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 1-9-2023.
UAPA 22th 2023
Section A : Thematic: Logic study with false try in a preliminary plan–Judge: Valery Kalashnikov (Russia)
— Theme has offered by the judge
– Look Examples below
Section B : Theme free
B.1.) Win – Judge : Vladimir Neistadt (Russia)
B.2.) Draw – Judge : Evgene Egorov (Kazajistan)
Entries : not more than three per composer (in each section)
– Send studies to: Sebastian Palomo
– or M. García
– 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 2024, will be available in the same website and will be sent to all participants by e-mail.
– Closing date 31.12.2023
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
The Chess Club Hannibal Bucharest is organizing an international endgame composing tourney,
dedicated to the centenary of Radu Voia (1922 - 2006),
the greatest tennis journalist from Romania and an important study composer (several times national champion),
activity brightly interfered with his tremendous work in the editing staff of „Revista Romana de Sah”.
THE REQUIREMENT
In order to mix the two sport passions of Radu Voia, we thought to choose the following theme of the tournament:
„An endgame in which the number of white pieces versus the number of black pieces are representing the final score of an usual tennis set: 6/2, 6/3, 6/4, 7/5, 7/6 or vice versa”.
THE PARTICIPATION
THE JUDGE
The competition will be judged by the acclaimed international judge Amatzia Avni (Israel).
THE WINNINGS
1st PLACE - Trophy + Chessable Voucher 50 euro
2nd PLACE - Trophy + Chessable Voucher 30 euro
3rd PLACE - Trophy + Chessable Voucher 20 euro
See also: https://www.hannibal.ro/acasa/evenimente/concurs-interna%C8%9Bional-de-compozi%C8%9Bie-de-studii
Michal Hlinka JT 70
– Closing date 25th of October 2023
The Slovak Organization for Composition Chess and the magazine Československý šach are announcing a competition for original studies, a maximum of three per author.
Theme is free.
Send your entries by e-mail to the address of the tournament director Ľuboš Kekely:
The judge is the jubilant.
Eleventh FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023
See for all the information: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/composing/fidewcc_2023/
The tournament will be conducted from April 1 to October 1, 2023.
The closing date for submitting the entries is June 15, 2023.
Entries must be sent on diagrams with complete solution and any comments by e-mail only to the Director’s address:
Participants should mention their postal address in the email.
21th INTERNATIONAL INTERNET TOURNAMENT (UAPA) – 2023
Section A : Thematic: In study (win or draw), White’s choice on any move on the same square Look
Examples -Judge: Vladislav Taraasiuk (Ukraine)
Section B : Theme free
B.1.) Win – Judge : Peter Gyarmati (Hungary)
B.2.) Draw – Judge : Sergey Osintsev (Russia)
Entries : not more than three per composer (in each section)
– Send studies to: Sebastian Palomo
– 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 November 2023, will be available in the same website and will be sent to all
participants by e-mail.
– Closing date 31.08.2023
The Committee on Chess Composition of the Ukrainian Chess Federation
and the editors of the magazine "Problemist of Ukraine"
announce an international tournament in memory of the famous Ukrainian study composer, four-time champion of Ukraine
Stanislav Bilokin
The judge of the competition is Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine). .
The theme of the competition is free. Prizes, honorable and honorable mentions have been established.
Special awards are provided for studies with an echo-variant game in the solution.
The award of the competition will be announced in April 2024 and published in the magazine "Problemist of Ukraine".
Send original works by February 21, 2024 to e-mail address of the judge-organizer Volodymyr Samilo:
Tehtavaniekka 2023
Finnish Chess Problem Society’s magazine Tehtavaniekka 2023.
Original studies for an informal tourney.
The composer will receive a PDF file of the publication issue and award.
