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Home of the Meson Chess Problem Database and the BDS Ladder
My Chess Problems
The table below lists all the problems on this website. I will slowly be adding more. The TYPE column indicates the fairy pieces and/or conditions contained in that problem. Fairy pieces and conditions are defined by the Glossary, available through the menu item on the left. Wholly orthodox problems are marked orthodox.
Fairy pieces used include: Chinese Pieces, Contra-Grasshopper Family, Contra-Nightrider-hopper, Dabbaba, Grasshopper Family, Kangaroo, Marine Pieces, Nightrider, Nonstop Equihopper, Royal Units
Fairy conditions used include: Andernach Chess, AntiCirce, AntiKings, Checkless Chess, Circe, Circe Antipodean, Circe Exchange, Functionary Chess, Isardam, Kamikaze, Madrasi, KöKo (Kölner Kontakt Schach), Paisley Chess, Patrol Chess, Sentinels, Symmetric Circe, Total Tactics, Transmuting Kings, Vogtländer
| YEAR | AWARD | SOURCE | STIP. | TYPE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1977 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | U-Chess |
| View | 1977 | 1st Comm. | The Problemist | #2 | Circe Antipodean |
| View | 1977 | 3rd HM. | The Problemist | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1977 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1977 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | U-Chess |
| View | 1977 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | Circe |
| View | 1977 | Comm. | British Chess Magazine | #2 | U-Chess |
| View | 1977 | None | The Problemist | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1978 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | Grasshopper family, Nightrider |
| View | 1978 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Circe Antipodean |
| View | 1978 | None | Die Schwalbe | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1978 | None | Probleemblad | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1978 | 3rd HM. | British Chess Magazine | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1979 | None | The Problemist | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1980 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Kamikaze |
| View | 1982 | 2nd Prize | The Problemist (v) | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1983 | None | Chessics | #2 | Circe Antipodean (rex inclusiv) |
| View | 1984 | None | The Problemist | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1985 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Piececs |
| View | 1985 | None | Sheffield Morning Telegraph | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1986 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Bulletin | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1986 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Bulletin | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1986-1987 | 2nd Prize | British Chess Magazine | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1987 | None | The Independent | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1987 | 5th HM., | The Problemist | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1987 | Comm. | British Chess Magazine 5th TT | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1987 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Circe Antipodean |
| View | 1987 | HM. | Cambridge | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1988 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Bulletin | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1989 | 7th HM. | feenschach | #2 | Total Tactics, Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1989 | None | Bournemouth Fairy Solving Ty. | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1989 | None | British Chess Magazine | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1990 | None | Bournemouth Evening Echo | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1990 | None | The Problemist | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | British Chess Magazine | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1990 | None | feenschach | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | feenschach | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | 4th Comm. | Phenix | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | feeschach | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | feenschach | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | diagrammes | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1990 | None | The Problemist | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1990 | None | diagrammes | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1990 | None | diagrammes | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1991 | None | diagrammes | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1991 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Circe, Madrasi |
| View | 1991 | None | The Problemist | H#3 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1991 | None | BCSC Final | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1991 | None | The Independent | #5 | orthodox |
| View | 1991 | 1st Comm. | Problem Observer | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1991 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1991 | Comm. | British Chess Magazine | H#2 | Madrasi |
| View | 1991 | None | diagrammes | #2 | Madrasi |
| View | 1991 | None | Phenix | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1991 | None | The Independent | H#5 | orthodox |
| View | 1991 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Nightrider |
| View | 1992 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Circe |
| View | 1992 | None | The Problemist Supplement | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1992 | None | feenschach | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1992 | None | Problem Observer | H#2 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1992 | None | feenschach | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1992 | Comm. | The Problemist | R#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1992 | None | feenschach | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1992 | None | Problem Observer | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1992 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Madrasi |
