Category: Julia’s Fairies original problems

JF Original Problems | April 2021(2)

The judge of JF-2021-I: not appointed yet.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2021-2022: not appointed yet. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list…

• (16.04) No.1604 (hs#4 AP) János Csák & Gábor Tar (Hungary). AP Valladao.
• (13.04) No.1603 (PG 3,5 ending with triple check mate / Add pieces ; Circe Parrain, Point Reflection) Pierre Tritten (France). For the animation purposes the initial game array position is shown on the diagram instead of the empty position sent by the author. The task is to find 2 final positions.
• (10.04) No.1602 (#2 ; Breton) Thomas Maeder (Switzerland). “The mechanism reminds of 1365. The play looks less orthodox here because…” (Author)
• (08.04) No.1601 (hs#2 ; Masand) Julia Vysotska (Latvia). “6 & 4 for Marjan’s Birthday!” – a cooperation without sacrifices starts from the initial position on 6×4 squares ; 6 pieces of each color ; 4 half-moves of each color ; and some little tricks… with a Happy Birthday wishes to Marjan Kovačević!

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JF Original Problems | April 2021

The judge of JF-2021-I: not appointed yet.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2021-2022: not appointed yet. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list…

• (05.04) No.1600 (hs#4) Vitaly Medintsev (Russia). A very human friendly problem for the end of Easter holidays!
• (05.04) No.1599 (h#2.5 ; Mars Circe) Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany). “Hidden behind a massive position there is a complex strategy with dual avoidances.” (Authors)
• (05.04) No.1598 (hs=2 ; Neutral piece, Chameleon piece, Locust ; Haaner Chess, Circe Parrain) Karol Mlynka (Slovakia). Would rather see such twins as different problems.
• (05.04) No.1597 (PG 21.5 ; Fuddled Men) Nicolas Dupont (France) & Vlaicu Crișan (Romania). “Both sides apparently castled short, although…” (Authors)
• (01.04 😀) No.1596 (hs#3.5) Aleksey Oganesjan (Russia). “Distant Grimshaw with funny twin – be smile on April Fools’ Day!” (Author)

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JF Original Problems | March 2021

The judge of JF-2021-I: not appointed yet.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2021-2022: not appointed yet. 

Coming soon: Aleksey Oganesjan (Russia), Nicolas Dupont (France) & Vlaicu Crișan (Romania), Karol Mlynka (Slovakia), Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany)

• (30.03) No.1595 (h#2.5 ; Take & Make) Niels Danstrup (Denmark). “…there are echoes and chameleons 🙂” (Author)
• (28.03) No.1594 (PG 15.5 ; Black Manager, Black Passes if Stuck) Nicolas Dupont (France). “This problem is the first published illustration of this new couple of possibilities.” (Author)
• (28.03) No.1593 (h#4 ; Anti-Circe, PWC) Gábor Tar (Hungary).
• (28.03) No.1592 (#3 ; MarsCirce) Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany). The dedication for “Perseverance” has a double meaning… 
• (19.03) No.1591 (hs#2,5 ; LEO) Georgy Evseev & Boris Shorokhov (Russia). Four bK mates on adjacent squares.
• (18.03) No.1590 (h#4 ; Functionary Chess) Oleg Paradzinskij (Ukraine).

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JF Original Problems | February 2021

The judge of JF-2021-I: not appointed yet.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2021-2022: not appointed yet. 

Dear authors, I’m very sorry for a long delay! Working overtime in my office, enjoying financial audit, annual report and related issues 🙂  I’ll keep being slow up to the middle of March, but later hope to be more active on JF!

• (28.02) No.1551.3 (ser-s#25 ; Circe Rex Inclusiv) Dirk Borst (Netherlands). “…a version which is even a bit better than the original because the wBishop now has a function in the mate.” (Author)
• (28.02) No.1589 (hs#4 ; Circe) Gábor Tar (Hungary). Dedicated To Aranka Tar.
• (28.02) No.1588 (hs#4.5 ; Neutral piece ; Ghost Chess, Protean Chess) Michael Grushko (Israel). Author believes this combination of fairy conditions is used for the first time.
• (28.02) No.1587 (#2 ; CAST) Gerald Ettl & Manfred Rittirsch (Germany). Warm welcome to the first contribution by Gerald!
• (28.02) No.1586 (hs#4 ; Grasshopper, Nightrider) Michal Dragoun (Czech Republic).
• (14.02) No.1585 (hs#4) János Csák (Hungary).
• (14.02) No.1584 (h#2 ; Breton Adverse) Borisas Gelpernas (Lithuania). My neighbouring country is coming… always glad! 🙂
• (14.02) No.1583 (h#2 ; Neutral pieces ; Circe) Ali Okan Pandar (Turkey). Warm welcome to Ali Okan (the first ever Turkish composer on JF!)!
• (14.02) No.1582 (hs=18) Gunter Jordan (Germany). Warm welcome to Gunter (the editor of “Gaudium”)!
• (14.02) No.1581 (-29 & #1 Proca ; Anti-Circe) Alex Levit (Finland). “After Dmitrij Baibikov’s publication I feel sorry for taking the lenght record in Proca Retractor AntiCirce Wenigsteiner from JF. So here is my attempt to return it back.” (Author)

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JF Original Problems | January 2021

The judge of JF-2021-I: not appointed yet.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2021-2022: not appointed yet. 

