Hello everyone. I made this challenge for myself and tried it once. I do this challenge every 25 puzzles. My challenge has the same themes as a 

World Chess Composing Tournament.

The WCCT has the following themes:

 - 2-mover

 - 3-mover

 - More-mover (Here it will be a 4-mover)

 - Endgame Study (I didn't made one of these, sorry)

 - Helpmate

 - Selfmate

 - Fairypieces

I made these puzzles and challenge you to solve them.

Dont use an engine please!!!

Good Luck!!:

Mate in 2: White to move

Mate in 3: White to move

Mate in 4: White to move -- Easy

Helpmate in 2: Black to move and white mates

 Selfmate in 2: White to move and forces black to mate

Mate in 3: White to move

Mate in 2:          Solved By: s0030135

Mate in 3:          Solved By: Asorski

Mate in 4:          Solved by: MrComposer

Helpmate in 2:   Solved By: s0030135

Selfmate in 2:    Solved By: s0030135

Fairy mate in 3:  Solved By: s0030135

 The Grasshopper:

Grasshopper: a4

The grasshopper can only move by hopping over a piece. If a grasshopper can't hop over a piece, it can't move!! The grasshopper moves just like a queen, but it has to hop over another piece. It moves just one place after the piece it hopped. It cannot hop twice

Were the upside down pieces intentional?

Yes, yes indeed!! 

Mate in 2

Helpmate:

1...Rf4 2.Be1 Rxe4 3.Nxe4#

Selfmate:

1.Be6 any 2.Qb4+ Bxb4#

Mate in 3

1. Bf3!! d5 (1...Kxf3 2. Ng5#) 2. h4! Kxf3(now forced) 3. Ng5#

Good job s0030135. You solved three puzzles correct. Congratulations.

y2721, sorry but 1.Bf3 Kxf3 2.Ng5+ isn't mate. Try again if you want .

A well composed and easy puzzle. Fantastic!

1. Q1d3 Qd2-d4 (capturing the queen on d3)+

2. Kf2! Any move

3. Qh3#

or 1... Any move

2.Qh3#

*Fairy mate*

MrComposer: You have solved the mate in 4. Congratulations. But the fairy mate in 3 isn't correct. If a grasshopper hops over a piece it is placed only 1 place after the piece it hopped. A grasshopper cannot hop twice.

Try it again if you want!! 

Mate in 3(2nd try)

1. Nh8 Kg5 2. Be3+ Kh4 3. Ng6#

Sorry y2721. Black can defend with: 1.Nh8 Kg5 2.Be3+ Kf6!!

Try it again if you want

Fairy Mate: Qf3#

Correct me if I am wrong but this looks like a mate in 1 to me.....

I dont' see how the fairy mate line 1. Dd3 2. Bg3 3. Dh3# doesn't work

Qf3 doesn't work because white is already in check!

White has to block with Qd1-d3.

Hi everyone:

 - iixxPROxxii: White is indeed in check, so you have a few moves left. 1.Gf3 is an illegal move!!

- y2721: After 1.Gd3 black can defend with 1.Gd4!. 

- MrComposer: There is another move to block the check. This is a very big hint!!

Mate in 3(Grasshopper):

1.e3 Ga2 2.Ga1 any 3.Gh8#

or

1.e3 Gf4 2.Ga7 any 3.Gh7#