New: Forum

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Dear Friends,

I’ve just added a Forum to the site!

Still not sure if it might be interesting or not, but probably have to try to find out! 🙂

For now I’ve created some groups there, but any changes are possible of course! I’d appreciate your suggestions about the topics to add! 

TOP menu of the site is almost full and I don’t like to create the second line for it for now, so I’ve added a link to the Forum on the right part, right above Recent Posts.

You need a registration to post anything to the forum. If you have registered on the site (on the bottom part of the right area) – the same registration works for the forum. The Login on the welcome screen of the forum can be used instead of general Login on the site. 

I’ve tested it a little. But, I’m afraid, some errors are still possible. Please be patient! And I’d be grateful for your help in testing!

Sincerely, Julia

Sant’Ambrogio-2012

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The 5th Sant’Ambrogio 2012
Chess Problems Meeting

The 5th Sant’Ambrogio 2012 Chess Problems Meeting will take place in Milan from Thursday December 6th to Sunday December 9th.
 
“All chess problems/studies composers, solvers, enthusiasts from Italy and the world are invited to the 5th Sant’Ambrogio Chess Problems Meeting that will take place in Milan, Admiral Hotel from Thursday December 6th to Sunday December 9th.
On Friday night there will be a quick composing tourney (judge Mario Parrinello) Two composing tourneys will be announced on December 6th (judges Chris Feather and Antonio Garofalo) The Italian Quick Solving Championship will take place on Saturday 8th at 15:00. The rest of the program is free.
The purpose is to have three/four days for meeting each other and talking of chess composition! Of course there will be mini-lectures, composing tourneys etc. ” 
 

Go to Eteroscacco on line website to see all the information about Sant’Ambrogio 2012.  
 
Enjoy the last year’s bulletin(4MB!!) of Sant’Ambrogio 2011 Chess Problems Meeting.
 

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Updates as of 15-21.Oct, 2012:

  • (21.10) After 2 months I’m happy to present you one more problem by  Semion Shifrin! Enjoy an interesting thematic play of LEOs and NAOs in No.155!
  • (20.10) Welcome to world-known Serbian author Borislav Gadjanski! See a problem where all pieces are Chinese! –  No.154.
  • (17.10) I’m happy to show you a nice problem by Nikola Predrag! See an interesting play of black batteries and Dentist-theme presented in No.153! 

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.

(20.10) Slowly I’m trying to add my published problems on the site. Mostly for myself, I guess 🙂 . But anyway, the new problems added to My problems are: No.18, No.19, No.20, No.22. (I’m using the order of composing; if some numbers are not shown yet – it means, that a problem is not published yet and will be shown under this number later, after publication)

(16.10) The Thematic tourney Julia’sFairies-HSP-2012 is closed. See my post about participants of the tourney! Thanks again to all authors! And.. I’d appreciate your ideas for the next tourneys!! But for now – we’re waiting for the results!

(15.10) New issue of Fairings by Chris Feather – Fairings No.27 – Oct/2012 –  is added to the Articles page!

(15.10) Dear Visitors and Commentators! Today I’ve installed several plugins to prevent spam comments (several hundreds per day) and registration of spam-users (I had about 900 of them!). Otherwise I had to delete them manually. But of  course, I’m afraid that either your comments can be considered as spam in some cases, or new registrations. I apologize for all possible inconveniences and I’d be grateful if you  write me in case of any problems with commenting on the site. You know, I appreciate your comments here a lot, as I believe all the authors do.

JF-HSP-2012-Closed

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 The 1st Thematic Tourney by

Julia’s Fairies

JULIA’S FAIRIES – HSP – 2012

Closed on 15-Oct-2012!

I’m so much happy to tell you that 64 problems by 39 authors from 20 countries are submitted to the tourney! I appreciate your efforts a lot and I’m so thankful to all participants! I wish to all of you to be successful there!!

You can see a list of participants here! I hope that everything is right, but in case if you’ve sent an entry to me and haven’t find yourself in this list – please, let me know!

The Award will be published on Julia’s Fairies site in December of 2012. Also, it will be sent by email to all participants. Same as you, I will be waiting for it a lot! And I hope that the winners will get the sweets by Christmas!

RULES: Help-self problems (HSP) of any possible types: Help-self mates (HS#), HS=, HS==, HR#, HR=, etc.
in any number of moves.

THEME: Battery-play with fairy elements

JUDGE: IGM Petko A. Petkov – International Judge of FIDE 

→The announcement…

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Updates as of 13-15.Oct, 2012:

  • (15.10) Warm welcome to Georgi Hadzi-Vaskov, Macedonia! See a nice problem No.152! 
  • (13.10) I’m just back home from a wonderful Italy! And I have something new for you, my dear readers! – please see just published 2 more fine problems by GM Petko A. Petkov – No.150, 151! Thanks a lot to Mr.Petkov!

