Original Fairy problems
JF-2021-I:
01.01.2021 - 30.06.2021
No. 1580 Ľuboš Kekely
Slovakia
original - 22.01.2021
white Kb4 Pd5
black Pe4 Kh3 Bg4 Qg6
h#4 2 solutions 2+4
Transmuted Kings
Transmuted Kings
Solution: (click to show/hide)
Fairy condition neatly used to force underpromotion. Wish a rook promotion was forced instead of a second bishop ! I dont give much importance to model mates in fairy chess. But is the first solution a model mate? 🙂
Obviously not: f7 is guarded twice.