Наши конкурсы - 2020 | Our Tourneys - 2020

Editorial board of international web project "SuperProblem" http://superproblem.ru announces an informal composing tourney for current 2020 year in the following sections:
A - twomovers Director: Evgeny Permyakov - permyakov63@mail.ru
B - threemovers Director: Aleksandr Sygurov - sygurov@bk.ru
C - moremovers Director: Aleksandr Sygurov - sygurov@bk.ru
E - helpmates Director: Vitaly Medintsev - vitalymedintsev@gmail.com
F - selfmates Director: Anatoly Stepochkin - anatoly.alfa@gmail.com
G - fairies Director: Alexander Bulavka - tischka@tut.by
Judges for "SuperProblem 2020" IT:
#2 - Pavel Murashev
#3 - Grigory Atayants
#N - Sergey Bilyk
H#2 - Viktor Zaytsev, H#2.5 & 3 - Kenan Velikhanov, H#3.5-N - Mikhail Gershinsky
S# - Mikhail Khramtsevich
F# - Borislav Gadjanski
In all the sections (in all three subsections in helpmates), there is the following limitation: not more than 3 originals per one author (including joint works) may be published. Versions are unlimited.
Themes are free for all the sections.
Send entries to the directors (via e-mail) not later than 20th December 2020.
Awards will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru

Tourney name: "Pata morgana"
Stipulation: =N, ser-=N, h=N.5, hs=N.5, ser-hs=N
Theme: in a diagram position of =N, ser-=N, h=N.5 (hs=N.5, ser-hs=N) problem, Black (White) is stalemated. But White (Black) begins a play and, due to absence of waiting moves, he is forced to destroy this stalemate.
In solution, a structure of final stalemate can be the same or different compare to the one in the diagram position.
Any kinds of twins are allowed if its are thematic.
Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.
Depending on quantity and quality of sent problems, the judge can divided an award into several subsections or, vice versa, can combine several sections into the one.
Judge: Aleksey Oganesjan.
Closing date: May 7, 2020
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru
Download the announcement (pdf, 220 KB)

Tourney name: "Full-length reflex defense"
Stipulation: r#n (n>=3)
Theme: required to compose Reflexmate in 3-n moves with:
- full-length threat, i. e. with the threat that ends with a mate to White King on n-th Black move exactly;
- at least one “full-length reflex defense”, i. e. with at least one variation that defenses from the threat and has a White try that starts on 2nd move and ends with a mate to Black King on nth White move exactly. At that, in this try 2nd, 3rd, ... and (n-1)-th White moves must coincide with the same ones in the full-length threat.
Any kinds of twins are not allowed. Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.
Judge: Miodrag Mladenović.
Closing date: March 19, 2020
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
All received problems will be presented to the judge in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru
Download the announcement (pdf, 228 KB)

Tourney name: "Black and White: Come-and-go-and-guard"
Stipulation: h#2
Theme: required to compose h#2 with at least two phases that have a following content.
First phase:
- Black piece А, which initially stands on square Х (adjacent to Black King), executes 1st move;
- another Black piece goes on the released square Х on 2nd move.
Second phase:
- Black piece А, which initially stands on square Х (adjacent to Black King), executes 1st or 2nd move;
- White guards the square Х on 1st move.
In addition, on any move White (in one phase) and Black (in another phase) perform the same tactic idea (pinning/unpinning, opening/interference and etc)
A form of twins are allowed. Duplexes and zero-positions are not allowed.
Non-thematic phases are not allowed.
Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.
Judges: Menachem Witztum and Emanuel Navon.
Closing date: February 27, 2020
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
All received problems will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru
Download the announcement (pdf, 245 KB)

Tourney name: "As in 50-move rule..."
Stipulation: #5-n, h#5-n, s#5-n
Theme: required a problem with maximal length of solution that does not contain any Pawn move and any capture (i. e. any irreversible change on a board).

Conditions:
- a helpmate problem must have the only solution;
- in a direct- of selfmate problem only one thematic full-length variation will be taken into account (pointed out by the author) but a presence of another full-length variations (including variations with Pawn moves and captures) is allowed. Wherein in all full-length variations any duals are not allowed;
- attacked King (under a check) in the initial (diagram) position is not allowed;
- fairy pieces/conditions and extra-set initial positions (i. e. one side has 2 Queens / 3 Rooks / 2 Bishops of the same color etc.) are not allowed.

Joint problems are allowed. Each participant may submit no more than two entries in each section (including joint works).

Depending on quantity of sent problems in each section, the award can be divided into several sections or, vice versa, several sections can be combined into the one.

The winning problem will be a problem with maximal length of solution (n). In the case of equality of solution length, an advantage will get those problems, which have less total number of units; in the case of equality is here too – which have less number of White units. The last criterion is time factor – the advantage will have those problems that were received earlier. However, if the problems are completely identical then its authors will be consider as co-authors.

As extra, there will be mentioned the problems anyhow related to New Year.

Closing date: December 31, 2019
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru в январе 2020 года
Download the announcement (pdf, 188 KB)

Tourney name: "...and now it's time for half-neutrals!"
Stipulation: #2 (fairy)
Theme: In the initial position or after the key move of #2, there is at least one orthodox half-neutral piece in neutral phase.
The thematic half-neutral piece should play at least 4 times, in the following way:
1) it should be played by White to give at least two mates on different squares.
and
2) it should be played by Black to at least two different squares, leading to different mates by White.
The thematic variations can be split between phases (set play, tries, actual play, twins) but zero-positions are not allowed.
It is also allowed to use the thematic piece as front piece of a battery.
No other fairy pieces and conditions are allowed, except orthodox half-neutral pieces.
Judges: Vlaicu Crişan, Julia Vysotska, Marjan Kovačević.
Closing date: October 24, 2019
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
All received problems will be presented to the judges in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru
Download the announcement in English [pdf, 376 KB]

Tourney name: "Pinned but unbroken II (selfmate edition)"
Stipulation: s#2-4
Theme: in set play, tries and/or actual solution, at least two different pieces (White and/or Black) execute one or several Pelle movements – pinned piece moves along the pin line without capturing the pinning unit.
Twins are allowed. Zero-positions are not allowed.
Fairy pieces and conditions are not allowed.
Depending on quantity and quality of sent problems, the judge can divided an award into several subsections.
Judge: Michel Caillaud.
Closing date: August 22, 2019
Entries to Aleksey Oganesjan via e-mail: alexeioganesyan@gmail.com
All received problems will be presented to the judge in anonymous form.
Award will be published on the website http://superproblem.ru
Download the announcement in English [pdf, 279 KB]