Julia's Fairies

Julia's Fairies

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Originals 02-060415

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2-6th of April, 2015

  • (06.04) No.771 – Michael Grushko (h#2.5; Circe; Phantom Chess). Neutral AUW with only 3 men!
  • (05.04) No.769, 770 – Sébastien Luce. Neutral Pawns in action with combination of two different rarely used fairy conditions: No.769 (ser-h#4; Norsk Chess); No.770 (h#3; The board turns 180° after each white move).
  • (04.04) No.768 – Krassimir Gandev (9->Ser-S=13; Circe; Berolina Super Pawn). A complicated two series of black and white, double AUW!
  • (03.04) No.766, 767 – Geoff Foster (h#2,5; Back-To-Back; Anti-Kings). Very strange and interesting combination of fairy elements!
  • (03.04) No.765 – Anatoly Stepochkin (s#5; KoKo; Maximummer; Grasshopper). Tanagra s# with two variations in every phase!
  • (02.04) No.764 – Vladislav Nefyodov (h#2; NAO). Cycle of white and black moves with a rich additional strategy!

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(I) – Kostas Prentos. The judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016 – Thomas Brand.

Israeli Chess Composition Society: Theodor Tauber MT C31.12.2015 & Alex Ettinger 90MT Award

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Theodor Tauber Memorial Tourney

The Israeli Chess Composition Society is announcing a chess problem composition tourney dedicated to the memory of Theodor Tauber (18.08.1950 – 3.09.2013).
Theme: At least one twin which changes the condition of the problem from orthodox to a fairy condition or from one fairy condition to another. Any type of problem is allowed with or without fairy pieces.
Judge: Hans Gruber. Closing date: December 31, 2015.
Send originals to Michael Grushko, Box 363 Kiriat-Bialik ,Israel ,27000 | or by email to: bargrushko@bezeqint.net

Alex Ettinger 90 Memorial Tourney Award
Judge: Michael Grushko

A total of 88 problems competed in the tourney, submitted by 31 authors from 17 countries. There were 34 miniatures and 54 Tanagras (up to 5 pieces) and, being the admirer of low-figured tasks I allocated them into separate sections.

4th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 – Fairies

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FIDE-logoThe preliminary results in section G-Fairies
of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015!

I’m very happy to show the results, G-Fairies (PDF, 155KB) by Tadashi Wakashima, available among the others on the bottom of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page of wfcc.ch website. Thanks a lot to the director of this competition, Aleksey Oganesjan, and to all judges! My sincere congratulations to the winners!

About my own problem: Starting the 14th Japanese Sake Tourney in August, 2014, I was exploring Back-To-Back condition being sure that there’re lots of possibility in it. Many of JF’s readers know that now I’ve came to combination of BTB with neutral pieces, but my problem for the 4th FIDE World Cup was composed in the autumn, 2014, and my intention that time was a strategic HS# problem  showing as much as possible different BTB effects. You’re very welcome to comment! – Julia.

Originals 27-310315

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27-31st of March, 2015

  • (31.03) No.763.1 – Franz Pachl & Petko A. Petkov (h#3; Anti-Circe; Camel, Zebra). An improved version of No.763, published as a joint version by decision of the both authors.
  • (29.03) No.763 – Franz Pachl (h#3; Anti-Circe; Camel, Zebra). Specific Anti-Circe blocks of neutral mating pieces nZ and nCA!
  • (28.03) No.762 – Geoff Foster (h#2,5; Back-To-Back, Face-To-Face). Inverted echo mates with opposite fairy conditions (Back-To-Back & Face-To-Face) in two twins!
  • (27.03) No.761 – Anatoly Stepochkin (s#6; KoKo, Maximummer; Lion). Valladao theme in Miniature!
  • (27.03) No.760 – Nicolas Dupont (PG20; Extinction Chess). PG problem with Extinction Chess shown for the first time on JF!

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(I) – Kostas Prentos. The judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016 – Thomas Brand.

KLAN-Defensive Retractor – Klaus Wenda and Andreas Thoma

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KLAN-Defensive Retractor, K.Wenda & A.Thoma

An article dealing with “Klan defensive retractors”, a new retro-kind (= a mixture of type Proca & Hoeg) invented by Klaus Wenda and Andreas Thoma is available for download! (PDF, 347K):

KLAN-Defensive Retractor
with special reference to the AntiCirce condition
by Klaus Wenda (Vienna) and Andreas Thoma (Groß Rönnau)
in memoriam Wolfgang Dittmann (+ 5th February 2014)

 

The article in German is available on Tomas Brand‘s retro-blog – http://www.thbrand.de/2015/03/26/vrz-klan/

Variant Proof Games by Peter Fayers

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vpg-pf-ann“Some of you may remember that several years ago I was collecting proof games in chess variants with a view to eventual publication.

I now have a round 500, and put the collection on the web for anyone who is interested. Please feel free to view, download, or print (probably not a good idea – it runs to 162 pages. But it is mainly set in 14pt type, suitable for print in “booklet” format.)

http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/vchess/peterfayers.pdf

Magazine editors and fairy/retro subeditors are invited to broadcast this information to their readership, and everyone is invited to fill in any gaps in the collection. Please send me any proof games I have missed. In English, French or German – I have macros which translate TCFDRP or TSLDKB to RSBQKP, both in the Forsyth and the solution. Enjoy!“

— Peter. (fayers.peter@gmail.com)

