Latest News

update: 13 June 2025

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Some issues with studies of the CeskoSlovensky Sach 2025

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In the Macedonian Problemist 2023 tournament,

the prize winners are:

1-2. Martin Minski

1-2. Oleg Pervakov

3. Jan Sprenger

4. Michael Pasman

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In the Phenix 2024 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Steffen Nielsen

2. Michael Pasman

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In the Magyar Sakkvilag 2024 ty the prize winner is:

1. Vladislav Tarasiuk

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In the French magazine Phenix 2023 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Eduard Eilazyan

2. Hlinka,Michal & Kekely,Luboš & Arestov,Pavel

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Book review: An Introduction to Chess Endgame Studies

by Oleg Pervakov:

See also: An Introduction to Chess Endgame Studies

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In the finnish Tehtäväniekka 2024 ty the two prize winners are:

1. Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen

2. Jan Sprenger.

 

The judge Vladislav Tarasiuk adds this to his comments:

P.S. For three years there has been a full-scale war in Ukraine...

The life of each Ukrainian has changed forever: daily air raids, evacuation of the civilian population,

shelling of cities and villages, death that walks nearby.

Every day there are reports about the dead:

military personnel, friends, acquaintances, other people...

And yet, Ukrainians demonstrate their unshakable fortitude and faith in a good future.

We are a strong country, we show it on the battlefield during this war against Russian ag-
gression. This is what distinguishes us and makes us a truly special people.

We do not give up, do not lose hope and believe that the enemy will disappear,

the war will end, in the palms of God, Ukraine will all rise again and become strong, free and united!

February 23, 2025. Vladislav Tarasiuk

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In the Israeli Ring ty 2024 the prize winners are:

1st and 3rd prize to Michael Pasman

2nd prize to Jan Sprenger.

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Interesting articles with studies in The Problemist may 2025 magazine

of the British Chess Problem Society.

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In the Finnish Shakki 100 JT 2024 tournament

(see PDF in Awards Files)

the prize winners are:

1. Michael Pasman

2. Michael Pasman

3. Justus Zimm

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New issue of Finales Y Temas 140 available by José Copié,

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A short Book review of: Exploration of Study-Composition

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The 10 prize winners for the Chessbase India ty: My First Endgame Study are

1. Maxim Avvakumov,

2. Viani Antonio D'Cunha

3. Hunter Klotz-Burwell

4. Viani Antonio D'Cunha

5. Malanin Egor Dmitrievich

6. Nick Desmarais

7. Hunter Klotz-Burwell

8. Harnagea Stefan-Constantin

9. Saga Arseniy Nikolaevich

10. Camiel Maseland

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In the Japanse Problem Paradise 2024 tournament the prize winners are:

1st and 4th prizes to Jan Timman

2nd prize for Michael Pasman

3rd prize to Beat Neuenschwander

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In the Victory 80 tournament

the 1st and 3rd prize are for Alexey Gasparyan

2nd prizewinner is Louis Miguel Gonzales.

See PDF in the Awards Files

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Herman Grooten, famous dutch chess trainer and writer

(picture taken by Hans Hoornstra)

shows the use of endgame studies in his works.

Herman Grooten using Endgame Studies in training

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Joost Michielsen winner of the Arves Solvingcontest 2025

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Some new Endgame studies explained and solvings at YouTube with studies by Martin Minski.

For example the channel in German language Mustermatt175

Or a miniature with Pavel Arestov at ChessBase India

And worldchampion Gukesh solving it.

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In the 7-Chess-Notes-2024 ty the prize winners are:

1-2 Volger Hergert

1-2 Oleg Pervakov

3-4. M. Pasman

3-4 S. Migunov

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In the Poland 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1. Andrzej Jasik

2. Martin Minski

3. Andrzej Jasik

4. Michael Pasman

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EG 239 issued:

This diagram is a sound Babson Task study composed by Daniele Gatti !!

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In the Ceskoslovensky Sach 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1. Peter Krug

2. Luděk Sedlák

3. Amatzia Avni

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Humor study decicated to Arves:

For the Skovoroda 300 - 2022 ty the prize winners are:

1. Jan Timman

2. David Gurgenidze

3. Michael Pasman

4. Igor Jarmonov

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For the Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1. David Gurgenidze

2. Michael Pasman

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For the V.Katnelson MT 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1. M. Gromov and O. Pervakov

2. L. Katsnelson

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For the Amiryan MT 2024 ty, the prize winner is Oleg Pervakov.

