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

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




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