Latest News.
Update: 3.7.2010:
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New issue of the Argentinian study
magazine NR 58 by
José A. Copié
(a PDF-file in spanish):
“Finales… y Temas”.
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ICC (a major commercial US chess
site) undertook to interview Harold van der Heijden during one
hour.
Of course the topic is endgame
studies (and his database, also EG and ARVES).
On this website:
http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/
there is a "preview" for non-members.
During the interview Harold also
presents a couple of remarkable endgame studies
(with diagrams and play on the
computer screen during explaination) for a general public.
Unfortunately, the sound (his side
of the phone connection) is a bit poor.
Also it is uncertain what part of
the interview is accessible to non-members.
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Toernooi aankondiging:
Announcement: Harold
van der Heijden-50 JT
- No set theme.
- A maximum of 4
studies per composer.
- Only original
studies (also no corrections or versions).
-
Artistic
studies with "database material" are welcomed,
but
please do not send
technical endings without artistic content
(this
also applies to endings with more material!).
- Do not send studies
directly to Harold!
Total prize fund: 600
EUR (co-sponsor: ARVES)
Extra prizes: endgame
study books, endgame study databases: HHdbIV (!)
Judge: Harold van der
Heijden
Tourney director: René
Olthof, Achter „t Schaapshoofd 7,
5211 MC „s-Hertogenbosch,
the Netherlands.
E-mail:
raja@newinchess.com
Submission deadline:
December 18th, 2010.
The award will be
published in
EG.
Please re-print!
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Winner of the solvingcontext 2010
is Michael Pfannkuche
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In spanish a new tournament coming up !
International
Chess Composing Tourney
"Argentina Bicentennial 1810-2010"
· Finales
artísticos
Endgames studies
· Sin
tema obligatorio
No theme
set
· Máximo:
4 trabajos por compositor
A maximun
of 4 studies per composer
· Enviar
los estudios a:
Send the studies to:
Director del Torneo, Julio C. Reynaga
Tourney Director, Julio C. Reynaga
Por correo electrónico:
By e-mail:
julioreynaga@gmail.com and copy to
juliocesarreynaga@arnet.com.ar - reynaga@arnet.com.ar
O (or):
Director del Torneo, Julio C. Reynaga (Barrio Parque
Belgrano II - Manz. C, casa 10 - 4400 Salta (Argentina)
Tourney Director, Julio C. Reynaga
(Barrio Parque Belgrano II - Manz. C, casa 10 - 4400 Salta
(Argentina)
· Plazo
de envío de los trabajos: 30 de diciembre de
2010
Submission deadline: december 30, 2010
· Jueces:
Harold van der Heijden (Holanda) y Mario Guido García
(Argentina)
Judges:
Harold van der Heijden (The Netherlands) and Mario G. García
(Argentina)
· Premios:
600 Euros y material bibliográfico
Prizes: 600 euro and books
· Organiza:
Escuela de Ajedrez de la Provincia de Salta IE 7141(Salta,
Argentina)
Organize: Chess School of Salta IE
7141(Salta, Argentina)
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Update of the index on EG made by
Paul Valois (Leeds, United Kingdom),
with a lot more information.
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Most interesting link:
Through this link you have
access to over
20.000 endgame studies.
You can search for many of them and replay
them online !
Thanks to Mihail Croitor.
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Free downloads
of animated Gifs, put them on any website !!
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Tournament annoucement:
The Study Tourney „R.Réti MT 2009“
Association of Chess Problemists in the Czech Republic announces the Study
Composing Tourney
dedicated to jubilee of IGM Richard Réti (28.5.1889 - 6.6.1929) in two sections:
1.
composition of an introductory play to any of 56 original Réti´s studies
published in the book by A. Mandler „Richard Réti: Sämtliche Studien“
Example: J. Pospíšil, Rochade Europa 2007 (version Die Welt 2000)
Kh8 Pc6 d4 h3 h5 h7 (6) - Ka6 Qc3 Pg7 (3), draw.
1.h6
Qxd4 2.h4 gxh6+ 3.Kg8 Qxh4 4.h8Q Qd8+ 5.Kg7 Qxh8 6.Kxh8 h5
(it
is a diagram position of Réti´s study from April 1922) 7.Kg7 draw.
2.
composition of an original study in which the author exploits
any
from Réti´s themes (from the book see item 1 above)
Example: E. Pavlovský, The Independent č. 137/1987
Kc2 Bb1 Pf5 (3) – Kg2 Ph2 (2), win.
