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Original Problems, Julia’s Fairies – 2015 (I): January – June →Previous ; →Next ; →List 2015(I) Please send your original fairy problems to: julia@juliasfairies.com |
No.752 
No.752 by Kjell Widlert – The eternal Albino theme, with a use of Circe and Maximummer here. (JV)
Definitions:
Circe: Captured units (not Ks) reappear on their game-array squares, of the same colour in the case of pieces, on the file of capture in the case of pawns, and on the promotion square of the file of capture in the case of fairy pieces. If the rebirth square is occupied the capture is normal.
Maximummer: Black must play the geometrically longest move or may choose from among longest moves of equal length, distances being measured from the center of each square. Diagonal and oblique distances are measured from the orthogonal coordinates by using Pythagora’s theorem (take the square root of the sum of the squares of the orthogonal distances). All other orthodox chess rules apply.
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No.752 Kjell Widlert |
Solution: (click to show/hide) |
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white kh8 rh5 ba1 pa4b2c2
black kc4 ra3 pa2a5a7b6c3f3
#6 (6+8) |
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Good job Kjell !
we have now a pretty family of fairy albinos !
Diagram Circe, Symetry Circe+Anticirce diagram, Anticirce, T&M and now Circe !
What else ? as Georges Clooney says !
SL
Still trying to solve this (my current coffee table problem). Has me hooked.
Got it. Had to refresh my memory on albino meaning, so I took that as a strong hint. Still, about 20 minutes to the end. Bravo! Great problem. Before the hint, I’d thought for sure wK had a role covering a square or two, but this just led to a sea of escaping variations for black. In the process of relearning albino, I refreshed on pickaninny definition as well.