APwin v2015 + Popeye

Apwin2015APwin is a Windows-front for Alybadix/Fairybadix and Popeye. 

After a tremendous work Paul H. Wiereyn (NL) has completed APwin v2015, which supports also the popular free chess problem solving program Popeye!

It is very easy to install when the instructions a/c are strictly followed and it includes a collection of 670,113 chess-problems! New (or old) problems can typed in very fast with a new option in the Popeye-part (fast input). Info about all pieces and conditions can be obtained with one click and each blue field gives info after one click. It also works together with Arena for solving Endgame studies (also in the collection) and a link to the internet is possible for solving 6 men problems. Duplicates can be found very fast etc.” (Paul H. Wiereyn, comment on JF)


The judge of JF-2015-II

OferComayI’m happy to announce the judge of informal tournament JF-2015/II – Ofer Comay – a problem composer of all genres, and a former world champion in chess solving. Ofer is also known for his theoretical contribution in end-game study theory and he is the author of one of the first chess problem solving program (CS) in the early 80’s.

In the last years Ofer is focused on fairies and helpmates. He is also involved in other projects – a co-founder of a software company and the author of the popular science book “Science or Fiction?” which, in short, tries to show to every science amateur that a central part of the standard model of particle physics is a bluff… Ofer has three children and two cute grandsons.

 Warm welcome to Ofer!

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You’re welcome to participate in the second informal tournament of this year – JF-2015/II, July-December!
Any fairy problem can participate, and I’m here for you to publish it faster. – Julia


Originals 28-300815

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28-30th of August, 2015

  • (30.08) No.879 – Karol Mlynka (+2; Ultra Schach Zwang; White Super-Transmuting King; PAO; Lion; Grasshopper). Lacny cycle 3×3 on the same square “h4″.
  • (30.08) No.869.1 – Kenneth Solja (h#2; Back-to-Back; Moose; Sparrow). This problem replaces No.869 and shows Back-to-Back alone with the same fairy neutral pieces.
  • (28.08) No.878Torsten Linß (s#7; Princess; Empress; Diagonal Helix Knight). Interesting twins with a change of exotic fairy pieces.

Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe’s graphics.


All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge of informal fairy tournament JF-2015(II) – not appointed yetThe judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016Thomas Brand.


WinChloe update – 08/2015

WinChloe-iconA new version of WinChloe, 3.32, released in August, 2015! See the readme with new conditions and themes programmed. Among new conditions there’s Disparate PY (white&black) discussed on JF.

The Echecs database is updated as of 12-Aug-2015; with number of problems 583365, among them 591 problems from Julia’sFairies. 

Thanks a lot to Christian Poisson and to those who fills in the database!


Originals 24-260815

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24-26th of August, 2015

  • (26.08) – The current list of problems for JF-2015-II is finally published thanks to Shankar Ram! I’m very grateful to Shankar for his work and also for the offer to update the problems database weekly! (I always had not time to update it regularly)
  • (25.08) No.825.1N.Shankar Ram (r#2). A revised version to No.825 – “position is now legal (and one piece lighter)” (Author). I hope, the judge, Kostas Prentos, will accept this version for JF-2015-I.
  • (25.08) No.876, 877Valerio Agostini. Two different problems: No.876 (h#2; Annan Chess) – a nice Annan four-man; No.877 (hs#3) – orthodox pieces in hs# of ANI-type.
  • (25.08) No.874, 875Peter HarrisOrphan‘s festival in two nice miniatures! No.874 (h#2.5; Sentinels; Andernach; Anti-Andernach; Orphan);
    No.875 (h#1.5; Super Circe; Andernach; Anti-Andernach; Royal Orphan).
  • (24.08) No.872, 873Vladimir Kozhakin (h#2; Einstein Chess). Two light Einstein-Merediths.
  • (24.08) No.871Rainer Kuhn & Franz Pachl (hs#3; Half-neutral Nightrider). Rich strategy with final moves by half-neutral piece, previously shown by Franz Pachl in the problems for the 1st Riga Black Balsam TT.

Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe’s graphics.


All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge of informal fairy tournament JF-2015(II) – not appointed yetThe judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016Thomas Brand.


Popeye 4.73 on GitHub!

popeye-githubPopeye team has announced Popeye 4.73, available on https://github.com/thomas-maeder/popeye/releases/tag/v4.73

Also, in August,2015 Popeye is moved from sourceforge.net to github! For now three releases of Popeye (4.69-4.73) are available at Releases menu.

One more comment by Thomas Maeder on MatPlus: “Please use the issues section (symbol “!” on the right) for your new bug reports and issue requests – most of the old ones have been migrated to the new site, as well as release 4.69 – more releases may follow.”

Thanks a lot to Popeye team for their work!


Originals 13-220815

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13-22nd of August, 2015

  • (22.08) No.870Georgy Evseev (hs#3; Anti-Circe; Royal neutral pawn). Specific pins in Anti-Circe play with Orthodox Queen.
  • (22.08) Fairings No.44 – Chris Feather, distributed by Stephen Emmerson, is added to the Articles section!
  • (18.08) No.869Kenneth Solja (h#2; Back-to-Back; Face-to-Face; Moose; Sparrow). A combination of Back-to-Back and Face-to-Face conditions in a play of fairy neutral pieces!
  • (17.08) No.868Ladislav Salai jr. & Michal Dragoun (h#2; Grasshopper; Rookhopper). Zilahi in four solutions with active use of Hoppers.

Dear Friends, I’m happy to let you know that I have got 3(!) Awards to publish – all three informal tournaments of JF-2014: by Vlaicu Crişan, Dmitri Turevski and Kjell Widelrt. I’ll try to publish about 5 more problems I have in the waiting list, and than will need some time to prepare for publication the Awards.

  • (16.08) No.867Michael Grushko & Semion Shifrin (pser-hs#6; Half-neutral pieces). Half-neutral pieces in Pser problem.
  • (13.08) No.866Vlaicu Crişan & Eric Huber (ser-s#6; Half-neutral pieces). Reciprocal battery creation in an excellent Meredith position (Black Rex solus in the beginning)!

Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe’s graphics.


All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge of informal fairy tournament JF-2015(II) – not appointed yetThe judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016Thomas Brand.


SOME CHESS PROBLEMS BY RENÉ J. MILLOUR

SUBTLETIES

ON 64 SQUARES

SOME CHESS PROBLEMS

BY

RENÉ J. MILLOUR

ist der dreizehnte Band der EDITIONS FEE=NIX (begründet im Jahre 1992

von Denis Blondel † & bernd ellinghoven) herausgegeben im August 2015

im feenschach-Verlag von bernd ellinghoven, Königstr.3, D-52064 Aachen

Auflage: 300 Exem­plare

davon 32 numerierte & vom Autor signierte Sonderausgaben im Leder-Einband

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