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.
Latest update on 17-1-2025.
A Chess Composition Tourney Sponsored by WFCC and ChessBase India
My First Endgame study.
In partnership with the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), we proudly present 'My First Endgame Study,' a beginner-friendly study composing contest designed for chess enthusiasts eager to explore the creative world of chess composition, specifically studies.
Compose Your First Endgame; Win Exciting Prizes!
Chess compositions fall into two primary categories: problems and studies. In problems, the solver has to achieve the stipulated goal in a set number of moves (example: mate in 2, helpmate in 3, etc.). Studies, in contrast, are more game-like, seeking a win or a draw without restrictions on the number of moves. Important: this is a study composition event only. Submissions must be studies; problems will not be eligible.
Who Can Participate:
Anyone who has never published an endgame study. This includes everyone from chess amateurs all the way to world-class players like Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen! There is NO entry fee. Chess lovers of any age, nationality, etc., may apply!
When:
The deadline to send your submission is 1st March 2025. Well, composing isn't a rush job. Tapping into creativity and imagination takes time. You have two full months - January and February - to craft your masterpiece!
How:
Submit up to 3 endgame studies to the director of the event Satanick Mukhuty at
Theme:
Your study must end in a mate.
Results:
The results will be published by January 31, 2025 – all participants will receive a link to the results.
Prizes:
Amazingly, we're offering an incredible prize pool of at least 10 awards! Our top creators will receive exclusive copies of the highly anticipated book One Endgame Study in a Thousand, and premium ChessBase products, including the brand-new ChessBase 18.
More information at Chessbase India.
judge Sergey Osintsev,
deadline 20. 2. 2025,
send to: Boris Shorokhov,
judge Vladislav Tarasyuk,
send to:
judge NN,
send to: Jan Sprenger,
Studies – Judge: Vladislav Tarasiuk
– Entries should be sent to : Sergey Borodavkin :
The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 11th Composing Tourney
judge Evgeny Egorov,
deadline 30. 9. 2025,
in format DOC + PDF,
send to:
The magazine “64 – Chess Review”
” announces a traditional competition for composing chess problems and studies
Sections: #2,#3,#n (judge A. Kuzovkov), studies (judge S. Osintsev)
The winners are awarded an annual subscription to the magazine.
Send compositions to the email address of editor Alexander Kuzovkov:
Announcement tournament: EG 2024-2025
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.
We will not publish all the submitted studies, as some magazines and websites do.
Our editor, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, will only select compositions of sufficiently high level for publication.
Please send your originals in PGN-format to the editor Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen at
Deadline for submissions for is August 25th, 2025.
The judge for the 2024-2025 tourney is Jan Sprenger.
Springaren 2023 -2024
Studies, no set theme
– Judge: Geir Tallaksen Ostmoe (Norway)
– Send studies to Director : Kjell Widlert.
– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
– The award will be sent to participants by e-mail. and will be published in the magazine
Tehtäväniekka 2025
Finnish Chess Problem Society’s magazine Tehtäväniekka 2025
Original studies for an informal tourney, no set theme.
The composer will receive a PDF file of the publication issue and award.
Judge: Vladislav Tarasyuk (Ukraine)
Send your entries to the editor Vladislav Tarasyuk:
Shakhmatija 2025
send to the judge: Vilimantas Satkus,
Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 2025
send to the judge: Sergey Osintsev,
SACHOVA SKLADBA 2024-2025
Studies, no set theme
– Judge : Luboš Sedlák
– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
Send studies to:
copy send to:
ZADACHY I ETIUDY- 2024
Studies – Yury Bazlov
– #2 – A. Slesarenko ,
# 3 –A. Sygurov. #n – G. Popov ,,
H # –P. Zabirokhin
S # – – A. Stepochkin,
F # –V. Nefyodov.
– The problemas and studies will be published as originals in the magazine Zadachy I Etiudy during 2024 Send to S. Bilyk
Send to S. Bilyk – email:
Closing date : 15 November 2024
TOURNEY MAGAZINE “PHENIX” 2024
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 2024
Please send your entries to Daniel Capron :
until october 31, 2024.
