Back-Home
Thematic Tournament
The 5th ChessProblems.ca Thematic Tournament requires original chess compositions employing the Back-Home fairy condition, recently invented by Nicolas Dupont. Entries should be submitted to the tourney director, Nicolas Dupont, via email at tt5@chessproblems.ca. The closing date is December 31st, 2013. The tournament sections and judges are as follows:
Section 1: Help and Help-Self
Any type of help and help-self stipulations. Fairy units are allowed, but no additional fairy conditions.
Judges: Vlaicu Crisan and Eric Huber (Romania).
Section 2: Series-Movers
Any type of series and parry-series stipulations. Additional fairy conditions are allowed, but no fairy units.
Judge: Paul Raican (Romania).
Section 3: Proof Games
No fairy units or additional conditions are allowed.
Judge: Michel Caillaud (France).
See full announcement in pdf file or the original publication at http://tt5.chessproblems.ca/!
See also The back-home fairy condition article by Nicolas Dupont.