Karl Fabel, Weltspiegel, 1946

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White adds a pawn and mates in 2

Arisktotle

When you know why the wK is on e2, then you know the answer!

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Arisktotle wrote:

When you know why the wK is on e2, then you know the answer!

Absolutely right. It is a simple puzzle but at the same time fun to solve 

Arisktotle

Arisktotle. Fabelspiegel, 2019:

 

chess00pawn
Arisktotle wrote:

Arisktotle. Fabelspiegel, 2019:

 

This is not accurate. You can add a pawn on h7 and mate in 1

Arisktotle
rafidasfar wrote:
Arisktotle wrote:

Arisktotle. Fabelspiegel, 2019:

 

This is not accurate. You can add a pawn on h7 and mate in 1

No, you can not! In fact, the fastest mate then is in 5 moves!

Arisktotle
JSM-35 wrote:

Great! But I would change the puzzle task to: checkmate in the least number of moves.

Thanks for your analysis and advice! I tried to stay close to the stipulation of the original Fabel puzzle, but your version is definitely better in the standalone puzzle presentation.