Latest News

update: 24-9-2021

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The Jubilee Tournament Polasek Vlasak 64 JT is won by Martin Minski.

2nd/3rd prices shared by Oleg Pervakov and Geir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe

4th prize to Yuri Bazlov

5th prize for Ludek Sedlak

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A new issue of Finales Y Temas (in spanish)  by José Copié:

Finales Y Temas 118

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You may find and download Variantim-84 from The Israeli Chess Society website

with The Reti study at 100 by Gady Costeff

and Israeli study successes abroad  by Michael Pasman.

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In the Polish Chess Fed 2020 tournament the first prize winner is Gady Costeff

with a spectacular positional draw with two black Queens against a Knight and Bishop,

Second prize is won by Vladimir Kuzmichev with a miniature.

3rd prize goes to Marek Halski.

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In the UAPA 14th 2021 tournament for the thematic section: Fortress, the winner is Sergey Osintsev.

In the free sections Win and Draw interesting studies can be found.

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In the Platov 140 MT tournament the 1st prize winner is Sergey Didukh.

2nd prize is for Luis Miguel Gonzales.

3rd prize goes to Steffen Nielsen.

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Announcement: 5th Youth Chess Composing Challenge:

https://www.wfcc.ch/5th-youth-chess-composing-challenge/

https://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/5th-YCCC-Announcement.pdf

All young chess composers, and those who would like to try their hands in this kind of chess art,

are invited to take part in three different sections (two of them with the set thematic conditions)!

The deadline for submission of the entries is 30th September.
The results are planned to be announced on 22th October 2021,

during the Closing ceremony of the Rhodes WCCC 2021.

See also this interesting report about it at Chessbase by Frederic Friedel.

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Marc Bourzutschky presents analyses of the

 8-men Tablebase explorations “opposing 1 pawn” endgames

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For the memorial tournament of the birthday of Henri Rinck 150 there were two sections.

In the Free Theme section A the winners are: 

1st prize: Amatzia Avni with Yochanan Afek.

2nd prize for: Oleg Pervakov wth Karen Sumbatyan

3rd prize to: Yuri Bazlov.

Henri Rinck 150 MT 2020 A

 

In Section B: "Studies after compositions of Rinck, Henri 1870-1952 "

the prize winners are:

Daniel Keith with Pavel Arestov

Henri Ricnk 150 MT 2020 B

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Winners of the Magazine Zadachy i Etyudy 2020 tournament are

SN.Tkachenko with K.Shevchenko

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Four yet unknown studies of Jan Timman:

Dutch composers and unknown studies of Jan Timman.

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In the Springaren 2019-2020 tournament

the first prize winner is Michael Pasman.

2nd prize for Lubos Kekely and Michal Hlinka and

3rd prize goes to Amatzia Avni and Vladislav Tarasiuk.

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20 July is International Chess Day !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Chess_Day

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Peter Krug is free again and here he shows his inspirational view in Hallein (A), he uses to create studies like this one.

 

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New EG issue 225 coming soon !!

EG the best EndGame study magazine, since 1965

 

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Reminder, see also for details the ARVES: Tournament Calendar

 

I am pleased to let you know that the Chess Artistry Competition will be organized as part of the Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival this year for the first time. I personally have great emotional connection to chess studies, and as a kid I solved hundreds and thousands of them. I loved the beauty of them, the calculations, the unique patterns, and the unexpected solutions. I strongly believe that it gave me a great push and support to become such a creative practical player as I am now. Sometimes I was able to make study-like moves and savings in my games. The Chess Artistry competition is in memory of my old coach and friend, the world-famous composer, who we all know so well, Pal Benko. He had such a passion, creativity, and a natural feel for composing chess studies. I always had great admiration towards his works. I especially love the compositions which resemble a game position. My dream is that a much larger group of chess enthusiasts would appreciate the artistic and dedicated work that a composer creates and the amount of energy invested in them.
 
 
I hope that club players will also experience and learn about the magic of chess studies and what richness they can offer to all of us. If you have the time and the ambition please be part of this unique event and send your own compositions. 

For more information and deadlines check the Festival's website HERE. 

#Chess ConnectsUs

Greetings,
Judith Polgar

 

https://www.globalchessfestival.com/gcf-2021/programs/chess-artistry-competition

 

Polgar, Sisters 1969 1974 1976

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Peter Krug in Braunau-prison but still composing.

He lost his job and all of his money due to the Corona hard restrictions.

He refused to comply.

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Prelimenary results of the Problem Paradise 2020 Tournament.

