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Official Composing Tourney (only for participants)
  Sections:  # 2 (judge: J.Vladimirov), # 3 (judge: J.Vladimirov),
# N (judge: A.Azhusin) , studies (judge: A.Selivanov),
H# N (judge: J.Vladimirov) , S# N (judge: A.Feoktistov)
Theme: Echo (echo-mate, echo-pat, echo-play, echo-sacrifices, echo-twins, echo-maneuver, echo-pin, echo-unpin)
Entries (computer-tested, printed or drawn on diagrams with full solution) to Jakov Vladimirov  on Monday, March 31, 22:00 during the Festival.

V. CHEPIZHNY
I prize
«Chess in USSR», 1966
b1

# 2

1...K:e5+ 2.Rf6#, 1...Sf5 2.S:g6#. 1.Rc6!? - 2.Rc4#, 1...Ke4+ 2.Rf6#, 1...Sf5 2.Rg4#,1...Be3! 1.Rb6! - 2.R:b4#, 1...Ke3+2.Rf6#, 1...Sf5 2.Sg2#, 1...Be3 2.e6#.

 

S. LOYD
"Leipziger Illustrierte
Zeitung", 1869
b2

                          # 3
1.Qf1! - 2.Qb1! - 3.Q:h7#, 2...g6 3.Q:a1#, 1...Bc3 (Bd4) 2.Qd3! - 3.Q:h7#, 2...g6 3.Q:B#, 1...Be5 (Bf6) 2.Qf5! - 3.Q:h7#, 2...g6 3.Q:B#, 1...g3 2.Sg6+ hg 3.Qh3#. 

B. KOZDON
I prize
"Deutsche Schachzeitung",1959
b3

# 4

1.Re1! - zz, 1...h2 2.Qa2+ Kh8 3.Q:h2+! Q:h2 4.Re8#, 3...Kg8 4.Q:b8#, 1...Qc82.Qb3+ Kh8 3.Q:h3+! Q:h3  4.Re8#, 3...Kg8 4.Q:c8#, 1...Qd8 2.Qc4+ Kh8 4.Qh4+! Q:h4 4.Re8#, 3...Kg8 4.Q:d8#, 1...Kf8 2.Qa2 Qb7 3.Qg8+! K:g8 4.Re8#. 1.qe2? h2!, 1.qe3? sc8!, 1.qe4? sd8! 

 

F. LAZARD
II prize
"La Strategie", 1912-13

b4
                      +

1.Se3+! B:e3 2.Kc2 d4 3.Bf7+ d5 4.Bg6 dc 5.fe d4 6.Bf7+ d5 7.Bg6 de 8.Bd3+ Kd4 9.Sc6#.

F. ABDURACHMANOVICH
O. KATICH, II prize
"Mat", 1981

b5
               H#3 3 solutions
1.Kb6 e5 2.Kc7 e6 3.Kc8 e7#, 1.Bd8 f4 2.Kd6 f5 3.Kd7 e7#, 1.Be7 g3 2.Kd6 g4 3.Ke6 g5#.

J RUSEK
«Revista de Sah», 1938/39
Pauly MT, 1 prize  

b6
                         S#5
1.Kd1(zz); 1...d5 2.Rf1 d4 3.Qh7! Ke3 4.Ke1! d3 5.Bd1 d2x; 1...d6 2.Qh4! d5 3.Bc4 dc4 4.Bb2 c3 5.Bc1 c2x.
 
 ECCC 2008