Original Fairy problems
JF-2021-I:
01.01.2021 - 30.06.2021
“Both problems show the Sharp-Theme, curiously with almost identical play, in hs# 2.5 by White, in hs# 3 by Black!”
No. 1610 'Robert Sharp'
Australia
original - 30.04.2021
white Ka1 Pb3e4 Re3h3 Sd5 Ba7
black Ka3 Pg4f5e5c6b7 Qb8
hs#2.5 b) -Rh3 7+7
Solution: (click to show/hide)
No. 1610.A 'Robert Sharp'
Wagga Wagga / Australia
version of No.1610 - 30.04.2021
white Qb1 Pb2g6f4e4b5b6 Ka6
black Ba2c3 Ph7d4c5 Rh6e6 Ka8
hs#3 2 solutions 8+8
Solution: (click to show/hide)
As I was driving through Wagga Wagga I called in to see Robert Sharp. Unusually for an Australian composer, he had a German accent.
1610A is a 8+8 problem
corrected 8+8, thanks!
…and 1610A is also a very nice problem! 🙂