Month: September 2021

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Polish Championship 2013 – results

In 2013, the Polish solving championship was played on March, 2-3 in Bydgoszcz.
There were 18 problems to solve. Vasil Dyachuk (UKR) was the judge of the tournament.

Place Title First and last name Cat. Country Rating Total
points min.
1 GM Kacper Piorun jun. POL 2712 80,75 348
2 GM Piotr Murdzia POL 2800 77,5 304
3 IM Piotr Górski POL 2453 70,25 358
4 FM Aleksander Miśta POL 2496 68,5 356
5 IM Martynas Limontas LTU 2518 52,5 360
6 Ryszard Królikowski POL 2194 51,25 313
7 FM Vidmantas Satkus LTU 2383 48,75 358
8 Paweł Stawarz POL 2002 39 359
9 Vilimantas Satkus LTU 2143 31 360
10 Krzysztof Żołnierowicz POL 1999 28 321
11 Mateusz Brzeziński jun. POL 1662 27,5 357
12 Gromosław Kroczka jun. POL 1673 18 360
13 Samuel Kostecki jun. POL 1600 14,25 360
14 Szymon Wiśniewski jun. POL 1702 12,5 341
15 Stanisław Praczukowski jun. POL 1792 12,25 335
16 Marcin Kołodziejski POL 1730 11 360
17 Waldemar Starzyński POL 7 360
18 Kacper Dobosz jun. POL 2,5 360
19 Paweł Kulczyk POL 2 310
20 Krzysztof Spicak POL 2 320
21 Marika Kostecka jun. POL 1 360


The detailed results of the Polish solving championship in 2013.

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Zhuravlev theme

Zhuravlev theme

The double threat from the try becomes the key and the mate in a variation of the solution.

Scheme:
1.X? ~ AB
1.A a 2.B

Permyakov, Evgeny
Konkurs moskiewski, 2014
2 nagroda

mat w 2 pos.

FEN: 1n3B2/1Q3p2/4k3/2p3P1/1nK3N1/5NP1/3b4/3R1B2

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Polish Championship 2012 – results

In 2012, the Polish solving championship was played on March, 9-10 in Warsaw.
There were 18 problems to solve. Vasil Dyachuk (UKR) was the judge of the tournament.

Place Title First and last name Cat. Country Rating Total
points min.
1 GM Kacper Piorun jun. POL 2643 56,25 360
2 GM Piotr Murdzia POL 2801 55 340
3 FM Aleksander Miśta POL 2491 55 346
4 FM Martynas Limontas LTU 2513 51,25 360
5 IM Piotr Górski jun. POL 2435 51,25 360
6 IM Valery Kopyl UKR 2466 40,75 360
7 Ryszard Królikowski POL 2197 35,75 360
8 Vilimantas Satkus LTU 2108 33,5 360
9 FM Vidmantas Satkus LTU 2346 30 360
10 Jakub Marciniszyn jun. POL 1999 18,75 360
11 Paweł Stawarz POL 2023 18 360
12 Juliusz Pham jun. POL 1664 11,5 360
13 Michał Wengierow POL 1600 10 360
14 Marcin Kołodziejski POL 1702 9,5 360
15 Angelina Stawarz POL 1585 7 360


The detailed results of the Polish solving championship in 2012.

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caprice theme

caprice theme

A try is refuted by a defence that causes a certain effect (for example unpinning). The key creates the same effect with a new threat. A threat from the try reappears in a variation.

Postnikov, Aleksandr
64, 1991
1st Prize
FIDE Album 1989-91

mate in 2 moves

FEN: 8/2p1Q3/5p1b/4nP2/2bp4/2n1kPP1/2R2N1N/4B2K

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Chernet theme

Chernet theme

A try and the key are made by the same piece which sacrifices itself on two different squares. The try is not refuted by the capture of the sacrificed piece.

Mażul, Waldemar
Rozmaitości Szachowe, 1996
4th Prize

mate in 2 moves

FEN: n2QN3/2pP1p2/2N1r3/2PkpK2/B2P4/2nP4/p7/B7

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Polish Championship 2010 – results

In 2010, the Polish solving championship was played on March, 6-7 in Łowicz.
There were 18 problems to solve. Ryszard Królikowski was the judge of the tournament.

Place Title First and last name Cat. Country Rating Total
points min.
1 GM Piotr Murdzia POL 2843 85,3 279
2 IM Michal Dragoun CZE 2607 67 326
3 FM Kacper Piorun jun. POL 2441 66 337
4 IM Bogusz Piliczewski POL 2390 61,5 360
5 GM Andrey Selivanov RUS 2590 59 328
6 FM Dmitry Pletnev RUS 2467 56,5 345
7 FM Vidmantas Satkus LTU 2458 56 353
8 Aleksander Miśta (GM) POL 56 354
9 Tomas Peitl jun. SVK 1969 55 355
10 FM Marek Kolcak SVK 2361 49,5 358
11 IM Aleksandr Bulavka BLR 2493 48,8 356
12 Martynas Limontas LTU 2365 46,5 360
13 Viktor Zajcev BLR 2268 44,8 360
14 Mikalai Sihnevich BLR 2149 44 360
15 FM Valery Krivenko UKR 2230 42,5 360
16 IM Valery Kopyl UKR 2389 42,1 360
17 FM Piotr Górski jun. POL 2503 41,3 360
18 Paweł Stawarz POL 2096 38,8 355
19 Vilimantas Satkus LTU 2143 31 360
20 FM Lubomir Siran SVK 2244 30 360
21 Katarzyna Jurkiewicz POL 1600 23,3 360
22 Jakub Marciniszyn jun. POL 1600 16 360
23 Jacek Matlak POL 1637 13 360
24 Angelina Wartecka POL 9,4 360
25 Dominik Fudała POL 1 360


The detailed results of the Polish solving championship in 2010.

