Can you come up with a game where a king is the piece that

makes the checkmating move?  The quickest solution takes 5 moves.

I'm terrible at making these types of puzzles.  Huge props for this. 

Great idea!

mate in 7

I am reminded of IM Day's celebrated win over Prins...

hahahahahahaha

very funny lol lol lol

Very interesting..

:) very funny hahahahaha

Ok, the first two examples are just silly. Who, other than Lenny Bongcloud, activates their King so early in the game? You will NEVER see either of those positions happen. 

 

Second, the title of this thread is Mate WITH the King, implying that the King is the piece administering checkmate, which it obviously cannot do. Moving the King to reveal a discovered mate is not the same thing. It is other pieces that are doing the mating, not the King. In order for the King to administer checkmate it has to be able to attack the other King directly which it cannot do without putting itself in check. The King can be instrumental in mate, yes, but it can never give checkmate directly. 

Whew... we were getting pretty crazy there for a second... thankfully order is now restored.

WOW, I've NEVER seen that before!!!

ADK

those are the best mates ever.  New thread "Mate by Castling"

Hm, Marshal--looks like you're not getting enough whimsy in your diet.  The title was deliberately tongue in cheek, so lighten up a bit, huh? (I think there's room enough in this town for the both of us, Sheriff).