Torre & Cavallo - Scacco! 2012-2013, C 10 VI 2013


Torre & Cavallo - Scacco! 2012-2013

Concorso per gli scacchisti d'Italia non onorati in precedenti tornei ( fa fede l'ultimo database di ottobre 2010 dell'olandese Harold van der Heijden ).
Direttore: Marco Campioli ( Sassuolo )
Giudici: Franco Bertoli ( Sassuolo ) e Marco Campioli
Tema libero
Trasmettere i lavori a Marco Campioli entro il 10 giugno 2013: marcocampioli@teletu.it (utilizzare preferibilmente il formato WORD )
oppure
Casella postale 106, Succursale 1, Via Pretorio 48, 41049 Sassuolo ( Modena ).
Fornire l'indirizzo dell'autore.
Verdetto in autunno 2013; award inviato a tutti i partecipanti, pubblicato sulla rivista Torre & Cavallo - Scacco! e nei siti http://www.messaggeriescacchistiche.it ,
http://www.accademiadelproblema.org ,
http://www.scacchiemiliaromagna.it/notiziedagliscacchi/studistica.php?
Saranno pubblicate soltanto le opere incluse nel verdetto; gli originali non onorati potranno essere utilizzati dagli autori per altri concorsi.

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

Award : http://akobiachess.gol.ge/_pages/OtherAward/PDF/Torre%20&%20Cavallo2013.pdf

1st Israeli Open Composing Tourney, C 31 V 2013

The Israeli Chess Composition Society (http://www.variantim.org/) has announced the 1st Israeli Open Composing Tourney, having two sections :
1. Section two-movers, dedicated to the memory of Yefim Rukhlis.
2. Section helpmate two-movers, dedicated to Jean Haymann on occasion of his 80's birthday

Announcement (Deadline 2013-05-31) : http://www.variantim.org/1st_israel_open_composition_tourney_b.pdf

Related articles :
(1) Two-mover Cycles: Why discriminate the mate?, by Paz Einat http://www.variantim.org/2x_theme_article.pdf
(2) Dynamic Square obstructions as a tool for dual avoidance in helpmates in 2 moves, by Shaul Shamir
http://www.variantim.org/h2x_theme_article.pdf



Ivan Antipin-60 jubilee tourney C 17 V 2013

Two sections: h#2, h#3. No fairy pieces or conditions.
Theme: free.
Judge: Vitaly Medintsev
Entries to: vitalymedintsev@rambler.ru

The award will be published on the website www.chesscomposer.ru in the second half of 2013.
All participants will receive a copy of the award by e-mail.

Closing date: 17 May 2013

Julia's Fairies Informal Tourney 2013 (I)

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

Original Problems Published at Julia’s Fairies in January-April, 2013. Fairy problems participate in informal tourney of this period. The judge: Juraj Brabec.

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

Preliminary Award (May 2013) : http://juliasfairies.com/tourneys/tourneys-results/award-jf-2013-i/

TT "World Asthma Day 2013", C 30 IV 2013

Source : http://www.pzrdig2.bloger.index.hr/post/thematic-tournament-world-asthma-day-2013/19309737.aspx

THEMATIC TOURNAMENT "WORLD ASTHMA DAY 2013"

Chess Club of Persons with Chronic Respiratory Diseases "Aer" in collaboration with the Society for Chess Composition and Puzzles Zagreb organizes thematic internet chess composition tournament.

Theme: White piece makes key moves in at least three phases of twomover.

There may be two or more thematic pieces.
Upgrading with additional themes, or changes of play or mates, are welcome.
In case of white correction, the random move of white piece will be considered as one thematic move.
Twins, zero-positions and problems with multiple solutions are NOT allowed!

The problems will be evaluated and ranked by the jury.

Send to: chesscomposition#gmail.com or pzrdig2#gmail.com

Closing date: April 30th 2013.

Tournament director: Dejan Glišić

Problems will be published on the websites "PZR Zagreb" (blog & Facebook), and reproduced in the bulletin "PZR Zagreb", the enigmatic magazines "Feniks" and "Kvizorama", or in the most popular Croatian newspaper "Večernji list" and "24 hours".

