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WORLD FEDERATION FOR CHESS COMPOSITION 10 th WORLD CHESS COMPOSITION TOURNAMENT 2016-2017 FINAL AWARD December 2017 WORLD FEDERATION FOR CHESS COMPOSITION 10 КОМАНДНЫЙ ЧЕМПИОНАТ МИРА 2016-2017 ОКОНЧАТЕЛЬНЫЕ РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ Декабрь 2017 In Memoriam Aleksandr Manvelyan ARM (04.06.1946 - 21.06.2015) Philippe Robert FRA (02.08.1938 - 17.04.2016) Miroslav Šindelář CZE (28.09.1948 - 09.06.2016) Albert Ivanov MDA (05.10.1937 - 07.11.2016) Viktor Aberman USA (03.10.1953 - 08.11.2016) Josef Kupper SUI (10.03.1932 - 05.06.2017) 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS In Memoriam ...................................................................................................................................... 4 INDEX OF AUTHORS ....................................................................................................................... 8 BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES ........................................................................................................ 13 BEST INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION RATING ...................................................................... 13 RESULTS .............................................................................................................................................. 14 NUMBER OF ENTRIES PER COUNTRY ................................................................................... 15 SECTION A: TWOMOVERS .......................................................................................................... 16 Section A: Twomovers - Table .......................................................................................................... 30 SECTION B: THREEMOVERS ...................................................................................................... 32 Section B: Threemovers - Table ....................................................................................................... 50 SECTION C: MOREMOVERS ....................................................................................................... 52 Section C: Moremovers - Table ........................................................................................................ 70 SECTION D: STUDIES .................................................................................................................... 72 Section D: Studies - Table ................................................................................................................... 89 SECTION E: HELPMATES ............................................................................................................. 91 Section E: Helpmates - Table .......................................................................................................... 104 SECTION F: SELFMATES ........................................................................................................... 107 Section F: Selfmates – Table ........................................................................................................... 121 SECTION G: FAIRIES ................................................................................................................... 123 Section G: Fairies – Table ................................................................................................................. 139 SECTION H: RETROS ................................................................................................................... 141 Section H: Retros - Table .................................................................................................................. 153 5 The 10th World Chess Composition Tournament (WCCT) of the WFCC is completed. In total 38 countries participated in the tournament with 684 compositions in eight sections. This booklet contains 489 problems of 258 authors which were included in the final award. My sincere thanks to the team captains, the coordinators and judges in the countries as well as to Harry Fougiaxis (the WFCC President and the Director of previous WCCT), all of whom helped to ensure that the tournament was concluded successfully. This document contains final results together with judges’ comments and additional statistical data. Several big changes were made to the tournament rules. First, this tournament has included a new section (retros), while only 7 best section results are taken into account for team score. Second, the highest and lowest marks for the problem are discarded in all cases and if a composition belongs to a judging country, the sum of the two middle scores multiplied by one and a half becomes the score for the problem. Third, the scale step of 0.2 was introduced instead of 0.5 in previous tournaments. It is yet to determine if the latter change is an improvement, though I have received one complaint that it is more difficult to judge using new scale. According to the rules only the best two compositions score the points for the country, while the third, if it does not make in “Top 20” is not included in the award at all and not considered published. Similarly if a composition has received a zero score from two or more judging countries it is excluded from the tournament and receives no points. Such problems are stroked through in the tables; their placement is not taken into account. There were a number of cases when second and third problems of the same country scored equal points. In such cases the problem with higher best mark was left in the award. Georgy Evseev The Director of 10th WCCT 6 10-й Командный Чемпионат мира по шахматной композиции WFCC завершен. Всего в турнире приняли участие 38 