22nd TT Chess Composition Microweb C 11.11.2007

Our previous 21st TT Chess Composition Microweb had the theme specific to one fairy condition - Madrasi Rex Inclusiv. I have quite a few similar themes in my long list of interesting ideas. Among them there is one specific to locusts (or similar pieces) - battery from behind. And that is the theme.

Announcement

Chess Composition Microweb announces formal thematical tourney for any problems using locust-like fairy pieces ("normal" locusts, rook locusts, bishop locusts, but also marine pieces like triton, nereide, etc. - it is important that they capture by jump over captured piece and land on some other empty square), in which there is present in the diagram or created during play a battery of the following kind: wLa1 - bKd4 - wSe5, where any jump of knight behind king causes check by locust. A mate is given from that battery. (See examples if anything is unclear.)

Judge: Michal Dragoun (Czechia)

Any stipulations and any fairy elements are allowed.

Entries should be sent by email to juraj.lorinc@bigfoot.com before November 11th 2007. The award will be published at Chess Composition Microweb.

Please, let know your friends about our competition!

Stručný slovenský preklad temy: turnaj je vypísaný pre akékoľvek exoproblémy s použitím bĺch a podobných kameňov, ktoré berú preskočením súperovho kameňa a doskočením na iné voľné pole. Na diagrame existuje alebo sa v priebehu hry vytvorí batéria typu bBLa1 - čKd4 - bJe5, v ktorej ľubovoľný odskok Je5 spôsobí šach čiernemu kráľovi. Mat je z tejto batérie.

Examples

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

h#2 by Torsten Linß & Dieter Müller - only the second solution is thematical.
h#2 by Harry Fougiaxis - typical example of cooperation between knights and locusts.
#2 by Juraj Lörinc - note that mates in the carousel change by pawns are from ordinary battery and thus not thematical, but two transferred mates by rook locust are.
s#3 by Juraj Lörinc - recent example of known reciprocal battery L-K-L that will be shown also in future special example files (external link to MatPlus site).

Special example files:

Locust-specific batteries 1 - 4 problems with locusts other than normal ones
Locust-specific batteries 2 - 6 problems with arrangement wL-bK-wL on the line
Locust-specific batteries 3 - 5 problems with knights firing locust-typical batteries
Locust-specific batteries 4 - 5 various problems with locust-typical batteries

Results

We had 18 problems competing in the tourney, submitted by eleven authors:

Bjorn Enemark (Denmark)
Harry Fougiaxis (Greece)
Lev Grolman (Russia)
Michael Grushko (Israel)
Joost de Heer (Netherlands)
Georgij Jevsejev (Russia)
Juraj Lörinc (Slovakia)
Karol Mlynka (Slovakia)
Dieter Müller (Germany)
Mario Parrinello (Italy)
Hans Uitenbroek (Netherlands)

And here are the winners: the award by Michal Dragoun.

Send any claims against this award to Juraj Lörinc before February 29th, 2008, please.

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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