{"id":9105,"date":"2023-05-19T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:07:05","slug":"11th-fide-world-cup-in-composing-2023-unearthing-new-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/11th-fide-world-cup-in-composing-2023-unearthing-new-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"11th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023: Unearthing new masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Chess composition dates back to the first Arabic manuscripts on chess. Throughout history, the theory of composition has kept defining and collecting the patterns of chess beauty, record achievements, schools, styles, and fashions \u2013 as all the forms of art.\u00a0<\/p>

One of the milestones was the first international chess tournament in London (1851), followed by the first international tourney in chess composition. Since then, composing competitions have become the driving force of chess composition. Composers compete with the achievements of their great predecessors to add some quality, intensity, elegancy, and originality\u2026 At the same time, they do it for the sake of chess solvers: to entertain, puzzle or amaze the coming generations. What would solvers do without new composers?<\/p>

Over the last decades, the FIDE World Cup in Composing has been one of the most important events to inspire new masterpieces, and this year’s edition is no exception. In the next several weeks, until mid-June, chess composers worldwide will prepare and polish their creations for the\u00a011th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023<\/strong><\/a>. As usual, the competition will be held in eight different sections and judged by well-known experts in each genre.<\/p>

The sections are:<\/p>

A.<\/strong>\u00a0Twomovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Gerard Doukhan\u00a0<\/strong>(France)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

B.<\/strong>\u00a0Threemovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Jean-Marc Loustau\u00a0<\/strong>(France)<\/p>

C.<\/strong>\u00a0Moremovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Ralf Kr\u00e4tschmer\u00a0<\/strong>(Germany)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

D.<\/strong>\u00a0Endgame studies \u2013 Judge:Branislav Djura\u0161evi\u0107\u00a0<\/strong>(Serbia)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

E.<\/strong>\u00a0Helpmates \u2013 Judge:\u00a0J\u00e1nos Cs\u00e1k<\/strong>\u00a0(Hungary)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

F.<\/strong>\u00a0Selfmates \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Zoran Gavrilovski\u00a0<\/strong>(North Macedonia)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

G.<\/strong>\u00a0Fairies \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Borislav Gadjanski\u00a0<\/strong>(Serbia)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

H.<\/strong>\u00a0Retros (Proofgames)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Judge:\u00a0Thomas Brand\u00a0<\/strong>(Germany)<\/p>

There are no set themes. Each participant can submit only one entry per section to the tournament director Alexey Oganesjan (alexeioganesyan@gmail.com<\/a>), until\u00a0June 15, 2023<\/strong>. After careful checking and evaluating all anonymous entries, the judges will prepare preliminary awards by August 15, leaving two weeks for appeals before finalizing the awards for publication on the\u00a0World Federation for Chess Composition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0website by\u00a0September 1<\/strong>.<\/p>

In each section,\u00a0the Cup winner will receive a monetary prize of 500 Euro, a Cup, a medal, and a certificate.<\/strong>\u00a0Composers taking 2nd and 3rd places will be awarded medals and respective certificates. The prizes and other distinctions will be presented to the winners at the\u00a0World Congress of Chess Composition 2023<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0closing ceremony in Batumi (Georgia) on September 8.<\/p>

The previous editions of the FIDE World Cup have inspired many memorable compositions. Here is one of them:\u00a0<\/p>

Mirko Miljani\u0107, 1st Prize\u00a04th FIDE World Cup 2015<\/strong><\/p>

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White to play and win<\/strong><\/p>

White has an advantage and attack, but Black may count on perpetual or \u2013 in the later stage \u2013 on stalemate:<\/p>

1.c6+\u00a0Ka8<\/strong>\u00a02.Nc7+!\u00a0<\/strong>(2.Qxd7?\u00a0Re2+!\u00a03.Kf3\u00a0Qf8+\u00a04.K\u00d7e2\u00a0Qf3+!\u00a05.Kxf3\u00a0stalemate)\u00a02\u2026Q<\/strong>xc7\u00a03.Rg8+<\/strong><\/p>

