Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2019, C30-ix-2019

An Informal Tourney is Announced from Sinfonie Scacchistiche, the official magazine of API (Associazione Problemistica Italiana).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6ZnMzRnlWRnE4LU5hLUgwek5TVF9Bb29DSU5j/view?usp=sharing

Deadline 30/09/2019

Phenix 16th TT, C30-vi-2019

Announcement: (Contains an article by Petko Petkov)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDyYZI8jgoYgx-NAXqTkI-VpOqclZsEO/view?usp=sharing

4th Composing Tourney of FRME, C30-ix-2018

4th Composing Tourney of FRME, 2018

The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 4th Composing Tourney in seven sections:

Twomovers (#2) Judge: Mark Basisty (Ukraine)
Send to tournament director: Twomovers to Youness Ben Jelloun №6 Rue 9 hay salam ain kadous Ville FES Postale code 30000 Marocco ubenjelloun@outlook.fr

Threemovers (#3) Judge: Elmar Abdullayev ( Azerbaijan)
Moremovers (#n) Judge: Oto Mihalčo (Slovakia)
Studies ( + / = ) Judge: Mario Guido García (Argentina)
Selfmates (S#) Judge: Miodrag Mladenovic (Serbia)
Send to tournament director: Threemovers, Moremovers, Studies and Selfmates to Vidadi Zamanov, Vidadi Street, 4/6, Goychay, Azerbaijan. vidadi_zamanov@mail.ru

Helpmates (h#2) Judge: Francesco Simoni (Italy)
Helpmates (h#3 and h#n) Judge: Valery Kirillov (Russia)
Send to tournament director: h#2, h#3 and h#n to Jamal M Elbaz, Résidence Imane, Bloc B immeuble D appt 13. Avenue Tarik ibno Ziad Temara Morocco. jamalelbaz6@gmail.com

Prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Send problems and studies in format PDF.

Closing date: 30. 09. 2018. The award – 2018

CSÁK – MAJOROS – PÁSZTOR - 2018, C30-vi-2018

CSÁK – MAJOROS – PÁSZTOR - 2018.
(PÁSZTOR József - 60 jubileumi verseny)

PÁSZTOR József magyar sakkszerző mester születésének 60. évfordulója alkalmából
nemzetközi sakkfeladvány-szerző versenyt rendezünk az alábbi osztályokban:
 I.: Önmatt 5 –10 lépésben. Szabad téma. Versenybíró: PÁSZTOR József
II.: Segítőmatt 3 lépésben. Szabad téma. Versenybíró: CSÁK János
 Pályázatok ábrán, teljes megfejtéssel, névvel és címmel ellátva a versenyvezető
címére (MAJOROS Béla, Bakonyoszlop, Kossuth u. 8., 8418),
 vagy majoroschess@gmail.com e-mail címre küldhetők.
 Határidő: 2018. június 30.


CSÁK – MAJOROS – PÁSZTOR - 2018
(József PÁSZTOR - 60 jubilee tourney)
We organize a JT Tourney on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the Hungarian chessproblem
composer master, József PÁSZTOR, in the following classes:
 I: Selfmates in 5-10 moves. The theme is free. Judge: József PÁSZTOR
II: Helpmates in 3 moves. The theme is free. Judge: János CSÁK
 Please send your entry with diagram, full solution, name and address of author to the
tournament director, Béla MAJOROS.
The postal address is: Bakonyoszlop, Kossuth u. 8., H-8418, Hungary,
e-mail: majoroschess@gmail.com
The deadline is 30th June 2018.

Pat A Mat Tourneys, C14-x-2017

PAT A MAT has pleasure in announcing international tourneys for

a) orthodox twomovers 2017 (judge Zoltan Labai, Slovakia)
2#, send to Peter Gvozdjak, email : peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com

b) threemovers 2016-2017 (judge Michal Dragoun, Czechia)
3#, send to Marian Krizovensky, email : marian.krizovensky@gmail.com

c) moremovers 2016-2017 (judge Grigorij Popov, Russia)
n#, send to Juraj Lorinc, email : juraj.lorinc@gmail.com

d) studies 2016-2017 (judge Peter Gyarmati, Hungary)
+/=, send to L'ubos Kekely, email : kekely@zmail.sk

e) helpmates 2017 (judge Valerij Kirillov, Russia)
h#, Ladislav Packa, email : laco.packa@gmail.com

f) selfmates and reflexmates 2016-2017 (judge Ladislav Salai jr., Slovakia)
s#, Josev Havran, email : havran@computerservis.sk

g) fairy helpmates 2017 (judge Vaclav Kotesovec, Chesko)
send to Juraj Brabek, email : brabec@brabec.sk

h) other fairy compositions off all kinds 2017 (judge Juraj Brabec, Slovakia)
send to Juraj Brabek, email : brabec@brabec.sk

Send entries as soon as possible but before 15th October of the year.

