Original Fairy problems
JF-2023:
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
☝ Definitions
No. 1778 Hiroaki Maeshima
Japan
original - 05.11.2023
white Kh5 CAb6 Ge6 Sc7
black PAc5 Pa5b7c3b3 Sd6c4 Kb4
h#2 2 solutions 4+8
Pao c5
Camel b6
Grasshopper e6
Pao c5
Camel b6
Grasshopper e6
Solution: (click to show/hide)
Nice idea. It will be more interesting if the black Pao made critical moves from g5, perhaps to selfblock on b5/c5
Thank you, I’ll try it!
8/1r6/kP4KR/5>r2/8/1N6/2>N>n>n3/2bb4
How about this as suggested by KSR sir? Also has dual avoidance for wK coming into the line…
This is excellent! It is eye-catching that the arrival squares are all on the 5th rank.
And each is on a different file: ahec bgfd.
The first that I’ve seen such a task in a helpmate!
It also shows what Juraj Lorinc has described as “Repelling” in Conflictio No.25, page 6: A piece cannot arrive on a specific square or line as this would result in an illegal self-check.