• (24.01) No.1524-2 (-34 & #1 Proca ; Anti-Circe) Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel). Correction of No.1524 (JF-R2019-20). No.1524 & 1524.1 are withheld from the tournament JF-R2019-20.
• (24.01) No.1578.1 (#3 ; Anti-Circe) Daniel Papack & Sven Trommler (Germany). The improvement with thematical tries for No.1578, Dedicated to Franz Pachl 70^th birthday.
• (22.01) No.1580 (h#4 ; Transmuted Kings) Ľuboš Kekely (Slovakia).
• (09.01) No.1579 (h#2 ; Madrasi) Manfred Nieroba & Daniel Papack (Germany). Warm welcome to Manfred!
• (08.01) No.1578 (#3 ; Anti-Circe) Sven Trommler (Germany). Dedicated to Franz Pachl 70^th birthday.

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JF Original Problems | December, 2020

The judge of JF-2020/II: Hans Gruber.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2019-2020: Vlaicu Crișan. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021 !
My very best wishes to everybody!

(19.12.) Julia’s illness is over! ⇒

• (31.12) No.1577 (#2 ; PAO, VAO, NAO, RAO, Chinese Camelrider) Jean-Marc Loustau (France). “Double complete Tertiary Threat Correction (TTC), with successive corrections of thematic double threats” (Author) … and much more!
• (31.12) No.1576 (#3 ; Mars Circe) Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany). “A problem for the New Year’s Eve punch: The same solution – or not…?!” (Authors)
• (30.12) No.1575 (hs#3) János Csák & Gábor Tar (Hungary).
• (29.12) No.1551.2 (ser-s#22 ; Circe Rex Inclusiv) Dirk Borst (Netherlands). Correction for No.1551 & 1551.1. “This time I hope to have found a real correction (attached). Both the first and the second cook are impossible in this position. But who knows what Arno will find next!?” (Author)
• (26.12) No.1574 (hs#3.5) Vitaly Medintsev & Aleksey Oganesjan (Russia). “We have managed to implement probably a NEW idea which might be called ‘Promoted Anticipatory Grimshaw’.” (Author)
• (26.12) No.1573 (h#3 ; Take & Make, Transmuted Kings) Sergej Smotrov (Kazakhstan). “Echo mates” (Author)
• (26.12) No.1572 (h#3.5 ; Invisibles) René J. Millour (France). “In this Wenigsteiner using Invisibles, mating by castling occurs twice in a very strange way!” (Author)
• (26.12) No.1552.1 (h#2 ; Take & Make) Jacques Rotenberg & Pierre Tritten (Israel / France). An improved version to No.1552.
• (26.12) No.1524.1 (-33 & #1 Proca ; Anti-Circe) Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel). Correction to No.1524 after comment by Bojan Bašić.
• (26.12) No.1571 (hs#10) Torsten Linß (Germany). “Critical moves by three pieces with return to their original squares.” (Author)
• (26.12) No.1570 (hs#8.5 ; Neutral pieces ; Alphabetic Chess, PWC, Einstein Chess, Republican Chess) Michael Grushko (Israel).
• (25.12) No.1569 (h#2.5 ; Neutral pieces ; Anti-Circe) Manfred Rittirsch (Germany). “Soul Sacrifice”
• (25.12) No.1568 (h#2 ; Brunner Chess, Back-to-Back) Karol Mlynka (Slovakia).
• (25.12) No.1567 (hs#4 ; Anti-Andernach, Mars Circe) Igor Kochulov (Russia). Enjoy the order of promotions!
• (25.12) No.1566 (hs#3.5 ; LEO, NAO) Franz Pachl (Germany).
• (25.12) No.1565 (h#2 ; Breton Adverse) Thomas Maeder (Switzerland). Glad to see Thomas on JF again, after previous publication back in 2015, No.897.