Moscu - 2017, C15--ix-2017

MOSCU – 2017

Judges :

Mate in Two  (# 2) – Paul Murashev, E-mail: paul-mur@yandex.ru

Mate in Three  (# 3) – Igor Agapov, E-mail: avanta64@gmail.com

Moremoves (# N) – Yakov Vladimirov, E-mail: chesukrvlad@mail.ru

Helpmate – Victor Zaitsev, E-mail: vvz55@mail.ru

Selfmate – Gennady Kozyura, E-mail: genn.kozyura2013@yandex.ru

Feericos – Alexander Pin, E-mail: tischka@tut.by

Studies – Sergey Osintsev, E-mail: osintsev64@mail.ru

The maximum number of pieces – 15 for problems,  and  for studies – 10.

Send the compositions to the judges and
a copy to the director of the competition Andrei Petrov, E-mail: petrov_andr@mail.ru

Closing date: – 15 September 2017 (09/15/2017).

Andrey Selivanov is 50 JT, C09-vii-2017

Юбилейный конкурс «АНДРЕЮ СЕЛИВАНОВУ- 50»

Российская шахматная федерация и журнал “Шахматная композиция” объявляют конкурс составления шахматных композиций, посвящённый 50-ти летнему юбилею вице-президента Российской шахматной федерации, международного гроссмейстера по шахматной композиции, многократного чемпиона мира Андрея Владимировича Селиванова, по шести разделам:

Двухходовки (#2)
Трехходовки (#3)
Многоходовки (#4-7)
Этюды ( +- / = )
Задачи на кооперативный мат (h#3-7)
Задачи на обратный мат (s#3-7)

Судья всех разделов – юбиляр.

Установлены  призы, почетные и похвальные отзывы.

Во всех разделах  для призёров установлены книжные призы, оригинальные медали, дипломы.
   
Композиции, не более 3-х от автора в разделе (включая совместные), до 09.07.2017 следует посылать в адрес директора конкурса Бориса Шорохова  по e-mail: bbs64@mail.ru  (с пометкой «А. Селиванов - 50») и указанием домашнего адреса .

Просьба композиции присылать в формате DOC (не PGN).

Рекомендации по оформлению композиций (не обязательные): шрифты: для диаграмм GoodCompanion, для нотации Ches или английской транскрипцией KQRBS.

Итоги будут опубликованы на сайте www.selivanov.ru и изданы отдельным буклетом в декабре 2017 года.


Anniversary competition “Andrey Selivanov is 50”
Russian Chess Federation and the magazine “Chess composition” are announcing the chess composition competition dedicated to the semicentenary  jubilee of Andrey Selivanov, the Vice-President of the Russian Chess Federation, in six sections:

Twomovers (#2)
Threemovers (#3)
Moremovers (#4-7)
Etudes ( +- / = )
Helpmate problems (h#3-7)
Selfmate problems (s#3-7)

The judge of all the sections is the anniversary celebrant.

The prizes ascertained are books, certificates of commendation and honourable mentions.

The original medals and diplomas are ascertained for the winners in all the sections.

 At-most-three compositions including joint are possible.

Please send the compositions to Boris Shorokhov, the director of the competition, on the e-mail bbs64@mail.ru not later than July 9, 2017 (annotated “A. Selivanov is 50”) with home address.

Please send your compositions as DOC (not PGN).

The considerations of the compositions are the following (not compulsory): the type for diagrams is GoodCompanion, for notation – Ches or by the English transcription KQRBS.

The results will be published on the web-site www.selivanov.ru and edited in the separate brochure in December 2017.

Gligor Denkovski Memorial Tourney, C 31-iii-2017

Announcement : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6SGVKWDU0SDBCZ00/view?usp=sharing

Kobulchess.com tourneys 2016, C 31-xii-2016

Announcement :
http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/announcements/938-kobulchess-tourneys-2016.html

Valentin Rudenko MT, C 31-viii-2016

Valentin RUDENKO Memorial Tourney

The Chess Federation of Ukraine, its Commission for Chess Composition, and the editors of The Problemist of Ukraine announce a composing tourney in memory of outstanding modern problemist Valentin Rudenko (19.02.1938 – 02.04.2016) in the following sections:

Twomovers – judge V. Dyachuk (e-mail: v.dyachuk@i.ua)

Threemovers – judge V. Kryzhanivsky (e-mail: krizha.vasil@mail.ru)

Moremovers – judge A. Karamanits (e-mail: anat.karamanits@gmail.com)

Helpmates – judge A. Semenenko (e-mail: a.semenenko@mail.ru)

Selfmates – judge Y. Gordian (e-mail: gordian37@mail.ru)

Problems are to be sent to the email address of the judge of the respective section before September 1, 2016.