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The Shakki 100 JT - Award is not yet fully published but the awards are published.

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Lets hope for peace in the world and only battle at the chessboard.

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New book by Costeff, Gady 1961

Celebrating FIDE Centenary 1924–2024

More information and sample pages at www.fidealbum.com

And also at Chessbase

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For the Problemist Ukraine 2024 ty the two prize winners are:

1/2 Martin Minski

1/2 Jan Sprenger

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For the Avni-70 JT 2024 the prize winners are:

1. Oleg Pervakov

2. Jason Ke

3. Michael Pasman

4. Jan Sprenger

5. Michael Pasman

6. Manuel Sanz Cabrero & Luis Miguel González

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For the Sergey Osintsev JT 64 ty the prize winners are:

1. Alexey Popov

2. Eduard Eylazyan

3. Oleg Pervakov

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Vladislav Tarasiuk (Ukraine) did send this new study with the interesting task:

Incarceration of three white pieces: Rook, Bishop and Knight

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7 December 2024 is the 20th anniversary date of this website.

20 years ago started as a simple website in Dutch.

In 2015 updated basically to English, but many laguage translations available.

Now more than 1750 articles available.

With both actuality and history.

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In the UAPA 24th 2024 tournament there are the following prize winners:

In the thematic section A:

"Study for win or draw with blocking or temporary blocking of black queen or rook."

there are no prize winners but some Honorable mentions and a Commendation.

Find them in the PDF-file.

 

In section B1: Win studies:

1. Oleg Pervakov

2. Michal Hlinka with Luboš Kekely

3. Mario Micaloni with Daniele Gatti

4. Pavel Arestov with Peter Krug

5. Daniil Yakimovich

 

In section B2, Draw studies:

1. Oleg Pervakov

2. Jan Timman

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Volodymyr Samilo from Ukraine has created the following Endgame study in memory of

 Isenegger, Samuel 1899-1964  (2.11.1899 -15.11.1964)

For his 125th anniversary of birth and 60th anniversary of death.

The study is a variation of this study by Isenegger.

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Harold van der Heijden has written two nice articles at ChessBase.

One about underpromotion and

another also about underpromotion but then about the Babson Task study of Gady Costeff.

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In the Moscow 2024 ty the only prize winner is:

Pavel Arestov with Petr Kiryakov.

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In the Probleemblad 2021-2022 the prize winners are:

1/2. Steffen Nielsen , Michael Pasman

3. Michael Pasman

4. Steffen Nielsen and Martin Minski

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In the 10th FRME 2024 the prize winners are:

1. Petromir Panayotov (Bulgaria)

2. David Gurgenidze (Georgia)

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The Babson Task by Gady Costeff in an Endgame study !!!

(see front diagram of EG 238 below)

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In the Hornecker MT 2024 the rankings have changed.

Read the page 1000 in the Quartz-60 issue.

(A new PDF for the reward is yet available).

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For the UAPA 23rd 2024  ty now also the Section B1 and B2 are available to download and replay.

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New book by Jan Timman:

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Some sad news from Hungary, Peter Gyarmati is in a hospital due to a stroke.

We wish him a good recovery !

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If you are using of X / Twitter, you might consider to follow Jan Timman (@GMJanTimman)

who posts daily chess quotes and chess puzzles, mainly based on Chess endgame studies.

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In the FRME 6th TT 2024, the prize winners are:

1. Ivan Belonozhko

2. Oleg Pervakov

3. Yochanan Afek

4. Pavel Arestov

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In the 23rd UAPA 2024 ty the prize winners are:

UAPA 23rd 2024 SectionA_TT

Section A: Theme

1. Michael Pasman

2. Oleg Pervakov

3/4. Andrzej Jaszik, Pavel Arestov

Section B1: Studies Win

1. Sergey Osintsev

2. Michael Pasman

3. Serhiy Didukh

4. Peter Krug and Pavel Arestov

5. Michael Pasman

Section B2. Studies Draw

1. Oleg Pervakov

2. Jan Timman

3. Sergey Osintsev

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New issue of the spanish Finales Y Temas 136 by José Copié.

100 issues of this magazine are to be found here at Arves !

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Sad composer news from Russia. 

Vladimir Ilyich Katsnelson has passed away.

