Karl Fabel

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Karl Fabel (born October 20, 1905 in Hamburg , † March 3, 1975 in Pischertshofen ) was a German chess composer and author.

Fabel studied law and chemistry, and earned a doctorate in chemistry. He initially worked as a patent judge, and later he was Senate President of the German Patent Office in Munich .

Chess composition

Fabel dealt with chess composition and composed about 1250 chess problems, including miniatures, retro problems and lengthy mattes. Many of his problems were recorded on the FIDE albums . He was also interested in problems from the field of “chess and mathematics”. Fabel wasn't a tournament player.

He was involved as a functionary in the Schwalbe Association . FIDE appointed him International Chess Composition Referee in 1964 and International Chess Composition Master in 1967 .

Two examples

Checkmate in 182 moves

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Checkmate in 182 moves

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In the above position it is White's turn.

Black is in a bind. If it is his move, he cannot move silently with any piece on the kingside without being mated immediately after two moves at the latest. In order not to be mated straight away, he can only make pawn moves, make waiting moves with the black- squared bishop or, if possible, bid check. With king maneuvers that do not allow his opponent to check, White can force Black to move , so that Black can no longer wait with the bishop without losing a bishop. So Black has to use up all of his pawn moves. If Black captures the g3 pawn, the knight strikes back with a check bid. If the black king then moves to g1, the knight hops back to e2, whereupon the black king must move back to h1. If the white king is on c8 and Black has lost all kingside pawns, he must, if he wants to delay checkmate as long as possible, sacrifice his stand-by bishop on b8 and then move a piece on the kingside. He is then checkmated after two moves.

Let M 17 (or M 19 ) be the maneuver Kd8 – e7- (f8 – g7) -f6 – e5 – d4 – c3 – b4 – a4 – a3 – b4 – c3 – d4 – e5 – f6 – e7 – d8– c8 and m 11 the maneuver Kd8 – e7 – f8 – g7 – h8 – h7 – g7 – f8 – e7 – d8 – c8.
The following two variants are available for black.

1st variant (164 moves): M 19 , g5; M 17 , h6; M 17 , h5; M 17 , h4; M 17 , hxg; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , g3; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , g4; M 17 , g3; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , Lb; KxL, Lf3; TxS, Kg2; Ne3

2nd variant (182 moves): M 19 , h6 (whereby Black doesn't let his g7 pawn stand during White's maneuver, i.e. Kd8, Lb; Ke7, g5; Kf8, g6; ...); m 11 , h5; m 11 , h4; m 11 , gxh; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , g3; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , g4; M 17 , g3; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , g5; M 17 , g4; M 17 , g3; Sxg, Kg; Se2, Kh; M 17 , Lb; KxL, Lf3; TxS, Kg2; Ne3

Avoid mate

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Avoid mate

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In the above position it is White's turn. With which move is Black not immediately checkmated?

Solution: 1. Rc6 + Rxh7

Works

Fabel's publications often dealt with both chess problems and mathematical questions on the chessboard, such as the queens problem or knight hikes. What is the maximum number of moves that a game of chess can consist of, given the 50 move rule? Some books also go into the areas of chess entertainment and curiosities and are standard literature:

  • Cabaret , Franz Palatz, Wilhelm Massman, Karl Fabel, 1943, new edition 1963 with Werner Speckmann
  • On the edge of the chessboard , Karl Fabel, 1947
  • Something about chess problems , Karl Fabel, 1950
  • All about the chessboard - amusing and interesting things about chess , Karl Fabel, Walter De Gruyter & Co, Berlin, 1955
  • Curious chess , Karl Fabel, Walter-Rau-Verlag, 1960
  • Chess and numbers - entertaining chess mathematics, Eero Bonsdorff, Karl Fabel, Olavi Riihimaa, Walter Rau Verlag, Düsseldorf 1966
  • Chess without borders , C. E. Kemp , Karl Fabel, Walter Rau Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1969
  • Introduction to problem chess, Karl Fabel, Schachverlag Rudi Schmaus, Heidelberg 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International referees for chess compositions
  2. ↑ International masters for chess compositions
personal data
SURNAME Fable, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess composer and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1975
Place of death Pischertshofen