The Memorial Tourney award will be published in a separate booklet and sent to the participants whose problems are included in the award. Other participants will receive an electronic version of the award.

A prize fund for the winners has been set up.

Moskovski Concurs 2016, C 01-vii-2016

Московский конкурс - 2016

Судьи разделов:

Двухходовки (#2)- Яков Владимиров , E-mail: chesukrvlad@mail.ru

Трехходовки (#3)- Игорь Агапов , E-mail: avanta64@gmail.com

Многоходовки (‪#‎N‬)- Александр Феоктистов , E-mail: aff_sk@mail.ru

Этюды (studies) - Олег Перваков , E-mail: oper60@inbox.ru

Задачи на кооперативный мат (Helpmates) - Валерий Гуров , E-mail: valery_gurov@mail.ru

Задачи на обратный мат (Selfmates) - Геннадий Козюра , E-mail: genn.kozyura2013@yandex.ru

Сказки (Fairy chess) - Александр Булавка , E-mail: tischka@tut.by
Award : http://selivanov.ru/download/Awards/Drugie/2016/mkf.pdf

Максимальное число фигур для задач (maximum pieces for problems) - 15, для этюдов (maximum pieces for studies) - 10.
Задачи посылать судьям раздела , в копии указывать директора соревнования Андрея Петрова, E-mail: petrov_andr@mail.ru

Срок присылки композиций - 1 июля 2016 (1.07.2016).

CSÁK – MAJOROS – PÁSZTOR – 2016, C 30-vi-2016

(in memoriam Dénes GÉCZI-25 – Ferenc ISTOKOVICS-30)
On the occasion anniversaries of the death of the Hungarian chess-problem composer Dénes GÉCZI, and the Hungarian chess-problem composer master Ferenc ISTOKOVICS, a memorial tourney will be held in the following classes:
I:  Selfmates in 5–10 moves. Free theme. Judge: József PÁSZTOR
II: Helpmates in 3 moves. Free theme. Judge: János CSÁK
Entries, with diagram, full solution and name(s) and address(es) of author(s), should be sent to the organizer: Béla MAJOROS, Bakonyoszlop, Kossuth u. 8., H-8418, Hungary. or majoroschess@gmail.com
Deadline for entries: 30 June 2016.

See here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5q-tH0LZuDndXRlb1dzQ3R3VGM/view?pref=2&pli=1

Award : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5q-tH0LZuDnZzkwYzRtZkViUHc/view

Correction for the Award :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6VXExRFZ4Z1QwS2M/view?usp=sharing

Uralsky Concours 2016, C 01-vi-2016

УРАЛЬСКИЕ КОНКУРСЫ
Комиссия по шахматной композиции Свердловской области и журнал «Уральский проблемист» проводят мемориальные конкурсы памяти уральских авторов.

МТ “Владимир Рычков - 60” (#2, #3, ‪#‎n‬, s#n)

Судья по двухходовкам – Вячеслав Пильченко
Задачи #2 посылать Вячеславу Пильченко по e-mail: pilchenkovk@yandex.ru

Судья по трехходовкам и многоходовкам – Валерий Кириллов
Задачи #3, #n посылать Валерию Кириллову по e-mail: konstantin.kirillov.79@yandex.ru

Судья по обратным матам – Андрей Селиванов
Задачи s#n посылать Андрею Селиванову по e-mail: selivanovav@gmail.com


МТ “Азат Садыков – 80” (этюды) -

Cудья Валерий Калашников
Посылать Сергею Осинцеву по e-mail: osintsev64@mail.ru


МТ “Марсил Гафаров – 80” (h#2-n, s#2-n)

Судья по кооперативным матам Алексей Ивунин
h#1-2; h#2,5-3; h#3,5-4; h#4,5-n (с выделением миниатюр).
Задачи h#n посылать Алексею Ивунину по e-mail: ivunin@bk.ru

Судья по обратным матам Александр Ажусин
Задачи s#n посылать Александру Ажусину по e-mail: azhusin@mail.ru

Срок присылки по конкурсам 1.06.2016

JT “Frank Richter + Sven Trommler = 100”, C 28-iii-2016

Jubilee tournament “Frank Richter + Sven Trommler = 100”

In March resp. April 2016 the problemists Frank Richter and Sven Trommler celebrate their 50th birthdays. On this occasion a jubilee tourney is announced in two sections:

A: Orthodox selfmates in 2-15 moves, free theme

B: Logical direct-play fairies (#n, s#n, r#n, etc.) in 4-15 moves.