стран с 684 композициями в восьми разделах. Этот буклет содержит 489 задач 258 авторов, вошедших в окончательный зачет. Я искренне благодарю капитанов команд, координаторов и судей в странах, а также Гарри Фуджиаксиса (президента WFCC и Директора предыдущего WCCT), все из которых помогли обеспечить успешное завершение турнира. Этот документ содержит окончательные результаты турнира, а также комментарии и дополнительные статистические данные. В правила турнира было внесено несколько больших изменений. Во-первых, этот турнир включает в себя новый раздел (ретро), но в то же время только 7 лучших результатов по разделам учитываются для команды. Во-вторых, наивысшие и самые низкие оценки для каждой задачи отбрасываются во всех случаях, и если композиция принадлежит стране-судье, сумма двух средних баллов, умноженная на полтора, становится оценкой задачи. В- третьих, был введен шаг шкалы 0,2 вместо 0,5 в предыдущих турнирах. Пока еще не ясно, является ли последнее изменение улучшением, хотя я получил одну жалобу, согласно которой судить по новой шкале сложнее. Согласно правилам только лучшие две композиции оценивают баллы для страны, а третья, если она не делает в «Топ-20», вообще не включена в присуждение и не считается опубликованной. Точно также, если композиция получила нулевой балл от двух или более судейских стран, она исключается из турнира и не получает очков. Такие проблемы вычеркнуты в таблицах, занятое ими место не учитывается. Был ряд случаев, когда вторая и третья композиции одной и той же страны набрали равные баллы. В таких случаях задача с высшим лучшим баллом оставлена в присуждении. Георгий Евсеев Директор 10-го WCCT 7 INDEX OF AUTHORS A Brabec Juraj B008** Abdullayev Suleyman A026, A041 Branković Ljubomir A060 Aberman Victor C033* Breu Jordi E036, E088 Afek Yochanan D050 Bruch Wieland A049* Agapov Igor F055** Brunori Gabriele G029** Agostini Valerio B002*, G029** Burda Josef C027*, E028* Akhaladze Beka D043* Burger Robert A008, A057 Aliovsadzade Rauf B034, B046*, C033* Buyannemekh B. D061 Almammadov Araz F011, F064 Bykov Nikolaj A019**, A040* Arestov Pavel D022, D066 C Armeni Alberto F006, F012 Cabrero Rodrigo Manuel Sanz D054 Azhusin Alexander F055** Caillaud Michel B004*, C064, E089 B F005, F018, H052 Babić Milomir F030* Chabradze Boris C037 Baibikov Dmitrij H059, H066 Chandrasekaran K. R. E050*, F014 Baier Roland A056 Chivu Nicolae E047, E084* Baier Silvio H067, H080 Chivu Nicolae F060 Bakker Peter F013**** Chkhetiani Temur E020, E065, F065, Balasubramanian S. K. E050*, E091 , G021, G030, H041, H046 G062, G075* Christensen Steen E004* Barth Michael E061** Comay Ofer E049, E053, G088 Baumann Anton C074** , F029 Costeff Gady D047 Becker Richard C078, D012, D029 Crisan Vlaicu G017, G090 Belchikov Nikolaj A019**, A040*, Croitor Mihail C001, E006*, E093* C017*** Crusats Joaquim H027 Bezgodkov Anatoly B041** Csák János E040, E052, F062 Bienabe Alain C023*, E074* D Blagojević Rade F030* Denkovski Ivan H050, H064 de Boer Johan E018 Didukh Sergey D030, D035 Bondar Ivan D013* Djurašević Branislav B066* Borst Dirk H071 Dobrescu Emilian D023 Bourd Evgeni B031*, B044*, B062*, Dučák Ján G056 C036, C040*, C052*, Dupont Nicolas H074 F032, F044, G057* Dyachuk Vasil A083** 8 E Gurgenidze David C070*, D010, Egyazaryan Ashot E044, H037 D043*, F004 Einat Paz A082*, A092 Gurov Valery E026**, E062, Érsek Tibor A013*, A025, B035, G080**, G081** F031 H F Handloser Chris A003*, B057* Feoktistov Alexander B056, F075* Hara Atsuo F023, F025, G012 Fica Alexander E028*, F033* Havran Jozef F067 Förster Klaus A066 Haymann Jean E067* Frolkin Andrey H056, H069* van der Heijden Harold D046* G Heinonen Unto H068, H073* Gadjanski Borislav G041 van den Heuvel Peter H047 Gamnitzer Camillo F039, F040 Hlinka Michal D025* Ganapathi R. H008* Hoffmann Martin C074** Garofalo Antonio G029** Hurme Harri A039*, A069*, B038 Gasparyan Alexey A032, B017, B047 I C008, C065, D026*, D069, Iriarte Eduardo D005 E042, F017, F027*, G048 Ivanov Albert A038, E006* Gavrilovski Zoran A054, A062, B024, J B059,
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    BRITISH CHESS PROBLEM SOCIETY ; I A\)rARDS IN rs48 OLYMPIC COMPOSING TOURNEY ,I.HE STROUD NEWS PUBI.ISEING Co., LTD., (;EORGE ST., STRoUD, GI-oUCES,IERSHIRE. FORE\ryORD r|'tHE British Chess Problem Society has the pleasure to present the Awards in the 1948 "Olympic Composing Tourney." There were enterred for thes events a total of 450 problems, the work of 184 composers from 26 different countries. A table is given showing the gBographical distributi'on of the entries r*eived. Tho task of testing and verifying this considerable amount of material was delegated to a special Cornmittee. The entries in Tourney No. I were tested by Messrs, E. J, Dengall, S. W. Eckett' Brian Harley, C. G. Ha,rnden' J. G. Haynes, C. G. Rains, G. Sprague and C. Vaughan. Mr. E. Boswell and Mr. A. W. Mongredien scrutinised between thern all entries in Tourneys 2 and 3 before submission to the Jirdges. To these gentlemen, in the execution of an arduols task, the Organisers' best thanks are due, We are also indebted to HErr. H. Albrecht (Germany), Mr. C. S. Kipping (Wednesbury), Messrs. V. Klausen and J. P. Tofts (Derrmark), Dr. A. M. Koldijk (Holland) and Dr. Z. Mach (Czechoslovakia) for their kind offices in all matters concerning the originality of problems which were under considoration for honours by the Judges. All problems not given in the following Awa,rds are hereby at the dispo,sal of their respective composers. Major flaws or defects which were found in any entry will be notified 1o the individual cornpetitors in due course, The awards will remain open until the 3lst January, 1951, after which date no claim for anticipations or other defects will be entertained.