INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMPOSITION DAY 2011 - Results

Preliminary results of the solving contest as published in pzrdig2.bloger.hr site :

Solver                   Fed Point     Time


1  Emmanuel Manolas      GRE  30    2:00:32
2  Themis Argirakopoulos GRE  30    2:01:57
3  Martynas Limontas     LTU  30    5:10:30
4  Georgij Popov         RUS  30    5:13:08
5  Vladimir Šarčević     GER  30   10:00:28
6  Valery Krivenko       UKR  30   11:10:36
7  Henryk Kalafut        USA  30   12:10:46
8  Zoran Majerić         CRO  29    3:02:08
9  Mustapha Bakani       MOR  29   13:11:05
10 Željko Pavlović       CRO  28    3:10:02
11 Vidadi Zamanov        AZE  25    1:08:50
12 Kenan Velihanov       AZE  25    8:03:07
13 Predrag Žuvić         CRO  25    9:00:10
14 Katarzyna Jurkiewicz  POL  25   13:10:16
15 Benjeloun Youness     MOR  23.5 14:00:00
16 Marija Ninković       CRO  20    5:03:59
17 Nikola Crnojević      CRO  20    7:07:30
18 Veljko Mrazovac       CRO  20   13:23:50
   Mićo Mrazovac         CRO  20   13:23:50
20 Mario Stiković        CRO  15    3:05:57
21 Relja Bosanac         CRO  15   13:22:44
22 Nikola Šakić          CRO  15   13:23:45
...

"Solver Killers" - additional categora with extra hard problems

Solver                  Fed Point   Time


1 Henryk Kalafut        USA  15 12:11:39
2 Emmanuel Manolas      GRE  10  2:00:32
3 Themis Argirakopoulos GRE  10  2:01:57
4 Vidadi Zamanov        AZE   5  1:08:50
5 Georgij Popov         RUS   5  5:13:08
6 Kenan Velihanov       AZE   5  8:03:07
7 Zoran Majerić         CRO   4  3:02:08

Solutions of the problems

A) Alain Campbell White, Good Companions Meredith T. 1918.  1.Kf6! 5 p. (~2.Qc8#) 1...0-0+/Rf8+/Kd8 2.Sgf7/Sef7/Qd7#

B) Philip Hamilton Williams, Observer, 1920. 1.Bd4! 5 p. (zz) 1...bS~/dS~ 2.Sc5/Sf6# Αλλαγμένα ματ από το έτοιμο παιγνίδι : 1...bS~/dS~ 2.Sd6/Sc3#

C) Sam Loyd, "Boston Gazete", 1859. (v.)  1.Qa5! 5 p.  (zz) 1...Bd7/Be7/Rd7/Re7 2.Qd5/Qe5/Sf5/Qxb4# (Αυλοί του Οργάνου) 1...Bc5 2.Qa1# ...

D) Antonin König, Svetozor, 1869. 1.Qa8! 3 p.

  ~ 2.Sa5+ 0.5 p. 2...Kd6,c6/Rc6 3.Qd8/Qxc6#,

  1...Rc6+ 2.Sd6 0.5 p. 2...Kxd6/cd6,S~ 3.Qd8/Qg8#,

  1...Sxf5 2.Sbc5+ 0.5 p. 2...c6 3.Qg8#

  1...Kc6 2.Qa6+ 0.5 p. 2...Kd5,Kd7 3.Qe6#

E) The Problemist, 2006.  1.Bc4 Rb8 2.Kd7 3.b.

  2...Kb7 3.Sb8 Kb8 4.Ba6 Ka8 5.Kc6 Kb8 6.Kb6 Ka8 7.Bb7 Kb8 8.Bh2#  1 b.

  2...Rb7 3.Kd6 Tb6 4.Bb6 Kb7 5.Bg1 Kc8 6.Ke7 Kb7 7.Kd7 Ka8 8.Bd5#  1 b.

  ( 2...Rb7 3.Kd6 Rb1 3.Bd5+! Rb7 4.Kc6! Rb1 5.Kc7 Rb7 6.Bxb7#)

F) Stanislav Juriček, TS2000, 2003. 1.Rg8! 5 p. (~2.Reg6#) 1...Kxg8/Sf6/Sf8 2.Re8++/Re7++/Rg7#

