Category: Julia’s Fairies original problems

Updates as of 13-15 May, 2013: (15.05) No.321 – Themistoklis Argirakopoulos – A fine marine AUW demonstrated with tries! (14.05) No.320 – Daniel Novomesky – Another nice Aristocrat-Miniature! A play of 5 Hurdle color changing Grasshoppers! (13.05) No.319 – Georgy Evseev – A nice Aristocrat-miniature with echo-play!! I like to see this “Marine problem” with Triton‘s play!

Now there are three sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) with all problems of January-April, 2013; Julia’sFairies-2013(II) will contain problems of May-August, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(II) – Diyan Kostadinov. 

Updates as of 08-10 May, 2013: (10.05) No.316,317,318 – Valerio Agostini & Antonio Garofalo, Gabriele Brunori – Salute to Italian trio with 3 different h#2 problems: Take & Make, Checkless Chess, Anti-Circe!  (09.05) No.315 – Stephan Dietrich – A nice four-men with Poseidon and echo-play!  (08.05) No.314 – Luis Miguel Martín – A nice “marine pins” after promotions into TR and NE! (08.05) No.286.1 – Gani Ganapathi & Juraj Lörinc –  This joint problem is an improved version to No.286 – an elegant and difficult for solving! As No.286 relates to the previous tourney, JF-2013-I, it will be excluded from there; but this new version participates in JF-2013-II.

Now there are three sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) with all problems of January-April, 2013; Julia’sFairies-2013(II) will contain problems of May-August, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(II) – Diyan Kostadinov. 

Updates as of 01-05 May, 2013: (05.05) No.312, 313 – Paul Rãican with 2 very different problems:  No.312 is one more PG-problem here; and No.313 is a nice Pser-miniature! (01.05) No.311 – Kenneth H. M. Solja with a trio of Tritons opens the 2nd part of 2013 at Julia’sFairies! Nice to see that this season starts with Marine piece!

Now there are three sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) with all problems of January-April, 2013; Julia’sFairies-2013(II) will contain problems of May-August, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(II) – Diyan Kostadinov. 

Updates as of 15-30 Apr, 2013: (30.04) No.310 – Nicolas Dupont  – This is the 3rd Proof Game at Julia’s Fairies! Again, enjoy a very detailed explanation by the author! (30.04) No.303.1 – Julia Vysotska – An improvement to No.303, with a gratitude to Nikola Predrag for his help in creating it! (26.04) No.309 – Vito Rallo – This nice problem with Andernach Grasshopper is one more gift for Julia’s Fairies jubilee! I regret I couldn’t share a birthday’s cake with everyone! 🙂 Thank you, Vito!

• (25.04) No.308 – Vito Rallo – Nice mates with specific AG-effects! I have “Italian days” here!
• (25.04) No.307 – Mario Parrinello – A very interesting problem with a play of Marine Knights only! I appreciate a lot this “Marine” dedication to the site’s birthday!
• (24.04) No.306 – Enzo Minerva & Antonio Garofalo  – One more Proof Game  at Julia’s Fairies! Welcome to Enzo with his first publication here!
• (24.04) No.302.1 – Pierre Tritten & Dmitri Turevski – An improved version to No.302! I’m happy to publish this result of a great activity around No.302!
• (23.04) No.305 – Igor Kochulov – A nice four-men with Maximummer. Welcome to Igor and to his first publication here!
• (23.04) No.283.1 – Vlaicu Crișan – Author writes that he’s found that No.283 has been cooked by Popeye 4.62. Now author presents the new version with a hope that Mr.Seetharaman will still enjoy it!
• (22.04) No.304 – Luis Miguel Martín – Nonstandard anti-battery play!
• (22.04) No.303 – Julia Vysotska – A play of two neutral Sirens, annihilation captures and critical moves!
• (20.04) JV-70 – I have added one more my own published problem to My Problems section. This is the one I liked at lot while composing, and still like it! – interplay of Kangaroo-Lion and Lion with an active help of the white King.
• (18.04) No.302 – Pierre Tritten – An excellent Rex-solus problem with Take & Make (of course!) and plus two more modern fairy-conditions!
• (18.04) Fairings No.31 (Apr-2013) by – Chris Feather is added to the Articles page! Enjoy!
• (17.04) No.301 – Hubert Gockel – A very nice Meredith on Djurasevic theme!
• (15.04) No.300 !!! – Michel Caillaud – A very beautiful problem, an excellent realization of Pelle theme with model mates!! I’m happy that this problem has became No.300! 
  My gratitude to the author for dedication to the 1st Birthday of Julia’s Fairies!
• (15.04) No.299 – Nicolas Dupont  – This problem introduces Proof Games at Julia’s Fairies! It doesn’t participate in the informal tourneys announced for now, but in case of more entries coming the separate tourney for them might be announced at the end of year 2013! Thanks to the author for a very detailed explanation to his problem!
• (15.04) No.298 – Georgy Evseev, Petko A. Petkov & Julia Vysotska  – This joint problem was born in the comments to No.291, presenting the same idea, but in a different way!

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 11-14 Apr, 2013: (14.04) No.239.1 – Arno Tüngler – author writes “It beats the former record of Branko and me by 38 moves (what is quite an achievement in this very special field).” Added to the page with a previous record, No.239. (14.04) No.297 – Julia Vysotska – This is my first try of using Marine pieces. Neutral Siren & Triton in a battery play, Zilahi, underpromotions. (13.04) No.296 – Seetharaman Kalyan – Surprising underpromotions, difficult solution in a reflexmate by one of the most active visitors!  (12.04) No.292.1 – Petko A. Petkov – A new, improved version, of No.292, added to the same page! (11.04) No.294, 295 – These two problems by Nikola Predrag were firstly presented in the comments to No.289 and now I’m happy to show them here and thankful for the dedication to the 1st birthday of Julia’s Fairies!