Judge: Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine)
Send your entries to the editor Vladislav Tarasiuk:
«ЗА ТОРЖЕСТВО МІЖНАРОДНОГО ПРАВА»,
присвячений Дню шахової композиції
Дніпровська міська федерація шахової композиції та редакція журналу
«Проблеміст України» оголошують міжнародний турнір «ЗА ТОРЖЕСТВО
МІЖНАРОДНОГО ПРАВА», присвячений Дню шахової композиції.
Розділи:
1. Двоходівки. Суддя Василь Дячук.
2. Етюди. Суддя Владислав Тарасюк.
3. Кооперативні мати (H#2-n). Суддя Валерій Семененко.
4. Зворотно-кооперативні мати (Hs#2-n). Суддя Олександр Семененко.
Теми вільні.
Оригінальні композиції надсилати електронною поштою до 10.12.2023
року на адресу:
Усі учасники отримають підсумки турніру по електронній пошті
04.01.2024 року, у Міжнародний день шахової композиції.
TOURNEY
“FOR THE TRIUMPH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW”
to commemorate the Chess Composition Day
The Federation for Chess Composition of the city of Dnipro and the
Editorial Board of the magazine Problemist of Ukraine announce an international
tourney “FOR THE TRIUMPH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW” to commemorate
the Chess Composition Day.
Sections:
1. Twomovers (#2). Judge: Vasyl Dyachuk.
2. Endgame studies. Judge: Vladyslav Tarasyuk.
3. Helpmates (H#2-n). Judge: Valery Semenenko.
4. Helpselfmates (Hs#2-n). Judge: Oleksandr Semenenko.
Free themes.
Original compositions are to be emailed before December 10, 2023, to:
All participants will receive the tourney award by email on January 4, 2024,
the International Chess Composition Day.
SACHOVA SKLADBA 2023
Studies, no set theme
– Judge : Luboš Kekely (Slovakia)
– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
Send studies to: Jiri Jelinek or Jaroslav Polasek
Information about competitions in other genres: Pavel Kamenik –
Also see this link; http://problem64.beda.cz/ss/rozhodci.htm
ZADACHY I ETIUDY- 2023
Studies – P.Arestov
#2 – E. Permyakov (Primorsky),
# 3 –V. Kirillov (región de Sverdlovsk),.
#n – A.Sygurov (región de Samara),,
H # –V.Nefyodov (Cheliábinsk) S # – – I.Agapov (Izhevsk),
F # –A.Stepochkin (Tula). – The problemas and studies will be published as originals in the magazine Zadachy I Etiudy during 2023
Send to S. Bilyk – email:
Closing date : 15 November 2023
Polish Chess Federation 2023 Tourney
Polish Chess Federation announces an informal international composing tourney in the following sections:
• twomovers [#2] – judge Bogusz Piliczewski
• threemovers [#3] – judge Stefan Parzuch
• selfmates in 2 moves [s#2] – judge Marcin Banaszek
• selfmates in 3 – 6 moves [s#3-6] – judge Eugeniusz Iwanow
• helpmates in 2 moves [h#2] – judge Walerij Kopyl
• endgames [eg] – judge Jan Rusinek
There are 3 prizes in each section.
Problems are published up to date on the Polish Chess Federation site.
Closing date: December 1st 2023.
Please send problems on diagrams or in notation with the complete solution to:
See also this article: Creating studies from games, Steffen Nielsen
JT75 MARIO G. GARCIA 2023
The Argentinian´s Union of Problemists of Chess announces the tournament of composition JT75 Mario Guido García
Studies- Sections:
A) Theme free in two sections :
A.1.) Win and
A.2.) Draw –
B) Thematic: Miniature ( 6 to 7 pieces) –
B.1. Studies Win –
B.2.) Studies Draw; Judge : Mario G. García
– Problems – Sections : 2# – 3# – N# – (#4 to #6 ) and (#7 to more moves)
– If the number of miniatures are significant, they will be evaluated in a special section
- Judge : Mario G. García
– Will be awarded:
-Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
- The provisional award , will be available in the website of the UAPA http://www.problemistasajedrez.com.ar/ , and will be sent to all participants by e-mail.
