Superproblem.ru TT-104, C 31-I-2014

Announcement http://superproblem.ucoz.ru/blog/2014-01-01-38#02

Problemist Ukrainy-10 JT, C 31 I 2014

Problemist Ukrainy-10 JT
2014 is the year of the 10th anniversary of Problemist Ukrainy.
In this connection, the editorial board of the magazine announces a composing tourney with free theme in the following sections:
Twomovers – judge Vjacheslav Pilchenko
Threemovers – judge Vasily Kryzhanivsky
Moremovers – judge Mikhail Marandiuk
Endgame studies – judge Michal Hlinka
Selfmates – judge Ivan Soroka
Helpmates – judge Aleksandr Shvichenko
Fairies – judge Juraj Brabec

In all sections except helpmates, entries are to be sent by email to gordian37@mail.ru (preferably) or to Yuri Gordian, P.O. Box 66, Odessa-26, 65026, Ukraine, before February 1, 2014.
Helpmates are to be sent to jvb579@meta.ua (preferably) or to Yuri Belokon, P.O. Box 579, Poltava, 36021, Ukraine, before February 1, 2014.

All tourneys are of the closed type: entries will be sent to the judges in anonymous form.
Awards: 1Prize in each section is an amount of $75; all prize-winners will be entitled to an annual subscription to the magazine.
The results of the JT will be published in a special edition which will be sent to all of the participants whose problems will appear in the award as well as to Ukrainian authors without any award-winning entries.
Foreign participants without any problems in the award will receive an electronic copy of the special edition.

SuperProblem.ru TT-103, C 20 I 2014

Tourney name: "The collapse of illusions".
Section: #2 (twomovers).
Theme: In the set play, there are mates on one and the same square in response to different black moves. Key move must be made to that square (key on the set-mate-square) with changed mates.
Enlargement of thematic variations in the set play and try-play (tries) with first move on thematic square are welcomed as well as a quiet key move (without capturing of a black pawn).
Judge: Evgeny Permyakov.
Closing date: January 20, 2014.
Entries should be sent to the judge on the e-mail: permyakov63@mail.ru
Award will be published on the website superproblem.ru 

Примеры | Examples


H. Prins
L'Echiquier Belge, 2005

1...Rd5 2.Qxf4#
1...fxe2 2.Rfxf4#
1...R:h8 2.Rgxf4#

1.Sxf4! (2.Qc4#)

1...Rd5 2.Se6#
1...fxe2 2.Sfxe2#
1...Rxh8 2.Sd3#
1...Qa2 2.Rd1#
диаграмма - сервер временно недоступен | diagram - server is temporally unavaiable
#2(12+12)
M. Kovachevic
D. Müller-50 JT, 1997

1...Sg5 2.Qc5#
1...Re2 2.Bc5#
1...Bxd5 2.c5#

1.Sc5! (2.Se4#)

1...Sg5 2.Rhd7#
1...Re2 2.Qd7#
1...Bxd5 2.Rad7#
1...Re8 2.S:b7#
диаграмма - сервер временно недоступен | diagram - server is temporally unavaiable
#2(11+8)

Variantim 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (4 to 5 issues per year)
#2, #3, #n, h#, s#: Evgeni Bourd, evgbourd@gmail.com
Studies: Ofer Comay, ofercomay@gmail.com
Fairies: Michael Grushko, bargrushko@bezeqint.net

Website: http://www.variantim.org/index.html

Judges for 2013
#2: Bosko Miloseski
#3: Yosi Retter
#n (2013-14): Sven Trommler
s# (2013-14): Diyan Kostadinov
h#: Kenneth Solja

harmonie-aktiv 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (6 issues per year)
#2, #3, #n, s#: Wilfried Seehofer, seehofer@t-online.de
h#, fairies: Torsten Linss, harmonie8x8@gmail.com