In the section Win-studies the winners are Peter Krug and Petr Kyryakov with Pavel Arestov

In the section Draw-studies the winner is Jan Timman.

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At Netflix the french movie Joueuse (2009) is available.

In English the name is Queen to Play. 

Chess played by women is popular at the moment.

The chess setting, moves and games look technicaly OK.

  

 

Recomended to inspire others to learn and play chess.

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Martin Minski wins 1st prize in the StrateGems 2020

All studies now replayable

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The Georgian tournament where 5 Composers are memorized,

has the preliminary results issued.

The tournaments consisted of five themes dedicated to each composer.
1) Gia Nadareishvili – Fight against black Queen

Georgia In Memory of Generation - Nadareishvili

Winners for Section 1 are: Sergei Didukh and Yuri Bazlov

 

2) Iosif Krikheli – Studies with thematic false attempt 

Georgia In Memory of Generation - Krikheli

Winner of Section 2 is: Oleg Pervakov with Michael Gromov

 

3) Velimir Kalandadze – Rook endgame studies 

Georgia In Memory of Generation - Kalandadze

Winner of Section 3 is: Jan Timman

 

4) Vazha Neidze – Stalemate studies

Georgia In Memory of Generation - Neidze

Winner of Section 4 is: Yuri Bazlov

 

5) Iuri Akobia – Checkmate studies 

 Georgia In Memory of Generation - Akobia

Winner of Section 5 is: Martin Minski with Jan Sprenger

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New book issued by Ilham Aliev (together with Shaig Guliyev):

«THE MYSTERIOUS PAWN»

In the new book (200 pages, 165x240) by Ilham Aliev (together with Shaig Guliyev)

"THE Mysterious PAWN",

one can get acquainted with the mysterious world of the pawn.

The 5-part book contains over 600 examples: opening traps, games, combinations, endgame positions and 67 studies.

     The book is intended for a wide range of readers - from amateur to high-level chess players.

Section 1: FROM GRECO TO CARLSEN.

Section 2: OPENING TRAPS.

Section 3: COMBINATIONS.

Section 4: ENDGAMES. 

Section 5: ENDGAME STUDIES.

Azerbaijan Chess Composition Commission
Ilham Aliev, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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Hikaru Nakamura tests Garry Kasparov with solving Endgame studies !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vri2CHdwI0c&list=RDCMUCweCc7bSMX5J4jEH7HFImng

 

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19 may 2021 an article in the Daily Telegraph (British) newspaper

with a tribute to the EG-Magazine,

written by Macolm Pein:

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 CQL 6.1 beta is available from  http://www.gadycosteff.com/cql 

Lewis Stiller and Gady Costeff recommend to use this version.

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Yuri Bazlov wins the 1st prize in the Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsia 2020 tournament, 

2nd prize for Sergei Didukh,

3rd prize to Alexander Stavrietsky with VladislavTarasiuk and

4th prize to Sprenger, Jan 1982.

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Winner of the 1st prize in the tournament: Curierul Problemistic 2018-2020 is Martin Minski.

Second prize for Pjotr Murdzia with Martin Minski (as well),

3rd prize for Vladimir Samilo.

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Judit Polgar organizes a Chess Artistry Festival, see also at the Tournament Calendar

https://globalchessfestival.com/gcf-2021/programs/chess-artistry-competition

Closing date 31 July 2021!

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 Israeli magazine Variantim 83  is now available with studies by Alexander Zhukov and

the preliminary results of the Israeli Ring 2020 tournament:

1st prize winners Steffen Nielsen and Martin Minski.

2nd prize for Pavel Arestov and Petr Kiryakov.

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Problemist of Ukraine 2019-2020 preliminary award available.

1st prize for Pavel Arestov. 2nd prize for Amatzia Avni and Martin Minski.

Studies to replay: Problemist Ukraine 2019-2020

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Interesting Porto-logo on the EG-envelope with EG-224 punctually mailed by Bernd Ellinghoven from Aachen:

 

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Prize winners in the Phenix 2020 magazine tournament are:

Peter Gyarmaty with Mario Garcia and

Marco Campioli.

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Marc Bourzutschky presents the 8-men Tablebase: first explorations

Interesting new cooks, some new studies and some very long lines.

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The first prize winners of the Probleemblad 2019-2020 tournament

are Steffen Nielsen and Martin Minski

with interesting Nowotny elements,

2nd prize goes to Michal Hlinka and Mario Garcia,

3rd prize winner is (also) for Steffen Nielsen,

4th prize goes to David Gurgenidze,

5th prize is for the duo Lubos Kekely and Michal Hlinka.

