Category: Julia’s Fairies original problems

Original Problems

21^st-22^nd of May, 2018

• (22.05) No.1299 – Aleksey Oganesjan (#1). Author believes that this “retro-mini-problem” can be related to Retro section.
• (21.05) No.1261.3 – Günther Weeth (-18 & #1 Proca Retractor ; Anti-Circe Calvet). On the occasion of the fairy chess friends’ meeting at Andernach (10.- 13.05.2018) both Kjell Widlert and Dirk Borst told me about the dual in JF 1261.2 (17.Ke4-f5, Sd7-f6+ 18.Bc5 and Bf6-d4 etc.). So another attempt at saving the problem turned out to be necessary. I do hope that now the job has successfully been done, after all that confusion on my side. Let me again apologize for causing so much trouble and let me warmly thank you for all your attention and patience. (Author)

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Original Problems

30^th of April, 2018

• (30.04) No.1298.A-E – Andreas Thoma – an article “Chasing the black king”, presenting 5 original problems (-N/#1 ; Proca Retractor ; Anticirce Cheylan). The article can be also found from the Articles page.
• (30.04) No.1296.1 – Thomas Thannheiser after Bernd Gräfrath (PG 9; Losing Chess). Warm welcome to Thomas in Original problems of JF!
• (30.04) No.1275.1 – K.Seetharaman & Jacques Rotenberg (h#2; Take&Make). The new version of original problem No.1275 (18.02.2018) is accepted by the judge, Shankar Ram, for the competition JF-10/2017-03/2018.
• (30.04) Conflictio No.4 by Juraj Lörinc is added to the Articles page.

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Original Problems

15-18^th of April, 2018

• (18.04) No.1237.1 – Paul Rãican (PG 6.5 ; Masked Units; Volage Chess). The new version of problem No.1237.
• (18.04) No.1287.2 – Jacques Rotenberg, Sébastien Luce & Andrew Buchanan (h#2; Take&Make). The new version of original problem No.1287 (11.03.2018) is accepted by the judge, Shankar Ram, for the competition JF-10/2017-03/2018.

• (18.04) Conflictio No.3 by Juraj Lörinc is added to the Articles page. “Any comments, brief notes or longer articles are welcome, especially if they relate to antagonistic problems.” (J.L.)
• (15.04) No.1297 – Sergey Shumeiko (PG 7).
• (15.04) No.1296 – Bernd Gräfrath (PG 11; Losing Chess).
• (15.04) No.1295 – Peter Fayers (PG 5.5; Back-to-Back).
  Warm welcome to Peter in the Original problems of JF!

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Original Problems

9^th of April, 2018

Some retro problems will be published by the end of this week, I apologize to the authors for the delay in publication.

• (09.04) No.1294.1 – Dmitri Turevski & René J. Millour (#21; Black Maximummer, White Maximummer). A new version of problem No.1294 offered in the comments. The judge of JF-10/2017-3/2018, Shankar Ram, has accepted this version for his competition.

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Original Problems

1^st of April, 2018

Dear authors, readers, one more fairy tournament, JF-10/2017-3/2018, has just ended on the 31^st of March. Some statistics already provided by the judge, N.Shankar Ram:

Problems (including 3 revisions): 53 | Composers: 42 | Countries: 19

Help Play: 41 | Antagonistic Play: 12 ?

With Fairy Pieces: 35 | Without Fairy Pieces: 18

With Fairy Conditions: 27 | Without Fairy Conditions: 26
(This justifies the recent WFCC plan to split the Album judging on the above basis!)

Tanagra (<=5 pieces): 17 | Miniature (>5, <=7): 7 | Meredith (>7, <=12): 10 | Other (>12): 19

Original Problems

24-30^th of March, 2018

Dear authors, would like to remind that current fairy tournament, JF-10/2017-3/2018, ends on the 31^st of March. The next one starts after a break, on the 1^st of July, the judge: Kjell Widlert (introduced on JF  for JF-2014/III) – Julia

• (30.03) No.1294 – Dmitri Turevski  (#21; Black Maximummer, White Maximummer).
• (30.03) No.1293 – Hubert Gockel  (#2; AMU).
• (30.03) No.1292 – Karol Mlynka  (h#3; Senora). Senora is Argentinian Queen, the opposite to Chinese Leo.
• (24.03) No.1291 – Anatoly Stepochkin  (s#7; Cardinal; Maximummer, KoeKo). 4 twins with 5 pieces on the board.

