Leave a comment No.1407 Anatoly Stepochkin (Russia) Original Fairy problems JF-2019/I: January – June’2019 Definition: (click to show/hide) Lion (LI): Moves along Queen lines over another unit of either color to any square beyond that unit. A capture may be made on arrival, but the hurdle is not affected. No.1407 Anatoly Stepochkin Russia original – 15.06.2019 Solutions: (click to show/hide) white Kg1 LIg6g7 Sd7e4 Pa2f3 black Kd5 Ra4a6 Bb2 Sa8 Pb4c4g3h3 Qd8 h#2 4 solutions (7+10) Lion g6, g7 1.Ra6-f6! LIg7*b2 2.b4-b3 Se4-c3 # 1.Bb2-f6! LIg6*a6 2.Sa8-c7 Sd7-b6 # 1.g3-g2 Kg1-f2 2.Kd5-d4 Sd7-f6 # {display-departure-file} {(Sef6?)} 1.Ra4-a5 a2-a4 2.Kd5-c6 Se4-f6 # {display-departure-file} {(Sdf6?) (C+ by Popeye 4.79)} HOTF. (Author)