Probleemblad 2019-2020

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In the Issue 52 of the Fairy chess magazine Quartz,

there is an article with many chess studies with the Domination Theme.

 

First part of this article:

 

 

There is also an article (page 875) with corrected studies by Paul Rãican.

 

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Steffen Nielsen with Martin Minski win the first prize of the Magyar Sakkvilag 2020 Magazine tournament 2020.

Second prize goes to Yuri Bazlov.

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SPAM email going around:

There is an email going around which is not sent by Arves.

It looks like:

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We're asking you to post a blog article on your site arves.org,

Which will be related to the gambling site.

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Advice, Ignore the email !

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Steffen Nielsen is the winner of the magazine Probleemblad 2017-2018 tournament.

Second prize for Oleg Pervakov.

3rd/4th prize to Peter Krug and Emil Melnichenko.

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Peter Krug with Mario Garcia win the Vratnica-64 2019-2020 Magazine Tournament.

Second prize for Martin Minski.

Vratnica-64 2019-2020

 

Peter Krug (left) teaching Chess by showing some beauty Endgame studies:

The black Rook is just attacked by the White King, where to go?

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The tournament of Československý šach 2020 is won by Andrzej Jasik,

2nd prize for Amatzia Avni

and 3rd prize to David Gurgenidze with Važa Neidze.

You may find the report (in Czech language) in the Award Files section.

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Young Talent Composing;

At the website of Chessbase a nice article by Gady Costeff about young Chess composers:

 

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Steffen Nielsen with Martin Minski win the Vratnica-64 2016-2018

tournament

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For the Russian magazine Zadachy-i-Etyudy tournament

the award for 2019 is available: 

Zadachy-i-Etyudy 2019

Winners Mario Garcia with Peter Krug.

2nd prize: Vladislav Tarasiuk,

3rd prize: Amatzia Avni and Martin Minski

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Alexey Popov and Pavel Arestov share the first/second prize

in the Vecherny Petersburg 2020 tournament.

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Article 1500 has been created at this website !

 

Its about the ChessStar 2020 tournament award.

In 3 sections the winners are:

Peter Krug in the section of Win studies "up to 10 Pieces",

2nd prize goes to Pavel Arestov with Alexander Zhukov,

3rd prize to Richard Becker.

 

In the section Win studies with theme "more than 10 pieces":

1st prize goes to Sergey Osintsev,

2nd prize to Lubos kekely with Michal Hlinka,

3rd prize for Sergei Didukh.

 

In the section Draw studies the prize winners share the prizes 1-3: 

Vladilav Tarasiuk with Pavel Arestov, Jan Timman and Richard Becker.

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Many new articles about composers are added like:

Egorov, Evgeny 1973

Kiryakov, Petr 1975

Lucena, Luis Ramirez 1465-1530

Đurašević, Branislav 1957

Keym, Werner 1942

Von Bilguer, Paul Rudolf 1815-1840

Gelly, Marc 1937

Lazard, Gustave 1875-1948

Archakov, Vladimir 1938-2005

Vuković, Vladimir 1898-1975

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Sergei Didukh wins the first prize in the 64-Shakhmatnoe-Obozrenie-2020 tournament.

Second prize for Peter Krug.

Third prize for Pavel Arestov with Petr Kiryakov.

64-Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie 2020

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As mentioned before: at the

Chessbase website, Siegfried Hornecker

publishes each month an article with a study with interesting history.

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 The results of 13th UAPA 2020 tournament:

In the theme section "One or two Rooks aganst Queen", the winner is Peter Krug with Pavel Arestov.

In the Win section: the winner is: Pavel Arestov with Daniel Keith.

In the Draw section: the winner is: Michael Pasman.

Replay at UAPA 13th 2020

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Sad news: Mikhail Zinar, "pawn-endgame composer", has died yesterday (4.2.2021).

Zinar, Mikhail 1951-2021

More also about him at (Russian website): https://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/zinar.html

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Issue 82 of the magazine

Variantim of The Israel Chess Composition Society is available.

Also all 2020 studies available now for replay! Variantim 2020

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12 issues available here of the Hungarian chess magazine Magyar Sakkvilag 2020

by chief editor Péter Gyarmati

Magyar Sakkvilag magazine 2020

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List Composers by Alphabet is now updated with the data of the HHdbVI database !!

