares by Bf4 sacrificing bishop (note that Be1 loses to Ng3). White king can safely take bishop because white bishop is protected by knight. This was the my first thought before watching the video. Problem with playing Bf2 right away is that black can play Bd2 and white is in zugzwang.

Black's last move could have been BxQc3. All White-to-win puzzles imply that Black had made a mistake at some point in the past.

Nvm they just move bishop to square knight will check and you lose

Well I never saw in my minds eye all those disvered checks. I just said black cant go right because bishop controls the square. Was I blind. Anyhow, my solution still looks correct even though you came up with with different solutions. My solution focusing on mate, while yours focusing on discovered checks to win the bishop. The problem now is the one position I didn't analyze. After 1. Bb6 Be1 what now? Well... 2. Ne3+ Kg1 3. Ng2+ Kf1 4. Ba7 (Any bishop move along the diagonal to waste a move. except maybe e3) 4...Ba5 5. Bd4 ( and now) 5... Be1 6. Bb5 ( and win like last time) 5... Bd8 6. Bf2 Bg5 7. Ne1 ( and search for a checking square)

Coz black bishop to d2 will kill all your ideas