Yearly Meeting of the Israeli Chess Composition Society
February 21, 2009
The meeting was held in the Metropolitan Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Attended the meeting:
Uri Avner, Yoel Aloni, Hillel Aloni, Yosi Retter, Aaron Hirschenson, Semion Shifrin, Leonid Lubashevsky, Paz Einat,
Mark Erenburg, Dmitry Baibikov, Menachem Witztum, Branislav Djurasevic, Evgeni Bourd, Emanuel Navon, Nissim Ben-Nun,
Ofer Comay, Gady Costeff, Israel Han
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Yosi Retter | Mark Erenburg & Semion Shifrin | Israel Han | Evgeni Bourd |
Photos courtesy Branislav Djurasevic and Menachem Witztum. More Photos...
Events:
A. Composition Tourney: Mate in 2 moves - Directed and judged by Evgeni Bourd
B. Composition Tourney: Helpmate in 2 moves - Directed and judged by Paz Einat
C. Mini-lecture - Branislav Djurasevic. Title: Consecutive twins in Two-movers.
A. Composition Tourney: Mate in 2 moves - Directed and judged by Evgeni Bourd
Theme: In at least two phases (set/try/solution) there is an unpin of the same white piece: once by white and once by black.
The unpin can be by any form (withdrawal of interference).
Results:
Paz Einat Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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1.Kb5? 2.Rxe5 A # but 1...Re8 a !
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Yosi Retter Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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1.Kc7? 2.Sb5,Sc4# but
1...Bg3!
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Mark Erenburg Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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1.f3? 2.S3c4# |
Aharon
Hirschenson Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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1.Kg6? 2.Rf4,Sg3# but 1...Se2!
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Israel Han Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
#2 ( 12 + 6 )
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1.Ke8,f8,g8? 2.Sxc5,Sg5# but 1...Rc8+! 1.Kg6? 2.Sxc5,Sg5# but 1...Bxe6! 1.Sc8! 2.Sd6# 1...Rd5 2.Sg5# 1...Sc4 2.Sxc5# 1...Rxc8,Bxe6 2.Rxe5,fxe6# |
Branislav
Djurasevic Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
#2 ( 7 + 7 )
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1...Kf7 2.d8=Q# 1.Kd6! 2.e8=S# 1...Qf8 2.exf8=Q,R,B,S# 1...Kf7 2.e8=Q# 1...Qxe7+ 2.Qxe7# 1...Bxb7 2.Rf1# |
B. Composition Tourney: Helpmate in 2 moves - Directed and judged by Paz Einat
Theme: In the diagram position there is a direct white half-battery. Any idea fulfilling this requirement will be regarded as thematic
Mark Erenburg Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
b) wRe3-->e2
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Version by author March 26, 2009
Highly complex! Unpins, self-unpins and self-pins. The white play is convincing with the dual avoidance emphasizing the self-unpins, and the direct half-battery is transformed into indirect batteries.
a) 1.Qd3 Se5 2.Kc3 Se4 # |
Menachem
Witztum Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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Black exchanges his first and
second moves while white exchange the places of the two pieces making
the first and second moves.
a) 1.Qxf5 Se3 2.Qxe4 Bc7 #
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Evgeni Bourd Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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In the first two solutions
black takes care of removing one of the white pieces from the
half-battery, while firing a check on the way.
1.Sxf6 Kf2 2.Sd5 + Sf3 # |
Branislav
Djurasevic Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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a)
During the meeting no anticipation check was done by the judges. The first half of the problem
is anticipated by
Jorma Paavilainen,
3rd Honourable
Mention http://eccc2008.tsf.org.tr/images/stories/Escs/antalyacomposing.pdf |
Leonid Makaronez Leonid
Lubashevsky Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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1.Bxb4 Be2 2.Bxa5 cxd5 # |
Leonid Makaronez Leonid
Lubashevsky Yearly meeting of Israeli Problemists Tel Aviv 2009
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a) 1.Qxb6 Bxb3 2.Qc6 bxc6 # b) 1.Qxd4 Be2 2.Qdd5 cxd5 # |
C. Mini-lecture - Branislav Djurasevic. Title: Consecutive twins in Two-movers.
Gyorgy BAKCSI 2nd Prize Probleemblad 1971 ![]() #2 ( 10 + 6 ) b-e after the key |
a) 1.a4! Kxc6 2.Be4# b) 1.a5! Kxc6 2.Qxf3# c) 1.a6! Kxc6 2.Qc5# d) 1.a7! Kxc6 2.a8=Q# e) 1.a8=S! Kxc6 2.Qxf3# Excelsior, Changed mates |
Dragan Stojnic Politika 2009 ![]() #2 ( 13 + 7 ) b-k after the key |
a) 1.e8=S ! zz 1...Rxg7,Rxf8 2.Bxg7,Qxf8 # B) 1.g4; c)1.g5; d)1.g6 e) 1.e4; f)1.e5; g) 1.e6; h) 1.e7; i) 1.Qxb5; j) a4; k) 1.a3 Task! 11 solutions. |