| View | 1992 | None | feenschach | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1992 | Prize | The Problemist | R#3 | orthodox |
| View | 1993 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1993 | None | The Problemist | #5 | orthodox |
| View | 1993 | None | Oxford | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Symmetric Circe |
| View | 1993 | 1st HM. | Andernach | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Andernach Chess |
| View | 1993 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Symmetric Circe |
| View | 1993 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Madrasi |
| View | 1994 | None | British Chess Magazine | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Solving Ty. | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | Die Schwalbe | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Madrasi |
| View | 1994 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Solving Ty. | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Solving Ty. | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | 1st HM. | Oxford | R#2 | Andernach Chess |
| View | 1994 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Solving Ty. | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1994 | 2nd Comm. | Phenix | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1994 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1994 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1994 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1994 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Sentinels |
| View | 1995 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1995 | None | Hull Chess Club Magazine | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Sentinels |
| View | 1995 | None | Hull Chess Club Magazine | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | None | Rochade Europa | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | None | British Chess Magazine | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | 2nd HM. | Problem Observer | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1995 | None | Die Schwalbe | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1995 | None | Hull Chess Club Magazine | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | None | The Problemist | #5 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | None | Hull Chess Club Magazine | #2 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | 4th Prize | The Problemist | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1995 | 3rd HM. | Phenix | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1995 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #7 | orthodox |
| View | 1996 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Symmetric Circe |
| View | 1996 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Madrasi |
| View | 1996 | None | Paisley | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Paisley Chess |
| View | 1996 | None | Paisley | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1996 | 4th HM. | feenschach | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1996 | 3rd HM. | The Problemist | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1996 | Comm | feenschach | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1996 | None | harmonie | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1996 | None | British Chess Magazine | #3 | orthodox |
| View | 1997 | 1st Comm. | Andernach | #2 | Isardam |
| View | 1997 | None | Suomen Tehtavaniekat | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Circe |
| View | 1997 | None | diagrammes | #2 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1997 | None | Die Schwalbe | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1997 | None | feenschach | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1997 | 1st HM. | Suomen Tehtavaniekat | #4 | orthodox |
| View | 1997 | None | The Problemist Supplement | H#3 | Circe Exchange |
| View | 1997 | Comm. | The Problemist | #2 | Patrol Chess |
| View | 1997-1998 | 3rd Prize | Variant Chess | R#2 | Chinese Pieces, Circe (rex inclusiv) |
| View | 1998 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Sentinels |
| View | 1998 | Comm. | Messigny | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1998 | None | The Problemist | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1998 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Sentinels |
| View | 1998 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Circe |
| View | 1998 | 1st Comm. | Martin-Zillna | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1998 | None | Probleemblad | #3 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 1998 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Sentinels |
| View | 1998 | Comm. | diagrammes | #2 | Vogtlander |
| View | 1998 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Sentinels |
| View | 1998 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1998 | HM. | Messigny | H#2 | orthodox |
| View | 1999 | None | StrateGems | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1999 | 2nd Comm. | Rochade Europa | #2 | Transmuting Kings |
| View | 1999 | None | The Problemist | R#2 | KoKo |
| View | 1999 | None | diagrammes | #4 | Vogtlander |
| View | 1999 | None | StrateGems | SEMI-R#2 | Koko |
| View | 1999 | None | harmonie | #2 | Vogtlander |
| View | 1999 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 1999-2001 | 1st Comm. | McWilliam MT | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | Probleemblad | H#4 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | The Problemist | R#2 | KoKo |
| View | 2000 | None | Suomen Tehtavaniekat | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | The Problemist | S#3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Madrasi |
| View | 2000 | 9/13 Comm. | StrateGems | #2 | Grasshopper Family, Functionary Chess |
| View | 2000 | None | idee and form | R#2 | KoKo |
