Category: Julia’s Fairies original problems

06-10^th of September, 2015

• (10.09) No.887.2 – Anatoly Stepochkin & Georgy Evseev (h#2; Lion). One more improvement to so actively commented problem No.887!
• (08.09) No.887.1 – Anatoly Stepochkin & Georgy Evseev (h#2; Lion; Rook-Lion; Bishop-Lion). Nice improved version to No.887.
• (07.09) No.889 – Hubert Gockel (#2; Functionary Chess). Interesting tries in Functionary Chess.
• (06.09) No.888 – Kenneth Solja (hs#5; KoeKo; Maximummer; Amazon; Okapi). Four men with two exotic neutrals!
• (06.09) No.887 – Anatoly Stepochkin (h#2; Zebra; Giraffe; Lion; Rook-Lion; Bishop-Lion). Anti-batteries, promotions and captures of white rear battery pieces!
• (06.09) No.886 – Eugene Rosner (#2; Circe Equipollents). Circe Equipollents with interesting additional motives.
• (06.09) No.885 – Günther Weeth (-8 & #1; Hoeg retractor Anti-Circe). A demonstration of Hoeg Retractor – one of the different kinds of Defensive retractor. Warm welcome to Günther in Original Problems section of JF!

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02-04^th of September, 2015

• (04.09) No.884 – N.Shankar Ram (#2; PAO; VAO). Dombrovskis theme in four variations with active use of Сhinese pieces!
• (03.09) No.883 – Gani Ganapathi (hs#2; Disparate PY). Tanagra with Disparate PY condition (can be tested either with Disparate in Popeye, or with Disparate PY in WinChloe).
• (03.09) No.881, 882 – Erich Bartel. Interesting promotions in a play controlled by Madrasi RI & Alphabetic Chess: No.881 (h==6; PWC; Madrasi RI; Alphabetical Chess; Gnu); No.882 (ser-==14; Madrasi RI; Alphabetical Chess; Lion; Antelope; Root-50-leaper).
• (02.09) No.880 – Borislav Gadjanski (hs#3). A wonderful cyclic play! Theme of Tzuica 2015.

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28-30^th of August, 2015

• (30.08) No.879 – Karol Mlynka (+2; Ultra Schach Zwang; White Super-Transmuting King; PAO; Lion; Grasshopper). Lacny cycle 3×3 on the same square “h4″.
• (30.08) No.869.1 – Kenneth Solja (h#2; Back-to-Back; Moose; Sparrow). This problem replaces No.869 and shows Back-to-Back alone with the same fairy neutral pieces.
• (28.08) No.878 – Torsten Linß (s#7; Princess; Empress; Diagonal Helix Knight). Interesting twins with a change of exotic fairy pieces.

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24-26^th of August, 2015

• (26.08) – The current list of problems for JF-2015-II is finally published thanks to Shankar Ram! I’m very grateful to Shankar for his work and also for the offer to update the problems database weekly! (I always had not time to update it regularly)
• (25.08) No.825.1 – N.Shankar Ram (r#2). A revised version to No.825 – “position is now legal (and one piece lighter)” (Author). I hope, the judge, Kostas Prentos, will accept this version for JF-2015-I.
• (25.08) No.876, 877 – Valerio Agostini. Two different problems: No.876 (h#2; Annan Chess) – a nice Annan four-man; No.877 (hs#3) – orthodox pieces in hs# of ANI-type.
• (25.08) No.874, 875 – Peter Harris. Orphan‘s festival in two nice miniatures! No.874 (h#2.5; Sentinels; Andernach; Anti-Andernach; Orphan);
  No.875 (h#1.5; Super Circe; Andernach; Anti-Andernach; Royal Orphan).
• (24.08) No.872, 873 – Vladimir Kozhakin (h#2; Einstein Chess). Two light Einstein-Merediths.
• (24.08) No.871 – Rainer Kuhn & Franz Pachl (hs#3; Half-neutral Nightrider). Rich strategy with final moves by half-neutral piece, previously shown by Franz Pachl in the problems for the 1st Riga Black Balsam TT.

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13-22^nd of August, 2015

• (22.08) No.870 – Georgy Evseev (hs#3; Anti-Circe; Royal neutral pawn). Specific pins in Anti-Circe play with Orthodox Queen.
• (22.08) Fairings No.44 – Chris Feather, distributed by Stephen Emmerson, is added to the Articles section!
• (18.08) No.869 – Kenneth Solja (h#2; Back-to-Back; Face-to-Face; Moose; Sparrow). A combination of Back-to-Back and Face-to-Face conditions in a play of fairy neutral pieces!
• (17.08) No.868 – Ladislav Salai jr. & Michal Dragoun (h#2; Grasshopper; Rookhopper). Zilahi in four solutions with active use of Hoppers.

Dear Friends, I’m happy to let you know that I have got 3(!) Awards to publish – all three informal tournaments of JF-2014: by Vlaicu Crişan, Dmitri Turevski and Kjell Widelrt. I’ll try to publish about 5 more problems I have in the waiting list, and than will need some time to prepare for publication the Awards.

• (16.08) No.867 – Michael Grushko & Semion Shifrin (pser-hs#6; Half-neutral pieces). Half-neutral pieces in Pser problem.
• (13.08) No.866 – Vlaicu Crişan & Eric Huber (ser-s#6; Half-neutral pieces). Reciprocal battery creation in an excellent Meredith position (Black Rex solus in the beginning)!