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3…Rf8!\u00a04.R<\/strong>xf8+\u00a0<\/strong>(3…Nf8\u00a04.Qxc7;\u00a03…Ka7\u00a04.Qxd7\u00a0Rf4+\u00a05.Ke3\u00a0Rf7\u00a06.Qd4+!)\u00a04…Nb8<\/strong>.<\/p>

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5.Qh6!\u00a0Qh7+!\u00a0<\/strong>(5…Qe7+\u00a06.Kd5\u00a0Qb4\u00a07.Qc1)<\/p>

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6.Rf5!\u00a0Q<\/strong>xh6\u00a07.Ra5+\u00a0Na6\u00a08.R<\/strong>xa6+\u00a0Kb8\u00a09.c7+\u00a0Kxc7\u00a010.Rxh6\u00a0+-<\/strong><\/p>

The comment by the judge of the FIDE World Cup 2015, the\u00a0Grandmaster of the FIDE for chess composition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Yochanan Afek<\/strong>:<\/p>

“Brilliant sacrificial anti-stalemate play on an open board, with the heavy cannons absolutely free. The battery Rook-pawn is created already in the first move to trap the black queen by checking her king should he move to the sixth rank. Following an amazing journey highlighted by 6.Rf5!! the very same rook eventually lands on the other side of the very same line to complete the initial job by role exchanges with the pawn in regards to the enemy royal couple. A highly original concept presented in an exemplary setting. A remarkable achievement!”<\/em><\/p>

While the most ambitious chess composers will be trying their best in the 11th FIDE World Cup, “Generation Z” will try to reach their own heights in the\u00a07th Youth Chess Composing Challenge<\/strong><\/a>. This WFCC competition is open to all U23 composers (born in 2000 and later), matching the limit for juniors in the WFCC solving competition. There are three sections, two of them with the set thematic conditions (mate in 2 and endgame studies), and the 3rd one is open to all genres, with no restrictions in length and content.\u00a0<\/p>

The\u00a0YCCC Project<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0includes a workshop mentored by some of the leading chess composers in the world. The deadline for the 7th YCCC is one month longer (July 15) than for the 11th FIDE World Cup (June 15), but the results will be announced at the same time, during the closing ceremony of the Batumi WCCC, on September 8, 2023.<\/p>

Official website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wfcc.ch\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

