[Retros] Two brain teasers from Stuttgarter Zeitung

Jens Guballa jens at guballa.de
Sun Dec 22 12:41:38 EST 2019


Dear retro-friends,

Two Christmas brain-teasers (originals) have been published in Harald
Keilhack's chess column of the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung:

1. Jens Guballa
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[2R5/1b6/1q1P4/4k1K1/2P5/8/3P1Q2/8] (6+3)
White retracts a move and checkmates with another move.

2. Werner Keym
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[7B/P1P5/3R3N/2PPp3/8/QPNP4/3P3P/4K2R](15+1+1)
Add the black king and checkmate in one move.

Always check if multiple solutions exist.

The solutions will be published at 11th of January.

All the best and happy Christmas!
Jens
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