Not more than three studies or problems per composer for each subsection
– Send to director Sebastián Palomo– <
Closing date: 30th june 2023
TOURNEY MAGAZINE “PHENIX” 2023
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 2023
– Please send your entries to Daniel Capron :
until october 31 2023.
Judge: Ľuboš Kekely (Slovakia)
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.
5th TT FRME, 2023
The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 5th TT FREM, in 6 sections.
See: 5 th TT FRME, 2023
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 – 2023 – JT 70 Stanislav Nosek
The contest will include all original studies published in the journal during 2023.
Send your originals on any topic (maximum 6 by one author) before November 20, 2023 to the address of Michal Hlinka (Slovakia):
Judge : Stanislav Nosek (Rep.Checa).
More detailed analyzes and the pgn file can be found in the studies section on our website www.sach.cz.
Section A : Thematic:
In study (win or draw) White or Black piece (Bishop,Knight, Rook or Queen) goes into a corner under at least one capture.
The piece should not be protected and goes to the corner without taking enemy piece.
Promotion of pawn is not theme -
EXAMPLE
-Judge: Oleg Pervakov (Russia)
Section B : Theme free
B.1.) Win – Judge : Jan Timman (Netherlands)
B.2.) Draw – Judge : Jan Rusinek (Poland)
Entries : not more than three per composer (in each section)
– Send studies to: Sebastian Palomo
– or M. García
– 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 2023, will be available in the same website and will be sent to all participants
by e-mail.
– Closing date 30.04.2023
Variantim 2023
SINFONIE SCACCHISTICHE 2023
Informal tournament
– Judge : Daniele Gatti
– Director : Valerio Agostini –
Closing date 30.09.2023 ?
PAT A MAT Magazine has pleasure in announcing international tourneys for
See also:
a) orthodox twomovers 2022: Bogusz Piliczewski, Poland),
b) threemovers 2022-2023 (judge not yet specified),
c) moremovers 2022-2023 (judge not yet specified),
d) studies 2022-2023 :Yochanan Afek (Israel/Netherlands),
e) helpmates 2022 (judge Béla Majoros, Hungary),
f) selfmates and reflexmates 2022- 2023 (judge not yet specified),
g) fairies 2022 (judge not yet specified).
Entries should be sent to the editors of the sections (see below) or to Ladislav Packa as soon as possible but before 15th October of the year.
Entries should be sent to the editors of the sections (see below) or to Ladislav Packa as soon as possible but before 15th October of the year.
Chief editor and h#: Ladislav Packa, Agátová 2504/10, SK-924 00 Galanta, e-mail:
#2: Peter Gvozdják, Hlaváčiková 9, SK-841 05 Bratislava 4, e-mail:
#3: Juraj Šťastný, M. M. Hodžu 2417/11, SK-960 01 Zvolen, e-mail:
#n and fairy: Juraj Lörinc, Pažítková 5, SK-821 01 Bratislava 2, e-mail:
s#: Jozef Havran, Kukučínova 15, SK-927 01 Šaľa, e-mail:
+/=: Ľuboš Kekely, SK-023 32 Snežnica 128, e-mail:
MAGAZINE «64» – 2023
Informal international composing tourney in following sections: # 2, # 3, #n judge: A. Kuzovkov,
studies judge : A. Stavrietsky
Section winners are awarded a yearly subscription to a magazine
- Entries should be sent to
Director – A. Kuzovkov– e-mail
Closing date: 01.11.2023
The Problemistic Curierul 2021- 2022
Entries should be sent to :
Editor : Dan Constantin Gurgui –
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 )
TOURNEY MAGAZINE “PHENIX” 2022
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 2022
– Please send your entries to Daniel Capron :
Judge: Mirko Miljanić (Serbia)
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.