Text: Marjan Kova\u010devi\u0107, WFCC President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chess composition dates back to the first Arabic manuscripts on chess. Throughout history, the theory of composition has kept defining and collecting the patterns of chess beauty, record achievements, schools, styles, and fashions \u2013 as all the forms of art.\u00a0 One of the milestones was the first international chess tournament in London (1851), followed by the first international tourney in chess composition. Since then, composing competitions have become the driving force of chess composition. Composers compete with the achievements of their great predecessors to add some quality, intensity, elegancy, and originality\u2026 At the same time, they do it for the sake of chess solvers: to entertain, puzzle or amaze the coming generations. What would solvers do without new composers? Over the last decades, the FIDE World Cup in Composing has been one of the most important events to inspire new masterpieces, and this year’s edition is no exception. In the next several weeks, until mid-June, chess composers worldwide will prepare and polish their creations for the\u00a011th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023. As usual, the competition will be held in eight different sections and judged by well-known experts in each genre. The sections are: A.\u00a0Twomovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Gerard Doukhan\u00a0(France)\u00a0 B.\u00a0Threemovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Jean-Marc Loustau\u00a0(France) C.\u00a0Moremovers \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Ralf Kr\u00e4tschmer\u00a0(Germany)\u00a0 D.\u00a0Endgame studies \u2013 Judge:Branislav Djura\u0161evi\u0107\u00a0(Serbia)\u00a0 E.\u00a0Helpmates \u2013 Judge:\u00a0J\u00e1nos Cs\u00e1k\u00a0(Hungary)\u00a0 F.\u00a0Selfmates \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Zoran Gavrilovski\u00a0(North Macedonia)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 G.\u00a0Fairies \u2013 Judge:\u00a0Borislav Gadjanski\u00a0(Serbia)\u00a0 H.\u00a0Retros (Proofgames)\u00a0\u2013 Judge:\u00a0Thomas Brand\u00a0(Germany) There are no set themes. Each participant can submit only one entry per section to the tournament director Alexey Oganesjan (alexeioganesyan@gmail.com), until\u00a0June 15, 2023. After careful checking and evaluating all anonymous entries, the judges will prepare preliminary awards by August 15, leaving two weeks for appeals before finalizing the awards for publication on the\u00a0World Federation for Chess Composition\u00a0website by\u00a0September 1. In each section,\u00a0the Cup winner will receive a monetary prize of 500 Euro, a Cup, a medal, and a certificate.\u00a0Composers taking 2nd and 3rd places will be awarded medals and respective certificates. The prizes and other distinctions will be presented to the winners at the\u00a0World Congress of Chess Composition 2023\u00a0closing ceremony in Batumi (Georgia) on September 8. The previous editions of the FIDE World Cup have inspired many memorable compositions. Here is one of them:\u00a0 Mirko Miljani\u0107, 1st Prize\u00a04th FIDE World Cup 2015 White to play and win White has an advantage and attack, but Black may count on perpetual or \u2013 in the later stage \u2013 on stalemate: 1.c6+\u00a0Ka8\u00a02.Nc7+!\u00a0(2.Qxd7?\u00a0Re2+!\u00a03.Kf3\u00a0Qf8+\u00a04.K\u00d7e2\u00a0Qf3+!\u00a05.Kxf3\u00a0stalemate)\u00a02\u2026Qxc7\u00a03.Rg8+ 3…Rf8!\u00a04.Rxf8+\u00a0(3…Nf8\u00a04.Qxc7;\u00a03…Ka7\u00a04.Qxd7\u00a0Rf4+\u00a05.Ke3\u00a0Rf7\u00a06.Qd4+!)\u00a04…Nb8. 5.Qh6!\u00a0Qh7+!\u00a0(5…Qe7+\u00a06.Kd5\u00a0Qb4\u00a07.Qc1) 6.Rf5!\u00a0Qxh6\u00a07.Ra5+\u00a0Na6\u00a08.Rxa6+\u00a0Kb8\u00a09.c7+\u00a0Kxc7\u00a010.Rxh6\u00a0+- The comment by the judge of the FIDE World Cup 2015, the\u00a0Grandmaster of the FIDE for chess composition\u00a0Yochanan Afek: “Brilliant sacrificial anti-stalemate play on an open board, with the heavy cannons absolutely free. The battery Rook-pawn is created already in the first move to trap the black queen by checking her king should he move to the sixth rank. Following an amazing journey highlighted by 6.Rf5!! the very same rook eventually lands on the other side of the very same line to complete the initial job by role exchanges with the pawn in regards to the enemy royal couple. A highly original concept presented in an exemplary setting. A remarkable achievement!” While the most ambitious chess composers will be trying their best in the 11th FIDE World Cup, “Generation Z” will try to reach their own heights in the\u00a07th Youth Chess Composing Challenge. This WFCC competition is open to all U23 composers (born in 2000 and later), matching the limit for juniors in the WFCC solving competition. There are three sections, two of them with the set thematic conditions (mate in 2 and endgame studies), and the 3rd one is open to all genres, with no restrictions in length and content.\u00a0 The\u00a0YCCC Project\u00a0includes a workshop mentored by some of the leading chess composers in the world. The deadline for the 7th YCCC is one month longer (July 15) than for the 11th FIDE World Cup (June 15), but the results will be announced at the same time, during the closing ceremony of the Batumi WCCC, on September 8, 2023. Official website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wfcc.ch\/\u00a0 Text: Marjan Kova\u010devi\u0107, WFCC President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[79],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-9105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-composition-and-solving"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9110,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9105\/revisions\/9110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9105"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=9105"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=9105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}