Robert Brieger memorial tourney C 31 XII 2013

For studies (4 entries per composer at a maximum)
Director: Richard Becker - richard-becker@comcast.net
Judge: C. Bill Jones
Theme: free
Award: to be published in StrateGems

Closing date: 31 December 2013

QuartzTT9 (Meinking fairyMT), C 31 XII 2013

QuartzTT9 (Meinking fairyMT)

Quartz launches a complementary fairy section and requests Parry Series of any type, with fairy pieces or/and additional fairy conditions. 
Due date is December 31, 2013.

Send please your entries to the director Dinu-Ioan Nicula by email only: tt9quartz@gmail.com

The judge will be announced.

You can find more information here : http://quartz.chessproblems.ca/pdf/38/Quartz38.pdf

Source : Paul Răican

ChessStar.com 2013 informal tourneys

ChessStar.com is a web-magazine organising annual tourneys for originals since 2009.

http://www.chessstar.com/competitions/standard/annual/

Note: In order to submit a composition for publication, you should register as a user and use the "Diagram Editor" on-line form of the site.

Judges for 2013
#2: Mikola Chernyavsky
#3: Mike Prcic
#n: Alberto Rosa Rodriges
studies: Mario Gudio Garcia

Closing date: 31 December 2013

Tehtäväniekka 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (6 issues per year)
#2, #3, #n: Mikael Grönroos, Savenottotie 10 C 8, 65280 Vaasa, Finland - mikael.gronroos@fimnet.fi
Studies: Pauli Perkonoja, Parolanpolku 12 B 20. 20360 Turku, Finland - kurka@saunalahti.fi
Helpmates: Terho Marlo, Lehmustie 5a, 01360 Vantaa, Finland - terho.marlo@hotmail.com
Selfmates: Johan Beije, Korenbloemweg 83, NL-1338 XT Almere, Netherlands - johan.beije@live.nl
Fairies and Retros: Hannu Sokka, Kastuntie 47 B 20, 20300 Turku, Finland - hannu.sokka@pp.inet.fi

Suomen Tehtäväniekat
Website: http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/st/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SuomenTehtavaniekat

Judges for 2013
#2 (2012-13): NN
#3 (2012-13): NN
#n (2012-13): NN
Studies (2011-13): Michal Hlinka
H#2, H#3, H#n (2012-13): NN
Selfmates (2012-13): Diyan Kostadinov
Fairies and retros (2012-13): NN

Julia's Fairies Informal Tourney 2013 (III)

Announcement : http://juliasfairies.com/informal-tourneys-2013/

Original Problems Published at Julia’s Fairies in September-December, 2013. Fairy problems participate in informal tourney of this period. The judge: Eric Huber.

See original problems : http://juliasfairies.com/problems/jf-2013-iii/

Dan-Constantin Gurgui-50 jubilee tourney, C 31 XII 2013

The “e4 e5″ magazine announces a formal tournament for the 50th birthday of Romanian problemist  Dan-Constantin  Gurgui.  H#2, with a free theme, no zeropositions, duplex  or fairy pieces.
Start date: January 1st.
Closing date: December 31st 2013.
Judge: Zivko Janevski, International Judge of FIDE, P.Box 163, 1480 Gevgelija, Macedonia, zivko@t-home.mk

Please send your entries to chessplayerro@yahoo.com.

The problems will be published in “e4 e5″ magazine.
All participants will receive the award by email.
Maximum number of entries per composer: 5.

Award : http://www.chessplayer.ro/files/DCGurgui-50_JT_2013.pdf

KoBulChess Informal Tourneys 2013

Announcement : http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/announcements/155-kobulchess-it-2013.html

Originals : http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/originals2013.html

Award : http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/679-kobulchess-helpmates-2013.html

Componist 2012-2013 informal tourney

Componist 2012-2013

Componist pubblicherà le composizioni inviate ( concorso informale )
Direttore: Árpád Rusz ( Romania )
Giudice: da nominare.
Tema libero.
Spedire i finali artistici a Árpád Rusz: ruszarpi@gmail.com
Comunicare l'indirizzo dell'autore.
Verdetto su Componist.

(Source : Tornei Di Studi : NewsLetter ASIGC n. 24 – Aprile 2013)


Award (2015) : http://www.frsah.ro/2015/compozitie-sahista/Componist-2012-13-sectia-studii.pdf

Die Schwalbe 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (6 issues per year)
#2: Hubert Gockel, Vogelherd 15, D-72555 Metzingen, Germany - zweizueger@dieschwalbe.de
#3: Hans Gruber, Ostengasse 34, D-93047 Regensburg, Germany - dreizueger@dieschwalbe.de
#n: Hans Peter Rehm, Durlacher Weg 66, D-76327 Pfinztal, Germany - mehrzueger@dieschwalbe.de
Studies: Michael Roxlau, Heergermühler Weg 52, D-13158 Berlin, Germany - studien@dieschwalbe.de
Helpmates: Silvio Baier, Pfotenhauerstrasse 72, D-01307 Dresden, Germany - hilfsmatts@dieschwalbe.de
Selfmates: Hartmut Laue, Postfach 3063, D-24029 Kiel, Germany - selbstmatts@dieschwalbe.de
Fairies: Arnold Beine, Grund 15, D-65366 Geisenheim, Germany - maerchen@dieschwalbe.de
Retros and Math: Thomas Brand, Dahlienstrasse 27, D-53332 Bornheim, Germany - retros@dieschwalbe.de

