I didn't get much further than n d4

What about starting K-f7, if N-d6, BxN, if N-d8, K-f1 and black has no checks left, so best move for black is Q-e5 (anything else allows B-f6 mate), then white follows with K-e7, and again, black has no checks that don't lose the queen, and the threat of B-f6 is rock solid.

I like so much your videos. It would be woderful (and respectful) to name the creators of the studies. Thank you

V good

Yes. It is a great study, which already I knew. If I remember me correctly this chess study had also solved Bobby Fischer.

4:23 King e3 to block whites King but more interesting is 4:41 were we move black King to e3 and put white into zugzwang to move the King to an unwanted position. A great cat and mouse game and a lot of options to do it wrong for both sides :)

if black promotes to a knight at (edit 4:55 ) its a fork and he can take the white queen and force a draw.

I love this puzzle, good one.

I don't see why promoting to a knight is a waste of time. It's with check and is a fork on the queen. It would be a draw.

The first move was quite easy to find but the move of the Queen and the King to bring it home are really original!

A rather easy one, but nice and valuable for real endgames!

What about queen to B6?

What's wrong with Kc4?

I like the triple pin example, every newbie should see how this works.

great study. surprising variations and consequences. Nice!

Mr. Strategy, this was quite interesting. For the longest time all I could see was a mate in 3 Qd4xQd6 Bg3 x Qd4, Rd2 x Bd6 Pe7 x Rd6, Pe7 checkmate. But then it finally dawned on me that black's Pawn at e7 is the lynch pin. So Qf6 to take the Pawn ( Knight and Rook are pinned) is the move (P.S. I'm new to chess so please forgive my naivete)

Very easy lol qf6 is a cool move

1 found it in seconds. The rook motive 1.Ra1+ is often repeated in chess studies. I saw the initial position and immediatly knew the solution. A queen, or king on the corner is always placed worst.

I saw the solution in 2 seconds. Not in 3 seconds, or 4. Only in 2. I knew the mate of one knight already for long time and tried often to make a study with this nice position.

This position was easier to solve than I expected, but I was still super happy to get it! It's always a delight to find a move like Qf6!! here and have it be correct. 😄

Excellent puzzle, You are just brilliant because I found the move within a minute, all credit goes to you. You bring the best puzzles. Thank you very much and God bless you.

Solved

WOW, I finally solved a puzzle of your's before you revealing the solution. I'll admit, it's a lot easier of a puzzle to figure out considering the starting position, white had such few options to prevent the mate, I knew a sacrifice was bound to be the answer. Now if I can only get a second one!

Fantastic. Always learn new technique to mat.

Yeah, got it, I think, in about five minutes. Nice puzzle, I like two-movers.

Qf6.

Interestingly if black plays Qd7 (as shown in the video at the end), it still doesn't prevent Qxe7 checkmate (in the video Rxd7# was shown)

“Quick little two-mover puzzle “ You tease.

Solved😊

What a beautiful ending! Thank you! Amazing!

what about Qb6 (then whatever black does), Q x rook

Very nice, and not too hard for early in the morning!

What about Queen to A7?

Not sure if it is making me a better player, but am getting good at these "almost" Zugzwang type of puzzles. Solved this one in less than a minute.

And Qh8 fails to be5.

You are jus brilliant as always. Thank you very much. Excellent puzzle.

Great

B4 easy

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Those dreadful knights again ( as usual ) , but a fine ending

Instructiv study. The utilisation of the space is optimal. I don't see any weaknesses in the study. Congratulation to Rolf Knobel. Is he born 1963?

What a beatiful dance to give check on the h file!

Another excellent puzzle

How does opening with Qe1 threatening Kf3# play out?

Difficult checkmate!

After 1 Kf7 Nd8, 2 Kf8! and black has no easy way to stop white from checkmate with 3 Bf6# The black knight now blocks any check on the 8th rank, and 2 … Qf5+? loses to 3 Bxf5 exf5, 4 Rg1 and white has a win with a bishop and a rook vs. a knight and two pawns (soon to be one pawn!) The knight is just too far away from the action. Also, the black pawn on f6 prevents black from getting a free tempo with 2 … Nf6+. Of course, the rook covers 2 … Qa1 as well, AND stays on the 1st rank, guarding g1. Finally, 2 … Nc6 and 2 … f5 are too slow, white still mates on the next move.

I found the first move but not the rest 😂

9:56 White still could have gone wrong with Nf3+? because of Qxf3! Qxf3 stalemate.

8.40 why not Qh6?

Hm, isn’t there a mate in 1, knight f3?