23rd TT Chess Composition Microweb C 3.3.2008

At first I wanted to set the different theme for the 23rd TT CCM. However I did not manage to find the suitable competent judge despite tries. Therefore I decided to keep the theme still in the pocket and to choose another one. And the theme can be summed up in the only word: TRIES.

Announcement

Chess Composition Microweb announces formal thematical tourney for any fairy problems featuring tries. The emphasis of the theme tourney is put on the motivation for the failure of tries and/or their refutations, and not on the additional play in the tries (like e.g. changes in variations of #2 tries). See examples for more clarification what is suitable.

Judge: Juraj Lörinc (Slovakia)

Any stipulations and any fairy elements are allowed (thus including helpproblems with tries). The tourney might be divided to multiple sections if enough problems are received depending on the opinion of the judge.

Entries should be sent by email to juraj.lorinc@bigfoot.com before March 3rd 2008. The award will be published at Chess Composition Microweb.

Please, let know your friends about our competition!

Strucny slovensky preklad temy: turnaj je vypisany pre akekolvek exoproblemy, v ktorych sa vyskytuju pokusy. Doraz je v turnaji polozeny na motivaciu zlyhani a /alebo vyvrateni pokusov a nie na dodatocnu hru v pokusoch (ako napr. zameny variantov v pokusoch/zvodnostiach exodvojtazky). Priklady objasnuju vhodne typy uloh.

Examples

So far we have published on CCM among others the following thematical examples:

fairy #2 by Christer Jonsson - very active black lion employs weaknesses in white position to refute 14 tries.
fairy #2 by Juraj Lörinc - despite multiple threats black manages to defend, especially refutation of the first try by grasshopper carrying 4 threats is rich in motivation.
fairy #2 by Juraj Lörinc - 4 orgue pipes tries are countered by 4 orgue pipes refutations.
fairy #2 by Valerij Nebotov & Anatolij Chandurin - refutations are based on the expected transmutations of the bK in threats of tries.
fairy h#2 by Hemmo Axt - tries fail to guards along lines aimed at thematical batteries.
fairy h#2 by Adrian Storisteanu - tries fail to unwanted pinnings of the mating pieces.
fairy h#2 by Sven Trommler - the pair of the first tries fails because of repelling, the more precise tries fail to guarding of mating line and square.
fairy r#2 by Juraj Lörinc & Charles C. Frankiss & Mark Ridley - refutations typical for reflexmates employ many Madrasi and Circe effects.
fairy s#4 by Juraj Lörinc - single pawn refutes multiple tries by rook - wR-bP duel.
fairy s#2 by Juraj Lörinc & Michal Dragoun - refutations of two tries are typical for Andernach chess - black enters threat squares, thereby making threat moves non-checking transformations.
r#3 by Hans Peter Rehm - typical reflex refutations by bK's star force White to mate after AUW tries.

Special example files:

Tries in fairy problems 1 - 8 problems with important role of Black promotions, usually in tries, but also in variations of solution
Tries in fairy problems 2 - reflex mates (both "orthodox" and "fairy") with tries refuted by White mates

Results

We had 13 problems competing in the tourney, submitted by six authors:

Gerard Bouma (Netherlands)
Karol Mlynka (Slovakia)
Dieter Müller (Germany)
Franz Pachl (Germany)
Guy Sobrecases (France)
Jaroslav Stun (Slovakia)

And here are the winners: the award by Juraj Lörinc.

Send any claims against this award to Juraj Lörinc before July 6th, 2008, please.

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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