1.Bb2 Kg3 2.Bd5 Kf4 3.f6 Ke5 4.f7 Kxd5 5.f8Q h1Q 6.Qa8+ and 7.Qxh1, white wins.
Closing date: 30.6.2009 (date on a stamp or date of e-mail).
Director: Jiří Jelínek.
Send
original studies by e-mail to
jjelinek@koop.cz with a copy to
jjelinek@chello.cz
or
per post to Jiří Jelínek, Španielova 1313, CZ-163 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
Judge: Ilham Aliev (Azerbaidzhan).
The preliminary award will be published in IV quarter in 2009 at Rakouko Uherský
šach (The Austria Hungarian Chess)
on
address
http://www.jbmd.com/sach and at Československý šach or Šachová skladba
where the definitive award will be also published. Prizes (min. prize fund: USD
400,-), honourable mentions, and commendations.
Ing. Evžen Pavlovský, MT manager, 20.8.2008
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Study of the Year 2007
Selected in
Yurmala (Latvia) annual congress for chess composition
Mario Matouš
(Czech Republic)
1st
Prize, Polášek and Vlasák 50 JT 2007
White plays
and wins.
1.Nf3+ Kh1!
1.Kh3
2.Ng5+ Kg2 3.Bxc5+.
2.Bd4!!
With
a mate threat. This spectacular move cannot be replaced by 2.Bxc5? Qa4+ 3.Nd4
Qxd4+! 4.Bxd4 stalemate.
2...Qf7+!
After
2...Qc7+? White’s material advantage decides, for example 3.Ne5
Qc8 (3...Qb8
4.Rb2! Qf8+ 5.Kg3 Qg7+ 6.Ng4 Qc7+ 7.Be5 Qh7 8.Rd2) 4.Kg3 Qg8+
5.Ng4 Qb8+
6.Kh3 Qb3+ 7.Rc3 Qb1 8.Nf2+ Kg1 9.Ne4+ cxd4 10.Rg3+ Kf1 11.Nd2+.
Bad is
2...Qb8+? 3.Be5 Qf8+ 4.Ke3 Qh6+ 5.Kf2 c4 6.Ra2 Qb6+ 7.Bd4 Qb1 8.Ra1.
3.Ke3!!
3.Kg3? Qg6+
costs the rook.
.
3...cxd4+ 4.Kf2! Qf4
Very bad
is: 5.Re2? Qe3+ and other attacking rook moves
lead to a
perpetual check: 5.Ra2?
Qc1
6.Kg3!? (6.Ra8 Qc2+ 7.Kg3 Qg6+ 8.Kf2 Qc2+)
6...Qc7+
7.Kf2 Qc1 or 5.Rc8?
Qe3+ 6.Kg3
Qh6 7.Kf2 Qe3+ 8.Kg3 Qh6.
5.Rc6!!
Reciprocal
zugzwang, as the queen has surprisingly no good squares. Thus a pawn has to move
and obstruct the important diagonal b1-h7 in two echo lines:
A)
5...d3 6.Rc8!! Qh6 7.Rb8! wins.
B)
5...Qe3+ 6.Kg3
Another
reciprocal zugzwang.
6...d3 7.Ra6! Qc1 8.Ra7! wins.
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Final contribution on
Pawn Endings (5.11.2007) of
Ivica Mihoci from Croatia.
He has made a
chessbase-file with remarks (corrections / mistakes) in
pawnendgamestudies.
He checked 4413 pawn endings
!!
Admiration for this work.
Here his own words about this labour....
"After 1 year and 1
month I have finally checked all 4413 pawn
studies.
It has been long and
hard work because engines have many blank spots in analysis even with
tablebases use! Most importantly I added evaluations signs after each line
(sic!!!) which you do not have in HHIII what I hold as a deficiency, some
auxiliary lines were also added for improving of learning from particular
study. For my private endgame tuition I made detailed classification, but this
oversteps the boundaries of our main theme - corrections.
In attachment you will find chessbase
format base with 1164 corrections
with green (endgame) medal for found
improvements or corrections, and with black (blunder) medal for found
errors. On 3,79 studies comes
1 correction/re-evaluation/improvement.
I busted many cooks and I found many
errors in analysis.
I really do hope that my work will get
wider interest from endgame studies lovers, and a specially from all
involved in studies checking."
So please check them
out...!
(Your reactions
will encourage him to check on, e.g. Rook-endings....)
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