Website of the magazine: http://www.problemschach.de/harmonie/
Download the first issue of 2013 from http://www.problemschach.de/harmonie/h112.pdf

Judges for 2013
#2: Andreas Witt
#3-4: Ralf Krätschmer
#n: Baldur Kozdon
h#: Eckart Kummer
s#: Frank Richter
fairies: Sven Trommler

Rochade Europa 2012-13 informal tourneys

Editor (12 issues per year)
Franz Pachl, Ungsteiner Straße 12, D-67067 Ludwigshafen, Germany - fpa.levinho@web.de

Judges for 2012-13
#2: Andreas Witt
#3: Udo Degener
#n: Helmuth Morgenthaler
h#: Steven B. Dowd
s#: Volker Gülke
Fairies: Michael Barth

StrateGems 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (4 issues per year)
#2: Evgney Fomichev, P.O. Box 13, Post Office, 607700 Shatki, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia - e_fomichev13@mail.ru
#3: Rauf Aliovsadzade, 5600 Randolph St. Lincoln, NE 68510, USA - bakili97@netzero.net
#n: Richard Becker, 510 Pleasant Ave., Oregon City, OR 97045, USA - richard-becker@comcast.net
Endgame studies: Franjo Vrabec, Bläkullagatan 31C, 25457 Helsingborg, Sweden - franjo.vrabec@live.se
Helpmates: Nikola Stolev, Bukovic 3a, n. Lisice, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia - stolev@t-home.mk
Series-movers and Stalemates: Radovan M. Tomasevic, Djure Salaja 19b/4, SRB-19000 Zajecar, Serbia - rasatom@open.telekom.rs
Selfmates, Fairies: Petko A. Petkov, Janko Sakazov N 38, whod W, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria - ppetkov2702@gmail.com or pap1_petkov@yahoo.com
Retros and Proofgames: Kostas Prentos, 6924 Carmelito Loop NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113, USA - prentos@gmail.com

Judges for 2013
#2: Anatoly Vasilenko
#3: Sergey Bilyk
#n: Evgeny Fomichev
Studies: Zlatko Mihajloski
H#2: Petre Stojoski
H#3: Zoran Gavrilovski
H#n: Bosko Miloseski
Series and Stalemates: Mike Neumeier
Selfmates: Diyan Kostadinov
Fairies: Krasimir Gandev
Retros and Proofgames: Thomas Brand

Problemist Ukraïni 2013 informal tourneys

Editors (4 issues per year)
#2: Vasil Dyachuk, Mlynska str. 1, 89600, Mukachevo, Transcarpathia, Ukraine - v.dyachuk@i.ua
#3: Anatoly Karamanits, pr. Herois 32, ap.72, Dnipropetrovsk, 49106, Ukraine - anat.karamanits@gmail.com
#n: Mikhaïl Marandyuk, Chapaeva str. 25, ap. 23, Novoselitsa, Chernivtsi reg., 60300, Ukraine -
marandyuk@cv.ukrtel.net
Studies: Eduard Eilazyan, P. Popovicha str. 33a, ap. 105, Donetsk, 83056, Ukraine - edeilstudy@mail.ru
Helpmates: Yuri Bilokin, Post Box 579, Poltava, 36021, Ukraine - jvb579@meta.ua
Selfmates: Ivan Soroka, Koshica str. 4, ap.141, Lviv, 79058, Ukraine - i_soroka@yahoo.com
Fairies: Anatoly Vasilenko, pr. Pravdy 76, ap. 118, Kyiv, 04208, Ukraine - a-vasylenko@yandex.ru

Website: http://www.chess-kopyl.com.ua/ru/problemist-ukrainy/

Judges for 2013
#2: Vasil Markovtsy
#3: Valentin Rudenko
#n: Valery Kopyl
Studies: Alekseï Sochnev
Helpmates: Vladislav Nefyodov
Selfmates: Anatoly Styopochkin
Fairies: Aleksandr Bulavka