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Original Problems

18^th of March, 2018

• (18.03) No.1290 – Juraj Lörinc  (r#8; Royal piece, Rookhopper, LEO). Only LEO and 4 Rookhoppers on the board.
• (18.03) No.1289 – Francesco Simoni  (h#3; Bishop-Lion, Rook-Lion). All in one: anti-batteries, critical moves, unpins, sacrifices… 

• (18.03) No.1287.1 – Jacques Rotenberg & Sébastien Luce (h#2; Take&Make). A new joint version of Jacques’s problem No.1287 to be considered for the tournament.
• (18.03) The problems No.1201,1201.1 – Andrew Buchanan  (h=3) – are moved from fairy tournament JF-2017/I to PG&Retro 2017-18 by request of the author “the problems are retro under Art 15 of the Codex“. Approved by the both judges, Tadashi Wakashima and Dirk Borst.

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Original Problems

10-11^th of March, 2018

• (11.03) No.1288 – Paul Rãican  (s#8; Rose). With the gratitude from your editor for the dedication 🙂
• (11.03) No.1287 – Jacques Rotenberg  (h#2; Take&Make).
• (11.03) No.1286 – Peter Harris  (hs#2; Sentinelles, Transmuted Kings, Super-Circe; Double Grasshopper). Published with the hint for solvers.

• (11.03) No.1285 – Sergej Smotrov  (hs#6). “18 Chameleon echo mates.” (Author)
• (11.03) No.1284 A+B – Kost?j Šoulivý  (h#2; Super-Circe; Radial Leaper, Empress, Camel). A pair of problems featuring combination of the same fairy elements, author’s recent research.
• (10.03) No.1283 – Vlaicu Cri?an & S.K.Balasubramanian (hs#3.5). In comparison with Michal Dragoun, 6^th Romanian Tzuica Ty, 1^st Prize…
• (10.03) No.1282.1 – Anatoly Stepochkin & Georgy Evseev (ser-h#12*; Grasshopper). A joint version to Anatoly’s problem No.1282.
• (10.03) No.1261.2 – Günther Weeth (-18 & #1 Proca; Anti-Circe). Version to No.1261.

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Original Problems

24-27^th of February, 2018

• (27.02) No.1282 – Anatoly Stepochkin (ser-h#10*; Grasshopper).
• (26.02) No.1281 – Andrew Buchanan & Henrik Juel (h#2; Patrol Chess). Warm welcome to Henrik in Original problems section of JF!
• (25.02) No.1280 – Sergey Shumeiko (h#2.5; Duelist Chess).
• (25.02) No.1279 – Paul Rãican (PG 5; Undefined pieces, Annan, Chess 960).
• (25.02) No.1278 – Jacques Rotenberg (h#2; Sentinelles PionAdvers; Transmuted Kings). Some differences in the implementation of the conditions in WinChloe and Popeye to analyze in this problem dedicated to Peter Harris.
• (24.02) No.1277 – Václav Kotěšovec (hs#11; Nightriderhopper; Grasshopper). The author I’m always grateful to for careful preparing of his works for publication.

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Original Problems

18-19^th of February, 2018

• (19.02) No.1276 – Ľuboš Kekely (h#2; Transmuted King, No capture).
• (18.02) No.1275 – K.Seetharaman (h#2; Take&Make).
• (18.02) No.1274 – Peter Harris (hs#3.5; Anti-Circe Cheylan, Isardam; Royal Double Grasshopper).
• (18.02) No.1273 – Sébastien Luce (ser-h#41*; Alphabetic Chess ; Grasshopper, Antelope). Dedicated to Chris Feather.

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