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JF Original Problems | November, 2020(2)

The judge of JF-2020/II: Hans Gruber.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2019-2020: Vlaicu Crișan. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list…

• (30.11) No.1564 (hs#4) János Csák (Hungary) & Aleksey Oganesjan (Russia). Attractive sacrifices lead to ODT “model checks” and model mates.
• (28.11) No.1563 (h#4 ; Grasshopper) Niels Danstrup (Denmark). An interesting coincidence about the numbers: the previous problem by Niels was No.1553 on the date 28.10!
• (26.11) No.1562 (h#4 ; Functionary Chess) Oleg Paradzinskij (Ukraine). Warm welcome to Oleg!
• (24.11) No.1561 (h#2 ; HurdleColourChanging pieces, Lion, Rook-Lion, Rose-Lion) Michal Dragoun (Czech Republic). The problem is not computer-tested – I found firstly geometrical pattern and then I discovered, that neither Popeye nor WinChloe are able to test Andernach roselion…(Author). Important to note two different names for the same property: Andernach hoppers = HurdleColourChanging pieces.

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JF Original Problems | November, 2020

The judge of JF-2020/II: Hans Gruber.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2019-2020: Vlaicu Crișan. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list…

• (16.11) No.1560 (PG 9 ; Nanna Chess) Gregor Werner (Germany). Warm welcome to Gregor!
• (15.11) No.1559 (s#7 ; Circe) Ivan Bryukhanov (Ukraine). Welcome back after 8 years break! 😉
• (15.11) No.1558 (PG 2.5, 7-fold checkmate ; Add pieces, KoBul Kings, Make&Take) Pierre Tritten (France). Just an empty board?! (no animation)
• (15.11) No.1557 (hs#2 ; Grasshopper, PAO, VAO) Georgy Evseev & Boris Shorokhov (Russia). Welcome to solve!
• (06.11) No.1556 (hs=3 ; AntiCirce) Gábor Tar (Hungary). „Anticice pin” on the same square.
• (06.11) No.1551.1 (ser-s#21 ; Circe Rex Inclusiv) Dirk Borst (Netherlands). Correction to No.1551: bPe7 is added to correct the cook found by Arno Tüngler and Kjell Widlert
• (06.11) No.1525.2 (h=10.5) Anatoly Stepochkin & Sergey Shumeiko (Russia). Improvement to No.1525.1: same idea, but nicer solution.
• (03.11) No.1555 (hs#3.5) János Csák & Gábor Tar (Hungary). Warm welcome to János!
• (02.11) No.1554 (hs#4) Vitaly Medintsev (Russia). ODT model mates and something more to discover…

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JF Original Problems | October, 2020 (2)

The judge of JF-2020/II: Hans Gruber.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2019-2020: Vlaicu Crișan. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list…

• (28.10) No.1553 (h#3 ; Grasshopper ; Take & Make) Niels Danstrup (Denmark). “I have made some ChessProblems back in 1977 and 1978 (!), and have started again in 2020. “ – Welcome back and to JF!
• (27.10) No.1552 (h#2 ; Take & Make) Jacques Rotenberg & Pierre Tritten (Israel / France). “Paradoxical specific play…”
• (27.10) No.1551 (ser-s#21 ; Circe Rex Inclusiv) Dirk Borst (Netherlands). I’ve got used to see Dirk’s name on JF while he was a judge of Retro&PG problems (JF-R2017-18)  and absolutely surprised now to see this is the first Dirk’s problem I publish on JF! Is it possible at all? 😉 Warm welcome, Dirk!

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JF Original Problems | October, 2020

The judge of JF-2020/II: Hans Gruber.
The judge of Retro & PG problems 2019-2020: Vlaicu Crișan. 

Coming soon: nobody in the waiting list

• (22.10) No.1550 (h#8; Maximummer) Anatoly Stepochkin (Russia). If bQ&bR would exchange their places it would be #1…
• (19.10) No.1549 (hs#3; Mars Circe) Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany). “inspired by R. Kohring”
• (17.10) No.1548 (-8 & #1 Proca ; Circe Assassin) Paul Rãican & Bojan Bašić (Romania / Serbia).
• (14.10) No.1547 (hs#5; Anti-Circe) Dmitri Turevski (Russia). Could be challenging for solvers!
• (14.10) No.1496.2 (-13 & s#1 Proca ; Anti-Circe Cheylan) Paul Rãican & Klaus Wenda (Romania / Austria). An improvement to No.1496 is made with forward stipulation changed to s#1 and Anti-Circe type to Cheylan.
• (13.10) No.1545.1 (h#2.5 ; Circe) Ivo Tominić (Croatia). An improvement to No.1545: “an improvement of my 1545 in two respects:
  1) bSg2 is replaced by bP, 2) unnecessary capture on f3 is avoided.
  Another wP put on e3 recloses third rank for Rb3; due to the consequential loss of thematic diagonal bQ is transfered to d5. Black Pe6 becomes superfluous when position is rotated against a vertical axis (a1=h1)”

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