Judge: Jaroslav Polasek (Rep. Checa)
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.
7th TT FRME, 2025
The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 7th TT FRME, in 7 sections.
Endgame studies proposed theme: The win study. Need: Underpromotion for second color bishop or third knight, bishop, rook.
The play after underpromotion must continue at least 3rd moves.
Judge: Oleg Pervakov (Russia)
Send to tournament director to Jamal M Elbaz (Morocco)
E-mail:
Prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Send problems and studies in format Word and PDF.
Details: fmrefmre website.
Closing date: 01.09.2025.
The award – 2025
All received problems will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website: http://frme.fr.nf
INTERNET TOURNAMENT CHESS MAGAZINE CHESSSTAR – 2023
ChessStar.com announces an annual composing contest in the following sections: #2, #3, #N, Etudes, H# , S#.
– ChessStar-2023 can only be entered by registered users Standard.
Entries are accepted (unlimited) from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
Prizes, honorary and commendable reviews have been established.
Preliminary results will be published on the website on January 31, 2024.
– Chief judge for all sections: Ferhat Karmil (Turkiye)
-Tournament Director Elmar Abdullaev Karmil (Azerbaijan)
CESKOSLOVENSKY SHACH – 2025
The contest will include all original studies published in the journal during 2025.
judge Michal Hlinka
, send to judge:
More detailed analyzes and the pgn file can be found in the studies section on our website www.sach.cz.
Variantim 2025
The studies will be published as originals in the Israeli magazine Variantim during 2025.
Judge: Michael Pasman
1st prize: $300
Last day to accept studies: 15 November, 2025
- Director : Gady Costeff. Please send studies in PGN format to:
The results will be published in 4/2026.
Closing date: November 15/ 2025
SINFONIE SCACCHISTICHE 2025
judge Daniele Gatti,
–– send to Director : Valerio Agostini –
deadline 30. 9. 2025
PAT A MAT Magazine has pleasure in announcing international tourneys for
See also:
judge Vladislav Tarasyuk
, send to: Ľuboš Kekely, SK-023 32 Snežnica 128
, e-mail:
MAGYAR SAKKVILAG 2025
Please, send your original work in PGN format.
Tournament director Peter Gyarmati to the e-mail address of the study : E-Mail
judge Vladislav Tarasyuk,
– Deadline: 20th November 2025.
-- Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
-- The award will be sent to participants by e-mail.
The WFCC is inviting composers of all countries to participate in the 2022-24 WCCI. The tourney director is Narayan Shankar Ram (email:
Judges: Endgame studies: Jan Sprenger (GER); Michael Pasman (ISR); Geir Sune Ostmoe (NOR); Luis Miguel Gonzalez (ESP); Alekseï Gasparyan (ARM); Reserve Judge: Steffen Nielsen (DNK).
Time Schedule:
December 1st, 2024: Announcement
January 20th, 2025: Deadline for Submission of entries to the Director
By February 1st, 2025: Entries and spreadsheets for the scores sent by email to the Judges
By June 1st, 2025 the latest: Judges’ marks sent to the Director
June 15th, 2025: Provisional results sent to the Supervising Panel and to the WFCC President
June 30th, 2025: Final results published on the WFCC site
PROBLEEMBLAD 2025
Studies,
Judge: NN
Entries in .pgn format are appreciated.
Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
Send to : Marcel van Herck
VRATNICA 64- 2024 or 2024/25
Studies, no set theme – Judge: Mario G. García (Argentina)
–Entries should be sent to: Bosko Miloseski, E-mail:
–Clarifications: If the number of entries in the year 2024 is 15 or more studies, the contest closes and the judge issues the verdict.
Then in 2025, a similar rule applies. Prizes, honorable mentions, commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
- The award will be sent to participants by e-mail.
Closing date: 15th October of the year 2024 or 2025