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.

(15.10) New issue of Fairings by Chris Feather – Fairings No.27 – Oct/2012 –  is added to the Articles page!

(15.10) It’s the last day for submitting your entries for Thematic tourney Julia’sFairies-HSP-2012! All your problems coming on the night from 15th to 16th of October will be accepted as well! I’m very grateful to all participants!! 

(15.10) Dear Visitors and Commentators! Today I’ve installed several plugins to prevent spam comments (several hundreds per day) and registration of spam-users (I had about 900 of them!). Otherwise I had to delete them manually. But of  course, I’m afraid that either your comments can be considered as spam in some cases, or new registrations. I apologize for all possible inconveniences and I’d be grateful if you  write me in case of any problems with commenting on the site. You know, I appreciate your comments here a lot, as I believe all the authors do.

6 months!

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Julia’s Fairies – 6 months!

 

On the 10th of October JuliasFairies.com becomes 6 month old!

I’m so happy that it has become well-known for this half a year! I’m so thankful for your activity, for almost 150 original problems published here, for about 55 problems I already have for my first Thematic tourney, for your comments and for your mails! This all means a lot to me, and motivates a lot! Thank you, dear authors, commentators and readers!

 

Let me show you the wonderful gift I’ve got from the one who supports me and this site a lot, who shares his knowledge with all of us, who is simply the best in fairies, and who is the best teacher I ever had – 2 problems by GM Petko A. Petkov:
No.148 – dedicated to me;
No.149 – dedicated to the 6th month Jubilee of the site Julia’s Fairies!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, dear Petko! I’m afraid I can’t find more words – I’m very touched and happy!..

I wish the success to the site, and to all of you in your composing and in your life!

Your, Julia

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Updates as of 04-07.Oct, 2012:

  • (07.10) 2 new problems by Ioannis Garoufalidis are added – see No.146, 147! Thanks a lot to the author!
  • (05.10) What I wanted to do before leaving for a week, was to finish my own problem! (if it was the only thing needed to be finished! 🙂 ). I’m happy I can publish it tonight! Please see No.145 – I will always appreciate your comments, and I will be able to read them in Italy, hopefully!
  • (04.10) Happy to welcome Russian top-masters in fairy genre – Georgy Evseev and Lev Grolman! See a 4-men problem – No.144! Thanks a lot to the authors and welcome to send more entries!
  • (04.10) It’s so nice to get a problem from my the best commentator of the site – Seetharaman Kalyan! Enjoy solving of No.143! And my special thanks to the author!

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.

My Vacation – oct2012

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Dear Friends,
I’d like to let you know that I’ll be on vacation with limited internet access for a week – 06-13th October.  Going to my lovely Italy, with family, – so with all devices like smart mobile phone, computer and mobile Internet there, I doubt I will be able to work much being with kids on Adriatic sea! 🙂 
But the site will be up and running and I’ll read mails few times per day for sure. I’m thinking about what might be needed from me… and this is what I’ve found to comment:

  • Of course, please continue to send your problems for Thematic tourney JULIA’S FAIRIES – HSP – 2012 – I will read mail, and will reply with confirmations about receiving!
  • About Original problems for the site: I can’t promise to publish them the same day as received, but still I hope to be able to publish at least 1 problem in few days. Anyway, I will inform the authors about planned publication, and for sure everything I’ve got during that week will be on the site after 14th.
  • About Comments on the site: only your first comment on the site needs an approval from me. All the next comments, in case of using the same name and email address in the comment form, will be published automatically right after posting. If you post comment for the first time during that week, it will be approved with some delay, during the day.
  • If you would like me to publish some information on the site – please make it almost ready for publication. I will try to put it on the web in 1-2 days.
  • If you have anything urgent to publish – please send it by Friday, the 5th!
  • Hm… for now I have no more idea what also? I have a  funny feeling about leaving the site as a little baby without my permanent supervision.. Please take some care of it! 🙂

Your, Julia

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Updates as of 02.Oct, 2012:

  • Welcome to a new author from Italy, Vito Rallo! See and enjoy solving of 3 hs#-problems: No.140, No.141, 142. Thanks a lot to the author!

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.

Oscar Bonivento

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27 November 1914 /
01 October2012

With a deep regret I have to inform that this morning, being 98 years old, has gone famous Italian maestro, President of API, for 50 years editor of Italian chess problem magazine l’Italia Scacchistica and author of dozens of books – Oscar Bonivento.

He was like a father for Italian problemists. Oscar’s death is a heavy loss for Italian and the World chess community.

“Per i problemisti italiani è stato come un padre. Ha curato la sezione problemi sull’Italia Scacchistica per oltre 50 anni ed ha scritto decine di libri che per noi sono una vera e propria miniera storica di informazioni.” (Valerio Agostini)