Website of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach: http://dieschwalbe.de/

Judges for 2013
#2: David Shire
#3: Martin Wessels-Behrens
#n: Stephan Eisert
Studies (2013-14): Peter Schmidt
H#2, H#3: Zivko Janevski
H#n: Wilfried Neef
Selfmates (A: S#2, S#3 and B: S#>=4): Sven Trommler
Fairies: Manfred Rittirsch
Retros: Bernd Gräfrath
Math (2013-15): Bernd Schwarzkopf

Springaren 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (4 issues per year)
#2, #3, #n: Rolf Uppström, rolf.uppstrom@springaren.se
studies: Margus Sööt, margus.soot@springaren.se
h#, s#: Kenneth Solja, kenneth.solja@gmail.com
fairies: Kjell Widlert, kjell.widlert@springaren.se

Website of the Svenska Problemschackklubben: http://www.springaren.se/

Judges for 2013
Names not announced yet

Orbit 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (4 issues per year)
h#, s#: Zivko Janevski, zivko@t-home.mk
fairies (h#<=4, h=<=4, hs#<=4, ser-h#<=15): Chris. Feather, christopher.feather@btinternet.com
Retros and proofgames: Roberto Osorio, raosorio@fibertel.com.ar

Judges for 2013
h#2: Diyan Kostadinov
h#3: Nikola Stolev
h#n: Hans Gruber
s#2, s#3: Jiri Jelinek
s#n: Valery Kopyl
fairies: Juraj Lörinc
retros: Nicolas Dupont

Award

http://kobulchess.com/images/pdf/orbit65.pdf

Croatian International Championship 2013, C 31 XII 2013

CROATIAN  CHESS  FEDERATION

ZAGREB CHESS ASSOCIATION

(Organisation of the Croatian Chess Problemist’s Association)

announce

CROATIAN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHESS COMPOSITION for 2013

 

Two sections: #2-6 and H#2-6 moves

Theme: promotion in white/black piece and then follow sacrifice of the other white/black identical piece. Duplex and “zero”- positions are not permitted.

 

Zvonimir Hernitz Croat. Inter. Championship, 2013 #3                                 7+9 1. c8D! (PA) ~ 2. Df5# 1. ... e2 2. Df5+  Ke3  3. Dbxd3# 1.  ... S~ 2. Dxd5+ Kxd5 (SA) 3. Dc6# 1. ....  Lh3 2. Dxd3+ Kxd3 (SA) 3. Dc2#  2X Wh. theme presentation..

Zvonimir Hernitz Croat. Inter. Championship, 2013 H#3            2 sol.        6+10 1. Tb4 exd7 2. Kd4 d8S (PA) 3. Kxc5 (SA) Se6# 1. d1S (pa) Sxa4 2. Kd2 Sc5  3. Kc1 Sxb3 (sa)# White and black presentation. In addition 2x white switchback.

Zvonimir Hernitz Croat. Inter. Championship, 2013 H#2             2 sol.       4+5 1. a1T (pa) Txf5  (sb) 2. Ta4 Tb5# 1. a1S (pb)  Th4 2. Sb3 Txb4 (sa)# Reciprocal black presentation .

NOTE P=white promotion, p=black promotion,  S=white sacrifice, s=black sacrifice,

           A, B, ... = white piece, a, b, ... = black piece.

 

JUDGE: Zvonimir Hernitz , international judge of the FIDE

Send problems till  Dec. 31, 2013.

Address: Croatian Chess Federation, ( Ervin Sindik ) Trg Krešimira Ćosića 11, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, or by e-mail: ervin.sindik@zg.t-com.hr

The judgement will be published till Jan. 31, 2014.

ChessProblems.ca TT5 Back-Home, C 31 XII 2013

Announcement of Back-Home Thematic Tournament (ChessProblems.ca TT5)

The 5th ChessProblems.ca Thematic Tournament requires original chess compositions employing the Back-Home fairy condition, recently invented by Nicolas Dupont and publicized on Julia's Fairies. 
Entries should be submitted to the tourney director, Nicolas Dupont, via email at tt5@chessproblems.ca. The closing date is December 31st, 2013. 

