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 22-4-2025.

Please send new tournament announces to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Studies, no set theme

– Judges:

Studies Volker Hergert

– 2 # Udo Degener, 3 # Franz Pachl, n # Mirko Degenkolbe, h # Jakob Leck, s # Raul Jordan.

Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

Send the problems and studies to: Franz Pachl – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

– Closing date: september 30th 2024/25 –

The magazine "64 - Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie" announces a traditional composing tourney for 2025
Sections: #2,#3,#n (judge A. Kuzovkov), studies (judge P. Arestov)
The winners will be awarded with a one-year subscription to the magazine
Send compositions to editor Aleksandr Kuzovkov to e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A Chess Composition Tourney Sponsored by WFCC and ChessBase India

My First Endgame study.

In partnership with the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), we proudly present 'My First Endgame Study,' a beginner-friendly study composing contest designed for chess enthusiasts eager to explore the creative world of chess composition, specifically studies.

Compose Your First Endgame; Win Exciting Prizes!

Chess compositions fall into two primary categories: problems and studies. In problems, the solver has to achieve the stipulated goal in a set number of moves (example: mate in 2, helpmate in 3, etc.). Studies, in contrast, are more game-like, seeking a win or a draw without restrictions on the number of moves. Important: this is a study composition event only. Submissions must be studies; problems will not be eligible.

Who Can Participate:

Anyone who has never published an endgame study. This includes everyone from chess amateurs all the way to world-class players like Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen! There is NO entry fee. Chess lovers of any age, nationality, etc., may apply!

When:

The deadline to send your submission is 1st March 2025. Well, composing isn't a rush job. Tapping into creativity and imagination takes time. You have two full months - January and February - to craft your masterpiece!

How:

Submit up to 3 endgame studies to the director of the event Satanick Mukhuty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can send the positions along with the intended solution in any format of your liking, but PGNs would be preferred. Make sure to mention My First Endgame Study in the subject. Satanick can also be reached out on WhatsApp. His number is +918918723798

Theme:

Your study must end in a mate.

Results:

The results will be published by January 31, 2025 – all participants will receive a link to the results.

Prizes:

Amazingly, we're offering an incredible prize pool of at least 10 awards! Our top creators will receive exclusive copies of the highly anticipated book One Endgame Study in a Thousand, and premium ChessBase products, including the brand-new ChessBase 18.

More information at Chessbase India.

judge Sergey Osintsev,

deadline 20. 2. 2025,

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

judge Vladislav Tarasyuk,

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

judge: Jan Timman,

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

Studies – Judge: Vladislav Tarasiuk

– Entries should be sent to : Sergey Borodavkin : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 11th Composing Tourney

Twomovers (#2) Judge: Gómez Palazón Luis (Spain)
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: Aleksandr Shpakovsky (Russia)
Moremovers (#N) Judge: Anatoly Stepochkin (Russia)
Studies (+;=)
Judge: Evgeny Egorov (Kazakhstan)
Selfmates (S#)
Judge: Shalygin Oleg(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.
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Helpmates H#2 Judge: János Csák(Hungary)
Helpmates H#2.5-3 Judge: Harry Fougiaxis (Greece)
Helpmates H#3.5-N Judge: Valery Kirillov (Russia)
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. 2025. The award – 2025
All received problems and studies will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website: frme.fr.nf

The magazine “64 – Chess Review”

” announces a traditional competition for composing chess problems and studies
Sections: #2,#3,#n (judge A. Kuzovkov), studies (judge S. Osintsev)

The winners are awarded an annual subscription to the magazine.

Send compositions to the email address of editor Alexander Kuzovkov: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Announcement tournament: EG 2024-2025

EG, the only periodical exclusively devoted to endgame studies, announces an informal tourney for original studies.

The studies and the award will be published in EG.

We will not publish all the submitted studies, as some magazines and websites do.

Our editor, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, will only select compositions of sufficiently high level for publication.

Please send your originals in PGN-format to the editor Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Deadline for submissions for is August 25th, 2025.

The judge for the 2024-2025 tourney is Jan Sprenger.

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

Tehtäväniekka 2025

Finnish Chess Problem Society’s magazine Tehtäväniekka 2025

Original studies for an informal tourney, no set theme.

The composer will receive a PDF file of the publication issue and award.

Judge: Vladislav Tarasyuk (Ukraine)

Send your entries to the editor Vladislav Tarasyuk: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Shakhmatija 2025

send to the judge: Vilimantas Satkus, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 2025

send to the judge: Sergey Osintsev, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SACHOVA SKLADBA 2024-2025

Studies, no set theme

– Judge : Luboš Sedlák

– Prizes , honourable mentions , commendations and special nominations will be awarded.

Send studies to:

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

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

ZADACHY I ETIUDY- 2024

Studies – Yury Bazlov

– #2 – A. Slesarenko ,

# 3 –A. Sygurov. #n – G. Popov ,,

H # –P. Zabirokhin

S # – – A. Stepochkin,

F # –V. Nefyodov.

– The problemas and studies will be published as originals in the magazine Zadachy I Etiudy during 2024 Send to S. Bilyk

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

Closing date : 15 November 2024

TOURNEY MAGAZINE “PHENIX” 2024

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 2024

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, 2024.

Judge: Jaroslav Polasek (Rep. Checa)
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.

7th TT FRME, 2025

The Royal Moroccan Chess Federation (FRME) organizes the 7th TT FRME, in 7 sections.

Endgame studies proposed theme: The win study. Need: Underpromotion for second color bishop or third knight, bishop, rook.

The play after underpromotion must continue at least 3rd moves.

Judge: Oleg Pervakov (Russia)

Send to tournament director to Jamal M Elbaz (Morocco)

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

Prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.

Send problems and studies in format Word and PDF.

Details: fmrefmre website.

Closing date: 01.09.2025.

The award – 2025
All received problems will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website: http://frme.fr.nf

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 – 2025

The contest will include all original studies published in the journal during 2025.

judge Michal Hlinka

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

More detailed analyzes and the pgn file can be found in the studies section on our website www.sach.cz.

Variantim 2025

The studies will be published as originals in the Israeli magazine Variantim during 2025.

Judge: Michael Pasman

1st prize: $300

Last day to accept studies: 15 November, 2025

- Director : Gady Costeff. Please send studies in PGN format to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The results will be published in 4/2026.

Closing date: November 15/ 2025

SINFONIE SCACCHISTICHE 2025

The official A.P.I. Magazine is organizing an informal composition Tourney for:
Section Two-moves [≠2] : 2025
Section n-moves [≠n] : 2025
Section Helpmate 2 moves [H≠2] : 2025
Section Helpmate n-moves [H≠n] : 2025
Section Selfmate n-moves [S≠] : 2025
Section studies [win/draw] : 2025
Section Fairy : 2025
Deadline: 30/09/2025

Judges:
Section Two-moves [≠2] : Gerard DOUKHAN (Francia)
Section n-moves [≠n] : Valerio AGOSTINI (Italia)
Section Helpmate 2 moves [H≠2] :
Section Helpmate n-moves [H≠n] :
Section Selfmate n-moves [S≠] : Daniele GATTI (Italia)

Section studies [win/draw] : Daniele GATTI (Italia)

Section Fairy :
The originals have to be sent to the director Valerio AGOSTINI [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.] only by e-mail.

The problems will be published in the magazine: every composer will receive the copies of the publications and the awards
(PDF version).
It’s mandatory the declaration of the computer control (C+) of Popeye, WinChloe, Alybadix or others, for every
problems (not for studies, of course).

PAT A MAT Magazine has pleasure in announcing international tourneys for