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20-30^th of July, 2015

• (30.07) No.864, 865 – Erich Bartel. No.864 (hs#3; Circe Equipollents; Kangaroo; Camel) – Valladao with interesting play of Kangaroo; No.865 (ser-==22; PWC; Madrasi RI; Alphabetic Chess) – Excelsior in a difficult serial play.
• (27.07) No.863 – N.Shankar Ram (ser-=8; Take & Make). Surprising thematic captures of the black Pawns!
• (22.07) No.861, 862 – Erich Bartel. Promotions in stalemates with interesting fairy effects! No.861 (h=4*; Disparate PY); No.862 (h==5*; Circe; PWC; Madrasi RI; Alphabetic Chess).
• (21.07) No.860 – Peter Harris (hs#3; Sentinels; Circe; Anti-Circe; Royal Locust). A very nice Tanagra problem with Royal Locusts in a difficult three-phase play. 
• (20.07) No.859 – Miodrag Mladenović (r#3vvv). One of author’s favorite themes “Reflex tries and defenses“.

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14-15^th of July, 2015

• (15.07) No.858 – Igor Kochulov (hs#2; Super Circe; duplex). An interesting Meredith showing Super Circe in Duplex form!
• (15.07) No.856.1 – Karol Mlynka & Seetharaman K. (hs#2; Black Transmuted King; Royal Rook-Locust). An improved version of No.856.
• (14.07) No.856, 857 – Karol Mlynka. Two different kinds of problems show specific effects of Super-Transmuting King. No.856 (hs#2; Super-Transmuting King; Royal Rook-Locust); No.857 (#3; Super-Transmuting King).

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6-7^th of July, 2015

• (07.07) No.854, 855 – Erich Bartel. Two different stipulations with 8 white pawns in the initial position! No.854 (ser-==12; Madrasi RI; Alphabetic Chess; Equihopper); No.855 (ser-!=7; Chameleon Chess; Isardam; Alphabetic Chess).
• (07.07) No.853 – Michael Grushko (ser-h#7; Parrain Circe; Einstein Chess; Phantom Chess). Serial Four-men in Michael‘s style!

(06.07) Dear Friends, I have to repeat that during July and the first part of August I won’t be able to publish so many problems as in previous months, as I need some time to analyze the problems coming for my 1st RBB TT, to compose myself for WCCC’s TTs and also to go to the Congress.. Plus, these days I’m preparing for publication the Award of JF-2013/III. One of the main things I always wanted to offer you on JF is fast publication. That’s why I regret a lot that I have to have a “waiting list” now. The priority in publication I’ll give to the problems easy to publish (with Popeye notation and solutions provided, and more common fairy elements), and also to either new authors or authors with less number of publications on JF. I’m very sorry for this; but I just physically can’t do more. Hope for your understanding! – Julia

• (06.07) No.852 – Igor Kochulov (h#2; Back-to-Back; duplex). Neutral duplex, determined by Back-to-Back condition.
• (06.07) No.851 – Oliver Sick (h#3; Take & Make). Meredith, white minimal with Take & Make.

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2-4^th of July, 2015

• (04.07) No.850 – Anatoly Stepochkin (s#5; Maximummer; Diagram Circe). В-star in a light position!
• (03.07) No.849 – N.Shankar Ram (#4; Maximummer; Grasshopper). A seldom combination of #4 with Maximummer!
• (03.07) No.848 – Peter Harris (h#1.5; Sentinels Pion Advers; Anti-Circe; Super-Circe; Andernach Chess; Anti-AndernachChess; Isardam). Complicated solutions, six fairy conditions, and a question about change of color with combination of Anti-Circe and Andernach.
• (02.07) No.847 – János Mikitovics (hs#5/hs4; Anti-Circe; Circe-Clone). Four-men with non-standard twin.

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26-30^th of June, 2015

• (30.06) No.845, 846 – Michael Grushko. Complicated solutions with combinations of fairy conditions in Michael‘s style. Author dedicates the both problems to the 1st RIGA BLACK BALSAM TT with a comment that the first problem is a half-black balsam and the second one is an opened bottle of the black balsam with a white cork  . Thank you, Michael! No.845 (hs#6.5; Parrain Circe; Einstein Chess; Republican Chess; HalfNeutral); No.846 (hs#12.5; Maximummer; Double Grasshopper).

• (29.06) No.843, 844 – Erich Bartel. Interesting and complicated play of famous German master! No.843 (ser-h#11; Circe Equipollents; Chameleon Chess; Equihopper); No.844 (h==5; Madrasi; PWC; Alphabetic Chess).
• (28.06) No.800.1 – Nikola Predrag (pser-s#9; Circe). Author’s improvement to No.800.
• (27.06) No.842 – S.N. Ravi Shankar & Seetharaman K. (ser-r=12). Meredith with an interesting model stalemate final!
• (27.06) No.841 – Peter Harris (hs#4; Royal piece; Sentinels Pion Advers; Ultra-Patrol). Author’s favorite Ultra-Patrol condition in a four-men with an exotic content! Thank you, Peter, for a nice dedication!
• (26.06) No.839, 840 – Nikola Predrag (h#4,5; Disparate PY; Anti-Andernach). Interesting strategy in combination of two fairy conditions. Nice views of mating finals!
• (26.06) No.838 – René J. Millour (h#9,5; Invisibles). Only white pieces play, but there’s also Invisible world!

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