The Award of Christmas Blitz-Tourney JF-2012!

the-Award-in-postDear Friends,

I’m very-very happy to present you a preliminary Award of The Christmas Blitz-Tourney JF-2012! It was prepared in a very short term, and I’m sorry if there’re any mistakes! A term of 10 days is given for possible remarks or objections, and after this term the results will be announced as final results.

Congratulations to the Prize Winners!! Thanks a lot to all of you, my dear participants!

And a Happy New Year to everybody!!! – Julia


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Updates as of 29-31.Dec, 2012:

I guess, these are the last problems I have a pleasure to publish this year.. Thanks a lot to all authors for sending their problems during this year! Thanks to all commentators! – you make this site interesting and educational! I wish a Happy New Year to all of you and I’ll be happy to see you here again in 2013! –Julia

  • (31.12) And the very last problem published in 2012 – a complicated mix of two conditions – Anti Take&Make and Take&Make – by Diyan Kostadinov in No.213! Hm… number 213 just before the year 2013! Funny!
  • (31.12) I like the idea of Themis Argirakopoulos to send a greeting problem to the Award of the Christmas Blitz! See a nice Christmas tree in No.212! But I can add that together with the judge we’re working under the Award. It is almost ready and will be presented tomorrow during the day time!
  • (30.12) For this problem Peter Harris even gives some hints to the solvers! Does it mean that No.211 is even more complicated then all Peter’s problems I’ve published before?!!
  • (29.12) An excellent Take & Make play is presented in a problem No.210 by Pierre Tritten!
  • (29.12) See a long play of Chameleon pawns in a problem No.209 by János Mikitovics !

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list.

I’d like to ask you – if you see anything incorrect in this list, or some problems (or published versions of them) are not included – please let me know! Sometimes I add there new problems with some delay, but before the last record all the other should exist. Thank you!!


Participants – Christmas Blitz 2012

christmas-bellsDear Friends,

I’m happy to show you a list of participants of my Christmas Blitz 2012! For those, who participates – please check again if everything is correct about you! I hope so!

Download (PDF, 1.91MB)

There’s also my name in the list. I know, I shouldn’t participate as an organizer, but I’m just the 2nd author in a joint problem, where the main author who submitted it has used some motives from my already published problem (feenschash, #10539). So, this problem was allowed to participate by the judge.

The Award will be ready in few days!

Thanks again to all of you! And have a Happy New Year holidays!!


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Updates as of 26-28.Dec, 2012:

  • (27.12) A new issue of FairingsFairings 29 – by Chris Feather is added to the Articles page. And one more pearl by Chris I’m happy to publish here – see  No.208 !
  • (27.12) See a nice miniature with 2 e.p. by János Mikitovics – No.207 !
  • (27.12) Peter Harris is unusual as always! – see his problem with a special dedication – No.206 !
  • (26.12) A modification of problem No.202 by Gani Ganapathi  is added – see a joint problem by Gani Ganapathi & K.Seetharaman – No.202.1 ! – 3 solutions, 3 promotions.

Thanks a lot to the authors!

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list.

I’d like to ask you – if you see anything incorrect in this list, or some problems (or published versions of them) are not included – please let me know! Sometimes I add there new problems with some delay, but before the last record all the other should exist. Thank you!!


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Updates as of 25.Dec, 2012:

On Christmas I’ve got several original problems I’m happy to show you today! Thanks a lot to the authors!!

  • (24.12) A version of problem No.39 by Peter Harris shown in the comments by Nikola Predrag, is added to original problems. I believe that most of you have seen No.39.1 but you’re welcome to look again! Author is very interested in your comments and judge’s comments later.
  • (24.12) A very unusual stipulation shows in his problem No.205 Dmitri Turevski! I’d like to mention that yesterday Dmitri has became a father! Congratulations!!!
  • (24.12) I’m very happy to welcome on the site a famous German composer and also editor of fairy section of Die Schwalbe – Arnold Beine! See an active trio of neutral pawns in No.204 !
  • (24.12) See super-active Kings in a problem by János MikitovicsNo.203 !

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list. (the last 10 problems are not added yet, but will be soon!!)