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In the 70 Jubilee Tournament: Muradov 70 JT 2020 

1st prize is won by Igor Zaitsev with Oleg Pervakov (Russia),

2nd prize is for Steffen Nielsen (Denmark),

3rd prize goes to Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine),

4th prize to Sergei Didukh (Ukraine) and

5th prize to Ben Smolkin (Canada)

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Winner of the 10th Maroc Echecs 2020 is: Luis Miguel Gonzalez,

2nd prize for Yuri Bazlov,

3rd prize goes to David Gurgenidze with Martin Minski.

Maroc Echecs 10th 2020

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In the  Bortolotti MT 2019 there were 4 sections.

A) Win studies with no more than 11-12 pieces

B) Win studies with 13 pieces (or monsters with 16 pieces or more).

C) Draw studies with no more than 11-12 pieces

D) Draw studies with 13 pieces (or monsters with 16 pieces or more).

 

In the A-section 1st prize to Janos Mikitovics, 2nd prize to Pavel Arestov with Daniel Keith.

In the B-section 1st prize for Sergei Osintsev, 2nd prize for Martin Minski, 3rd prize goes to Andrzej Jasik.

In the C-section 1st prize for Luis Miguel Gonzalez, 2nd prize for Emil Melnichenko

in the D-section 1st prize for Janos Mikitovics, 2nd prize for Michal Hlnka with Ľuboš Kekely.

See the PDF files in: Awards Files

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Watch the very popular Netflix miniserie The Queen's Gambit (trailer), with very good chess acting.

A very nice drama with a lot of mixed chesshistory and also very good real chess quality.

Highly recommended to watch now during these winter days.

.

 

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Studies presented by the Slovak magazine Sach for Pravda 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 tournaments:

Michal Hlinka and Ľuboš Kekely were productive.

http://www.rubriky.net/pravda/r2020/pr_16_17x.php#d

http://www.rubriky.net/pravda/r2020/pr_18_19x.php#d

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New list and statistics-file to download, about the most productive composers according the new HHdbVI:

Composers by Production HHdbVI

Simple ranking list updated to HHdbVI: Ranking Composers

Many articles with numbers and names on this website get an update later.

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Harold van der Heijden

 

has released a new version (HHdbVI)

 

of his Endgame study database !!

 

This is the largest database in the world

and contains now 93.839 endgame studies !!!

 

(On his website you also can find this leaflet, which you can open here as well, with detailed information)

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On the 5th of November 2020 the FIDE has reported the new title holders in Chess Composition

 

Congratulations to :

 
New International Grand Master:
 
 
 
Martin Minski, Germany
 
 
New International Master's:
 
 
Vladislav Tarasiuk, Ukraine
 
and
 
Steffen Nielsen, Denmark.
 
New Fide Master:
 
 

Geir Sune Tallaksen Østmoe, Norway

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In the very popular Netflix miniserie The Queen's Gambit (trailer), the Russian player Borgov is an expert at Endgames.

A very nice drama with a lot of mixed chesshistory and very good chess quality.

Highly recommended!

 

Tournament Awards

Please send new awards (if possible PDF and PGN) to 

webmaster This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or also to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and they will be published at this website.

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S.Hornecker, M.Minski and Reddmann win the Moscow 2019 ty with a nice miniature.

2nd: M. Dore; 3rd: Gromov and O.Pervakov

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Preliminary award Lubos Kekely 60 Jubilee Tournament available as PDF.

Winners are Igor Yarmanov and A.Zhokiv with V. Lebedev.

PDF see Awards Files.

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Pavel Arestov wins the 5th FRME 2019 tournament.

Second prize winners Avni with Martin Minski.

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Martin Minski with Steffen Nielsen win the Phenix 2018 tournament.

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Gromov, Pervakov and Sumbatyan win the Vladimir Bron-110 MT 2019
 
33 compositions competed in the tournament in memory of Vladimir Bron.
An epic study by the Russian trio Gromov, Pervakov and Sumbatyan was succesful
in front of another tactical cowork by Martin Minski (Germany) and Steffen Nielsen (Denmark).
 
Third and fourth place were shared betweent Yuri Bazlov (Russian)
and yet another cooperation by Alexander Zhukov and Vasily Lebedev (both Russia).
 
Even the judging was a cowork by Sergey Osintsev (Russia) and Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine).
 
You may replay the studies here: Bron 110 MT 2019
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In four sections the winners of the UAPA 8th 2019 Foguelman 95 MT are:

Richard Becker, Peter Krug & Mario Garcia, Jan Timman & Mario Garcia and Peter Krug.

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Andrzej Jasik and Jan Timman win the Japanese magazine tournament: Problem Paradise 2018.

Studies to replay: Problem Paradise 2018

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Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen and Martin Minski win the Romanian tournament Bucovina 100 Years Cup 2018.

At the website of e4-e5, from page 696 to 698 you find the result in PDF.

Studies to replay: e4-e5 100 Years Cup 2018

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Jan Timman wins the Pal Benko 90 Jubilee Tournament.

Benko 90 JT 2019

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Amos Gilboa and Yochanan Afek win the Velimir Kalandadze Memorial Ty 2019

Kalandadze MT 2019

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Sergey Didukh winner of the 7th FIDE World Cup 2019 !

FIDE 7th World Cup 2019

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 Tournament Calendar.

On this page a calendar of all known Endgame study tournaments which are running with information:

Also a very good page to check tournament announcements is on UAPA: Informal Tournaments, Formal Tournaments.

Another good calendar for study tournaments is chess-compose blogspot.

Latest update on 10-8-2021.

 

16th INTERNATIONAL INTERNET TOURNAMENT (UAPA) – 2021


JT 80 Copie, José 1941

 

 25 años "Finales.. y Temas" 

See: http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/magazine-eg/finals-and-themes-argentina-magazine

 

Section A : Studies up to 8 pieces

- A.1. Studies Win

- A.2. Studies Draw - Judge: Peter S. Krug (Austria)


Section B : Theme free


B.1.) Win – Judge : Marco Campioli (Italy)
B.2.) Draw – Judge : Vladimir Neistadt (Russia)


Entries : not more than three per composer (in each section)

– Send studies to: Sebastian Palomo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– or M. García This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– All selected original
Studies will be posted periodically on the UAPA website: http://www.problemistasajedrez.com.ar/–

–
Prizes, honourable mentions, commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

- The provisional award will be issued in March 2022, will be available in the same website and will be sent to all participants by e-mail.

– Closing date 31.12.2021

 

Polášek and Vlasák 64 JT

See also: http://www.vlasak.biz/pv64.php

The Czech Chess Association and the Československý šach magazine announce an international EG study tournament.

Judges: Jaroslav Polášek and Emil Vlasák celebrating his 64th birthday.

Free theme, the judges are ready to grant special awards for development of themes and ideas.

Send originals (max 3 pieces per composer) till May 22th 2021 to the tournament director Emil Vlasák This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with CC to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Prize fund at least 10 000 Kč (about 400 EUR). 

You can find current info, list of incoming entries, comments and award on web page www.vlasak.biz/pv64.php

Because of FIDE Album we guarantee Award in the year 2021.


The Award will be published in Československý šach magazine, too.

 Study Composition Tourney „Jan Timman-70”

 

To honour the 70th birthday of Jan Timman, chess legend and prolific study composer, the Royal Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) announces an endgame study composition tourney (free theme).

Judge: Jan Timman

Director: Harold van der Heijden

Organisational Support: Jan Sprenger

Prizes: 150/125/100/75/50 € (sponsored by KNSB)

Special prizes, offered by friends and colleagues of Jan Timman:

  • Hans Böhm: 15 chess king statues, made by the Dutch artist Margaret Wevers (www.schaakkunst.nl);

  • Harold van der Heijden: two HHdbVI study databases (www.hhdbvi.nl);

  • Jan Sprenger: 100 € for the best study by a strong practical player (criteria: 2000+ rating, not more than ten entries in HHdbVI);

  • KNSB: chess books by Jan Timman

Timeline:

  • Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2021

  • Preliminary award: 14 December 2021 (70th birthday JT)

  • Deadline for claims: 14 January 2022

  • Final award: 31 January 2022

Coproductions are allowed. There is a maximum of three studies per composer. Double money prizes will not be awarded; instead, the composer will receive the more valuable prize.

Submissions should be sent in pgn format to the tourney director Harold van der Heijden (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), with „Jan Timman 70” in the subject line.

The results of the tourney will be published on the website of the KNSB and in the endgame study magazine EG.

The  Problemistic  Curierul 2021- 2022

Entries should be sent to :

Editor : Dan Constantin Gurgui – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Sections:

#2 Judge Viktor Sizonenko 

#3-n Judge ?; H#2 Judge ?

H#3-n Judge?;Selfmates Judge Anatoly Stepochkin 

Endgamestudies Judge Sergey Osintsev (Russia)

Helpselfmate Judges Zoltán Laborczi & Gábor Tar

Series-Movers and Stalemates Judge Karol Mlynka

Retros and Proof Games Judge Kostas Prentos. 

 

The magazine  http://e4e5magazine.eu/ 

–  Look  Publications 2021 (all  genres )

 

5th Youth Chess Composing Challenge

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This year, 5th YCCC is open to the U23 generation (born no earlier than 01.01.1998),

and to all different genres of chess composition.

All young chess composers, and those who would like to try their hands in this kind of chess art,

are invited to take part in three different sections (two of them with the set thematic conditions)!

The deadline for submission of the entries is 30th September.
The results are planned to be announced on 22th October 2021,

during the Closing ceremony of the Rhodes WCCC 2021.

More info at: https://www.wfcc.ch/5th-youth-chess-composing-challenge/

or: https://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/5th-YCCC-Announcement.pdf

 

TOURNEY MAGAZINE “PHENIX” 2021

The French magazine “Phenix” is looking for original orthodox studies (theme free, entries will be published in the magazine) for its informal tourney for the year 2021

– Please send your entries to Daniel Capron : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until october 31 2021.

– Judge: Jan Sprenger (Germany)

– The preliminary award of the tourney will be sent to participants by e-mail and will be published in the site Internet of “Phenix” and in the magazine.

 

PROBLEMIST OF UKRAINE -2021

 Studies

–  Judge: Steffen Nielsen 

–  Entries should be sent to : Sergey Borodavkin :    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

–  Here is such information about the PROBLEMIST OF UKRAINE magazine competitions posted on the website 

    http://www.chess-kopyl.com.ua/images/2020/N163outer.pdf

 
 
SHAKHMATNAYA KOMPOZICIA- 2021

Studies, no set theme
 
– Judge:Sergey Osintsev (Russia).
 
– The studies will be published as originals in the  magazine Shakmatnaya Kompozicia  during 2021.
 
–Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
 
– Send to S. Osintsev-   – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. –
 

SACHOVA SKLADBA  2021

Studies, no set theme

–  Judge : Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine)

–  Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

--  Send studies to: Jiri Jelinek or Jaroslav Polasek:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information about competitions in other genres: Pavel Kamenik – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Also see this link;   http://problem64.beda.cz/ss/rozhodci.htm

POLISH CHESS FEDERATION TOURNAMENT 2021

Polish Chess Federation announces an informal international composing tourney

in following sections:

• twomovers [#2] –judge Jarosław Brzozowicz

• threemovers [#3] –judge Waldemar Tura

• selfmates in 2 moves [s#2] –judge Marcin Banaszek

• selfmates in 3 –6 moves [s#3-6] –judge Eugeniusz Iwanow

• helpmates in 2-3 moves [h#2-3] –judge Walerij Kopy l

• endgames [eg] –judge Jan Rusinek.

 

In each group there are 3 prizes.Problems are published on up to date on the Polish Chess Federation side.

Closing date: December 1st 2021.

Problems on diagram or in notation with the complete solution send to:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– – ESTUDIOS Y PROBLEMAS   VER en Zadania konkursowe 2022

SINFONIE SCACCHISTICHE  2021

Studies –Informal tourney, free theme

– Judge: Marco Campioli

– Send your entries  to the Director : Valerio Agostini   –This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– Tournament in two section: Study Win (+) and Study Draw (-)

– The compositions will be published in the magazine:

   every composer will receive the copies of the publications and the awards (PDF version).

– Closing date 30.09.2021

STRATEGEMS – 2021 – Moremovers & Studies

Moremovers – Editor: Richard Becker – :This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. – Judge: Alexander Kuzovkov.(Russia) .

Studies – Editor : Franjo Vrabec: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– Judge: Pavel Arestov

– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

DIE SCHWALBE 2021- 2022

The German chess problem society’s magazine «Die Schwalbe»  informal tourney for original studies,
Please send your originals per e-mail to Michael Roxlau: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Judge: Yochanan Afek  (Israel)

All entries and later the award will be published in «Die Schwalbe».

The award will have at least the usual three months confirmation time. 

All authors receive the issues of the magazine with the original publication, the solutions (usually six months later) and the award .

Please include your postal address for this reason.

MAGYAR SAKKVILAG 2021 

Informal tournament

Please, send your original work in PGN format.

Tournament director Peter Gyarmati to the e-mail address of the study :E-Mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ..

– Judge: Amatzia Avni (Israel)

– Deadline: 20th November 2021.

– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

– The  award  will be sent to participants by e-mail.

CESKOSLOVENSKY SHACH  – 2021

– The contest will include all original studies published in the journal during 2021.

– Send your originals on any topic (maximum 6 by one author) before November 20, 2021

to the address of Michal Hlinka (Slovakia): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., who will also judge competitions.

– More detailed analyzes and the pgn file can be found in the studies section on our website www.sach.cz.

Studies, informal tourney, no set theme

- Judge: Mario G. García (Argentina)

- Entries should be sent to: Hiroshi Manabe, Mita 5-7-12-805, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan

  E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

- Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

- The  award  will be sent to participants by e-mail.

- Closing date: 31th October 2021

The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 3rd TT FRME,

in 7  sections:

  1. A) Twomovers (#2) Judge: Juraj Brabec (Slovakia) – Send to tournament director: Twomovers (#2) to Mustapha Bakani (Marocco) E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  2. B) Threemovers (#3)- Judge: C.G.S. Narayanan (India)
  3. C) Moremovers (#4-6)- Judge: Henk le Grand (Netherlands)
  4. D) Endgame studies Theme: Two rooks and one minor piece against Queen. In the initial position, may presented be additional pieces. Is possible other configurations, changing the colors of the Queen and rooks and the minor piece. Slogan: Win or Draw. Judge: Mario Guido García (Argentina)
  5. E) Selfmates (S#3-7) Judge: Gennady Kozyura (Ukraine)

Send to tournament director: Threemovers (#3), Moremovers (#4-6),

Endgame studies and Selfmates (S#3-7) to Vidadi Zamanov (Azerbaijan) E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  1. F) Helpmates (H#2) theme: h#2. – Judge: Fadil Abdurahmanović (Bosnia & Herzegovina) and Marko Klasinc (Slovenia)
  2. G) Helpmates (H#3) Judge: Aleksey Ivunin (Russia)

Send to tournament director: H#2 and H#3 to Jamal M Elbaz (Morocco) E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Closing date: 30. 08. 2021.

The award – 2021 All received problems will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.

Award will be published on the website: http://frme.fr.nf

-Thematics ot he sections and examples  – LOOK HERE

 14th INTERNATIONAL INTERNET TOURNAMENT (UAPA) – 2021

Section A : Theme : ( white builds Fortress - Draw ) or ( white ruins Black's Fortress- Win ) .

If the number of studies is significant, there will be two sections: A.1. Win and A.2. Draw

– Examples : Look here Fortress (chess)
– Judge : GM (chess) Petr Kiryakov (Russia)

Section B: No set theme.
B.1. Studies Win   - Judge: IM (Composition) Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)
B.2. Studies Draw - Judge: FM (Chess) Poul Rewitz (Denmark)

Entries : not more than three per composer (in each section)

– Send studies to:: Sebastian Palomo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– or M. García This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– All selected original studies will be posted periodically on the UAPA website: http://www.problemistasajedrez.com.ar/

– Prizes, honourable mentions, commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

- The provisional award will be issued in July 2021, will be available in the same website and will be sent to all participants
by e-mail.

– Closing date 30.4.2021

9th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2021

REGULATIONS

on holding the Ninth FIDE World Cup in Composing 2021

APPROVED
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FEDERATION (FIDE)
A.V. DVORKOVICH
FEBRUARY , 2021

 1. TASKS AND OBJECTIVES

 The Ninth FIDE World Cup in Composing is held with the aim to:

– develop and promote chess;

– develop and promote chess composition as a constituent of chess culture;

– expand the geography of participants;

– decide the winners.

2. ORGANIZERS

The organizers are the International Chess Federation ( www.fide.com ), with the participation of the World Federation for Chess Composition ( www.wfcc.ch ).

The holding of the tournament is the direct responsibility of the Director and the Panel of Judges:

The Director of the tournament is Juri Bazlov (Russia).

     A. Twomovers – Judge: Vasil Dyachuk (Ukraine)

     B. Threemovers – Judge: C.G.S. Narayanan (India)

     C. Moremovers – Judge: Mark Erenburg (Israel)

  D. Endgame studies – Judge: Oleg Pervakov (Russia)

     E. Helpmates – Judge:  Silvio Baier (Germany)

     F. Selfmates – Judge: Mikhail Khramtsevich (Belarus)

     G. Fairies – Judge: Tadashi Wakashima (Japan)

     H. Retros – Judge:  Joaquim Crusats (Spain)

3. THE TIME FRAME OF THE EVENT

The tournament will be conducted from February 1 to Oсtober 1, 2021.

The closing date for submitting the entries is July 1, 2021.

The director will send all compositions to the judges on uniform and anonymous diagrams by July 15, 2021. All judges are to submit their awards by September 1, 2021. 

4. PARTICIPANTS

 Anyone wishing to take part in the tournament can do so.

5. PROCEDURE FOR PARTICIPATION

In each section, only one composition by each author is acceptable and joint compositions are not allowed.

The theme is free in all sections. In the fairies section (G), there is no restriction on stipulations, conditions, the use of fairy pieces, or the number of moves.

In the retro sections, only orthodox retros will be allowed this time (release-the-position problems, last move problems, orthodox retractors with forward defenses, retro rebuses; but NO fairy elements in any of them and NO proof games).

In the selfmate section (F) and fairies section (G), only computer-tested problems (using Alybadix, Popeye, WinChloe, or Gustav) are allowed; the participants should specify the version of the program they used to test their entry.

Entries must be sent on 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 email.

6. TOURNAMENT AWARD

After receiving the entries in anonymous form from the Director, the judges consider the submitted compositions, determine their originality, difficulty, esthetic appeal, search for possible anticipations, and decide their ranking in the tournament. In each section, compositions in first, second, and third places must be determined, as well as entries receiving honorary mentions and commendations. It is also possible to specify prize-winning compositions (no more than three per section). After ranking the entries, the judges are to send, within the preset period, their award, with the indication of numbers of the compositions in the award and related comments, to the Director of the tournament. After receiving the awards from the judges, the Director is to provide the preliminary results without the authors’ names for publication on the websites of FIDE and WFCC before September 1, 2021. During one month after the publication of the preliminary results, claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director, who will accumulate and forward them to the judges. After receiving the claims, the judges will take the final decision on the results of the World Cup and send the final award to the Director.

7. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS 

The final results of this competition will be published on the FIDE and WFCC websites no later than October 1, 2021.

8. PRIZE-GIVING

In each section, the Cup winner will be entitled to a money prize of 500 Euro, a Cup, a medal, and a certificate. Composers in 2nd and 3rd places will be awarded medals and respective certificates. The certificates for 1st-3rd places will be signed by the President of FIDE. The prizes and other distinctions are to be presented to the laureates at the closing ceremony of the World Chess Composition Congress 2021 in Rhodes (Greece).

9. ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES

These Regulations shall constitute an official invitation to the tournament.

44th World Chess Olympiad of 2020

The All-Russian Public Organization “The Chess Federation of Russia” (CFR) and, at the request of the CFR, the Commission for Chess Composition (CCC) announce an international chess composing tournament dedicated to the 44th World Chess Olympiad of 2020.

The chess composing tournament will be conducted in the following eight sections: twomovers; threemovers; moremovers; endgame studies;

helpmates; selfmates in 2-12 moves; fairy compositions; retros and proofgames.

The number of entries from one author in a section must not exceed two.

Moreover, only one individual composition will be allowed, i.e. one author can maximally submit oneindividual and one joint composition or two joint entries.

The number of co-authors of collective compositions is not limited.

All compositions are to be sent by email to the Executive Director of the tournament Vitaliy Medintsev, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

The closing date is postponed !

All participants are asked to present their entries not only on diagrams but also in FEN notation.

Information on the tournament, including the award, will be posted on the CFR website: https://ruchess.ru/.

The judges are:

Twomovers – V.Markovtsiy (Ukraine),   

Threemovers – V. Kirillov (Russia),

Moremovers – V. Volchek (Belarus),

Endgame studies – M. Hlinka (Slovakia),

Helpmates – B. Shorokhov (Russia),

Selfmates in 2-12moves – V. Kopyl (Ukraine),

Fairies – P. Petkov (Bulgaria), Retros – V. Crisan (Romania).

Additional information on the Fairies section from the judge P. Petkov: 1.All types of fairy stipulations are allowed. There are no restrictions on the use of fairy pieces and conditions. 2. Only computer-tested (C+) entries will be allowed. The author must specify the pro-gram (and the program’s version) that was used to test the entry. Entries without such in-formationwill not be accepted for the tournament.

The preliminary award will be posted on the website http://www.selivanov.world/. The preliminary award may also be presented on a number of other sites. After the publication of the preliminary award, the participants will have 1 month for submitting their claims of defects and anticipations. After analyzing the claims, the judges will prepare the final award in each section. The CFR will present certificates and commemorative medals to the winners of the tournament. The judges will also receive commemorative medals.

EG 2020-2021

EG, the only periodical exclusively devoted to endgame studies, announces an informal tourney for original studies.
The studies and the award will be published in EG.

You are strongly urged to only send your best and most creative works.
The original’s editor will only select very good studies for publication.
Please send your originals in PGN-format to the editor Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The judge for the 2020-2021 tourney is Yochanan Afek.