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Quick Composing Tourneys in 2022

No Tourney name Section Closing date Award ∑ Winner # Judge
XXX название конкурса
 раздел (задание) дд-мм-гггг dd-mm-yyyy А/З И. Фамилия победителя #
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Solution

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276 All on Black! h#2-n 30-12-2022 27-02-2023 14/27 I. Lind h#2
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Solution

a) 1.f4 Rxf4 2.Rf8 Rxf8#, 1.h4 Rxh4 2.Rh8 Rxh8#
b) 1.b4 Rxb4 2.Rb8 Rxb8#, 1.d4 Rxd4 2.Rd8 Rxd8#
c) 1.e3 Bb8+ 2.Kc5 b4#, 1.Ke7 Bf2 2.Kf6 Bh4#
d) 1.Kxd2 Be3+ 2.Ke1 Rxg1#, 1.Kb2 Bd4 2.Ka1 Bxc3#

S = 2 * 8 = 16
formula
275 Bicolor interferences on the same square h#2 24-11-2022 08-01-2023 10/20 G. Tar h#2
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Solution

a) 1.Sc7 Be2 2.Se6 Rf5#
b) 1.Sf4 Be6 2.Se2 Rg5#
Valery Kirillov
274 Paradox, foresight, choice h#2-6 27-10-2022 18-03-2023 13/30 J. Csák h#2
X
Solution

a) 1.h5 Rc4! (Rd3?) 2.Kxc4 Be2#
b) 1.b2 Bh5! (Bf5?) 2.Kxh5 Rxc5#
Ofer Comay
273 Four corners – penalty! #3-N, h#3-N,
s#3-N, hs#3-N		 06-10-2022 25-05-2023 16/54 G. Popov
D. Liakos
Z. Mihajloski
M. Khramtsevich		 #10
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Solution

1.Rxe4! Rxh1 2.Rd4 Rh8+ 3.Ka7 Ra8+ 4.Kxb6 Ra1 5.Rd3! zz Re1 6.Ra3!
6...Rxe2 7.Ra8 Ra2 8.Rh8 Ra6+ 9.bxa6 bxa6 10.Rh1#;
6...Rd1/Rc1 7.Ra8 Rb1 8.Rh8 Rxb5+ 9.Kxb5 b6 10.Rh1#

s#7
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Solution

1.f6!! (2.Qb7+ Kxe5 3.Qe4+ Kxe4#) 1...Kxe5(Rh4) 2.Qb7(+) Rh4(Kxe5) 3.Qxh1 h5
4.Qa1 Ke4 5.Qa8+ Ke5 6.Qh8 Ke4 7.Qxh5 Rxh5#

h#7
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Solution

1.h3 gxh3 2.Bg7! h4 3.Kb2 h5 4.Ra1 h6 4.Ra8 hxg7 5.Rh8+ gxh8Q+ 6.Kc1 Qa1#

hs#4.5
X
Solution

1...d2 2.Rh8-h1 Kf8 3.Rh1-a1 Qg7+ 4.Ke6 Re3 5.Ra1-a8+ Bxa8#
1...Bc6 2.Rh8-a8 Kh6 3.Ra8-a1 Qe8+ 4.Kf6 Rb6 5.Ra1-h1+ Bxh1#
Aleksey Oganesjan
272 One finger in three pies #2-N 11-08-2022 15-09-2022 7/9 I. Agapov #2
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Solution

1.e4! – 2.Qxf5#
1...Qxe4 2.Qxg3#
1...Rxe4 2.Sxd3#
1...Bxe4 2.Qh5#
1...Qxf3 2.Rd5#
1...Bf~ 2.Qf6#
1...Bf4 2.Qxf4#
Aleksey Oganesjan
271 Hofmann theme and tries s#2-N 16-06-2022 cancelled 0/0 - - Valery Kirillov
270 Upside-down switchbacks ser-h#6-n 09-06-2022 25-07-2022 18/28 O. Comay,
M. Witztum,
R. Vieira		 ser-h#20
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Solution

1.f5 (fxg6?) 2.f4 3.f3 (fxg3?) 4.f2 5.f1B 6.Bd3 7.Bxg6 8.Be8 (Bxh5?)
9.Kf7 10.Qg8 11.g6 12.gxh5 13.h4 14.hxg3 15.g2
16.g1R 17.Rg7 18.Qh8 19.Kg8 20.Bf7 Sf6#
Dragan Stojnić
269 Bohemia-2 #3-N 28-04-2022 16-05-2022 10/27 I. Agapov #4
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Solution

*1...Kb3 2.Qxa2+ Ka4 3.Qxe6! Kb5 4.a4# (MM), 2...Kxc3!

