MOD 2 PROBLEMS
These are very elementary problems concerning legal positions that would no longer be legal if the colours and the board were reversed, and the other player had the move. The array at the beginning of the game is a good example of such a position.
This is a fairly well-trampled field with limited scope for novelty, but there is still some space for original ideas. They are fun, but I feel a bit guilty for enjoying something so simple-minded. For 30 or so other compositions, see the Chess Problem Database Server and search for k="Thema Parit%t". [Sic: "%" denotes a wildcard, if you can't type "ä".]
| {A} Dr Julio Sunyer Fairy Chess Review, Apr 1946 version A.G.Buchanan Original |
{B} A.G.Buchanan Original |
{C} A.G.Buchanan in memoriam Gábor Cseh StrateGems, Jan 2002 |
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| (14+14) h#3 | (13+11) White can capture e.p. and castle. h#2.5 | (14+14) h#3* | ||
| {D} A.G.Buchanan Original |
{E} A.G.Buchanan Original |
{F} Wladimir Korolkow problem 69-72, 07/1960 version A.G.Buchanan Original |
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| (14+14) h#3v | (12+15) Joke! White has given odds of a rook. h#3v | (12+14) h#3 |