Julia's Fairies

Julia's Fairies

Fairy chess composition

No Original problems in 2024

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Dear composers, I have to apologize to all of you –

no publications of Original problems JF-2024

I regret about it too, for a long time during this year I was hoping that it is just delayed, but the reality is different. After half a year (and especially most of the summer) spent on the Congress in Jurmala, I had to jump into the process of implementation of a new ERP in my company, which unluckily started the same summer. Working overtimes daily since August, with a long working days and half of weekends too, and it might last for few months more. My short free time I need to spend away from the computer.

Please, those of you who sent me your original problems to publish, feel free to send it to another magazines (I will also send you private emails). I hope, the situation will change by the beginning of the next year. – Julia

WCCC 2024 Jūrmala

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Dear Friends, I’m sorry for a long break in publications on JF. For some time I still hoped that I will manage to have original problems published during this first half of year, but now I have to admit that it is impossible.

Being the main organizer of WCCC 2024 in Jūrmala, plus a director of 8th YCCC tourney, and a webmaster of WFCC and WCCC 2024, I physically couldn’t do anything also. Well, I still have full time working days.. unfortunately 😉

So, sorry to those who sent me original problems and waiting for the publication. Probably, it will be possible only in August. Please let me know by August if you sent your works somewhere also.

Hope to see many of you in Jūrmala! – Julia

Arnold Beine 70 JT by the Schwalbe

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237th theme tourney of the Schwalbe

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Schwalbe Fairy editor Arnold Beine Die Schwalbe announces a thematic tourney.

Theme: Required are fairy proof games (not A→B) with the following theme: A Schnoebelen piece is captured by a pawn, this pawn promotes and then is captured (no matter whether as Schnoebelen, Prentos or as Ceriani-Frolkin).
The theme calls for one or more fairy conditions that allow pawns to enter and leave the 1st/8th rank (e.g. Pointreflection, Annanchess+make&take, etc). No more than 3 fairy conditions are permitted.

Submissions should be sent to the director Rainer Kuhn, Hammanstr. 23, 67549 Worms, Gernmany.
E-Mail: Rainer.Kuhn@web.de | Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 | Judge: Arnold Beine | Prize fund: 150 EUR.

Award JF-2022/I (V.Crisan)

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AWARD of Julia’s Fairies 2022-I
Informal Tournament (1.1.2022-30.6.2022)
Judge: Vlaicu Crişan

The overall quality of the tournament is rather high, as in the first draft of the award I retained more than half of the competing entries. Then I decided to change my approach and proceed in a different way by establishing the rank level for each composition:

  • Prize: Must be in the FIDE Album
  • Honorable Mention: Should be in the FIDE Album
  • Commendation: Could be in the FIDE Album

The prize winners stuck in my memory long time after viewing all the problems. All are simply outstanding pieces of work – clearly the best in their categories – and produce sheer enjoyment.

Happy New Year 2024!

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Dear JF’s community,

I wish a Happy New Year to all of you!
Let’s support each other with a warm smile, a nice comment, a clever composition, with all what we do!

Yesterday I’ve got one more gift for all of you, the Award of JF-2022/I by Vlaicu Crișan! I will present it to you very soon!

This year I hope to meet many of you at WCCC 2024 in Jurmala. Our good time is in our hands. Let’s have fun!

I’m sorry, I will be rather busy in January. Please consider your originals for the periods starting February. – Julia

Originals December 2023

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JF Original Problems | December, 2023

The judge of JF-2023: K. Seetharaman
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2023-2024: Thierry Le Gleuher

JF’s waiting list:
Daniel Papack, Vlaicu Crișan & Klaus Wenda

I would like to remind that I give a priority to the problems I can publish faster, so please consider either using the submission form or to provide all required information in your email sending.

Conflictio No.49 (28.12.2023) by Juraj Lörinc is added to Articles page.

  • (30.12) No.1796 (-4 & #1 Pacific Retractor) – N.Shankar Ram. “A belated dedication to Vlaicu, for his 50th birthday on 26-Aug-23. ” (Author). The solution for animation is written by Shankar, before I never had Retractors animated!
  • (30.12) No.1795 (h#3.5 ; Masand) – Oleg Paradzinskij. Just 4 pieces, enjoy solving!
  • (30.12) No.1794 (ser-!#8 ; Breton Adverse) – Gunter Jordan. “Excelsior, minor promotion, change of function…” (Author)
  • (30.12) No.1793 (#3 ; Camel, Fers, Wazir) – Zach Smith. “Zach Smith is a Short Fiction Writer and Chess Composer from Pennsylvania.” (Author). Welcome to Zach in Original problems section of JF!
  • (30.12) No.1792 (ser-h=31 ; Circe) – Paul Rãican. “This is a correction of a cooked problem sent to Heinonen MT, fairy section” (Author)
  • (22.12) No.1791 (s#10 ; PWC) – Sergey Smotrov. “Berlin Theme.” (Author)
  • (22.12) No.1790 (#2 ; LEO, PAO, VAO, NAO) – Brian D. Stephenson & Jacques Rotenberg. “… 3 black moves on the same square” (Authors)
  • (22.12) No.1789 (#2 ; Nightrider, Grasshopper ; Antipodean Circe) – Michael Barth. “Ukrainian cycle, Zagoruiko” (Author)
  • (22.12) No.1788 (ser-hs=10) – Gábor Tar. A long series to remove single obstacle.

Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe‘s graphics, Christian Poisson

FCCP: November 2023 Update!

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The “new and improved” interface to FCCP is ready!
Viewers can access it at: https://tinyurl.com/fccp-new

Features: 

  • A hierarchical indented tree that can be easily navigated
  • A separate page linked to each element, opening in a split window, with definitions and other details like history, software support, and importantly, an example problem with solution
  • Provision for alternate classifications for the same element
  • Links and backlinks to associate parent, child, and related elements
  • Search function and alphabetical index
  • Feedback form (though viewers can use the JF comments section too!)

Currently, only the main Stipulations group is covered. Other groups and elements will be added in a phased manner.

Corrections and additions to the existing content will be done as required and the changes can be viewed immediately.

Happy viewing!

Shankar Ram

Conflictio @ Articles

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The issues of Conflictio by Juraj Lörinc can be found in the ARTICLES menu of JF, Conflictio section.

Conflictio No.48 (Nov.23): “For some time, I have neglected looking into PAT A MAT issues. It was possible thanks to the fact that I have been receiving a lot of input from other authors of articles. Now the time has come to review three PAT A MAT issues at once 123-125.” (J.L.)

Originals November 2023

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JF Original Problems | November, 2023

The judge of JF-2023: K. Seetharaman
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2023-2024: Thierry Le Gleuher

JF’s waiting list (to be published in December):
Received in October-November: Gábor Tar, Brian D. Stephenson & Jacques Rotenberg, Michael Barth, Sergey Smotrov.
I would like to remind that I give a priority to the problems I can publish faster, so please consider either using the submission form or to provide all required information in your email sending.

The order of publication might be not the same as in the waiting list: the problems correctly sent using the submission form, easy to test and to animate, C+, without additional questions to composers will go first.

  • (29.11) No.1787 (hs#4 duplex; Superguards) – Vlaicu Crişan. “A Wenigsteiner with SuperGuards” (Author)
  • (29.11) No.1786 (#3 ; Grasshopper, Nightrider ; AntiCirce Cheylan, BlackMustCapture) – Aliaksandr Bulauka. Two triplets of black promotions.
  • (29.11) No.1785 (hs#4) – ‘Robert Sharp‘. “Double battery transformation” (Author).
  • (29.11) No.1771.1 (pser-s#9 ; AntiCirce) – Kjell Widlert & Arno Tüngler. “To my astonishment, my old friend Arno found that a fourth corner-to-corner move can be added to my 1771 at very little extra cost.” (K.W.)
  • (29.11) No.1784 (hdp=3.5) – James Malcom & Andrew Buchanan. Help dead position (hdp). “Testing DP & particularly hdp problems has been notoriously challenging. After 20 years of wandering around in the dark….” (Authors)
  • (29.11) No.1783 (h#2 ; Shrinking Men) – Andreas Thoma. “Dedicated to Bernd Gräfrath on his 65th birthday” (Author)
  • (29.11) No.1782 (PG 11 ; Chess960 + #Colour) – Paul Rãican. “This version seems sound. The last 8 moves was actually checked.” (Author)
  • (12.11) No.1781 (hs#4) – Nikola Petković. Exchange of functions and something more on the same square.
  • (12.11) No.1780 (hs#3.5) – Menachem Witztum. Enjoy some solving! 🙂
  • (12.11) No.1779 (h#2 ; SeriesCapture) – Menachem Witztum & Ricardo de Mattos Vieira. Warm welcome to Ricardo!
  • (05.11) No.1778 (h#2 ; PAO, Grasshopper, Camel) – Hiroaki Maeshima – “Inspired by Stefan Milewski-80 JT’s Theme ‘Mate by a pinned piece.’ ” (Author)
  • (05.11) No.1777 (h#2 ; VAO, PAO, NAO) – Georgy Evseev & Boris Shorokhov – “Dedicated to 21st Tzuica TT” (Authors
  • (05.11) No.1776 (=2) – Gerhard Maleika.
  • (05.11) No.1775 (s#6 ; Grasshopper ; Maximummer) – Henri Nouguier.
  • (05.11) No.1774 (h#7 ; Horizontal cylinder) – Ya’aqov Mintz & Hans Gruber – “This is one of our joint compositions with which we are investigating possibilities to create an AUW on cylindrical boards.” (Authors)

Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe‘s graphics, Christian Poisson

SEETHARAMAN-75 JUBILEE TOURNEY FOR SUPERGUARDS

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“I am happy to announce a Jubilee Tourney to celebrate my 75th birthday. Send computer tested (Popeye or Winchloe) entries to N.Shankar Ram (email: nshram@gmail.com). The closing date for entries is March 31st 2024. The winners will receive book prizes. The award (to be judged by me) could be divided into different sections if justified and will be published in The Problemist.” – K.Seetharaman

Superguards: a unit (including K) cannot be captured if it is observed by a unit of its own colour.