Category: Tournaments and Awards

Quick Composing TT-131 by SuperProblem

Tourney name: “Cyclic shift of guards“
Stipulation: any
Theme: In the final position of one phase of a multi-phase problem (try & solution, multisolution, twin,…) at least three pieces observe a set of squares attacking the opponent’s King and/or guarding King flights. In the final position of another phase of the same problem, the same set of squares is observed by the same set of pieces, but with a cyclic shift of observed squares. The thematic set of squares may or may not include the square occupied by the King (= attack case). Thematic pieces may also observe additional non-thematic squares. The number of phases may exceed 2. All stipulations, fairy pieces and fairy conditions are allowed. Depending on the number and variety of received problems the award may be split into several sections at the judge’s discretion.
Judge: Manfred Rittirsch | Closing date: February 13, 2015 | Download the announcement in English [pdf, 42 KB]
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com 
All received problems will be presented to the judge in anonymous form. 
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru.

Сomposing tourneys organized by the Israeli Chess problem Composition Society

Uri Avner Memorial Tourney
(3rd Israel Open Chess Problem Composition Tourney)

The Israeli Chess Composition Society is announcing a chess problem composition tourney dedicated to the memory of Uri Avner. The tourney will be in two sections as follows:

Section 1: Helpmates in 2.5 or 3 moves. Judge: Francesco Simoni. Theme: “Pin-correction” – a black piece is unpinned (directly or indirectly) by white. Later in the solution the same piece becomes pinned on a different square. Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.

Section 2: Selfmates in 2 to 6 moves. Judge: Petko Petkov. Theme: Play of at least one white battery and one black battery. Use of other strategic motives is very desirable. Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.

Entries to the tourney director, Omer Friedland, by email to: omrfree@gmail.com. Deadline: May 31, 2015.

Yosi Retter 80 Jubilee Tourney

The Israel Chess Composition Society is announcing a chess problem composition tourney to mark the upcoming 80th birthday of our dedicated member Yosi Retter.

Theme: The tourney is for selfmates in 2 or 3 moves showing the Feldman-I theme. This theme involves reciprocal continuations after random and correction moves of two black units. No fairy pieces or conditions are allowed. Schematically the theme can be depicted as follows:
1…Random move by piece X 2.A …#; 1…correction by piece X 2.B …#
1…Random move by piece Y 2.B …#; 1…correction by piece Y 2.A …#
Note that in S#3 problems the thematic moves A & B must be on white’s 2nd move. The theme is further clarified in the examples. Cyclical presentations, involving three (or more) thematic black pieces are allowed. 

Judge: Yosi Retter. Closing date: May 31, 2015. Please send problems to Raffi Ruppin: ruppinr@013net.net.  
Prizes: 1 st Prize – $300, 2nd Prize – $200, 3rd Prize – $100.

The intention is to have a prize giving ceremony during the 58th World Congress of Chess Composition, 1-8 August 2015, Ostróda, Poland.

Peter Gvozdják announces jubilee tourney
on occasion of his 50th birthday.

The thematic composing tourney announced for any kind of chess problems showing Rice cycle.

See details on the web or in the pdf file: pg50 vypisanie 20141115

Prizes: books | Deadline: November 16, 2015 | Judge: jubilee
Entries to: peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com

The award will appear by the end of 2015.