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 Latest News

update: 19-September-2023

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The provisionally award for the Phenix 2022 tournament has the following prize winners:

1. Sergey Osintsev

2. Steffen Nielsen,

3. Michael Pasman.

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Study in memory of Peter van den Heuvel,

composed by Volodomyr Samilo:

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Sad news: member since the beginning of Arves (1988),

Peter van den Heuvel passed away at 29.8.2023, during a vacation in Georgia.

He was a very succesful solver having an International Master title for that.

He won also at Arves Solving Contest 2006

He was editor for the Probleemblad and succesful composer of Retro-problems.

More about him (in Dutch) at Probleemblad website.

He composed one endgame study:

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Interesting article (in German language)

about Martin Minski in the German Magazine: Schach

(Deutsche Schachzeitung)

 Martin Minski in Schach 2023-09

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In the 7th Youth Composing Chess Championship (section B: studies), the prize winners are:

1. Ural Khasanov

2. Andrii Sergiienko

3. Ben Smolkin

4. Nikita Ushakov

5. Ilija Serafimovic

6. Anirudh Daga

7. Denisa Andreea Bucur

8. Costachi Mihnea

9. Danila Pavlov

10. Dylan Schenker

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For the 75th jubilee of Mario Garcia the provisionally results are available.

You may find the prize resullts in the PDF at the Awards Files and the many studies to replay in:

Garcia 75 JT 2023A

Garcia 75 JT 2023B

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At the ECF Book of the Year Shortlist, this is written about:

The Pawn Study Composer's Manual, Mikhail Zinar

The Pawn Study Composer’s Manual  


Mikhail Zinar Elk and Ruby pp284 £24.95

Pawn studies may be a niche in the chess world, but this high-class book,

written by a man who spent a lifetime composing pawn studies,

demonstrates the richness and depth of the game.

The reader will find instruction, enjoyment and inspiration therein.  

Zinar, a Ukrainian, died in 2021 and this edition was updated by Zinar’s close friend Tkachenko,

“with my city (Odesa) being regularly bombed, which considerably slowed progress!”

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Sad news from Argentina where Kapros, Jorge 1955-2023 passed away.

You may read the 

obituary written by: José A. Copié here.

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In the Griva 70 JT 2023 tournament the prize winners are:

 

1. Sergy Osintsev

2. Michal Hlinka and Lubos kekely

3. Vladimir Kuzmichev

4. Poul Rewitz

5. Louis Miguel Gonzalez

Look in the Awards Files in the PDF of the Problemist Ukraine 2023/07 magazine as of page 29.

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New edition of the spanish Finales Y Temas 129 by José Copié.

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Interesting article about Cyclic Zugzwang and a free PGN-file to download

with 1131 examples, send by John Beasley.

Cyclic Zugzwangs

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A little late, the results of the Sachova Skladba 2021 tournament added to this website.

1st prize to Steffen Nielsen,

2nd prize to Michael Pasman,

3rd prize to Jaroslav Polasek.

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Today 20.7 is International Chess day where we celebrate the establishment of the FIDE.

Alexander Rueb name holder of ARves : Rueb, Alexander 1882-1959 was the first President for 25 years.

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In the Vratnica-64 2022 tournament the prize winners are:

Win section: 1. Sergey Osintsev,

2. Peter Krug,

3.Michael Pasman

Draw Section: 1, Michael Pasman,

2. Michal Hlinka and Luboš Kekely

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In the UAPA 20th 2023 tournament for the Theme Section,

Theme is: "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"

 

1st and 2nd prize for Jan Sprenger and Serhiy Didukh;

3rd and 4rd prize to Harold van der Heijden and Vladislav Tarasiuk.

 

For the Section B1 Wins:

1st: M. Gromov with Oleg Pervakov;

2nd Serhiy Didukh;

3rd Yuri Bazlov

4th prize to Michael Pasman.

 

For the Section B2 Draws:

1st and 2nd prize to Michal Hlinka with Lubos Kekely and Serhiy Didukh;

3rd and 4rd ptize to Andrzej Jasik and Eduard Eilazyan;

5th prize to Alain Pallier.

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Three more articles to honor composers:

Kliatskin, Mikhail 1896-1926

Neumann, Moisei 1898-1967

Yakhontov, Vasily 1912-1986

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This year the Royal Dutch Chess Federation: KNSB celebrates its 150 year of existence.

For this jubilee a book was issued. 

René Olthof has written an article about the history of ARVES for this book.

(It is written in Dutch).

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New issue of EG 233 is coming:

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The prize winners in the Azerbaijan 6th Cup 2023 tournament are:

1. Rasul Ibrahimov

2. Ulvi Bajarani

3. Elmar Gasimov

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In the July 2023 issue of The Problemist magazine you can find as of page 146 the column by Yochanan Afek.

And as of page 168 the award for British Chess Problem Society 2022 by Gady Costeff. 

(See the PDF in the award section).

The prize winners are.