G) Miroslav Havel, zrcalna slika od "De Maasbode", 1926.
1.Qc5! 2 p. (Kd8)
1...~ 2.Qc7+  0.5 p.  2...Ke8 3.Qxe7#
1...Ke8 2.Bxf7+  0.5 p.  2...Kd8,Kd7/Kf8 3.Qc7/Bxe7#
1...exd6 2.Qxd6+  0.5 p.  2...Ke8/Sd7 3.Bxf7/Qxd7#
1...Sa8,Sc8 2.Qc6  0.5 p.  2...Sb6/fxe6/Bc8 3.Bc7/Bxe7/Qxc8#
1...Sd7 2.Bxe7+  0.5 p.  2...Ke8 3.Bxf7#
1...Qxc5 2.Rh8+  0.5 p.  2...Rg8 3.Rxg8#
H) Gianni Donati, 1st Prize "Thema Danicum", 2006. 
1.d3 h5 2.Bf4 Sh6 3.Bd6 exd6 4.Sc3 Qg5 5.Qb1! Qc1+ 
6.Sd1 g5 7.a3 Bg7 8.Qa2 Bxb2 9.Qc4 f6 10.Qg4 Kf7 
11.Sf3 Re8 12.Sd2 Re3 13.Sb1 Rh3 14.e3 Kg6 15.Be2 Sf7 
16.Bf3 Sh8 17.Bc6 dxc6 18.0-0 c5 19.Sdc3 Sc6 20.Qd1 Bg4 
21.Kh1 Be2 22.f3 Bxf1 23.Se2 g4 24.Sg1 Kg5 - 5 p. (White has to lose a single tempo, 5.Sb1??)
I) Dejan Glišić, 1st commendation "Help-Direct-Mate" 2004.
a) 1.e1=R Sd4 2.Re8 – 1.dxe8=Q!  2.5 p.  (~2.Qe2#) 1...Rxf2,Re1 2.Qe1#;
b) 1.b1=R d8=Q 2.b2 – 1.Qxd5!  2.5 p.  (~2.Qb3#) 1...Rc1 2.Sdxe1#

INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMPOSITION DAY 2011

INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMPOSITION DAY 2011
Online solving in occasion of International Chess Composition Day organized by Society for Chess Composition and Puzzles Zagreb.
Compositions for solving will be published at website „PZR Zagreb“ (http://pzrdig2.bloger.hr/) and „Chess Composition & Puzzles“ (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chess-Composition-Puzzles/191057181368?ref=mf) 21.12.2010. at noon, 12:00 CET (Central European Time).
Please send your solutions to e-mail address pzrdig2@gmail.com til noon (12:00 CET) 4.1.2011. Preliminary results will be published on 5.1.2011.
Thank you and best regards!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

20101221 UPDATE :

INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMPOSITION DAY 2011

Please solve this problems as soon as you can and send your solutions to e-mail address: pzrdig2-at-gmail.com

(please switch the letters '-at-' with symbol '@' ) Don't send your solution as comments to this website! Closing date: January 4th 2010 at noon, 12:00 hours CET (Central European Time) Don't forget to write your name, town and country!
The solutions for problems A, B & C should consist only the first moves of White.
The solution for problem D should consist the first move of White and variations (defences by Black and the 2nd moves of White) with mates in the third move.
The solution for problem E should consist the first move of White and variations (defences by Black and the moves of White til his 7th move) with mates in the eighth move.
The solution for problem F should consist the first move of white. Please find the place for BK. White to move and mate in two.
Welcome and thank you for compeeting!

Solver Killers :)) Special category with two problems for those who enjoy really hard puzzles!
G) White to move and mate in three. Please find place for BK, the key and the variations of threemover.
H) PG - The shortest proof game in exactly 24 moves (24moves by White and 24 moves by Black).
I) h2-#2 In Help-direct-poblem black helps white to reach a position, when (white moves, and) black cannot prevent from a standard y-mover. In Help-direct-mate h2-#2 black starts, and after a next move of white and black there should be a standard two-mover on the board.

Happy holidays and best regards!

Good placing

Important position for Manolas Emmanuel with 35 points (see http://pzrdig2.bloger.hr/post/pzr-for-feniks-400--results/2448220.aspx) in an internet solving contest (see http://pzrdig2.bloger.hr/post/pzr-for-feniks-400/2359350.aspx).
Second Greek contestant : Themis Argyrakopoulos.

Comment :
The contest is organized via internet and this means that anyone can participate.
It is an activity inside Facebook and someone must be a “friend” in order to see the announcement. (You may find me in http://www.facebook.com/manolas.emmanuel and try to be enlisted in the group Chess Compositions and Puzzles).
When the preannounced post with the problems becomes visible, in some countries is night and thus the solvers-to-be will see them later and they will have a time handicap.
The problems must be solved without help of the computer. This cannot be checked, thus the contest is based on the honesty of the solvers.
The results do not offer titles to the solvers.
Finally, the contest runs just for fun (and some promotion for the blog of the organizers) and we should not give to it more credit than that.
It is also true that well-known persons from the world of the solvers are among the contestants.