• Don’t miss the 1st part of the article “Do You know the Marine pieces?” by GM Petko A. Petkov! It is also added to the Articles section.

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 05-06 Apr, 2013: (06.04) No.291 – Julia Vysotska – Another battery play with my lovely Neutral Chameleon. (05.04) No.290 – Emmanuel Manolas & János Mikitovics –  The idea is based on No.287 but with a more interesting content!  Don’t miss the 1st part of the article “Do You know the Marine pieces?” by GM Petko A. Petkov! It is also added to the Articles section.

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 02-03-Apr, 2013: Some “Easter’s” news – the works I’ve got right after Easter holidays: (03.04) No.289 – János Mikitovics – AUW in non-standard form! My gratitude to the author for dedication! (03.04) I believe that those who likes helpmates will enjoy the article by Boris Shorokhov “  Близнецы Шоу” (Twins Show, Russian version only). The original version of this article was published earlier in “Шахматная композиция”, but this is the revised and expanded version of the previously published article. (02.04) No.288 – Juraj Lörinc – An interesting cyclical play after three fairy promotion! Enjoy author’s detailed comment!

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 03-29.Mar, 2013: (29.03) No.284.1 – János Mikitovics – An improved version of No.284 is published on the same page! (25.03) No.287 – Emmanuel Manolas – Long white K-series combined with surprising R-promotion! (21.03) No.285, 286 – Gani Ganapathi – Two problems with Equihoppers: h#3 with Chameleon promotions and hs#2,5 demonstrating Anti-Circe! (18.03) No.284 – János Mikitovics – One more Happy birthday problem dedicated to Seetharaman Kalyan!

• (18.03) No.283 – Vlaicu Crișan – A surprising demonstration of Superguards condition dedicated to its inventor! Happy birthday to Seetharaman Kalyan!
• (17.03) No.282 – Paul Rãican – Interesting example of the rarely used fairy condition Cage Circe!
• (12.03) No.281 – Anatoly Skripnik with the second duplex on Julia’sFairies! Warm welcome to Anatoly!
• (10.03) I’ve added three my own published problems to My Problems section:
  55 – h#2,5*; Grasshoppers; composed in July-2012, published in ORBIT – 2012, No.56 ;
  59 – h#2; Lions; composed in July-2012 for Latvian game igra.lv ;
  68 – hs#2,5; Nightrider; composed in November-2012, published in VARIANTIM – 2012, No.58.
• (08.03) No.279, 280 – Two very good Take&Make problems by Pierre Tritten!
• (05.03) No.277, 278 by Chris Feather – A very exotic combination of fairy conditions Anti-Kings+Anti-Circe! Enjoy the problems and author’s explanations!
• (04.03) No.276 by János Mikitovics – One more Happy Birthday-problem! See surprising finals with Chameleon-promotions!
• (04.03) I have a pleasure to present you a Happy Birthday article by Seetharaman K. dedicated to Petko A. Petkov! 
• (03.03) No.274, 275 by Valerio Agostini. No.274 – A nice Bristol realized with Nightriders; No.275 – A very good activity of Andernach Grasshopper!

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 27-28.Feb, 2013: (28.02) No.273 by Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha – А nice four men Pser! Welcome to Ivan Skoba and his first publication at Julia’sFairies! (27.02) No.272 by Michael Grushko – One more Happy Birthday problem dedicated to Petko A. Petkov –  Interesting series problem with the neutral King!  (27.02) I’m happy to present two problems dedicated to Petko A. Petkov in the day of his birthday! Pelle moves of Chameleons to the inventor of Chameleon piece!  No.270 by Julia Vysotska & Michel Caillaud  No.271 by Julia Vysotska. I’d tell that the first one is more interesting, serious and complicated, but the second one is just funny!

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec. 

Updates as of 17-26.Feb, 2013: (26.02) No.269 – Peter Harris – Anti-batteries with 3 different fairy conditions! (25.02) No.267, 268 – Michael Grushko – Interesting activity of Grasshoppers and Circe Turncoats condition! (24.02) It’s a day of improved versions here! I’m happy to add as original problems the versions from the comments: 237.1 – by Mario Parrinello & Paul Rãican; 259.1 – by Gani Ganapathi Thanks a lot to the authors and commentators!

• (23.02) No.266 – Peter Harris – Surprising promotions in the series of white moves only!
• (23.02) No.265 – János Mikitovics – Non-standard echo-play!
• (22.02) No.264 – Michael Grushko – Interesting use of Locust’s power!
• (22.02) No.263 – Pierre Tritten – Author’s beloved Take&Make – h#2 problem with three different interchanges!
• (21.02) No.260, 261, 262 – Peter Harris – A difficult and non-standard play – as always in Peter’s works!
• (20.02) No.259 – Gani Ganapathi – Interesting battery creation using Equihoppers!
• (19.02) No.258 – Alain Bienabe – Interesting action of Berolina-Pawns!
• (19.02) No.256, 257 – Peter Harris – Two nice miniatures with Locusts, where Transmuted Kings condition makes a King to move as Locust also!
• (18.02) No.254.1 – János Mikitovics & Nikola Predrag – I’m happy to publish this nice version of No.254, which is a joint work of two authors!
• (17.02) No.255 – Peter Harris – “Sometimes a short problem is made more difficult for solvers when the stipulation demands that they have to add a piece –  somewhere!” (Author)
• (17.02) No.254 – János Mikitovics – A nice echo-mate finals!

You can see, that now there are two sections under the Original Problems top menu: Julia’sFairies-2012 with all problems of the year 2012; Julia’sFairies-2013(I) which will contain the problems of January-April, 2013. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2013(I) – Juraj Brabec.