| View | 2000 | None | Correspondence Chess | #3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2000 | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2000 | None | Rochade Europa | R#2 | Grassshopper Family, Transmuting Kings |
| View | 2000 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Orthodox |
| View | 2000 | None | Phenix | R#2 | KoKo |
| View | 2000 | Comm. | StrateGems | H=3 | orthodox |
| View | 2001 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Grasshopper Family; Nightrider |
| View | 2001 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2001 | Comm. | StrateGems | #3 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 2001 | None | Problemkiste | #3 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 2001 | None | Problemkiste | #2 | Chinese Pieces, Symmetric Circe |
| View | 2001 | Comm. | Wageningen | #2 | Nonstop Equihopper, Patrol Chess |
| View | 2001 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2002 | Comm. | Messigny | #2 | Royal Unit, Dabbaba |
| View | 2002 | None | Problemesis | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2002 | None | Correspondence Chess | #3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2002 | None | Probleemblad | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2002 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2002 | None | Rochade Europa | #2 | Grasshopper, Nightrider: Transmuting kings |
| View | 2002 | 2nd Prize | Messigny | #2 | Royal unit, Grasshopper, Nightrider |
| View | 2003 | 1st HM. | Problemesis | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2003 | Comm. | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2003 | None | Rochade Europa | #5 | Kangaroo |
| View | 2003 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2003 | 2nd Prize | Probleemblad | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2005 | None | Problemesis | S#3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2006 | 3rd Comm. | Becherovka 07. TT | R#2 | Royal Units; Grasshopper Family |
| View | 2008 | Comm. | Torquay | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2009 | 1st HM. | Springaren | H#3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2009 | 1st HM. | Probleemblad | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist | H#2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist Supplement | SER-H#13 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | StrateGems | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2010 | 2nd Comm. | Chess Composition Microweb 28. TT | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2010 | 12th Comm. | Die Schwalbe | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2010 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2011 | None | Mightiest of Minds Solving Ty. | #2 | Orthodox |
| View | 2012 | None | Orbit | H#2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2012 | None | British Chess Magazine | H#3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2012 | 4th Comm. | StrateGems | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2013 | None | The Problemist | H#2.5 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2013 | None | Probleemblad | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2013 | None | Meson | #3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2013 | None | Orbit | H#2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2014 | None | Sachova skladba | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist | R#2 | Orthodox |
| View | 2014 | None | Probleemblad | S#9 | AntiKings |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist | #2 | AntiKings |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist Supplement | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist Supplement | H#5 | Contra Grasshopper Family |
| View | 2014 | None | Problem Observer | R#2 | Orthodox |
| View | 2014 | None | The Problemist | R#2 | Orthodox |
| View | 2015 | None | Probleemblad | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2015 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Grasshopper Family |
| View | 2015 | None | Problem Observer | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2015 | None | Darnall and Handsworth Chess Club-30 | #3 | Orthodox |
| View | 2015 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2015 | None | The Problemist Supplement | H#2 | AntiCirce; Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | Problemskak | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Checkless Chess; Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | 2nd HM. | StrateGems | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | StrateGems | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | Phenix | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | Probleemblad | H#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2016 | None | Probleemblad | #3 | Checkless Chess; Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2017 | None | Tehtavaniekka | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2017 | 11th Comm. | Tehtavaniekka | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2018 | 5th Comm., | Phenix | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2020 | None | The Problemist | #3 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2021 | None | Probleemblad | #4 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2021 | None | Problemskak | #2 | Grasshopper Family, KoKo |
| View | 2021 | None | The Problemist | #2 | Chinese Piececs |
| View | 2021-2022 | 1st HM. | The Hopper | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2021-2022 | 2nd HM. | The Hopper | R#2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | 2022 | None | #2 | Grasshopper Family | |
| View | 2023 | None | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Royal unit |
| View | 2003 | Comm. | The Problemist Supplement | #2 | Marine Pieces |
| View | 2026 | None | BDS Website | PG | Orthodox |
| View | ???? | None | Problem Observer | #2 | Chinese Pieces |
| View | ???? | None | L'Echiquier Belge | #4 | Orthodox |
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