Everything about Chess Endgame studies
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Awards
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Registered users are able to play through the solution of studies on-screen.
See the drop-down menu (Awards, Awards replayable).
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Sep-2016: Moscow Ty 2016, Maveljan-70 MT, Kirillov-65 JT , Gravure 2016 (in Russian) available for download.
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WCCT 10 Entries available here.
Tournament Calender.
On this page a calender of all known Endgame study tournaments which are running with information:
5th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2017
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project,
is organising the 5th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2017 in eight sections.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE
and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
D. Endgame studies – Judge: Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen (Denmark)
In each section, only one composition by each author is acceptable and joint compositions are not allowed.
The theme is free in all sections.
The Director of the tournament is Boris Shorokhov.
Entries must be sent in diagrams with complete solution and any comments by e-mail only to the director’s address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Participants should mention their postal address in the e-mail.
The closing date is February 1st, 2017.
The director will send all compositions to the judges on standardised anonymous diagrams by February 15th, 2017.
All judges should prepare their awards by May 15th, 2017.
The results will be published on the Internet by June 1st, 2017
and they will be declared final after two months allowed for claims of anticipation and unsoundness.
In each section, medals for 1st – 3rd prizes (places), prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Certificates for the all prizes signed by the President of the FIDE Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
See: WFCC