The Problemist composing tourney 2023 by the British Problem Society
Judge: Árpád Rusz
Entries to the editor Yochanan Afek ( preferably in a PGN file and the earlier the better) by e-mail:
MAGYAR SAKKVILAG 2023
Please, send your original work in PGN format.
Tournament director Peter Gyarmati to the e-mail address of the study : E-Mail
– Judge: Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)
– Deadline: 20th November 2023.
-- Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
-- The award will be sent to participants by e-mail.
PROBLEM PARADISE (JAPAN) 2023
Studies, informal tourney, no set theme
– Judge: Mario G. García (Argentina)
Entries should be sent to Director : Ryo Shiomi, E-mail:
— Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
- The award will be sent to participants by e-mail. –Closing date: 31th October 2023
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:
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.
SCHACH 2022-2023
Studies, no set theme
– Judges:
Studies– Martin Minski
2 # Wassyl Djatschuk,
3 # Frank Reinhold,
n # Martin Hoffmann,
h # Christopher Jones,
s # Hans Gruber.
Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
Send studies to: Franz Pachl –
– Closing date: september 30th 2022/23
PROBLEMBLAD 2023 -2024
Studies,
Judge: Gady Costeff (Israel/USA)
Entries in .pgn format are appreciated.
Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
Send to : Marcel van Herck
Sachova Skladba 2022
Studies, no set theme
– Judge : Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine)
More info at: http://problem64.beda.cz/ss/rozhodci.htm
- Send studies to: Jiri Jelinek or Jaroslav Polasek
VRATNICA 64- 2022-2023
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 2022 is 15 or more studies, the contest closes and the judge issues the verdict.
Then in 2023, 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 2022 or 2023
SHAKHMATNAYA KOMPOZICIA- 2023
Studies, no set theme – Judge:Luis Miguel González (Spain)
- The studies will be published as originals in the magazine Shakmatnaya Kompozicia during 2023.
Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.
-Send to S. Osintsev- –
TEHTÄVÄNIEKKA 2022
Finnish Chess Problem Society's magazine Tehtäväniekka 2022
Original studies for an informal tourney
The composer will receive a PDF file of the publication issue and award.
A sample issue (1/2020) can be downloaded via https://www.tehtavaniekat.fi/index.php/tehtavaniekka/
Studies: No set theme.
Judge: 2022: Vladislav Tarasiuk
Send your entries to the editor Vladislav Tarasiuk:
The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 9th Composing Tourney
Twomovers (#2) Judge: Bogusz Piliczewski(Poland)
Send to tournament director: Mustapha Bakani (Marocco) E-mail:
Threemovers (#3) Judge: Marcin Banaszek (Germany)
Moremovers (#N) Judge: Elmar Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
Studies (+;=) Judge: Luis Miguel González (Spain)
Selfmates (S#) Judge: Sergey Borodavkin (Ukraine)
Send to tournament director:Vidadi Zamanov (Azerbaijan) E-mail:
Helpmates H#2 Judge: Valery Gurov(Russia)
Helpmates H#2.5-3 Judge: Viktor Sizonenko (Ukraine)
Helpmates H#3.5-N Judge: Kjell Widlert (Sweden)
Send to tournament director: Jamal M Elbaz (Morocco)
E-mail:
The theme in all sections is free.
Prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Send problems and studies in format Word and PDF.
Closing date: 30. 09. 2023. The award – 2023
All received problems will be presented to the judge in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website: frme.fr.nf
CESKOSLOVENSKY SHACH – 2023 – JT 70 Stanislav Nosek
The contest will include all original studies published in the journal during 2023.
Send your originals on any topic (maximum 6 by one author) before November 20, 2023
to the address of Michal Hlinka (Slovakia):
Judge : Stanislav Nosek (Rep.Checa).
More detailed analyzes and the pgn file can be found in the studies section on our website www.sach.cz.