There is a small obituary at the Selivanov website:

Katsnelson, Vladimir 1937-2024

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Vladimir Neistadt published his interesting memoirs on the site of the Altai Chess Federation 

See also more about him: Neistadt, Vladimir 1950

Rainer Staudte found also some information about the brother of him: Pawel Neistadt.

For now added to the page about Vladimir.

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Humoristic study by Daniele Gatti from Italy:

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For the SŠZ 100 JT 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1. Martin Minski

2. Oleg Pervakov

3. Amatzia Avni

4. Vladislav Tarasiuk

5. Justus Zimm

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For the British magazine The Problemist 2023 ty the prize winners are:

1. Steffen Nielsen

2. Sirhey Didukh

3. Sarah Hornecker, Martin Minski and Jan Sprenger

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In the Sachova Skladba 2023 ty the only prize winner is Martin Minski.

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In the Azerbaijan Jirtdan 2024 ty the prize winners are:

1st and 2nd prize to Oleg Pervakov

3rd prize to Yuri Bazlov

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Studies selected in the Chess Artistry Adventure 2024

The CAA is an event organized by Judit Polgar.

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Sad news from Bulgaria.

At 11-8-2024 GM Petko Petkov passed away.

One of all -time greatest composers with an output of more than 6000 problems in all genres ,

5 time world champion with record entries in Fide albums.

Petkov, Petko 1942-2024

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In the 8th YCCC 2024 the place results are:

1. Ural Khasanov, (Russia)

2. Ilija Serafimović, (Serbia)

3. Itay Richardson, (Israel)

4-6. William Dolmer, (Canada), Andrii Sergiienko, (Ukraine), Ben Smolkin, (Canada)

7. Benjamin Defromont, (France)

8-9. Dylan Schenker, (USA), Renārs Mūzis, (Latvia)

10-13. Tymon Piotrowski, (Poland), Anton Nasyrov, (Russia), Ivan Vasiliev, (Russia), Anirudh Daga, (India, Singapore)

14. Taras Rudenko, (Ukraine)

15. Idan David, (Israel)

16-17. Ivan Belonozhko, (Russia), Iancu-Ioan Sandea, (Romania)

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In the magazine ty Die Schwalbe 2021-2022 the prize winners are:

1-2. Michael Pasman, Jan Rusinek

3. Gunter Sonntag

4-5. Jarl Henning Ulrichsen, Paul Raican

6. Michael Pasman

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At the Congress Polish Chess Composers 2024,

also a Chess Endgame Study competition was held.

(page 17 of the PDF file)

The prize winners are:

1. Jan Rusinek

2. Bogusz Piliczewski & Jan Rusinek

3/4. Marek Kwiatkowski

3/4 Jan Rusinek

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At the Jurmala 2024 congress titles were awarded to:

Steffen Nielsen became GrandMaster,

Jan Sprenger became FIDE-Master.

 

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In the Hornecker Memorial ty (See PDF in Award Files), the prize winners are:

1. M. Gromov & Oleg Pervakov

2. Alexey Gasparyan

3.  Ivan Bondar & Mikhail Khramtsevich 

4. Steffen Nielsen

5.  Y. Afek & M.Pasman 

6.  V.Hergert & M.Minski 

7.  M.Hlinka & L.Kekely 

Picture with (left-to-right) Paul Raican (tourney judge), GM Martin Minski,

GM Yochanan Afek and GM Steffen Nielsen at the event.

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Branislav Durasevic has published a nice article showing his Endgame Studies:

Pearls of the Chess Games in Chess Informant 160.

You may find it at his personal page here at Arves: 

Đurašević, Branislav 1957

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Study composers at the 66th World Congress of Chess Compositions at Jurmala, (Latvia) 2024.

 From left to right:

Martin Minski, Yochanan Afek, Gady Costeff,

Marcel Van Herck, Michael Schlosser,

Rainer Staudte, Beat Neuenschwander, Jan Sprenger,

Daniele Gatti, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, Ilija Serafimovic.

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Very sad news:

Mario Guido Garcia (Argentina) passed away at 12 July 2024.

Condolences to his family and all being part of this website.

Mario was a great contributor to Chess Endgame studies and also to this website.

Peter Krug did send me this message:

"He was a very hard-working person. He enjoyed great success in his professional life as a professor.

He achieved a great deal in chess composition, not only as an extremely productive student composer,

but also as a problem chess composer, adjudicator, controller and corrector.

He has created a platform for chess study composers on UAPA.

Now that he is dead, I don't know if this platform for study composers is still available.

Mario Guido García was a driving force in study composition. He created over 200 studies in co-operation with me.

 

I think this is a great loss for the chess study world!

I have written some words on time note. https://timenote.info/de/Mario-Guido-Garcia

"

See also: Garcia, Mario 1948-2024

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For the Lithuanian Chess Composers Union, the famous duo  Michael Hlinka with Lubos Kekely

were the 4x winners of the honors in this 2020-2023 competition are.

Also I Aliev and R.Staudte were mentioned.

See the PDF in the Award Files.

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In the Chepizhny 90 JT tournament (See PDF in Award Files) the prize winners are:

1. Y. Bazlov with V. Neustadt

2. M.Notkin with S.N. Tkachenko

3. M.Gromov with O.Pervakov

4. V.Hertgert with M.Minski

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For the Vratnica-64 2023 ty the prize winners are:

1. Michael Pasman

2.  Michal Hlinka with  Luboš Kekely 

3. Darko Hlebec 

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In the Problem Paradise 2023 ty, in the Section with Win-studies the 3 prize winners ex aequo are:

1-3. Peter Krug, Jan Timman, Michael Pasman.

In the Section with Draw studies the prize winners are:

1. Eduard Eilazyan

2. Michael Pasman

3. Andrzej Jasik

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In the Pat a Mat 2022-2023 ty the prize winners are:

1. Thomas Niessen

2. Pavel Arestov with Daniel Keith

3. Vladimir Samilo with Vladislav Tarasiuk

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Sarah (former Siegfried) Hornecker passed away at 22.3.2024

Sarah regularly wrote articles for EG and Chessbase and was a successful study composer.

Martin Minski: "We were good friends. My condolences to his family. Rest in peace."

Hornecker, Siegfried/Sarah 1986-2024

 

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At Chessbase.com an nice introduction and announcement for the

8th YCCC (Youth Chess Composing Challange)

where composers born 2001 or younger can show their creations.

By GM Marjan Kovačević, WFCC President, 

(World Federation of Chess Composition).

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The following study by Yochanan Afek is praised at Youtube with nice comments.

The study won 2nd pr. in Jan Timman-60  2012 and The Study of the Year 2012 award. 

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In the Tehtavaniekka 2023 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Jan Sprenger

2. Peter Krug

3. Martin Minski

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In the 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozrenye 2023 tournament

(see PDF in Award Files) the prize winners are:

1. A.Avni with M.Pasman

2. Martin Minski

3. E. Egorov  with O. Pyankova

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The ChessStar Ministar-V ty with theme: Miniature, shows 4 studies.

Pavel Arestov was awarded a Honorary Mention.

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As of page 12 in the Variantim 92 magazine

you may find the awarded Studies of the

Variantim 2023

Israeli Ring Tournament 2023.

The prizewinners are:

1-2 Amatzia Avni with Martin Minski

1-2 Steffen Nielsen 

3. Steffen Nielsen.

 

Also Michael Pasman has an interesting article about studies as of page 27.

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In the Shakhmatnaya-Kompozitsiya-2023 the prize winners are:

1. Vladimir Kuzmichev

2. Volker Hergert with Martin Minski

(See the PDF in the Award files)

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Favourite chess book of the recent Toronto Candidate tournament winner 

Dommaraju Gukesh is

written by Yochanan Afek about Studies

Check at YT Chessbase India (minute 2:30)

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The Argentinian UAPA 22th provisionally award: UAPA 22th 2023 has 3 sections.

The prize winners in these sections are:

For  Section A : Thematic: Logic study with false try in a preliminary plan

1. Michael Pasman 

2. Oleg Pervakov

3. Michael Pasman

4. Pavel Arestov

Section B1, Theme free, Wins:

1-2. Oleg Pervakov

1-2. Jan Timman with Steffen Nielsen and Mario Garcis

3. Oleg Pervakov.

Section B2, Theme free, Draws:

1. Oleg Pervakov

2+3+4. Michael Pasman.

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The prize winner for the Sachova Skladba 2022 tournament is:

Mchael Pasman.

(Judged by Vladislav Tarasiuk living in the war-zone in Kharkov).

