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		<title>Problem 321: Balasubramanian & Kostadinov & Rittirsch - Fairy (Anti Take & Make, Madrasi)</title>
		<description>Discuss Problem 321: Balasubramanian & Kostadinov & Rittirsch - Fairy (Anti Take & Make, Madrasi)</description>
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			<title>Bala says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dear Kjell, Thanks for such a precise but well explained comments. ---Bala]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bala</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Nikola Predrag says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Diyan, there's no reason for hurry. And with some examples, it will surely be educative and worth waiting for. I said exactly the same as Kjell did. "Critical Grimshaw" is just a short expression for the combined play which would certainly not be original just for its own sake. But the the complex motivation for Critical Grimshaw is wonderful and original. The "whole" is not only greater of the "sum of parts", it MAKES the ORIGINAL CONTENT. The elements are just the bricks which build a house. And a house has a completely different meaning and purpose than just a heap of bricks. There is probably a misunderstanding, I surely agree that there is beautifully motivated specific fairy play which makes the whole point of that problem. What I say is that this particular specificity should be explained in the comment. Specific fairy play is expected in any fairy problem, why should that be mentioned if the particular specificity is not pointed out? Kjell did it clearer than me.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nikola Predrag</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Kjell for your detailed comment and kind words! Nikola, sorry for my delayed reply... I started to write it but realize that it become so long including some example schemes and I am still not able to finish it (as usual I am really busy - I am manager of new working project; judging about 20 tourneys including FIDE Album; trying to update the website every day; receiving and answering on about 10-15 emails every day; working on ChessComposer version 3.0 etc.). This week I will finish and publish my comment and by the way there will explain also what I mean with the "specific fairy play" which term I used some times. Sorry again for delay!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kjell Widlert says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I think the content of the problem is not so much in the list of thematic elements as in the integratedconcept as a whole ("the whole is greater than the sum of its parts") - which is what makes it such a good problem. * How do we mate? - By Madrasi-paralysing the bK and mating him with R or B. * How do we stop Black from paralysing the mating piece? - By putting the mating piece and its black counterpart on the same line, with the other black piece in between * How do we get the other black piece there? - By Anti-T&M transport. * How do we stop it from moving away? - By paralysing it with its white counterpart. * How do we prepare this? - By a critical move of the black piece to be interfered. The unity is enhanced by using b6 as the critical square in both solution. With Pd5 as the only technical piece - what else could we ask for? A wonderful problem!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kjell Widlert</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
			<link>https://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/457-balasubramanian-diyan-kostadinov-manfred-rittirsch-fairy.html#comment-899</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your comments Nikola! As usual your comments are interesting and educative, but here you are not so correct in what is MAIN thematic idea/content and what are the SIDE EFFECTS which enriched the content in this problem. But let me answer you with some examples tomorrow, because now is 2:00 at night in Bulgaria and I am really sleepy...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Nikola Predrag says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In this problem, fairy-specific paralysing and un-paralysing effects are not thematic by themselves, they are a result of the "INTERFERENCES AFTER CRITICAL MOVES", that is thematic. Reciprocity and the same square of interference, significantly intensify the thematic content. The original complex here is "critical black Grimshaw (where the interference is achieved by white AntiT&M capture), resulting with two opposite Madrasi effects". Active sacrifices/AntiT&M captures in W1/B2 are nice but not thematically important or original.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nikola Predrag</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Nikola Predrag says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When you describe a fairy element to someone who sees it for the first time, it's important to present some example with the specific fairy possibilities of the used condition/s and/or pieces. It explains what are the rules and shows a specific play which is specifically LEGAL by these rules. But any specific legal fairy play is not automatically thematic, just as any legal play is not automatically thematic in the orthodox problems. Why should "specific fairy play" be mentioned in the comment? It is stipulated and expected as mandatory in a fairy problem. Trouble is that some authors think that each specific fairy move is thematic by itself. Theme is something else, irrelevantly to its name. Name is only a short way to say what happens in the play.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nikola Predrag</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is no special reason that the Grimshaw is not mentioned Nikola. Usually the comments of the thematic complex here are not so long and deep. Just the main idea is mentioned. As you know in the fairy genre the most important is not the name of some theme, the most important is the presentation of the specific fairy possibilities of the used condition/s and/or pieces. But you are right that Grimshaw is better to be included, so we do it now. Thanks ;)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Nikola Predrag says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[That's great, but is there a reason for not mentioning the (critical) Grimshaw?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nikola Predrag</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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