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Original Problems JF-2020/I
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June, 2020 The judge of JF-2020/I: Eric Huber. Dear friends, I’m sorry for the unstable work of JF during the last week of June! Some changes from the hoster’s side, moving to the new platform, the same way some work I have to do as part of my code is not compatible with the new requirements. |
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All previously published problems & informal competitions you can find on the top menu page of Original Problems or its subsections. Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe‘s graphics, Christian Poisson |
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Jubilee-60 MARIANI-PARRINELLO-SIMONI
~ ~ ~ 60 Jubilees! ~ ~ ~
| Francesco SIMONI 60 JUBILEE – THEMATIC TOURNEY Judge: Francesco Simoni (Italy) |
Mario PARRINELLO 60 JUBILEE – THEMATIC TOURNEY Judge: Petko A. Petkov (Bulgaria) |
Stefano MARIANI 60 JUBILEE – FREE THEME TOURNEY Judge: Paz Einat (Israel) |
| Helpmates in 3,5 or more moves showing the Perpetuum mobile theme are required. By making the key, a new problem comes out, which is solved by returning the key piece to the starting square. In addition…. -> | Are required Helpselfmate (HS≠) in n moves with any kind of cyclic play; all fairy pieces and conditions are allowed. The problems must be cheked (C+) by any known solving program. | Are required ≠2, free theme. Fairy pieces or conditions are not allowed.  |
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All problems will be submitted to the judge anonymously. Deadline 31/12/2020. See examples in the PDF announcement (English and Italian). |
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229th theme tourney of the Schwalbe
229th theme tourney of the Schwalbe
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Franz Pachl,
the Schwalbe announces a THEME TOURNEY.
Required are helpselfmates in 2-4 moves where the mating move is performed by a neutral piece (not by a semi-neutral one!). Fairy pieces and conditions are allowed. Twins (including zero positions) and multiple solutions are allowed, but all phases must be thematic.
Tourney director: Rainer Kuhn, e-mail: rainer.kuhn@web.de | Judge: Franz Pachl (Ludwigshafen) | Prize money: 200 €
Closing date: July 08, 2020 (postmark or date of email) | The award will be published in the February issue of Die Schwalbe 2021.
Originals May 2020
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Original Problems JF-2020/I
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May, 2020 The judge of JF-2020/I: Eric Huber. Coming soon: Paul Raican (Romania) & Klaus Wenda (Austria), Stephan Dietrich (Germany), Sébastien Luce (France), Valerio Agostini & Mario Parrinello (Italy), Francesco Simoni (Italy), Adrian Storisteanu (Canada)
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All previously published problems & informal competitions you can find on the top menu page of Original Problems or its subsections. Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe‘s graphics, Christian Poisson |
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Due to the Corona pandemic, the Andernach 2020 meeting has to be cancelled, or better: postponed;
new date is planned for Friday, August 21 to Sunday August 23 of course in Andernach, of course in Hotel Stammbaum.
ANATOLE F. IANOVCIC MT
ANATOLE F. IANOVCIC MT
The Romanian magazine Componist-Buletin Problemistic is announcing the Memorial Tournament dedicated to Anatole F. Ianovcic, in order to commemorate 35 years from his passing away.
The tourney is for direct problems with mate in 2 moves, containing at least one grasshopper and/or at least one nightrider (other fairy pieces/conditions are not allowed), showing the Ianovcic theme: in the initial position, two black pieces A and B are half-pinned; after the key, a white line-piece C (= Q, R, B, G, N) is pinned by B (it could be already pinned); in the thematic variation, A plays, self-pinning B and, due to a black interference, allows C to give mate with a Pelle move (a move on the pin-line).
Entries should be sent until November 1st 2020, at the tournament director Dinu-Ioan Nicula, e-mail: nicudin004@yahoo.com
Announcement with examples in PDF | Prizes in chess literature.
Originals April 2020
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Original Problems JF-2020/I
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April, 2020 The judge of JF-2020/I: Eric Huber. Coming soon: Kenneth Solja (Finland), Paul Raican (Romania) & Michel Caillaud (France), Bernd Gräfrath (Germany)
(12.04) Happy Easter 2020! |
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All previously published problems & informal competitions you can find on the top menu page of Original Problems or its subsections. Animated diagrams use Py2Web by Dmitri Turevski and WinChloe‘s graphics, Christian Poisson |
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Two issues of Conflictio by Juraj Lörinc
are added to the Articles page:
- Conflictio No.23 (03.03.2020): “The 2nd TT Conflictio for new-strategical fairy twomovers (changes of play and move functions) is announced, it will be judged by Juraj Brabec.”
- Conflictio No.24 (28.03.2020): “It contains the second part of the Shankar Ram’s research into the Jacobs theme. Additionally, the 3rd TT Conflictio for fairy problems showing Jacobs is announced, it will be judged by Narayan Shankar Ram.”
Originals March 2020 (2)
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Original Problems JF-2020/I
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March, 2020 (2) The judge of JF-2020/I: Eric Huber. Coming soon: Claude Beaubestre (France), Seetharaman Kalyan (India), Manfred Rittirsch (Germany), Franz Pachl & Michael Barth & Sven Trommler (Germany)
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“Pata morgana” – Quick TT-240 by SuperProblem
Quick Composing TT-240 by SuperProblem
Tourney name: “Pata morgana“
Stipulation: =N, ser-=N, h=N.5, hs=N.5, ser-hs=N
Theme: in a diagram position of =N, ser-=N, h=N.5 (hs=N.5, ser-hs=N) problem, Black (White) is stalemated. But White (Black) begins a play and, due to absence of waiting moves, he is forced to destroy this stalemate.
In solution, a structure of final stalemate can be the same or different compare to the one in the diagram position.
Any kinds of twins are allowed if its are thematic. Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.
Depending on quantity and quality of sent problems, the judge can divided an award into several subsections or, vice versa, can combine several sections into the one.
Judge: Aleksey Oganesjan. | Closing date: May 7, 2020 | Download the announcement (pdf, 220 KB)
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru