Latest News
update: 9-6-2019:
Amos Gilboa and Yochanan Afek win the Velimir Kalandadze MT 2019
Wladimir Kuzmiczew of Russia wins the Polish Chess Federation 2018 tournament.
NEW: Replayable studies now available: Polish Chess Federation 2018
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Sadly Dutch composer Balemans, Teun 1951-2019 had died last April.
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Sergey Didukh wins the FIDE World Cup 2019
38 of the world's top composers competed in one of the most prestigious events of the year, the FIDE World Cup. Judge Tarasiuk (Ukraine) awarded 10 of the studies. The winner was Ukrainian Sergey Didukh, who presented two perfectly matched sacrificial main lines. Both second and third prizes were awarded to purely tactical studies. Martin Minski (Germany) secured second prize with a study showing both subtle foresight and an array of sacrifices. In third prize 12 year old Christopher Yoo (USA) once again showed his talent with mutual queen sacrifices and other tactics. The awarded studies can be replayed here:
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Amatzia Avni has dedicated an original study to the participants of Netanya nternational Chess Festival (June 23nd- July 2nd)
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Arestov and Zhukov triumph in Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 2018
The annual tourney of the russian chess problem periodical Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya saw the first and second prizes split between Pavel Arestov and Alexander Zhukov (both Russia). Arestov's study shows subtle logical play with the material RBB vs Q. In Zhukov's study White plays for stalemate already at move 4, but is not succesful until move 17. The succes of the Russian duo was emphasized by the fact the both composers won 3rd prize as well with a joint study. The tournament was judged by Sergey Osintsev who awarded 15 of 22 studies.
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Tournament Awards
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Amos Gilboa and Yochanan Afek win the Velimir Kalandadze Memorial Ty 2019
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Sergey Didukh winner of the 7th FIDE World Cup 2019 !
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Tournament Calender.
On this page a calender 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 7-5-2019.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN COMPOSING FOR INDIVIDUALS
(WCCI) 2016-18
ANNOUNCEMENT
The WFCC is inviting composers of all countries to participate in the 2016-18 WCCI. The tourney director is Dmitry Turevsky (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The competition will be held according to the system used in the previous championship, with changes in the points 4, 5, 8 and 12 of the rules.
Time Schedule
- September 2018: Announcement
- January 20th 2019 12 Midnight UTC: Deadline for the submission of entries to the director
- February 1st 2019: Entries and spreadsheets for the scores sent by email to the judges
- June 1st 2019: Judges’ marks sent to the director
- June 15th 2019: Provisional results sent to the Supervising Panel and to the WFCC president
- June 30th 2019: Final results published on the WFCC site
Judges for studies:
D) Endgame studies: van der Heijden, Harold (NED), Gyarmati, Peter (HUN), Minski, Martin (GER), Nielsen, Steffen Slumstrup (DEN), Rusz, Arpad (ROU).
All details at WFCC.