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h#2,5 Parrain Circe with Royal Tritons and neutral pieces

Eric HUBER
2015

black Royal bte3 white Royal wtf2 neutral Bd8 Pe2
h#2,5 Parrain Circe(1+1+2)
2 solutions
🨵f2, 🨻e3: Royal Tritons
: a captured piece stays in suspension and then makes an equipollent move to the next piece that plays
. : moves like a Rook and captures like a Locust

Solution

 

h#2 with Pao and Mao

Stephen EMMERSON
The Problemist Supplement, 2007

white Pe5f2 Kg5 Bd6 MAd2 PAe3 black Kd5 Be8
h#2(6+2)
b) ♙f2-->c6
🨵e3: Pao
🨍d2: Mao
: moves like a rook and needs a sautoir to capture
. : Creeping knight who first makes a rook step, then a bishop step
there must be no obstacle at 1 rook step

Solution

 

#2 Take&Make

Alberto ARMENI
2015

white Pc3f4g4 Sa3d3 Bb4h7 Kd7 black Pb7 Kd5 Bh6 Sf7a1 Rf1
#2 Take&Make(8+6)
: In the event of a take, the capturing piece is obliged to make an additional half move (Make) with the march of the captured piece. This move does not have to be a take

Solution

 

h#2 reciprocal Einstein

Aleksandar POPOVSKI
2011

white Kb6 Bf8 Sb5 black Qc3 Kd5 Rg7
h#2 reciprocal Einstein(3+3)
2 solutions
: unlike normal helpmate, blacks have possibility to check (or stalemate) the whites themselves at their last move.
: if a piece captures, it goes up in the hierarchy, and if it doesn't capture, it goes down.
capture : p->N->B->R->Q
. without capture : Q->R->B->N->p
Relativity applied to chess pieces !

Solution

h#2 Madrasi

S.K.BALASUBRAMANIAN &
K.SEETHARAMAN
The Problemeist, 2012

white Pb4 Sd6e4 Rd7 Kg3 Bf3 black Qc4 Rb7 Kd5 Bd1 Pb6e5f5
h#2 Madrasi(6+7)
2 solutions
: opposing pieces of the same kind that observe each other are paralysed

Solution

 

serial s=7 Circe Madrasi

Gàbor TAR
2011

white Bg4h6 Kg6 Qb2 Ph4 Sb4h5 Ra6h2 black Qf6 Sd3g7 Rf2c6 Bf3g5 Ke7
ser-s=7 Circe Madrasi(9+8)
: a captured piece is reborn on its native square.

Solution

 

 

hs#4 Andernach Circe turncoats

E.ZIMMER
2014

white Pe2 Ke1 black Ph3g3c7 Ka8 Sd4
hs#4 Andernach(2+5)
Circe turncoats
: selfmate in which black collaborates until a selfmate 1 move (s#1) position is reached.
: a piece that captures changes colour

Solution

 

h#2 Sentinels with Lion and neutral Nightrider

Peter HARRIS
2009

neutral Ng3 black Ka1 white LIa8
h#2 Sentinels(1+1+1)
2 solutions
🨴a8: Lion
🨮g3: Neutral Nightrider
: when a piece (not a pawn) plays, it defecates a pawn on the starting square of the move
. : moves like a Queen but with a sautoir.
the squares between the starting square and the sautoir must be free
. the squares between the sautoir and the finishing square must also be free
. : can make several successive knight jumps while keeping the same trajectory
: can be played by both sides

Solution

 

s#6 with Equihoppers

bernd ellinghoven
H.P.REHM & K.WIDLERT
2012

white Bb8c4 Kb1 WEd1 Pg3h3d3 Se8f7 Ra6g8 black Pb4b3b2h2 Kf5 Ba1 BEh1
s#6(11+7)
🩈d1, 🩉h1: Equihoppers
: a piece that needs a sautoir to move the path between the sautoir and the arrival square is equipollent to the path between the departure square and the sautoir

Solution

 

h#3 Sentinels

Gerard SMITS
2013

white Pg5 Kd8 Sg1 black Pd7 Kf4 Re2
h#3 Sentinels(3+3)
b) adversary pawns Sentinels
Solution

 

serial #6 Couscous Circe with neutral pawns

Norbert GEISSLER
2011

neutral Pc7d6e6e4 black Kd1 white Kh8
ser-#6 Couscous Circe(1+1+4)
2 solutions
c7, d6, e6, e4: neutral pawns
: the captured piece is reborn on the original square of the capturing piece

Solution

 

#2 Madrasi with all the menagerie

James QUAH
2015

white Bb4 FLg6 Kg2 WLf8 Pd5 WTb7c6 WRa5 black Ka1 BLc5 Pc7g5a3a2 Sh2 BTg8 BRc8
#2 Madrasi(8+9)
󼎜a5, 󼎝c8: Rose-Lion
🨴f8, 🨺c5: Lion
🨵b7, c6, 🨻g8: Rook-Lion
🨶g6: Bishop-Lion
Solution

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