Watch out for stalemates!

شكرا🎉❤

This took me ages, it started to seem impossible. What a great puzzle, thank you!

Nice - found it easily but it is still nice

That one really had me stumped

Trial and error worked for me. Thanks!

Pfffff this was brilliant

Got it! First time in under 20 seconds! Probably never happen again! Cheers!

Second puzzle I've solved. I think I'm getting better at it :-)

Very sneaky, and it took me several minutes to 'think outside the box' and realise what the correct move had to be. 👍👍👍

Found the first move on the "it's a sacrifice" principle, but couldn't find the follow-up.

Found it today! The first move i saw immediately but did not see how to checkmate from there until I had exhausted all other lines.

Not difficult, but cool

I'm happy to report that I didn't see and then discount the winning move, like usual. Instead I didn't get it at all. Nice puzzle.

Never saw it coming !

I would try a waiting move by the king tomavoid a stalemate:
1. Kg6 forces KxRg4
2. h3++
Whereas
1. Kh6 doesn't work because it opens the escape field f5.
1. Kh5 is stalemate.
1. Kxh4 Kg2 gives no checkmate in two.

First time I was able to solve one of these!!!

I was like "How the heck can you possibly..... ahaha, you slippery devil!

Very impressive. Didn't find it.

Nice puzzle but can you explain how this position may have been reached?

Looked at all the moves given, except king to g6, then gave up. ☹ Kind of knew it would be a non-obvious solution, but still couldn't spot it.

its a simple but beautiful puzzle :)

Got it!

Got this one🔥🔥🔥

Got it after some trial and error.

Excellent 2 mover, I loved the thought process to play this accurately. Thank you very much for sharing

I got castle fever 😂

I found the first move, but not the second. Thank you.

Before watching video: Believe the only move is the amazing 1. Kg6!! This forces 1… Kxg4 and then 2. h3# 😀

Very nice.
1.Kg6

Found it by trial and error on Stockfish. Many thanks again for posting.

I solved it! Cool one!! 😀

I didn’t get it out. In the end I had to admit defeat, which in turn made your ‘reveal’ most enjoyable. Many thanks.

ESPETACULAR!

Easy. Black has no moves. Which figure must white sacrifice, and how? The rock on h1 can't be sacrificed. The sacrifice of then pawn on h2 leads to nothing. The moving the rock on g4 leads to nothing. You have to move the King to sacrifice the rock. And then it's obvious why the three black pawns are placed on their fields. They have to block the fields for the black king.

I found that very hard, but couldn't give up on a two-move. Great puzzle, thanks

Thanks for warning me to "Watch for stalemates" in a position where black so obviously has no legal move, were it black's turn.

I think almost everybody thinks of Rg3, only to see that it is not the solution. I wonder if a strong player can see Kg6 at once.

Noice!

Found this one! 🙂

Got this one! In under a minute. Feeling good... 😊

You said that this is the only move that wins in 5 moves or less. I didn’t find this 2 move winner but have a winner in 3 moves.
R h1 > f1
K h3>h2 (takes pawn)
R f1>g1 protected by other rook
K h2>h3 only legal move for black
R g4>h4 checkmate!
You provide great puzzles! Thank you!

Found it, Rg3!

Well got than one. 😊 At last.

Took me a bit of time because I had one piece in the wrong place! (I lay it out on a simple chessboard rather than look at a screen). Quite simple but elegant, limit black to one move only.

This one is hilarious ! Thanks for posting.

Ceci n'est pas à proprement parler un problème d'échecs mais une simple distraction , comment en effet pouvoir expliquer la venue du Roi noir sur la case h3 , le raisonement qu'on désigne sous le nom d'analyse rétrograde comme le demande en Anglais un commentateur, alors là bravo si quelqu'un arrive à en faire la démonstration ! Qu'importe il s'agit ici d'une devinette
le cadeau empoisonné : 1.Rg6 ! , Rxg4 - 2. ph3 Mat

Got it, but took too long 😞

👏👏👏

Brillian