Tournament Calender.

On this page a calender of all known Endgame study tournaments which are running with information:

Last update: 16-4-2012

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Dear friends.

Slovakian chess composition magazin "Pat a mat" has pleasure in announcing

international tourney for studies 2012-2013 (judge Martin Minski, Germany).

Entries should be sent to the editor of the section:

Ľuboš Kekely, SK-023 32 Snežnica 128

kekely@zmail.sk

as soon as possible but before 15th October 2012.

Thank you very much for your entries advance !

Please reprint !

All the best, L. Kekely

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Jan Timman 60 Jubilee Tourney

 New In Chess announces a composition tourney to commemorate the 60th birthday of Jan Timman,

grandmaster and author of The Art of the Endgame and several other fine books on endgame studies 

No set theme. Twins and/or joint studies allowed.

The judge of this event will be Jan Timman himself

First prize: 300

Second prize: 200

Third prize: 100

Also book prizes
honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded

Entries should include the name of the composer(s), postal address,

diagram with full solution (preferably with a PGN-file attached)
Please send before June 30^st 2012 to the tourney director:

René Olthof

c/o New In Chess
P.O. Box 1093

 NL 1810 KB  Alkmaar

The Netherlands

E-mail: raja@newinchess.com

 The winners will be announced in New In Chess Magazine

Please reprint and send this PDF.

Certamen Internacional de Estudios Artísticos “Jubileo de Mayo 1810 – 2010”

Dear Friends,

The report and Awards, are available on the website:

http://www.salnet.com.ar/reynaga/certamen_bicentenario/index_en.htm

Congratulations to all participants, winners and thanks! all colleagues from the world of chess composition that have helped us!

Best regards,

Prof. Julio César Reynaga

Tourney’ Director

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Judges: Marcel Van Herck & Harold van der Heijden

Theme: Black and White underpromotion to Bishop

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ARVES Memorial Tourneys

ARVES announces 2 centenary theme composing tourneys to commemorate the 100 anniversary in 2010

of two fine composers who passed away prematurely:

Mark Liburkin (1910- 1953) from Moscow  (Russia) and

Shaya Kozłowski (1910- 1943) from Łodz (Poland). 

1)  Mark Liburkin -100 Theme Tourney

Theme: Win or draw study displaying a Systematic manouver

 M. Liburkin

4^th Pr. Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1938

White wins

1.Nd4+ Kc3 2.Nb5+ Kc4! [2...Kb4 3.Rb1+]

3.Nd6+ [3.Na3+? Kb3 4.Kxe1 Kb2 5.Nc2 Nf3+!

(5...Kxc2? 6.Ra2+) 6.Kd1 g3 7.Ra8 g2]

3...Kc5! 4.Nb7+! [4.Ne4+? Kd5! (4...Kd4? 5.Ra4+)

5.Nf6+ Ke5! 6.Nd7+ Ke6 7.Nc5+ (7.Nf8+ Kf7) 7...Kd5]

4...Kc6 5.Nd8+ Kc7! 6.Ne6+ Kd7! [6...Kd6 7.Ra6+]

7.Nf8+! Ke7 8.Ng6+ Kf7 9.Nh8+ Kg7 10.Rxe1 Kxh8 11.Rh1 g3

12.Ke3! Kg7 13.Kf4 g2 14.Rg1 Nf1 15.Rxg2+ Kh6 16.Rf2 1–0

M. Liburkin

'64, 1940

White wins

 1.Ka3! Rc1 2.Bd4! [2.Be5? Rc5 3.Bc3 Rxc3+] 2...Rd1 3.Be5! Re1 4.Bf6! Rf1 5.Bg7! Rg1 6.Bh8! Rg3+ 7.b3+ 1–0

  Judge: Yochanan Afek

 2) Shaya Kozłowski-100 Theme Tourney

 Theme:  A paradoxical piece action eventually simplifies into a winning or drawn pawn ending 

 S. Kozlowski

Glos Poranny,.1931

White wins

 1.Nd7+ Kc7 2.Nf8!! Kd8

[2...Kd6 3.Kg4! Kd5 4.Kh5 Ke5 5.Kg5 Ke4 6.Kh6 Kf5 7.Kg7 Kg5 8.Nd7]

3.Kf4 [3.Kg4] 3...Ke8 4.Kg5! Kxf8 5.Kh6! 1–0

S. Kozlowski

Glos Poranny, 1931

White wins

 1.Ng6+!! hxg6+ [1...Kg8 2.h5 hxg6+ 3.Kxg6] 2.Kxg6 Kg8 3.h5 Kh8

4.Kf7 g5 5.Kxf8 g4 6.Kxe7 g3 7.Kf7 g2 8.e7 g1Q 9.e8Q+ Kh7

10.Qe4+ Kh8 11.Qe5+ Kh7 12.Qf5+ Kh8 13.Qf6+ Kh7 14.Qg6+ Qxg6+ 15.hxg6+ 1–0

Judge: Harold van der Heijden

 Total prize-fund: 600 Euros.

In each tourney 3 money-prizes will be awarded:

1) 150 Euros; 2) 100 Euros; 3) 50 Euros. 

Book prizes will also be awarded

Entries should be sent before July 31^st 2011 to the tourneys director:

René Olthof 

Achter  't Schaapshoofd 7,

5211 MC 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

E-mail: raja@newinchess.com

          The awards will be published in EG at the second half of 2011.