Chess Grandmasters Make Viral Puzzles Look EASY!

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Oh wow.
Thank god I'm a chess player.
Are we sure the bishop is on d1 and not a4?
Yeah, it's on d1.
Okay.
But I'm just curious as to where this opening came from.
White has lost the rook and...
Oh, white is actually just down on exchange. Okay.
Are we sure the bishop is on d1 and not a4?
Yeah, it's on d1.
Okay, yeah.
With the bishop on a4 there's a different mate, yeah.
Like I was thinking...
Because it's actually like more...
It's nicer, yeah?
Yeah.
If it's like this.
And knight takes g5.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
But with the bishop on d1 then queen f6.
So queen takes f6.
Black can capture it in two ways or go back.
Back is just mate in one.
Knight takes d6 with the pin.
Bishop takes f6, also mate in one, same way.
Bishop covers f8, rook on the e-file.
And so the most tenacious is knight takes f6.
Knight fg5.
Leaves only one move for the king to go.
To e8.
And then knight takes f6 with a pin.
The knight also covers d7.
Knight covers f7 and bishop f8.
And nowhere to go.
Amazing.
If you just ask me for the best move,
then it would be a lot more difficult.
And this is white to move, yeah?
So white to move and win.
It's mate in one, yeah?
Yeah.
Okay, let me think.
Actually, I think it's quite hard.
Because now I don't have any clue about it.
It's quite a tricky position, yeah?
Yeah.
Queen to g3.
Correct. Very good move.
Are you sure this is mate in one?
Ah! Now I got it.
Queen g3.
Queen g3, yeah.
Lovely.
Yeah.
Thank God I'm a chess player.
I saw that.
Yeah.
So many pins, yeah?
So many pins.
It's a normal, yeah, puzzle.
We don't have some funny Turkish things.
No, it's a normal puzzle.
Yeah, I was thinking, like, first e8.
If it's a puzzle, some moves like with the king
are usually not working.
The problem is that if you promote
to a queen or to a rook,
it's a stalemate.
So we have to go
very likely with some underpromotion.
After knight, king e8,
and if promote queens,
you just move.
I have to put something and then to cover.
So one of the ideas is
to put, for example, a8
to go with the bishop
and then to promote to a queen.
Yeah, but if I do that,
for example, if black plays king f8,
then it works because I promote
to a queen or to a rook.
King f7, bishop d5 will come with a checkmate.
But in case of king e8,
it's also the mate because I go here
and then no matter if black goes here or here,
queen will come with a checkmate.
Correct.
a8 to knight.
Well, thanks.
Like, king e8, king e6,
and promote queen is winning.
Doesn't matter if it's a bishop.
Yeah, yeah.
Then just queen is winning, yeah.
Perfect. Well done.