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22-25th of March, 2015

  • (25.03) No.759 – Illo Krampis (h#3; Grasshopper, Berolina-Pawn). Light problem on the theme of Superproblem’s TT-131 (сyclic shift of guards). Warm welcome to Illo in Original problems section of JF! I’m happy to meet and introduce to you a new Latvian fairy composer!
  • (25.03) No.758 – Geoff Foster (h#2,5; Back-To-Back). A neutral King in a Back-To-Back problem!
  • (24.03) No.757 – Geoff Foster (h#2,5; Back-To-Back). Three nice mates by Back-To-Back neutral pair in a three-men problem!
  • (24.03) No.756 – Misha Shapiro (h#2; Gnu). Gnu-promotions + black pins after white Annihilation captures! Warm welcome to Misha in Original problems section of JF!
  • (23.03) No.754, 755 – Sébastien Luce – Non-standard implementation of castling in two different problems! No.754 (h#10.5; Black UltraSchachZwang); No.755 (h#2.5; Circe RexInclusive; Kamikaze RexInclusive; Duplex).
  • (22.03) No.753 – Julia Vysotska (h#2; Back-To-Back; Take & Make). Back-To-Back specific pin of the mating neutral piece! Hopefully, shown for the first time. 🙂 I should admit, that the solutions might look weird here and the interpretation of neutrals’ behavior with Back-To-Back can be a topic of some discussions. Myself, I find such interpretation reasonable.

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(I) – Kostas Prentos. The judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016 – Thomas Brand.

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01-14th of March, 2015

  • (14.03) No.752 – Kjell Widlert (#6; Circe; Maximummer). The eternal Albino theme, with a use of Circe and Maximummer here.
  • (14.03) No.751 – Karol Mlynka (h=2; Face-To-Face; Circe; Phantom Chess). Nice thematic play of the two Pawns!
  • (13.03) No.750 – Julia Vysotska (h#2; Back-To-Back; Take&Make; Lion; Rabbit). A combination of Back-To-Back and Take & Make.
  • (13.03) No.748.1 – Stephen Emmerson (h#3; Relegation Chess). A new version to No.748, commented by the author as “In both settings, the dual choice Se6/Sf7 is avoided by check to the wK, but thanks to James Quah, with wKd8 it needs the Relegation rule for the avoidance to work. (BR prevents new cooks).”
  • (11.03) No.749 – Mike Neumeier (ser-h=8 / Pser-h=11; Royal piece; Grasshopper). A nonstandard way to the well known (classic) stalemate finals! Warm welcome to Mike in Original problems section of JF!
  • (09.03) No.748 – Stephen Emmerson (h#3; Relegation Chess). One more variation of 100$ theme called “-$60 theme” by the author! 🙂
  • (08.03) No.747 – Gani Ganapathi & S.K.Balasubramanian (h=2; Take & Make). Two pairs of thematic pieces in action!
  • (08.03) No.746 – Aleksey Oganesjan (h#12; White Minimummer; White UltraSchachZwang). A nice journey of the wP and a promoted wQ!
  • (07.03) No.745 – Peter Harris (ser-#7; Royal piece; White Maximummer; Sentinelles Pion Advers; Super-Circe; Chameleon Chess). An exotic mate with 4 fairy conditions and white royal S!
  • (07.03) No.744 – Stephan Dietrich (h#4; Glasgow Chess). A question: if it is still 100$ theme in case of 4 moves with Glasgow chess?
  • (06.03) No.743 – Vlaicu Crișan (4→ser-#2; PWC). Rundlauf of the black King combined with neutral AUW in Miniature!
  • (05.03) No.742 – Sébastien Luce (ser-#16; Anti-Circe). A new interpretation of Albino theme shown in No.725, but this time with a neutral pawn and a neutral Excelsior in Anti-Circe!
  • (05.03) No.740, 741 – Alberto Armeni – two different problems with AUW: No.740 (#2; Anti-Circe); No.741 (PG5,5; Annan Chess).
  • (04.03) No.739 – Tadashi Wakashima (h#2; Invisibles; PAO). A new interesting example of the Invisible(s) piece, that was a theme of 9th Japanese Sake TT, 2009.
  • (01.03) No.738 – Vlaicu Crișan & Andreas Thoma (-20 & #1 Proca Retractor; Anti-Circe). Unusually long interesting Retro-play!
  • (01.03) No.706.1 – Andreas Thoma (-8 & #1 Proca Retractor; Anti-Circe). Improved version of No.706!

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(I) – Kostas Prentos. The judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016 – Thomas Brand.

Originals 19-270215

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19-27th of February, 2015

  • (27.02) No.737 – Oliver Sick (h#1,5; Circe; Wormhole). Wormhole condition with specific e.p. capture. To my opinion, the logic of this solution is debatable, however it is C+ by Popeye. Still, the animation by Py2Web seem to be impossible for such e.p. capture. I’d appreciate reader’s comments!
  • (26.02) No.734, 735, 736 – Thomas Pantalacci. Three problems with a nice strategic complexes in a typical author’s style: No.734 (h#2,5; Patrol Chess), No.735 (h#2,5; Anti-Circe), No.736 (h#2,5; Lortap).
  • (23.02) No.733 – Paz Einat & Stephan Dietrich (h#5; Duplex; Functionary chess). Surprising AUW with Functionary Chess! Warm welcome to Paz in Original problems section of JF!
  • (21.02) No.732 – Peter Harris (h#2 / hs#3; Sentinels Pion Advers; Einstein Chess; Royal pieces). Interesting miniature in a typical elegant author’s style!
  • (20.02) No.730, 731 – Stephen Emmerson (ser-=11 / ser-=17; Protean Chess; Royal pieces; Reverse Pawn). Nice light miniatures, showing Protean Chess. Enjoy solving!
  • (19.02) No.729 – Stephen Emmerson (h#6; KoKo; Reverse Pawn; Antelope). 100$ theme with Slow excelsiors.

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(I) – Kostas Prentos. The judge of Retro and PG problems 2015-2016 – Thomas Brand.