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TATA STEEL -75 COMPOSING TOURNEY New
CThe organizing board of Tata Steel Chess Tournament announces an international composing tourney for endgame studies. No set theme.
Five money prizes will be awarded: 1st-750 Euros 2nd-500 Euros; 3rd-250 Euros; 4th-150 Euros; 5th-100 Euros; Book prizes are offered to all other awarded entries.
The award will be published in January 2013 towards the 75th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament and will be sent to all participants.
Judge: Yochanan Afek
Entries - not more than three per composer - send to the tourney director Harold van der Heijden
Michel de Klerkstraat 28, 7425 DG Deventer, The Netherland.
Preferably by e-mail: heijdenh@concepts.nl Adding postal address is mandatory!
Closing date: 1.11.2012
MEMORIAL TY - "L. Loshinsky and E. Umnov - 100. New
Chess Federation of Russia and its Commission of Chess Composition
announced the Memorial tournament "L.Loshinsky and E.Umnov - 100 "
The competition will be held on the traditional six sections:
2# - Judge V.Kopil (Ukraine)
3# - Judge V.Shavirin (Ekaterinburg)
n# - Judge J.Vladimirov (Moscow)
Studies - Judge O.Pervakov (Moscow)
Helpmates - Judge B.Shorokhov (Ramenskoe)
Selfmates - A.Azhusin (Tver)
Set prize fund $4000
Send entries to the September 1, 2012 (two copies) to organizer Dmitry Turevsky:
117 198 Russia, Moscow, ul. Samora Machel 8-45..
Email (preferred method): dmitri.turevski@gmail.com
HILLEL. & YOEL ALONI-75 JUBILEE TOURNAY New
The Israeli twin composers Hillel and Yoel Aloni will celebrate their 75th
anniversary on September 30th 2012.
To commemorate this event and their immense contribution to the development
of Israeli chess composition, the ICC (Israeli association for chess composition)
announces a formal composing tourney for twin endgame studies.
The thematic contents are free; however a twin-study is required, created by just
one change in the initial position. More than two phases are allowed but a
zero-position is forbidden.
The judges Hillel and Yoel Aloni will award book-prizes.
Entries on diagrams with full solutions and postal address, should be sent to the tourney director Amatzia Avni until 30.9.12, preferably by e-mail to: avniam@zahav.net.il
Just in case, here is his postal address: Amatzia Avni, 9 Oranim st. Givaat-Shmuel 54052 Israel.
The preliminary award will be published in the magazine "Variantim" during
the first half of 2013 and will be sent to all participants.
JUBILEE TOURNEY ALEXEY SOCHNEV 50 New
Studies:Theme free
Prize fund 2000 USD
Judge:Aleksey Sochnev
Send to: Jakov Rossomakho, Ordinarnaja 12, kv.29, 197136 Sankt Peterburg, Russia
Email: yross@mail.ru
Closing date: 1.10.2012
21th MEMORIAL Z. M. BIRNOV New
Judge: Alexej Sochnev
Send to: rosinio@mail.ru
Closing date: 30.11.2012
ANATOLY ZINCHUK 75 MT New
Chess Composition committee of Ukraine and the editors of “Problemist Of Ukraine” magazine announce the
composing tourney “MT Anatoliy Zinchuk - 75” dedicated to 75th birthday of the famous Ukrainian endgame
and studies composer, ex-chairman of the Chess Composition committee of Ukraine - Anatoliy Zinchuk.
Theme of study free
Judge: Vladimir Pogorelov
Prize fund - 300€
Send to: Vladimir Pogoryelov, Str. Kagamlyka 80, 36008 Poltava, Ukraine
pogorelov58@mail.ru
Closing date: 1.7.2012
JUBILEE TOURNEY IURI AKOBIA 75
The Commission of Chess Composition of Georgia announces a anonymous composition tourney (studies) to commemorate the 75th birthday of Iuri Akobia.
The competition has two sections:
1. No set theme.
2. Rook studies with some quiet moves.
Twin studies not allowed (in both section).
The judge will be I.Akobia himself.
Director (Associate Judge): Mario Guido Garcia (Argentina)
Prizes, special prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Entries should be with the name of the composer(s), diagram and solution (formats:PGN, DOC, PDF etc.)
Please send the studies (joint works allowed) before 20.05 2012 to the tourney director:
marioggarcia@gmail.com
The preliminary award can see on 01.08.2012 in the website http://akobia.geoweb.ge
OLIMPIC CHESS COMPOSING TY (Studies) 2012
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) within the framework fits "Chess Composition" special project and in co-operation with the Turkish Chess Federation announce an Olympic chess composing tourney in 8 sections (see full announcement here ), dedicated to the World Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
Judge for the studies section : IGM Oleg Pervakov (Russia)
Only one composition from each author is acceptable; joint compositions are not allowed.
The theme is free.
The director of the tournament is IGM Petko A. Petkov (FIDE international judge), who will not participate as author or judge in the tournament.
Entries (preferably in WORD format, but other formats are also acceptable) can be sent by e-mail only to the director's address at:
ppetkow@mail.orbitel.bg
Participants should mention their postal address in the e-mail.
The closing date is 01.05 2012.
The director will send all compositions to the judges on standardized anonymous diagrams by 15.05, 2012. All the judges should prepare their awards by 15.07 2012.
The results will be published on the Internet by 01.08.2012 and they will be declared final after two months allowed for claims of anticipation and unsoundness.
The best compositions awarded with prizes, honourable mentions and commendations, as well as FIDE certificates and Olympic medals.
All participants will receive a copy of the booklet with the final awards.
