61st World Congress of Chess Composition

Ohrid, 1–8 September 2018

https://wccc2018.com.mk/

Internet Composing Tourney

Announced on 31 March 2018

Section A: Orthodox helpmate twomovers (h#2)

Theme: Black in its first move captures different white piece in at least two phases (solutions or twins).

(Note: the thematic white pieces can also be white Pawns.)

Example A: 1.exd5 Rxg6 2.Rf8+ gxf8=S#; 1.exd6 g8=R 2.Bf6 Sxf6#Judge: Nikola Stolev

Section B: Orthodox helpmate moremovers (h#3.5–n)

Theme: Exchange of places between two pieces of different colour. After the exchange, each of the thematic pieces

makes at least one more move. Multiple solutions and twins (except with zero-position) are allowed.

(Note: the thematic pieces should be on their thematic exchange squares in the diagram position.)

Example B1: 1.Qg3+ Kf1 2.Qe1+ Kg2 3.Kc7 Kf3 4.Kd6 Kxe3 5.Kd5 Kf4 6.Qg3+ Kf5 7.Qd6 e4#

Example B2: 1…Bxg7 2.Ka3 Bxh6 3.Bh8 Bg7 4.Rh4 Ba1 5.Bc3 dxc3 6.d2 Kc2 7.Ra4 Bb2#Judge: Zlatko Mihajloski

The tourney is open for all composers world-wide. Maximum three compositions per author, including joint works,

are allowed in each section.

Closing date for both sections is 30 June 2018. Entries should be sent to Ivan Denkovski, email:

denkovski@hotmail.com

The results will be announced at the congress opening ceremony, on 1 September 2018. The awards will be

published on the congress website, and in the Journal of the 61st WCCC.

Example A

Nikola Stolev

3rd Pr. Novi Temi 5th T.T. 1973

/ð ð:ð ð89CðTð:ð ð67F//: : ()P ()pR// : 45tP:P()P//: :c: : // : : 01r ://: : : : // : : : ://E:E E:E E:E E:E /

 h#2 2.1.1.1 (4+8) 

Example B1

Zlatko Mihajloski

1st Pr. V. Stankevich-80 JT 2012

/ð ð01Rð ð:ðCð:ð ð://: :C()P : // :P: : ()P//: ()P : : // :P: : ://:P()p ()P : // : :p:D://E:E E:E E01rE E:E /

 h#7 (3+11) 

Example B2

Fadil Abdurahmanović

bernd ellinghoven

feenschach 2015

/ð ð:ð ð:ð ð:ð ð67f//: : ()P 89CT// : : : ()P//: : : : // : : : ://:R:P: : //C: ()p : ://E67FErE:E E:E E:E /

 h#6.5 (3+8) 

Updated on 4 June 2018.