Юбилейный конкурс "Альмиро Зарур-100"
SECTION A
Stipulation: # 2
Judge: Marjan Kovacevic (Serbia)
Send entries by e-mail until March 31st, 2020 to the Director of the section Borislav
Gadjanski (Serbia) – borislav.gadjanski@gmail.com (please include FEN – Forsyth
notation of the position – to allow easier production of anonymous diagrams)
Theme:
Zarur 3, as defined in the Encyclopedia of Chess Problems, with the additional
specifications described below.
Definition: In an incomplete block position, White has set mates to all Black’s moves,
except for one. In his attempts to provide that move with a mate, White destroys one of
the set mates in turn. The key either carries no harmful effects or involves a
compensatory element.
Additional specifications for this tourney:
1) at least two thematic tries, refuted by different moves of the set-play, are required;
2) against the move not provided with a mate in the set-play, at least two different mates
are required, in the solution and at least one thematic try;
3) in the solution and after any thematic try, changes of mates of the set play are admissible.
SECTION B
Stipulation: h # 2
Judge: Paz Einat (Israel)
Send entries by e-mail until December 31st, 2020 to the Director of the section Antonio
Garofalo (Italy) – perseus@betproblems.it (please include FEN – Forsyth notation of
the position – to allow easier production of anonymous diagrams)
Theme:
The mating piece of solution A must play no role in the mating position of solution B
(in the mating position it can be removed from the board without affecting checkmate),
but it must somehow influence solution B.
The thematic piece cannot be captured. There may be more than one thematic piece.
Every solution must present at least one thematic piece, which either mates or stays
useless in the mating position.
Twins or multi-solutions are allowed. No zeroposition. No duplex. No fairy pieces /
conditions.