JAN TIMMAN 60 JUBILEE TOURNEY
New In Chess announces a composition tourney to commemorate the 60th birthday of Jan Timman,
grandmaster and author of The Art of the Endgame and several other fine books on endgame studies
No set theme. Twins and/or joint studies allowed..
The judge of this event will be Jan Timman himself
First prize: 300
Second prize: 200
Third prize: 100
Also book prizes
honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded
Entries should include the name of the composer(s), postal address, diagram with
full solution (preferably with a PGN-file attached)
Please send before June 30st 2012 to the tourney director:
Rene Olthof
c/o New In Chess
P.O. Box 1093
NL 1810 KB Alkmaar
The Netherlands
E-mail: raja@newinchess.com
The winners will be announced in New In Chess Magazine.
GEORGIAN INTERNET THEMATIC TY- 2012 New
The Commission of Chess Composition of Georgia announces an annual thematic Internet tournament for a studies.
The theme: Logical win or draw study with refusal of capture a black piece. In the thematic try with the same
position without this black piece
Judge: Marin Minski (Germany)
Are nominated prizes, honorable and commendation mentions.
Editor (director): Iuri Akobia.
The original studies which will be selected - periodic will be published in the website: http://akobia.geoweb.ge
The preliminary award can see on 25.02.2013 in the same website. Original studies and all remarks regarding the published studies
should be sent to the address: iuri@akobia.geoweb.ge
Closing date: 25.12.2012
Jindřich FRITZ 100 MT
To celebrate the centenary of Jindřich Fritz (15vi1912 – 9xi1984),
Šachový svaz ČR (Chess Federation of the Czech Republic), Sdružení šachových problémistů (Association of Czech Problemists) and Československý šach Magazine
announce an international anonymous composing tourney for endgame studies.
Prize fund: 10 000 CZK (about 390 EUR).
Theme free, but the judge IM Jaroslav Polášek is ready to award special distinctions to development of Fritz ideas.
Originals (not more then 3 studies per composer) send till June 15th 2012 to the tournament director Emil Vlasák emil@vlasak.biz,
a classical post is accepted (Stavbařů 3, 400 11 Ústí n. L., Czech Republic).
Running information, list of entries and award will be available on the web www.vlasak.biz/fritz100.htm.
The award will be also published in Československý šach.
Clossing date: 15.06.2012
MEES 90 JT
On the occasion of the 90th birthday (6.8.2011) of Wouter J.G.Mees, the Dutch Chess Problem Society (Netherlandse Bond van Schaakproblemvrieden – NVvS) and ARVES jointly organized a chess composition tourney.
Therefore, this tourney’s theme is a logical ult. The ult stipulation was invented by Moravec and Mandler, and translates as ‘White to win in n moves’.
Given example comes from John Beasley’s British Endgame Studies News Vol.6 No.2, June 2001.
Please send your original compositions (a maximum of 3 per composer) to the tourney director Henk Le Grand:
Heimanslaan 5, NL-6705 AD Wageningen, the Netherlands
h.le.grand@xs4all.nl
Closing date 01.06.2012
Judge: Wouter Mess & Harold van der Heijden
Book prizes (problems, endgame studies). The award will be published in “Problemblad”.
GERHARD JOSTEN 75 JT (Thematic)
In May 2013 Gerhard Josten will celebrate his 75th birthday. For this reason the Jubilarian,
in cooperation with the magazine „Die Schwalbe“, announces a thematic tourney for endgame studies.
GERHARD JOSTEN 75 JT (Thematic)
In May 2013 Gerhard Josten will celebrate his 75th birthday. For this reason the Jubilarian,
in cooperation with the magazine „Die Schwalbe“, announces a thematic tourney for endgame studies.
Theme: Required are studies with elements of surprise or mysteriousness on some moves with the
additional conditions that during the first ten moves White is neither allowed to capture any
black pieces nor to deliver check more than twice. Furthermore, in the starting position at least
eight pieces are required.Two examples follow. Puzzling moves in the solutions, according to the above mentioned thematic
Judge: Gerhard Josten (Cologne). Please send your originals (maximum three per author) to the
tourney director Siegfried Hornecker (sh_etjoedy@gmx.eu). The contributions have to be submitted
as PGN files via email.
Closing date: 31.7.2012. Prize funds: The Jubilarian offers three prizes at a value of 150 EUR, 100 EUR and 50 EUR.
The payment is only possibe per bank transfer.
Prize report: The preprint is planned for February 2013 in „Die Schwalbe“. The final judgement
will be published at the same place in the issue of June 2013.
requirements, are denoted by two exclamation marks (!!).
Examples No.1 No.2
MILU MILESCU-100 MT
"EG" announces a special composing tourney for human studies to commemorate the 100 anniversary of Milu Milescu (11.11.1911- 6.11.1981) a Rumanian originated Israeli promoter of the art of the endgame study and International judge for chess composition. In Rumania he was for many years the editor-in –chief of the Revista Română de Șah and later he ran in leading magazines (such as Europe Echecs , Deutsche Scachzeitung and the Israeli monthly Shahmat) popular and highly instructive columns regarding the linkage between chess composition and the realm of over the board chess. In 1962 he published the book Sigmund Herland: Problèmes Choisis and with Dr. Hans-Hilmar Staudte he wrote the best seller Das 1x1 des Endspiels.
The judge is Amatzia Avni. Book prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded. No set theme.
Original human studies (not more than three per composer) should be sent (preferably by e-mail) on diagrams with full solutions and postal address before 31.03 2012 to the tourney director:
René Olthof
Achter't Schaapshoofd 7
5211 MC's- Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
E-mail: raja@newinchess.com
