Author: Julia

01-14^th 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 9^th 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.

19-27^th 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.

29-31^st of January, 2015

• (31.01) No.708 – Krassimir Gandev (W5→Ser-h=22; Reverse Pawn). Promotions in a serial plays of White and Black!
• (29.01) No.707 – Anatoly Stepochkin (h#2; Lion, Camel, Giraffe). Interesting self-blocks after promotions!
• (29.01) No.701.1 – Gani Ganapathi (h#2; Phantom Chess). An improved version to No.701, shown in the comments.

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

27^th of January, 2015 (Retro)

• (27.01) No.706 – Andreas Thoma (-8 & #1 Proca; Anti-Circe). Remis-pendulum in Proca Retractor!
  No.706 relates to Retro and PG problems. For now I haven’t announced yet a new competition for this type of problems, but will do it in a case of authors’ interest. Most probably, the competition will cover 2 years period, the same as the previous one, Retro&PG-2013-2014. Dear authors, I’d appreciate your suggestions about the judge, and of course, I’d be happy to hear if anybody would like to judge this competition. Thank you! – Julia 

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

25^th of January, 2015

• (25.01) No.705 – Ľuboš Kekely (ser-hs#10). Long SAT-play with surprising finals! Welcome to Ľuboš in Original problems section of JF!
• (25.01) No.703, 704 – Thomas Pantalacci: 
  No.703 (h#2; Provocation Chess) – Zilahi-theme with special effects; 
  No.704 (h#2,5; Patrol Chess) – Typical effects of Patrol Chess!
• (25.01) No.702 – Krassimir Gandev (h#2; Circe). Creation of reciprocal Circe batteries combined with interesting self-blocks!
• (25.01) No.701 – Gani Ganapathi (h#2; Phantom Chess). Chameleon-echo mates with only 3 pieces!

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

19-24^th of January, 2015

• (24.01) No.700  – Michel Caillaud (h#3; PAO; VAO). Two trios with very surprising Chinese promotions!
• (21.01) No.698, 699 – Valerio Agostini & Antonio Garofalo – Two problems by Italian authors:
  No.698 (h#2,5; Lion) – Interchange of functions between two pairs of pieces: Sa3/Bf5 and Re1/Bg1;
  No.699 (h#2; Nightrider; Nightrider-hopper; Bishop-Lion) – Aristocrat-Miniature with a nice play!
• (19.01) No.696, 697 – Chris Feather – Two elegant four-men problems, surprising neutral promotions and rich thematic effects!
  No.696 (h#3; Phantom Chess; Anti-Kings);
  No.697 (h#4,5; Phantom Chess; duplex)

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