The Troll’s Chess Puzzle – Episode 7

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Puzzle FEN:
3B4/q2pp3/p6r/ppN5/1Rp5/k1P5/P3PPPP/K7 w – – 0 1

Puzzle Details:
Bron, Vladimir, 1959

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Timestamps
0:00 – Story
1:41 – Chess Puzzle

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65 Comments

  1. "Even you have a queen, you can't win if your king isn't safe"

  2. i don't know why but i was expecting meme troll-face or a challenge to be a trolling, but it turned out that troll was trolled

  3. what about takiong that knight? youll prevent checkmate and if whyte takes that queen its stalmate

  4. If they play d5 first then they can move their queen quite freely. When I go into Practice With Computer, it says d6 is a mistake. Then, if D5 h4 (best sequence) then it becomes Qxe3 and its a win for white in about 40 moves.

  5. I think you should've covered what happens if black plays d5 immediately after h3. If you're not careful you get put in zugzwang yourself

  6. Very similar to Wotawa(idk how to spell it) study. Except black had a queen and pawn but white had only a bishop and 2 pawns.

  7. Keep them coming THICK and FAST.

    May I ask how many chapters to go?

  8. How am I always maximum 1 hour late for these videos?

  9. Yeah I think two important lines need to be addressed here. d5 immediately, and QxN. d5 immediately runs into h4, Qg6/h7, f3 and Black eventually gets zugzwanged. (The only thing white needs to care about is h6 can never happen, d5 just wastes a move.)

    QxN is more tricky. You absolutely need to address that WHITE KING IS NOT TRAPPED, Kb1 and c2 is possible. This puzzle gives us an impression that white king can't leave a1 and b1 which is not true.

  10. These chess puzzles make me feel so smart about myself ๐Ÿ™‚

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