1.0-0-0!
1...Bb1 (~) 2.Kb2! Kb5 3.Qd7+ Ka6 4.Rd6# (MM)
1...Kb3 2.Qxa2+! Ka4 3.Rd6 Kb5 4.a4# (MM)
2...Kxa2 3.Kc2 Kxa3 4.Ra1# (MM)
 (1...Kb5 2.Qd7+ Kc4 3.Kb2 Bb1 4.Qc6#)
 Yury Gorbatenko
268 Pawn batteries s#2-5 31-03-2022 08-04-2022 6/9 F. Richter s#2
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Solution

1.e6! – 2.Qf5+ Qxf5#
1...b5 2.Qxc4+ bxc4#
1...c5 2.Qxd4+ cxd4#
1...cxd5 2.Bxc4+ dxc4#
1...f5 2.Qe4+ fxe4#
Sergey Borodavkin
267 April Fool’s Check #2-3 10-03-2022 01-04-2022 32/64 D. Stojnić #2
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Solution

1.Qg7? (A) Kxf5 2.Qg6#, 1...Kxd4! (x)
1.Qa5? (B) Kxd4 2.Qb4#, 1...Kxf5! (y)
Retro: Last move is 0.Rc6-e6+, d7-d5!
(0...Pc6xBd5? - dark Bishop outside!; 0...d6-d5?? - illegal setting)
1.exd6 e.p.++!
1...Kxd4 (x) 2.Qg7# (A)
1...Kxf5 (y) 2.Qa5# (B)
Igor Agapov
266 The Cherished Outcast PG, SPG 28-02-2022 25-02-2023 20/52 J. Lois & R. Osorio PG 16.5
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Solution

1.Sc3 e6 2.Sd5 Bc5 3.Se7 a6 4.Sxg8 Ba7 5.Se7 b6
6.Sd5 Bb7 7.Sc3 Be4 8.Sb1 Bd3 9.exd3 Sc6 10.Ke2 Rb8
11.Kf3 Rb7 12.Kg4 Sb8 13.Kh5 g6 14.Kh6 c6 15.Kg7 h6
16.c3 Rh7 17.Kg8
Michel Caillaud
265 Pin me h#2 06-02-2022 29-07-2022 17/42 J. Csák h#2
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Solution

1.Rb5 Kf2 (Kd1?) 2.Rc5 c3# (Rd3#?)
1.Qc8 Kd1 (Kf2?) 2.Qc5 Rd3# (c3#?)
Menachem Witztum,
Emanuel Navon &
Paz Einat
264 The Queen plus two #3-4 13-01-2022 08-02-2022 27/183 N. Kravtsov #3
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Solution

1.Qf3? – 2.Qb3#, 1...Kb4 2.Qb3+ Ka5 3.Qa4#, 1...Kb5!

1.Qa8! – 2.Qa2+ Kb5/Kb4 3.Qa4#
1...b5 2.Qf3 – 3.Qb3#, 2...Kb4 3.Qc3#, 2...b4 3.Qd3#
Steven B. Dowd

Explanatory notes to the TT table

  1. The numbers of active TT are highlighted with red background; the numbers of failed TT - with yellow one.
  2. The date format in the table: day-month-year (DD-MM-YYYY).
  3. The closing date column contains hyperlink to the announcement of appropriate TT.
  4. Column '∑' shows the ratio of authors/works in appropriate TT.
  5. Column '#' contains hyperlinks to the winner compositions of appropriate TT; a composition appears in a new window when you click on the link.

Terms and Abbreviations

  • ТТ - quick composing thematic tourney.
  • active ТТ - closing date is not expired, one may submit original(s) to the tourney.
  • closed ТТ - closing date is expired; waiting for award...
  • completed ТТ - final award of the TT is published; all claims were considered.
  • failed ТТ - no award, no winner.
  • X-judge - a judge whose name is unknown to the TT participants prior to publication of the TT award.

Conditions of participation in TT

TT winners will offer the theme for the next TT reporting its formulation to TT Director and have the right to be the judge of the next TT.

Each participant in a TT is encouraged to ponder on a theme he would like to propose for the next TT in case he wins the current tourney.