2007 Christmas Puzzles

(1) Fabel,K - condit White to play and not win 1.c4+ Txc4 2.e4+ Txe4 3.Se7+ Txe7 4.Sc7+ Txc7 *

(2) Kluver, Fabel,H, K - + (losing game) 1947 Losing game: White to play and "win" (by forcing Black to capture his king) 1.Ke4 Dd8 2.Kd4! *

(3) Kling,H - [cond] 1849 White to mate in three – with his pawn! 1.Da2 [1.Dc8# ] 1...Ke8 2.Da8+ Kd7 3.e6# *

(4) Kling,J - [cond] 1849 White to play, mates in six, only moving his king. 1.Kf7+ d4 2.Kf8 dxc3 3.Ke8 Kg7 4.Ke7 Kh8 5.Kf6 c2 6.Kf7# *

(5) Wurzburg,Otto - cond 1919 Only the white king moves. Making only legal moves, how many does it take him to reach the square f4? 1.Ka4 -- 2.Ka5 -- 3.Ka6 -- 4.Kxa7 -- 5.Kb6 -- 6.Kc7 -- 7.Kd7 -- 8.Ke7 -- 9.Kf7 -- 10.Kg6 -- 11.Kf5 -- 12.Kg4 -- 13.Kg3 -- 14.Kf2 -- 15.Ke1 -- 16.Kd1 -- 17.Kxc1 -- 18.Kd1 -- 19.Ke1 -- 20.Kf2 -- 21.Kg3 -- 22.Kg4 -- 23.Kf5 -- 24.Kg6 -- 25.Kf7 -- 26.Ke7 -- 27.Kd7 -- 28.Kc7 -- 29.Kb6 -- 30.Ka5 -- 31.Ka4 -- 32.Ka3 -- 33.Ka2 -- 34.Kxa1 -- 35.Ka2 -- 36.Ka3 -- 37.Ka4 -- 38.Ka5 -- 39.Kb6 -- 40.Kc7 -- 41.Kd7 -- 42.Ke7 -- 43.Kf7 -- 44.Kg7 -- 45.Kxh8 -- 46.Kg8 -- 47.Kf7 -- 48.Ke7 -- 49.Kd7 -- 50.Kc7 -- 51.Kb8 -- 52.Kxa8 -- 53.Kb7 -- 54.Kc6 -- 55.Kd5 -- 56.Ke5 -- 57.Kf5 -- 58.Kg4 -- 59.Kg3 -- 60.Kg2 -- 61.Kxh1 -- 62.Kg2 -- 63.Kg3 -- 64.Kg4 -- 65.Kh5 -- 66.Kh6 -- 67.Kxh7 -- 68.Kg6 -- 69.Kxg5 -- 70.Kf4 *

(6) Loyd,Sam - constr [A00] 1866 Shortest discovered mate. 1.f3 e5 2.Kf2 h5 3.Kg3 h4+ 4.Kg4 d5# *

(7) Loyd,Sam - constr [A02] 1866 Play three moves that allow Black to force perpetual check. 1.f4 e5 2.Kf2 Df6 3.Kg3 Dxf4+ 4.Kh3 Dh6+ 5.Kg3 [5.Kg4 Df4+ 6.Kh5 Dh6+ 7.Kg4 ] 5...Df4+ 6.Kh3 *

(8) Loyd,Sam - constr [A30] 1866 Black must reflect White's moves. Quickest mates. 1.c4 [1.d4 d5 2.Dd3 Dd6 3.Df5 (3.Dh3 Dh6 4.Dxc8# ) 3...Df4 4.Dxc8# ] 1...c5 2.Da4 Da5 3.Dc6 Dc3 4.Dxc8# *