[Retros] Ke1 - g1 (Are the King and the Rook....?)

[Joost de Heer]

> Did anyone see Jorg Kuhlmann's award for fairies in Die Schwalbe? He 

> mentions legality for fairy compositions, and quite strictly applied the 

> 'fairy pieces are promoted pawns, so a composition with (sum fairy 

> pieces + sum pawns) > 8 is illegal' rule. (IIRC he used something like 

> pseudo-illegal, but I don't have the award with me atm, I will check it 

> tonight).


I just checked the award (Die Schwalbe Heft 228, page 304-309). Jörg is 
consistently talking about '"Exotisch" (sprich: "illegal")' ["Exotic" 
(read: "illegal")] in his award. And in the afterword he writes, on the 
subject of economy: "Hierher gehört auch die Frage der Legalität von 
Märchenstellungen. Können sie auf orthodoxe Stellungen "zurückgeführt" 
werden, ist das ein erheblicher formästhetischer Vorzug gegenüber 
"exotischen", jeden Rahmen sprengenden Stellungen" (which translates to 
something like "To this belongs also the legality question of fairy 
positions. When they can be retracted to an orthodox position, then that 
is a form-esthetic advantage compared to "exotic" positions which defy 
all rules.").

Joost