This Looks Hopeless But White Wins!

Chess Mastery
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49 Video Views·Mar 22, 2026
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imagine white win this even black have two pawns but white can still win but
how can actually white like on earth can win this if you can solve this puzzle
yourself with white pause the video and try to find the best move and the best
variation okay as you can see like black have two pawns and have a queen and he
also threatening like some checks or maybe a checkmate so white have to do
something really fast or back will black will come back from the situation so I
don't see like any move for white to do here instead of only one move because if
you didn't do this move black will start doing check and either draw or check
Matthew so the only move for white here and most obvious is Queen d7 check now
black if black just played this pawn to b5 he will be checkmated
do you know how just a player Queen to d1 check black is forced to play his
Queen here and that's a checkmate right away but black will not move his pawn
black must cover with his Queen it is not over if you did the wrong move then
black may come back so what is the next move you have Queen check from d1 but
using Queen d1 is a right move black will just play his King to b4 and right
now you may think that's a checkmate but right now black just run with his King
he have two pawns and the Queen and he may win in this situation so you can't
play Queen d1 here so the best move you will play Queen check from d4 okay he
must cover with his Queen and right now it really depends on what is your move
how you are going to win this or you may let black draw or try to win you here if
you try to do a check again you are just doing repetition check so it will not
help you right here if you did check from d1 I told you he will just run with
his King and you give black a chance to try to win or a draw so what you
actually can do here with white
can you figure the move white have only one move and the move is
you play your Queen to d3 that's the only move winning move for white and it
is a key move in this puzzle okay but why this move this move
prevent black from doing any check to your King like he can't have any Queen
check like either from d2 or from Queen b3 so he must play different move
okay like try to tell me like what's actually his best move if you played his
Queen here you checkmate him from a3 if he played his Queen far away try to
check you from a different distance the problem his Queen was defending Queen b3
check so the issue for black as a ratio that you have to checkmate from b3 or a3
if he removed his Queen away if he moved it right here he is still
protecting a3 but you checkmate him from b3 so he can't actually move his
Queen and he can't move his King to b5 so his only move is to play b5
okay how do you win now Queen d1 is right move right now okay but why what's
the difference last time he could move his King to b5 but because he played b5
he is forced to play his Queen to b3 and you take the Queen and it is a
checkmate if you enjoyed this puzzle like the video and subscribe and thank
you for watching
