[Retros] Christmas Puzzles of Stuttgarter Zeitung

[Jens Guballa]

Hi all,

just in case there are problems with the graphics: Here are the 
positions in pure ASCII.

Puzzle 1:

Bernd Schwarzkopf

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| P |   | k |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| P |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| R |   |   |   |   | R | K |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

[8/8/8/8/8/P1k5/P7/R4RK1]

White retracts a move and checkmates in three moves instead. (5+1)


Puzzle 2:

Werner Keym, Stuttgarter Zeitung 2005

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   | R |   |   |   | B |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   | p |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   | k | P |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | B |   |   |   |   |   | K |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

[3R3B/3p4/4kP2/8/8/8/8/1B5K]

White retracts a move and checkmates in two moves instead. (5+2)
a) diagram
b) Bh8 -> f8


Puzzle 3:

Jens Guballa

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | r | B | B |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | n |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | k | P |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | p | p |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | P |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | K | R |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

[1rBB4/1n6/2kP4/1pp5/2P5/8/8/2KR4]

White retracts a move and checkmates in one move instead. (6+5)

Best regards,
Jens