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Updates as of 23.Dec, 2012:

  • (23.12) See a nice problem by Gani Ganapathi and help author with his question about twins – No.202 !
  • (23.12) I’m happy to show you a beautiful problem by Peter Harris, which is number 1 after 200 – No.201 ! I believe that it is thanks to Peter that I have 200 problems on the Christmas Eve!!
  • (23.12) And this is happened! – Problem No.200 ! I’m very happy to have it on the Christmas Eve, and even more happy to give this number to the one who helps me so much – to Petko A. Petkov! Thank you, thank you so much!!
  • (23.12) Please see a very long trip by Gnu in the problem No.199 by Sébastien Luce! Thank you, Sébastien

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list. 

I wish you a Merry Christmas!!!


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Updates as of 18-22.Dec, 2012:

  • (22.12) Welcome, welcome to Ján Golha, Slovakia! Ján is not only a well known Slovakian composer, but also an editor of very popular website! So, I’m very happy to be able to publish his problem! See Miniature-Aristocrat – No.198 !
  • (22.12) Peter Harris often surprises me with his ideas, but these 3 problems are even more unusual! See No.195, 196, 197 ! Thank you, Peter
  • (21.12) It’s always nice to get problems from our active commentators! Please see No.194 by Paul Răican! Thank you, Paul, for your activity! 
  • (20.12) Happy to show you a joint problem by two authors – Alain BIÉNABE & Sébastien LUCE, No.193 – and to welcome a new author – Sébastien LUCE, France! Thanks to the authors!! 
  • (19.12) And now I have no doubts we’ll have 200 problems by the end of year! – I’ve a pleasure to present you 4(!!) problems by Peter Harris – all different, all complicated! See them all – No.189,190,191,192! Thank you for support, Peter!!
  • (18.12) I’ve a pleasure to show you a joint problem by two Hungarian authors – see No.188 by Tibor Érsek & János Mikitovics! This problem is also quite complicated! Thanks a lot to the authors!
  • (18.12) See a complicated (as always!) problem by Peter Harris – No.187! Thank you, Peter, for coming again and again with your new problems, and for your support! I have to count who from us has more problems here – either Peter or myself! 🙂 

(18.12) Will  we have 200 problems here by the end of year??

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list. 

Your original problems are very welcome!!


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Give mate with a neutral piece!

Rules: H#2 problem, where mate is given after the last move of neutral piece! Number of neutral pieces on the board is unlimited, although it is desirable for them to be not only technical units, but figures connected to the theme of the problem. All fairy pieces programmed in Popeye, WinChloe or Alybadix are allowed. Fairy conditions are not allowed. Not allowed are also pieces with special additional functions, as “kamikaze”, “paralyzing”, etc. Computer tested problems only! Please mention the program used for testing!

See the schemes and examples of the problems!

Judge: IGM Petko A. Petkov – International Judge of FIDE. Thanks a lot to Mr.Petkov who has agreed to judge one more tourney and in so short term!

Term: 10 days! Please send your problems till December, 27th, 24:00 by e-mail only to Julia, julia@juliasfairies.com

The Award will be published on Julia’s Fairies website on December, 31st, 2012.
I believe, it will beautify the site for the New Year’s celebration! 

Chocolates on the picture are your prizes! I believe you’ll find some associations with neutral pieces! 🙂

Welcome to participate and have fun with these problems!


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Updates as of 13-15.Dec, 2012:

  • (16.12) I’m impressed by those, who can come back to their old problems to improve them! See an improved version of the problem published in October – No.153.1, Nikola Predrag! Also, today is Nikola‘s birthday! Congratulations, dear author and commentator!!!
  • (15.12) Warm welcome to new author on the site – Stephan Dietrich, Germany! – see nice Aristocrat-miniature – No.186!

  • (15.12) Please see an improved version of the problem published yet in August! – a complicated complex by Semion ShifrinNo.108.1!
  • (14.12) Dear friends, on the night I’ve done an update of most of software I use for this website – from the platform till small plugins. I’d be grateful to you if you report me if something works wrong! Thanks for your patience!
  • (13.12) As I’ve promised, PDF-version of the Award of Julia’sFairies 1st T.T HSP-2012 for download or print is added! Please let me know if there’re any mistakes! Thanks!
  • (13.12) Do you remember an “Illegal cluster” by Seetharaman Kalyan? Solving time is over and now you can see on the same page the results I’ve got from the author!  See update as of 13.12.2012 on the page with problem No.166 ! 

You can click on the Original Problems tab on the top to see the whole list of published problems. Problem numbers are links to the problems – click on any number to see the problem. Standard search using Ctrl+F also works for the list. 

Your original problems are very welcome!!