1. Steffen Nielsen

2. Sirhey Didukh

3. Michael Pasman

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In the Problem Paradise 2022 tournament

for the WIN-section the prize winners are:

1. Peter Krug

2. Jan Timman

3. Andrzej Jasik

for the DRAW section the prize winners are:

1/2. Michael Pasman

1/2. Sergey Osintsev

3. Andrzej Jasik

4. Michal Hlinka and Lubos Kekely

5. Valery Kalashnikov

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In the tournament to memorize the battle at Kursk 80 MT years ago,

the prize winner is Alexander Stavrietski.

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The random Chess- and Art-quotes are there again in the Footer !

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In the Hungarian magazine Magyar Sakkvilag 2022 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Michal Hlinka and Luboš Kekely

2. Martin Minski

3/4. Peter Krug and Mario Garcia

3/4 Sergiy Didukh

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In the Tehtavaniekka 2022 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Steffen Nielsen

2. Jan Sprenger

3. Sergiy Didukh

4. Taras Rudenko and Volodomyr Samilo.

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At YouTube Kasparov with Nakamura solving Endgame studies.

First two studies by Yochanan Afek.

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Technical news:

The Joomla backend software, which the arves website uses, has been upgraded from version 3.10.11 to 4.3.2.

Also the PhP version is upgraded from 8.0.28 to 8.1.20.

This all gives advantages to speed, security, support and the better adaptability for mobile devices.

Also some changes can be seen in the items Tournament Calendar and the Composers by Country,

because now you have to scroll horizontally, to find all the items.

May be these pages get a new layout later.

If you experience any other incovenieces, let the webmaster know.

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In the Afek-70-JT-2022 tournament the prize winners are:

1st Prize: Sergiy Didukh

2nd Prize: Vladislav Tarasiuk

3rd Prize: Amatzia Avni and Martin Minski

4th Prize: Branislav Djuracevic.

See as of page 15-19 in the magazine Variantim 89 where also some more articles about studies are available.

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In the magazine 64 - 2022 tournament, judge Yuri Bazlov awarded studies starting with

the 2nd prize, for Amatzia Avni,

3rd prize to V. Kuzmichev,

4th prize to Jan Sprenger.

See pdf in the Award-section.

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In the UAPA 19th 2022 tournament for the Theme Section:  "Suicidal piece fight"  

1st prize winner is: Michael Pasman

Second prize to Peter Krug with Mario Garcia.

 

In the no theme section B1 Win: 1st prize to Jan Timman

In the B2 Draw section the 1st prize is for Mario Macaloni with Daniele Gatti

2nd prize to: Peter Krug

3rd prize to: Oleg Pervakov

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Study composed by Martin Minski, dedicated to the two world champion match players

Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Inspired by their endgame after 25…axb6! in their first tie-break game.

(Congrats to Ding Liren of China, the new World Champion of Classic otb Chess !!)

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The first prize winners for the Minski-Nielsen 100 AT tournament are:

M. Sanz Cabrero with Louis Gonzalez

2nd prize to E.Kopylov with Oleg Pervakov

3rd prize to Michael Pasman with Yochanan Afek.

Read more: Latest News

 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 PalomoThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

–  or  M. García This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

–   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. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– 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 entries (at most three per composer) should be sent until 15th of October 2023

to the TournamentDirector Dinu-Ioan Nicula at the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or M. García This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 


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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 


 «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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information about competitions in other genres: Pavel Kamenik –This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.–

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:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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– <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

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 : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

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): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

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.

 


UAPA 20th jubilee tournament.

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
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– or M. García This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– 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

Judge: Jan Sprenger
 
Closing date: November 15 2023
 
Award: April 2024

 


SINFONIE SCACCHISTICHE 2023


Informal tournament

 

–  Judge : Daniele Gatti

 

– Director : Valerio Agostini –This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Closing date 30.09.2023 ?


PAT A MAT Magazine has pleasure in announcing international tourneys for

See also: 

ChessStar.com


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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
#2: Peter Gvozdják, Hlaváčiková 9, SK-841 05 Bratislava 4, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
#3: Juraj Šťastný, M. M. Hodžu 2417/11, SK-960 01 Zvolen, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
#n and fairy: Juraj Lörinc, Pažítková 5, SK-821 01 Bratislava 2, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
s#: Jozef Havran, Kukučínova 15, SK-927 01 Šaľa, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;
+/=: Ľuboš Kekely, SK-023 32 Snežnica 128, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Closing date: 01.11.2023 

 

 
 

The  Problemistic  Curierul 2021- 2022

Entries should be sent to :

Editor : Dan Constantin Gurgui – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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 : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until october 31 2022.

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

The Problemist composing tourney 2023
 

Judge: Árpád Rusz

Entries to the editor Yochanan Afek ( preferably in a PGN file and the earlier the better) by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 
 
 
 


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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

– 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

— 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

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 – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


VRATNICA 64- 2022-2023

Studies, no set theme – Judge: Mario G. García (Argentina)

–Entries should be sent to: Bosko Miloseski, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

–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- – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. OR This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

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.

 

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