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Drążkowski Krzysztof – Schach in Schleswig-Holstein – 2017 – helpmates 2

Drążkowski, Krzysztof
Schach in Schleswig-Holstein, 2017
4th honourable mention

helpmate in 8 moves

FEN: 7k/4p3/2n4p/1p5n/b6P/1p6/1p6/bK6

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Polish Championship 2009 – results

In 2009, the Polish solving championship was played on March, 7-8 in Serock.
There were 18 problems to solve. Waldemar Tura was the judge of the tournament.

Place Title First and last name Cat. Country Rating Total
points min.
1 GM Murdzia Piotr POL 2784 86,5 321
2 IM Piorun Kacper jun. POL 2282 74,5 338
3 IM Dragoun Michal CZE 2581 73 316
4 IM Kopyl Valery UKR 2494 71 324
5 FM Górski Piotr jun. POL 2381 71 345
6 IM Piliczewski Bogusz POL 2412 69,5 357
7 FM Szczep Zbigniew POL 2442 67,5 346
8 FM Satkus Vidmantas LTU 2451 67 354
9 Zajcev Victor BLR 2202 67 360
10 IM Bulavka Aleksander BLR 2465 57,5 319
11 FM Limontas Martynas LTU 2280 55,5 321
12 Sihnievic Mikalai BLR 2212 53,5 360
13 Królikowski Ryszard POL 2174 48,5 351
14 FM Kolcak Marek SVK 2418 47 355
15 Satkus Vilimantas LTU 2132 46 360
16 FM Krivenko Valery LTU 2197 46 338
17 FM Siran Lubomir SVK 2362 45 359
18 Steponavicius Stasys LTU 1996 40 336
19 Svrcek Milan SVK 2054 37 360
20 Kołodziejski Marcin POL 25,5 360
21 Kuśmierz Maciej POL 1648 20 353
22 Zalewski Daniel jun. POL 11 360
23 Kurek Maciej jun. POL 9,5 354
24 Kosior Artur jun. POL 8 360
25 Szymańska Ilona POL 5,5 360
26 Kanarkiewicz Michał POL 5,5 359
27 Mańkowski Sebastian jun. POL 2 357
28 Litner Igor jun. POL 1 355
29 Szymański Karol jun. POL 1 360
30 Milan Paweł jun. POL 0 360
31 Korejczyk Daniel POL 0 360


The detailed results of the Polish solving championship in 2009.

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Tura Waldemar, Banaszek Marcin – T.T. Warsaw – 2019 – selfmates

Tura, Waldemar; Banaszek, Marcin
T.T. Warsaw, 2019
1st-2nd Prize

selfmate in 3 moves

FEN: 1BR3n1/2P1N3/1N1k1P2/1pp4p/3P3p/5p1K/Q5pb/6rr

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Polish Championship 2008 – results

In 2008, the Polish solving championship was played on March, 15-16 in Gniezno.
There were 18 problems to solve. Pavel Kamenik (CZE) was the judge of the tournament.

Place Title First and last name Cat. Country Rating Total
points min.
1 GM Piotr Murdzia POL 2799 85 299
2 IM Michal Dragoun CZE 2499 78,5 301
3 FM Vidmantas Satkus LTU 2399 74,5 323
4 FM Miloslav Vanka CZE 2434 71 337
5 FM Zbigniew Szczep POL 2329 67,5 339
6 IM Bogusz Piliczewski POL 2414 57,5 360
7 Kacper Piorun jun. POL 2123 52 302
8 Piotr Górski jun. POL 2269 48,5 360
9 Ryszard Królikowski POL 2073 46 357
10 FM Lubomír Širáň SVK 2289 44,5 360
11 FM Marek Kolčák SVK 2426 42,5 360
12 Mikalai Sihnevich BLR 2163 41 360
13 Vilimantas Satkus LTU 2097 39 358
14 František Sabol CZE 2152 37 355
15 Milan Svrček SVK 2093 36,5 360
16 Stasys Steponavicius LTU 1949 36 338
17 Janusz Kudełka jun. POL 24,5 359
18 Łukasz Licznerski jun. POL 14 359
19 Andrej Kalinin LVA 1753 13 358
20 Miłosz Kaźmierczak jun. POL 12 330
21 Maciej Kuśmierz POL 7,5 345
22 Mateusz Brzeziński jun. POL 7 359
23 Mariusz Stoppel POL 6,5 360
24 Łukasz Nowak jun. POL 6 300


The detailed results of the Polish solving championship in 2008.