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For the magazine Schach 2022-2023 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Jan Sprenger

2. Michael Pasman

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For the Bilokin 85 MT the prize winners are:

1. Serhiy Didukh

2. Jan Sprenger

3. Martin Minski

4-5. Michael Pasman

4-5. Jan Timman

6. Steffen Nielsen

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The prize winners for the 7th Thematic tournament by The Macedonian Problemist 2023 are:

1. Oleg Pervakov

2. Jan Sprenger

3. Serhiy Didukh

4. Steffen Nielsen with Martin Minski

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Fo the Nosek 70 JT tournament, 6 prizes were given.

1st prize for Michael Pasman,

2-3 prize to co-work of trio Michal Hlinka, Lubos kekely and Pavel Arestov

2-3 prize to co work of F. Korostenski and Jaroslav Polasek

4-5 prize to Yochanan Afek

4-5 prize to co-work of Martin Minski and Steffen Nielsen

6th prize to co-work of V. Babula and Jaroslav Polasek

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Martin Minski meets Judit Polgar in his hometown Berlin, in the Reichstag at an Simultan exhibition.

"Judit is an ambassador of peace, an interesting personality and a great promoter of Endgame studies".

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Chessbase India with an interesting 1,5 hour interview with GM Afek, Yochanan 1952 at Facebook.

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The yearly solving contest at Nunspeet had the following studies to solve.

May be try it first your selve without looking at the solutions?

Oploswedstrijd 2024

The winners:

(Left to right:) David Hodge, Richard Dobias, Andy Ooms.

Rankinglist:

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Daniele Gatti created this posthume co-study with and in memory of Marco Bonavoglia

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Chessbase India often uses Endgame studies to popularize chess.

This study is showed at Instagram and at Twitter in a nice way

with a challenge of the most beautiful chess combination.

[Event "Polish Chess Fed 2018 2nd prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "Vladimir Kuzmichev"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "RQ2K3/2P3k1/8/1B6/8/8/3r2q1/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1910"]


1. Bd3 $1 (1. Bd7 $6 Qg6+ 2. Kd8 Qf6+ 3. Kc8 Qf8+ 4. Kb7 Qb4+ 5. Kc8 Qf8+ $11)  1... Rxd3 2. Rg1 $1 Qxg1 3. Qb2+ $1 (3. c8=Q $2 Qg6+ 4. Ke7 Qf7#) 3... Kh7 $1 ( 3... Rd4 4. Qxd4+ $1 Qxd4 5. c8=Q $1 $18 Qe4+  6. Kd8 Qh4+ 7. Kc7 Qf4+ 8. Kb7 Qb4+ 9. Ka7 Qd4+ 10. Kb8 Qb4+ (10... Qf4+ 11. Qc7+) 11. Qb7+) 4. Qh8+ $3 Kxh8 5. Kf7+ $1 Kh7 6. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8  7. c8=Q+ Kh7 8. Qf5+ $1 Kh6 (8... Kh8 9. Qh5#) 9. Qf6+ $1 Kh5 (9... Kh7 10. Qh4#) 10. Qh8+ Kg4 11. Qg7+ $18 1-0 

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Study composed by Volodymyr Samilo (Ukraine)

in memory of John Derek Beasley

(after John Beasley, 1998)

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Sad news: at 3 March John Derek Beasley passed away at an age of 84.

He had had cancer for some while, but was well enough to publish his last book a few months ago.

John was a very active Chess Endgame study promotor who also attributed a lot to this Arves website.

You may look into the Collections menu for articles like this:

Studies Richard Réti by John Beasley

and he wrote an Arves book in 2003:

Depth and Beauty, Artur Mandler book by John Beasley

 

We will miss him greatly.

Beasley, John 1940-2024

His latest book available at:  https://www.debestezet.nl/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5820 

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In the Magyar Sakkvilag 2023 the prize winners are:

1. Steffen Nielsen

2. Pavel Arestov

3. Peter Krug with Mario Garcia

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For the Polish Chess Fed 2023 the prize winners are:

1-2 Gady Costeff

1-2 Marek Kwiatkowski

3-4 Jacek Gigola with Bogusz Piliczewski and Iwan Borisenko

3-4 Michael Pasman

5th Andrzej Babiarz

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The 1-3rd ex eqauo prize winners for the miniature 7-chess-notes-2023 tournament are:

 Martin Minski,

Pavel Arestov with Daniel Keith,

Pavel Arestov with Peter Krug

(See PDF in Awards Files)

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Young OTB Grandmaster of India: Praggnanandhaa tries to solve 6 studies in 1 hour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfo91oCJ-xc&t=1114s

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In the Hlinka 70-JT 2023 tournament there are two sections.