Examples:

            

Mihajlo Smoljanović, World Asthma Day, 2012.
Tries: 1.Sh4? ~2.Sg6#, 1...Te4/Tf4+ 2.Sd3/ef4#, but 1...c5!; 1.Sg3? ~2.Sd3#, 1...Td4/Tf4+/Tb3/Tb2 2.ed4/ef4/Sc4/Lb2#, but 1...Ta3!
Solution: 1.Se7! ~2.Sg6#, 1...c5/Te4/Tf4+ 2.Td5/Sd3/exf4#

Živko Janevski, 1 Prize Mitrinović MT, 1982. 
Tries: 1.Tc6? zz 1...Sf~/Sg~ 2.Lg6/Tf6#, but 1...Se5!; 1.Te1? zz 1...Sf~/Sg~ 2.De4/Te5#, but 1...Se3!
Solution: 1.Tg1! zz 1...Sf~/Sg~ 2.hxg4/Tg5#

            

Juraj Brabec, Československý šach, 1964.
Tries: 1.Dc1? ~2.Dxe3#, 1...d4/Kf4/Kd4/S~ 2.Dc7/Txf5/Dc3/Txd5#, but 1...f4!;  1.Dg1? ~2.Dxe3#, 1...Kf4/Kd4/f4/S~ 2.Dg3/Txd5/Dg7/Txf5#, but 1...d4! 
Solution: 1.De1! ~2.Dxe3#, 1...d4/Kf4/Kd4/f4 2.Txf5/Dg3/Dc3/Txd5#

Vasil Djačuk, 2 HM Hlas l'udu, 1996.
Tries: 1.Df8? ~2.Dxe7#/Sc8#, but 1...Db7!; 1.Da6? 2.Sc8#/Sc4#, but 1...Dc6!; 1.Df4? 2.Sc4#/Dxe5#, but 1...Dd5!
Solution: 1.Df6! ~2.Dxe5#/Dxe7#, 1...S7c6 2.Sc8#, 1...S5c6 2.Sc4#

Oscar Jorge Carlsson memorial tourney, C 23 IV 2013


Memorial Tourney Oscar Jorge Carlsson

Direttore: Jorge Kapros ( Argentina )
Giudice: Iuri Akobia ( Georgia )
Tema libero
Non sono ammessi “ gemelli “.
Spedire i finali artistici - 2 al massimo per ogni autore - entro il 23 aprile 2013
a Jorge Kapros: ojcarlssonmt@gmail.com
Award nei siti http://www.argentinodeajedrez.org.ar/, http://akobia.geoweb.ge/
e su FINALES ... Y TEMAS.

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

Nikolay Zujev-60 jubilee tourney, C 10 IV 2013


Jubilee tourney Nikolay Zujev – 60

On the occasion of 9th European chess solving championship The Lithuanian chess composers` society announces a jubilee tourney Nikolay Zujev – 60 in two parts.
Entries are to be sent
(1) by 1st of April, 2013, to Nikolay Zujev, Poilsio g.16-18, LT-93174 Klaipėda, Lithuania or
(2) by e-mail to zuev53@list.ru, in that case by 10th of April, 2013.

The judge will be Nikolay Zujev. The award will be announced in the closing ceremony of 9th ECSC on Sunday 28th of April, 2013. See full announcement!

Award (25-04-2013) : see here

K. Seetharaman-64 jubilee tourney, C 18 III 2013


To celebrate his birthday and his fairy invention Superguards, K.Seetharaman, (India) announces a Theme Tourney for problems featuring Superguards, the new Fairy Condition.


Definition of Superguards:  Any piece (including Kings and pawns), which is observed by another piece of the same color cannot be captured. Pinned pieces also observe.

The tourney will have two sections.
Section A is for Directmates in Two or Three moves.
Section B is for Helpplay problems of upto three moves, of the following types:
Helpmates, Helpselfmates, Help-stalemates and Help-selfstalemates.

Twins allowed in Section A.
Twins and multisolutions (but no Zero positions) allowed in Section B.
No other fairy conditions or fairy pieces are allowed.


Judge: K.Seetharaman

Computer-tested problems may be sent to the Tourney Director Mr.C.G.S.Narayanan (India)
by email. <cgsnarayanan@hotmail.com>.

At present Superguards problems can be checked in WinChloe. (version 3.20).
Closing date of the Tourney March 18, 2013.

Award (31/05/2013) : http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/282-seetharaman-superguards.html

1st TT KoBulChess 2012, C 31 XII 2012

Announcement : (Deadline 2012-12-31. The requirements are written in the award).

Originals : http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/originals2012.html

Award : http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/97-kobulchess-award.html

Schach Informal Tourneys, C 31-XII-2012

Award h#n (May 2013) : http://www.schach-udo.de/pdf/hm2012.pdf

Award #n (November 2014) : http://www.schach-udo.de/pdf/pbmz2012.pdf

KobulChess.com Informal tourney Fairies, C 31-XII-2012

Published originals in KobulChess.com : http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/originals2012.html

Award (19-I-2014) : http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/455-kobulchess-fairies-2012-award.html

Julia's Fairies 2012, informal tourney, C 31 XII 2012

Announcement (22 VII 2012) : http://juliasfairies.com/jf-2012/

Award (30 XI 2013) : http://juliasfairies.com/tourneys/awards/award-jf-2012/