Authors are kindly requested to indicate the software used in testing and to which extend the test was partial or full. Both sections will be judged jointly by Frank and Sven. The prize fund of 300AC will be divided among the sections according to the quality of the entries. These should be sent to the tourney director Arnold Beine, Grund 15, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany; arnold.beine@web.de, by 28 March 2016.

FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016, C 01-ii-2016

FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016
Dedicated to the 42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016 (Baku, Azerbaijan, 17-30.09.2016)

The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, and the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan are organizing a FIDE Olympic tournament in composing dedicated to the 42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016 (Baku, Azerbaijan, 17-30.09.2016).
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.
The tournament comprises six sections as follows:
A. Twomovers, judge: Yakov Rossomakho (Russia)
B. Threemovers, judge: Igor Agapov (Russia)
C. Moremovers, judge: Oto Mihalčo (Slovakia)
D. Endgame studies, judge: Martin Minski (Germany)
E. Helpmates, judge: Abdelaziz Onkoud (Morocco)
F. Selfmates, judge: Gennady Kozyura (Ukraine)
In each section composers may send only one composition. Joint compositions are not allowed.
The theme is free in all sections and any number of moves is acceptable in the sections of helpmates and selfmates.
The director of the tournament is Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan). Entries must be sent in diagrams with complete solution and any comments either by post to the address Ilham Aliev, 8 m-r, 29/18-51, Sumgayit AZ-5008, Azerbaijan or by e-mail to bestechi@mail.ru
Participants should mention their postal address in the letter or e-mail.
The schedule of the tournament is as follows:
Closing date for the submission of entries to the director: February 1st, 2016
Submission of the entries by the director to the judges on anonymous diagrams: February 15th, 2016
Preparation of the awards by the judges: May 15th, 2016
Publication of the results on the Internet: June 1st, 2016
The awards will be declared final after one month allowed for claims of anticipation and unsoundness.
In each section medals for the first to third places, prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded, as well as certificates for the prizes signed by the President of the FIDE Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

AWARDS

A.

B. http://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/Baku-Chess-Olympic-ty-2016-3.pdf

C.

D. http://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/Baku-Chess-Olympic-ty-Provisional-study-award-2016.pdf

E.

F. http://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/Baku-Chess-Olympic-ty-2016-S.pdf

WCCI 2013-15, C 20-i-2016

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN COMPOSING FOR INDIVIDUALS (WCCI)
for compositions published in the period 2013-15

ANNOUNCEMENT (September 2015)

http://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/composing/wcci2013-15/

Schach magazine, C 31 XII 2015, informal tourneys

Informalturniere SCHACH 2015 (tourney announcement for 2015)

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

#2 Dejan Glisic
#3 Michael Schreckenbach
#n Abdelaziz Onkoud
h# Silvio Baier
s# Gunter Jordan
eg (2014/15) Martin Minski

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

KoBulChess.com Informal Tourneys 2015, C 31-XII-2015

Announcement (02.01.2015) : The website for chess composition KoBulChess announces its Informal tourneys for 2015 in the following sections - #2, #3, H#2, H#n, S#, Fairies.
Here you can see the judges and emails of the editors.

Judges:

#2 - Valery Kopyl (Ukraine)
#3 - C.G.S.Narayanan (India)
H#2 - Vitaly Medintsev (Russia)
H#n - Zivko Janevski (Macedonia)
S# - Waldemar Tura (Poland)
Fairies - Petko Petkov (Bulgaria)

Please send your originals to the editors by email:

#2, #3, H#2, H#n - Editor: Seetharaman Kalyan, email: seetharamankalyan@gmail.com

S#, Fairies - Editor: Diyan Kostadinov, email: dkostadinov@abv.bg

Springaren informal Tourneys 2015, C 31-XII-2015

Springaren announces it’s informal tourneys 2015 in the following sections (with editors):

#2, #3, #n - Rolf Uppström

studier - Margus Sööt

h#, s# - Kenneth Solja

fairies - Kjell Widlert

Deadline : 31 Dec 2015

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

Tehtäväniekka informal Tourneys 2015, C 31-XII-2015

Tehtäväniekka announces it’s informal tourneys 2015 in the following sections (with editors):

#2, #3, #n – Mikael Grönroos

studies – Pauli Perkonoja

helpmates – Harry Fougiaxis

selfmates – Johan Beije

fairies – Kenneth Solja

Deadline : 31-Dec-2015