The winners in section A, "Up till 10 figures" the 1st-3rd prize winners are:

Rainer Staudte and Michael Schlosser,

Jaroslav Polasek and Emil Vlasak

Michael Pasman.

In section B also 1st-3rd prizes to:

Valery Kalashnikov and Sergey Osintsev,

Oleg Pervakov,

Michael Pasman.

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For the Zadachi i Etyudi 2022,

the 1st prize winner is the very active composer

Michael Pasman

 

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In the informal tournament The Macedonian Problemist 2022

1st prize to Sirhey Didukh

2nd prize to Michael Pasman

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In the Variantim 91 issue, articles about studies by

Gady Costeff (page 2),

Serhiy Didukh (pages 3-5) and

Michael Pasman (pages 16-18).

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New book with studies of Mattison, Hermann 1894-1932

Available at Amazon.

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As mentioned earlier, at the Chessbase website, Siegfried Hornecker writes every month

an interesting article about Chess Endgame studies.

The latest one of 8-jan is about the 50-move rule which can make a difference in the outcome.

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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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 Book review: Anthology of miniature Endgame Studies

 

Afek, Yochanan 1952.

More than 2000 works of art many of which have become classics,

various periods, composers, themes and styles are represented.

At this website it is for sale with this text:

Solving endgame studies has become a major working tool in modern chess training combining the instructive with the enjoyable.

Studies are highly recommended for refining calculating and tactical skills, deepening endgame understanding,

as well as improving creativity and out of the box thinking.

The Anthology of Miniature Endgame Studies is the biggest selection of composed endings with up to seven pieces on the board,

created by the world’s best composers throughout the past 150 years.

The carefully selected studies are categorized into thematic chapters.

The game-like positions highlight the power and typical qualities of each piece alone and in collaboration with other pieces.

From the foreword by GM Jan Timman: “Endgame studies are in fact an important factor in becoming a strong player.

It is significant that both Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen have a keen interest in endgame studies.  

It is praiseworthy that Chess Informant was ready to publish this important work. Afek is arguably the most qualified person to write it.”

 

You can download or look into an Excerpt of the book, with more than 50 examples.

 

Task on the cover of the book, white plays and wins:

 

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As we just have showed many new books about Endgame studies,

here you may find all of the books (66!!) issued and written by Arves-member:

 Grondijs, Harrie 1946

For details about each book, just click on the picture of the book.

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Interesting book (issued by Vasily Lebedev) titled 

111 Magic Studies

composed by Zhukov, Alexander 1963

It is in Russian language, beautiful hard-cover and has more than 500 pages.

More about it at the composers page where also many of the studies in the book are showed.

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Attention for the new Fide Album:

In eight sections you will find 273 two-movers, 241 three-movers, 159 moremovers

, 227 endgame studies,

400 helpmates, 215 selfmates, 357 fairy compositions and 112 retros.

Each chess problem has been selected by a panel of judges and commented on by experts.

Besides that, many pages of indexes and definitions.

More info and sample pages at FideAlbum.com

Today 4.1 is:

The tournament organized for this special day: 

Triumph of International Law 2023

Has as prize winners:

1. Steffen Nielsen

2.  Bogusz Piliczewski 

3. Amatzia Avni with Yochanan Afek

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In the ChessStar 2023 the 1st and 3rd prize are won by Steffen Nielsen.

2nd prize to Michael Pasman.

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In the Italian Scacchistiche 2023 tournament (See page 6-9 in PDF, Awards Files)

the 1st prize winner is: Peter Krug

2nd prize for Amatzia Avni with Martin Minski

3rd prize to Michael Pasman.

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Happy, healthy, peaceful and creative new year 2024 !

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The prize winners for the Chess Study Art 2023 tournament are:

1. Michael Pasman

2. Steffen Nielsen

3. Martin Minski

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New book:  SECRETS OF QUEEN ENDGAMES

(by Ferenc Berkes and Tibor Karolyi)

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The UAPA 21st 2023 has 3 sections.

In Section A with the theme: "In the study a white key-move has also a try on the same square" 

the prize winners are:

1-3 ex-aequo: Serhiy Didukh, Oleg Pervakov, Michael Pasman.

