sheepwshotguns Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - poor black... why must that knight be so useless?

Yonnu1992 Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - Nice video ;-)

GenericPurpleTurtle Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - Where are you from I can't pin down your accent?

isayoldchap1 Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - Originally from England. Moved to USA after marrying an American lady about 9 years ago. Thanks for watching.

isayoldchap1 Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - Is that a rhetorical question? lol. I would say that a misplaced piece is an important characteristic of a position. It is easy to imagine a square from which the knight, if repositioned, would be able to prevent white from conducting this brutal attack on black's position. As an exercise, it might be useful to figure out where we would reposition the knight if we were given the opportunity. Thanks again for watching.

GenericPurpleTurtle Says:

Feb 11, 2010 - Where from in England though?

isayoldchap1 Says:

Feb 11, 2010 - South Durham/North Yorks area.

isayoldchap1 Says:

Feb 11, 2010 - Hey thanks. Glad you enjoyed it and hope you visit again sometime.

isayoldchap1 Says:

Feb 11, 2010 - Exactly! There's a couple of different wins after Qd8, but that's the most direct. Mate in 3. Thanks for watching.

MrContrapunctus Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - Awesome video! I saw the same sequence that you saw at first, but wondered why the rook on g1 wasnt doing anything... Theyou gave the hint and I was lik DAYUM! anywayz nice work.

robinabram Says:

Feb 25, 2010 - What if after Rg4, Queen goes to f6, what then, i don't see it.

nblfyb Says:

Mar 6, 2010 - Beautiful sequence indeed. I loved that one. Benson and Tonic myspace/bensonandtonicproductions

whoslayedgoliath Says:

Jun 5, 2010 - wow, i actually got this one and my train of though was the same as yours: finding Qe8 doesnt work before looking at Rxg4

isayoldchap1 Says:

Jun 5, 2010 - Sweet! This kind of exercises can do a lot for your game. A lot of people think that chess mastery is all about talent, but that is far from the truth. The strongest players work really hard at their game and put forth a lot of effort at the board. You see at it tournaments - the unrated players always finish first and the expert and above finish last. Thanks for watching!

chickenbrad Says:

Oct 13, 2010 - Double deflection :)

YtubeUserr Says:

Feb 6, 2011 - Where is Calculation Training 8?

Doirse1 Says:

May 7, 2011 - @robinabram ...Qf6 seems to prevent the mating line but white still wins I think with 1. Qe8+ Rf8 2. Bh7+ Kh8 3. Bg6+ Kg8 4. Rgh4 and the best defense I see for black is Rxg6 opening up the diagonal for the black Q to cover h8.  Then white can exchange his rooks for the black Q on h8, and grab the black R on f8 and soon the hanging black knight. So I think Qf6 refutes the mating line but still wins for white. Anyone else see a forced mate for white after Qf6?

canaanballard Says:

Oct 31, 2011 - @isayoldchap1 Your videos are a delight. Thank you for the time you put into making them.

egoios Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - yes I thought similar as you in this position : 1.Rxg4 Qf6 2. Qxf6 Rxf6 3.Rxg7 Kxg7 (he is forced because otherwise he is a rook down) and then the key is 4. Rh7 Kg8 (doesn't matter) and 5. Rxb7 and now he is up a piece there isn't a mate but with the knight up this should be a easy win ;) I thought you don't know what to do after Qf6 and I have read your whole commentary first after i had written this but i don't think there is a chance to mate immediately after Qf6. have fun ;)

egoios Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - and i saw this combination ! :-D

isayoldchap1 Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - Thank you very much for your kind remarks. I have a lot going in my life right now, but hope to be able to make some more in the future. It is the good people of the community like yourself that make it all worthwhile. We can all learn from one another. Thanks for participating and leaving feedback.

isayoldchap1 Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - Nice work! There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in solving these problems that is unique to chess I think. Go problems can be very rewarding too, but there is something about the geometry of chess that is very pleasing. Thanks for leaving feedback.

SuperVineet666 Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - when will your next video come?....i enjoyed and learned from all of your videos that you uploaded. and a question here- if it was black's turn instead of white are there any chances of draw...or black wins..after g3+ followed by a series of checks as i can see.

TheMiwaro Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - really good stuff here....although I do believe other combinations could work