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MatPlus.Net Forum General choice of fairy pieces
 
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(1) Posted by Eugene Rosner [Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 15:56]; edited by Eugene Rosner [13-03-05]

choice of fairy pieces


Hi everyone-
I'm basically clueless in regards to composing with fairy pieces, although I'm working on one currently! so a few questions:

1.if I need to use a black fairy piece thematically and I need to guard a flight square with a white piece in a non-thematic way, is it better to use an orthodox piece or the same type of fairy piece?

2.if I need to use two w-square white bishops to guard squares, is it better to use one of the fairy pieces on the board already to substitute one of them or does it already not matter since I'm using fairy pieces?

3.is it alright to use just one of a particular fairy piece if it is done in a thematic way, or should there be atleast two? one of each color?

thanks in advance!
Eugene
 
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(2) Posted by seetharaman kalyan [Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 18:28]

I think on the first two questions, there is no general agreement. For the third question, I can say that it is perfectly OK to use just one fairy piece. Not necessary to use one of each color :)
 
 
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(3) Posted by Geoff Foster [Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 21:54]

1. To guard a flight square in a non-thematic way, I would use an orthodox piece.
2. I would use two white-square bishops.
3. In my opinion, the use of just one particular fairy piece is a good feature. If this is not possible, then the different fairy pieces should be in the same family (for example, all hoppers).
 
   
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(4) Posted by Kevin Begley [Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 05:43]; edited by Kevin Begley [13-03-06]

Think of fairy elements as the most expensive ingredient, in whatever dish you are cooking.
Fairy units are like a fine wine -- if your recipe calls for uncorking a bottle of Nightrider, use all you need (to enhance the flavor of your idea).
If you manage to avoid opening bottles you don't really need, you're already cooking better than most of the big white hats. :-)

Whereas a spared bottle may come in handy for later celebrations, counting every drop would not only be miserly, it would detract from your primary focus: the dish.
 
   
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(5) Posted by Eugene Rosner [Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 01:41]

many thanks gentlemen! looking at some old FIDE Albums it looks like if you could avoid two same colored bishops, you should, with there being no limit on the number of a particular fairy piece!
ahhh, conventions....
 
   
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(6) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 15:19]

Speaking of conventions, older fairy pieces/conditions
have the right of way :-)

Hauke
 
   
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(7) Posted by Jacques Rotenberg [Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 18:55]

I think a good convention is to make good problems.
 
   
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(8) Posted by Kevin Begley [Friday, Mar 8, 2013 02:25]

Yield the right of way to the early fairy units? No way -- I break only for simplicity.
And don't bother telling me that this trait is most commonly found in the earliest of inventions.
When the marine units call to your captain, follow one order very strictly: disobey everything!

As for a convention to "make 'good' problems"... hmmm.
I'd be careful with that one, Jacques -- the installation of a dangerously graded speed bump might divert traffic off-road. ;-)

As Bobby Fischer famously said, "Chess demands t̶o̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d a love for the game."
Don't focus on any road sign... just love being behind the wheel.
 
 
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