 

In Section B1 Win studies:

1. Oleg Pervakov,

2. Jan Timman,

3. Eduard Eilazyan,

4. Andrzej Jasik,

5. Michael Pasman.

 

In Section B2 Draw studies:

1. Valery Kalashnikov,

2. Michael Pasman,

3. Helmut Waelzel,

4. Eduard Eilazyan.

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In the Ukraine 21st Team Championship 2023 tournament

the first 4 prize winners are:

1. Vladislav Tarasiuk
2. Eduard Eilazyan
3-4. Valery Kopyl, Volodymyr Pogorelov, Taras Rudenko
3-4. Volodymyr Pogorelov

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In the FRME 9th 2023 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Pavel Arestov with Amatzia Avni

2. Evgeny Egorov

(See PDF in the Awards Files;

NB. In the Hlinka_Kekely study, the white king should be at f6)

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In the Ural Ekaterinenburg 300 tournament the prize winners are:

1st prize to: Sergei. Osintsev

2nd prize to: Yuri Bazlov with Vladimir Neishtadt

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In the Karmil 65 JT only Honorary Mention- awards were given.

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Another new book by Steffen Nielsen and Jacob Aagaard:

Endgame Labyrinths presents the reader with 1002 challenging studies selected and truncated,

with their usefulness for the practical player in mind.

It is common for studies to be extended by less interesting manoeuvres or by incomprehensible sequences,

before the main themes come into play.

The studies in this book have been pruned to leave the reader with 1002 clear and solvable challenges.

More information about it at QualityChess.

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In the EG 2020-2021magazine tournament.

1st prize to Petr Kiryakov

2nd prize to Jan Sprenger

3rd prize to Amatzia Avni with Vladislav Tarasiuk.

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Sad news from Slovakia: 

Bedrich Formánek passed away at 19.11.2023.

Obituary from Executive Board of the Slovak Chess Composition Organization:

Bedrich passed away on November 19, 2023, at the age of 90.
A long-time the President of the Slovak Chess Composition Organization (SOKŠ)

and later its Honorary President, a former President of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC)

and then the Honorary President of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC),

member of the SOKŠ Hall of Fame, chess composer, judge, lecturer, organizer, author of several books on chess composition

and its tireless promoter, author of 7,475 chess composition columns in newspapers, chess godfather of many Slovak chess composers,

but above all a great person and a good friend.
We will certainly return to his work, life and compositions for a very long time.

Bedrich, R.I.P.

More about him: Formanek, Bedrich 1933-2023

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In the Moscow 2023 tournament there one prize winner:

M. Gromov with Oleg Pervakov.

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In the Voia 100 MT 2023 tournament,

1st prize to Vladislav Tarasiuk,

2nd prize to Michael Pasman 

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A podcast (German language) with GM Minski, Martin 1969 on "Schachgefluster" no. 191.

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New Fide Title holders:

Congratulations to Slumstrup Nielsen, Steffen 1975 (Denmark) becoming International Grandmaster in Chess composition

and Sumbatyan, Karen 1959 (Russia) becoming International Master in Chess composition.

Fide Master titles for: Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine), Daniel Keith (France),

Jan Sprenger (Germany), Aleksandr Stavrietsky (Russia).

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Message with thanks from Japan:

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FIDE Album 2019-2021 for Endgame studies results available !

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In the Problemist Ukraine 2023 tournament the prize winners are:

1. Gady Costeff

2. Vladislav Tarasiuk

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EG-234 has been issued:

See also EG234 Quality control.

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The latest Variantim magazine 90 is available with an article from Michael Pasman (page13) about Endgame studies.

Paz Einat writes:

Difficult times here in Israel, it is unimaginable that such human cruelty still exists in our time.

Chess problems are a good refuge.

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For the 5th FMRE TT 2023 tournament, the prize winners are:

1. Marek Halski

2. Michael Pasman

3. Michal Hlinka and Lubos Kekely.

See PDF in the Awards Files

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For the Uralski Problemist 30 AT 2023 the prize winners are:

1. Alexander Zhukov and Sergi Osintsev

2. Michael Pasman

3. A. Popov

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The studies for the Chess Artistry Adventure in memory of Pal Benko 2023 are presented.

More about this event in Budapest on 14 October 2023 at Chess Artistry.

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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