Tournament sections:
Section 1: Help and Help-Self (Judges: Vlaicu Crisan and Eric Huber
Section 2: Series-Movers (Judge: Paul Răican)
Section 3: Proof Games (Judge: Michel Caillaud)

More details and examples on http://tt5.chessproblems.ca/
PDF : http://tt5.chessproblems.ca/pdf/ChessProblems-ca-TT5.pdf
Annonce en français: http://www.france-echecs.com/article.php?art=20130630073506718

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For Award see magazine here.

POLISH CHESS FEDERATION, informal tourneys, C 31 XII 2013

Polish Chess Federation announces an informal international composing tourney in following sections:
• twomovers [#2] – judge Stefan Milewski
• threemovers [#3] – judge Henryk Grudziński
• endgames [eg] – judge Andrzej Jasik
• selfmates in 2 moves [s#2] – judge Waldemar Tura
• selfmates in 3 – 6 moves [s#3-6] – judge Eugeniusz Iwanow
• helpmates in 2-3 moves [h#2-3] – judge Piotr Murdzia.
Problems will be published on the Polish Chess Federation site.
In each group there are 3 prizes. 
Problems on diagram or in notation with the complete solution send to:
a11z@interia.pl
Deadline 31.12.2013

Schweizerische Schachzeitung Year 2013, informal tourneys

Schweizerische Schachzeitung Year 2013

2# - Judge: Mirko Degenkolbe (+2012)
3# - Judge: Andreas Nievergelt (+2012)
n# - Judge: ??

Send to: Martin Hoffmann, Neugasse 91/7, CH-8005 Zürich, Switzerland
martin.hoffmann@swisschess.ch


Website:http://www.schachbund.ch/presse/ssz.php

PROBLEM - FORUM Year 2013, informal tourneys

PROBLEM - FORUM Year 2013

2# - Judge 2013: Franz Pachl
3# - Judge 2012-2013: Hemmo Axt
n# - Judge 2013:?
sn# - Judge 2013:?
hn# - Judge 2013:?

Send to: Martin Minski m.minski@web.de

PROBLEMISTE 2013, informal tourneys

Internet magazine http://www.problemiste.fr/

Judges for 2013:
#3,#n ....................... : Antonio GAROFALO (ITA)
h#2,h#n................... : Thomas MAEDER (SUI)
s#,Feeriques.......... : Diyan KOSTADINOV (BUL)


Send your originals to Alain Biénabe admin@problemiste.com

Best Problems Year 2013, informal tourneys

Best Problems Year 2013


2# - Judge: NN
3# - Judge: Antonio Garofalo
h2#, h2= - Judge: NN
h3#, h3=, h#n moves - Judge: NN
--- s2-3# - Judge: eliminated, no selfmate.
--- hs2-3# - Judge: eliminated, no hs.
fairy - Judge: ? NN


Send to: Antonio Garofalo, Via Collodi 13, 70124 Bari, Italy antgarofalo@alice.it

SCHACH 2013 Informal tourneys

Informalturniere SCHACH 2013 (tourney announcement for 2013)

SCHACH schreibt 1-Jahresturniere aus: (SCHACH announces 1-year-tourneys for:)

#2 Hans Gruber
#3 Michael Barth
#n Mirko Degenkolbe
h# Udo Degener
s# Abdelaziz Onkoud
eg (2012/13) N.N.

mailto:udo-degener@gmx.de
post: Udo Degener, Stephensonstr. 47, D - 14482 Potsdam, Germany

Award for #3 (May 2014) : http://www.schach-udo.de/pdf/pb3_1213.pdf

Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 2013 informal tourneys

Editors for originals (4 issues per year)
#2: Pavel Murashev (Павел Мурашев), 141400, Московская область, г. Химки, Юбилейный пр-т, д. 14, кв. 109, Russia - paul-mur@yandex.ru
#3, #n: Aleksandr Sygurov (Александр Сыгуров), 446480, Самарская обл., Похвистневский р-н, с. Среднее Аверкино, ул. Спортивная 214, Russia - sygurov@bk.ru
studies: Oleg Pervakov (Олег Перваков), 121471, Москва, ул. Рябиновая, д. 4, кв.63, Russia - oper60@inbox.ru
helpmates, selfmates: Valery Gurov (Валерий Гуров), 123459, Москва, Ленинский пр-т, д. 88, кор.1, кв.88, Russia - valery_gurov@mail.ru
fairies: Petko A. Petkov - ppetkov2702@gmail.com or pap1_petkov@yahoo.com
retros: Nikita Plaksin (Никита Плаксин), 127282, Москва И-282, ул. Тихомирова, 2, кв. 30, Russia.

Judges for 2013
#2: Vyacheslav Pilchenko
#3: Valery Kirillov
#n: Aleksandr Sygurov
studies: Sergei Osintsev
helpmates: Boris Shorokhov
selfmates: Valery Surkov
fairies: Petko A. Petkov
retros: Nikita Plaksin

Closing date: 1 December 2013

Pat a Mat, issue 86, 12/2013

Issue 86 : http://jurajlorinc.com/chess/PAM_PDF/PaM_86.pdf

Contains originals, PaM tourneys announcement