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20 ans déja. 

La 20ème édition de l'ISC s'est déroulée aux loxaux du club Le Vesinet. Début du concours à 10 heures.

Deux rondes. 

Ronde 1: 6 problèmes en 2 heures.

Ronde 2: 6 problèmes en 2 heures.

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Israel Ring Tourney: Helpmates 2016

Judge: Dr. Paz Einat, International Judge, Nes Ziona, Israel  ( Variantim N° 91 , december 2023)

The designated judge could not fulfil his task so I took it upon myself, with my sole problem in that
period (Var.2843 with Tomer Tal) moving to the 2018 judge. Of a total of 36 problems, there were
18 helpmates in 2, 13 in 2.5 or 3 and 5 in more moves. I decided not to divide the award. The overall
level was good and I was happy with the originality shown by the top problems.

1st Prize: Var.2846 Abdelaziz Onkoud The two pairs are connected by the
captures on e3 & e4 by the knights in one pair and by the king in the other.
Different pieces play in each pair: the knights in the first and rooks + wB in the
second. The role of the white knight is of interest: it builds and fires the batteries
in the first pair and supports the mating squares in the other pair.

08-09-2023 :

Première place du tournoi rapide de composition au congrès de Batoumi de la WFCC dans la section des mats aidés en deux coups. 

Plus d'infos à  venir.

Award de la section féeriques de la coupe du monde de la FIDE

Commentaire du juge Borislav Gadjanski:

"I decided to give priority to compositions with two or more phases/variants, with logically (or geometrically) related changes in thematic play, strategy, and/or functions of thematic pieces.  Although several constructive problems did not make it into the award, they are worthy achievements. Along with them, several other solid compositions are not included. Simply, not everyone can receive the honors they deserve in such fierce competition. They may get their glory in other tournaments..

A composition of radiant beauty. Perfect ODT with 2 x 11 mutually aligned echo (orthogonal-diagonal). half-moves. "Slow creation" of the reciprocal black RB batteries on d5 with the addition of tempo-move of the rear piece. Mating the wK on the square where the rear piece of the black battery stands in the starting position. Two pairs of reciprocal black moves. The pairs in the 4th and 6th moves are particularly impressive on the squares where the thematic piece once makes a tempo maneuver and mates the other time. Three pairs of pieces reciprocally change their functions: boe4/bqd4, wsc6/wqd6 and wqe5/woc5. 2x Bristol-bicolor sc6/od5 and qd6/qd5.

I especially want to draw attention to Black's second move in both solutions (oxc6 & qxd6). Black takes the white piece which in the second phase, in its final move, forces Black to checkmate wK. This is fully associated with the Zilahi paradox but with a helpself condition. It seems to me that it may be called Zilahi-2: reciprocally, Black takes a white piece, which forces Black to checkmate wK in the second solution!"

Sommaire :

• 40° Marche Verte : Section A , h2#. Juge : Antonio Garofalo (Italie)
• 40° Marche Verte : Section B, h2,5-3#. Juge : Kenan Veilkhanov (Azerbaïdjan)
• 40° Marche Verte : Section C, h3,5-7#. Juge : Pierre Tritten (France)
• 6° Maroc Échecs : Section A, h2# . Juge : Kenan Veilkhanov.(Azerbaïdjan)
• 6° Maroc Échecs : Section B, h2,5-3#. Juge :Kenan Veilkhanov.(Azerbaïdjan)
• 6° Maroc Échecs : Section C, h2,5-3#. Juge : Kenan Veilkhanov.(Azerbaïdjan)
• 1° Grand Prix de Monténégro. Par Abdelaziz Onkoud.
• Award du 4° Azemmour , Belgrade 2016. Par Abdelaziz Onkoud.
• Coupe du Monde de solutions: Saison 2015-16
• Tournoi de composition Rapide. Belgrade 2016
• Tournoi de Sabra. Belgrade 2016.

problemaz-aout-2016.pdf (854.57 Ko)

• 09-09-2023 ;award-9th-azemmour-batoumi-2023.pdf (106.97 Ko)
• 9th Azemmour Tourney, Batumi 2023
• 9-azemmour-batoumi-2023.pdf (114.33 Ko)
• In a helpmate in 2-3 moves : Cycle of line openings/ cycle d'ouvertures de lignes.
• L'idée est vérifiable par le programme Helpmate Analyzer.
• Le cycle devrait être bicolore :  Blanc/Noir ; Noir/Blanc , Blanc/Noir , Noir/Banc.
• The cycle should be bi-color , White/Black; Black/White , White/Black and Black/White.

• Judge: Abdelaziz Onkoud
• Please send your problems to : onkoud1972@gmail.com
• The tourney is open to everyone.
• Deadline: 06 September 2023
• Prizes: dates (for 1st Place).

• Awards 10° Maroc Echecs 2020

award-complet-10-maroc-echecs-2020.pdf (600.99 Ko)

• Section A- Mats en 2 coups : Juge Franz Pachl
• Section B- Mats en 3 coups : Juge Mike Prcic
• Section C- Mats en 4-10 coups : Juge Ralf Krätschmer
• Section D- Études : Juge Helmut Waelzel
• Section E- Mats aidés en 2 coups : Juge Valery Kirillov
• Section F- Mats aidés en 2,5-3 coups : Juge János Csak
• Section G- Mats aidés en 3,5-10 coups : Juge Marcos Roland
• Section H- Aidés inverses en 2-3 coups : Juges Eric Huber & Vlaicu Crisan
• Section I- Séries : Juge Abdelaziz Onkoud
• Section J- Inverses 2-7 coups : Juge Valery Kopyl

• Award Springaren 2016.
• Publication Springaren Septembre 2023.
• Juge : Lennard Werner.