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No.451 (KM)

No.451 
Karol Mlynka (Slovakia)

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No.451 by Karol Mlynka – A paradoxical two-men selfmate! (JV)


Definitions:

Pressburger King (Super Transmuting King): King which definitively takes up the nature of the checking piece (and thus loses his royal status).

Royal piece: Piece that executes a function of the King on the board.


No.451 Karol Mlynka
Slovakia
original-08.12.2013
 
451-s#4-km
s#4               b) rPc6→f6             (1+1)
Royal c6
Pressburger King h5
 
 
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seetharaman
seetharaman
December 9, 2013 19:39

On being checked by the pawn, king loses its royal powers. So how can there be a mate? Mate is all about royalty, is it not ? 🙂

shankar ram
shankar ram
December 9, 2013 20:01

Yes.. I think the phrase “..loses his royal status..” in the definition is a bit unclear..
It would be interesting, if it REALLY became a “non-king”.. AND some other piece of the same colour got upgraded to royal status..

Nikola Predrag
Nikola Predrag
December 9, 2013 23:24

Perhaps “On being checked by the ROYAL pawn”, King definitively takes up the ROYAL nature of the checking piece 🙂

Georgy Evseev
Georgy Evseev
December 10, 2013 09:09
Reply to  Nikola Predrag

There is quite a number of hidden non-obvious rules in Pressburger King (that is why I do not like it).

In fact it immediately gains the checking piece movement power, has to defend against check by moving away, and after this movement loses royal status.

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