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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14-7-2017: Birnov 23rd MT 2017 (In Russian language page 61).
12-7-2017: The 10th WCCT 2015-2017 is available at WFCC
and here are 20 best studies: 10th World Chess Composition Tournament 2015-2017 Preliminary.
2-7-2017: StrateGems 2015 and 2016.
1-7-2017: Preliminary Award Chessstar 2016 (Russian language).
22-6-2017: Polasek & Vlasak 60 JT replayable.
21-6-2017 4th UAPA 2017 Final.
8-6-2017: FIDE 5th World Cup 2017 Provisional.
5-6-2017: Alexei Troitzky 150 Memorial Ty (Logon first).
and Polish Chess Federation 2016 (Only PDF in polish laguage).
20-5-2017: Iuri Akobia 80 MT 2017 Provisional (Logon first).
19-5-2017: Polasek & Vlasak 60 JT available in Czech language. In June an english version will come available.
30-4-2017 Ukraine 18th Championship 2016.
19-4-2017 Die Schwalbe 2013-2014 Ty.
12-4-2017 Provisional Award E4-e5 2016.
3-4-2017 Chess Star 2015 Award available.
17-12-2016: E4-e5 Final Award 2015 available
15-3-2017 Provisional award Mayar Sakkvilag 2016 available.
19-2-2017 Artistic King and Pawns Tourney: 2nd Chessproblem.net Composing Ty.
3-1-2017. Available "Nikolai Rezvov 95 MT" at this Russian website.
WCCT 10 Entries available here.
Latest News.
Update: 12-7-2017:
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WCCT-10 best studies at: 10th World Chess Composition Tournament 2015-2017 Preliminary.
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This websites reaches to 1000 pages .... !
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Lewis Stller has provided many CQL 5.1 conversion codes to the older 3.02 examples. They are added to the pages here on Arves.
Because of the better CQL 5.1 he has improved many examples. Look for instance at: CQL Indian theme.
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Because New in Chess Magazine only published the announcement of the Timman-65 JT in their June issue,
it was decided to change this tourney’s submission deadline to August 1 2017.
Look at the Tournament Calendar for details.
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WFCC List of most succesfull Endgame study composers 2013-2015.
Top 6:
1. Richard Becker
2. Oleg Pervakov
3. Martin Minski
4. Yuri Bazlov
5. Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen
6. Peter Krug
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Study of the year 2015
is decided !
The winning study is:
See also Study of the year 2015.
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New Endgame study tournament announced Mark Dvoretsky MT with 1500 Euro Prize money.
See for details Tournament Calendar
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Magnus Carlsen finished brilliantly with a study-like move in the 15th and last (rapid) game against Karjakin in NewYork 2016
on move 50 he played Qf4-h6+ !
(When 51... Kxh6 51.Rh8# or 51...gxh6 51.Rxf7#)
Vladislav Tarasiuk and Peter Krug have composed a studies which are inspired on this finish.
Tarasiuk dedicates the study to Magnus Carlsen.
(More about: Tarasiuk, Vladislav 1968)
Peter Krug study has both mating concepts based on this finish in his creation:
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More than 400 articles about Chesscomposers are available,
i.e. about Chess Queen Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1984.
or with the Polgar, Sisters 1969 1974 1976
They play very well chess but also created a few Endgame studies.
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New article in menu Hall of Fame: Composers by Timeline, where you find an ordered list of composers by Birthdate.
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Announcement: older EG-Magazines (from nr 162 and on) will be added to the website as PDFs for registered users only.
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New issue of the Argentinian studymagazine by
José A. Copié (PDF in spanish): “Finales Y Temas 97”
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At the moment you have the ability to take part in 35 Chess Endgame Study Tournaments !
Latest Addition is the Joaquín Pérez de Arriaga 85 JT.
See the Tournament Calendar
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New page with Great corrections by Peter Krug.
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CQL 5.1 is the last release.
Look at: Chess Query Language 5
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New menu and page Composers by Country.
Weekly new pages for composers are added !
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 19-6-2017.
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Jan Hendrik Timman – 65 JT
To celebrate the 65th birthday of the famous Dutch over-the-board GM ánd endgame study composer Jan Timman,
two composing tourneys for endgame studies are announced:
1. Only for over the board title-holders (FIDE GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM, WFM)
Theme: free
Judges: Yochanan Afek & Hans Böhm
Tourney director: Harold van der Heijden
Prize fund: 1000 EUR
2. Open section
Theme: mate by the bishop (or struggle against mate by the bishop)
Judges: Jan Timman & Hans Böhm
Tourney director: Harold van der Heijden,
Prize fund: 1000 EUR
Send your originals before August 1st 2017 to the tourney director: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. preferably in PGN-format.
In both sections there is a maximum of three studies per composer.
Co-authored studies are allowed (in the first section all authors must be title holders).
The final award will be ready on December 14th 2017, the 66th birthday of Jan Timman.
The prize money is made available by Böhm Communications BV www.hansbohm.com
In this way, Hans Böhm celebrates 50 years of close friendship with Jan Timman.
Friends: Jan Timman and Hans Böhm
More background information with pictures on Chessbase-News.
More about him on this website:
Timman lezing Max Euwe Centrum
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CQL to find examples for the Open section, Mate by a Bishop:
; Find all positions with mate by a Bishop.
(match :pgn heijden.pgn :output bishopmate.pgn
(position :attackcount B k 1 5 :mate :markall :flipcolor))
This CQL finds 2666 studies in the Harold van der Heijden database V (31-12-2015)