On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polish composer and national master the Commision of Chess Composition of the Polish Chess Federation announces a formal international composing tourney for:
1) helpmates in 2 moves [h#2]
2) helpmates in 2.5 and 3 moves [h#2.5 – h#3]
Theme: free.
Zeropositions are not allowed. Fairy problems are not allowed.
Judge: Jakub Marciniszyn
Closing date: November 30, 2026
Compositions on diagrams with complete solution and comments in English only should be prepared in PDF format (one problem per page) and sent to the Director of the tourney Jan Lipka:
The position in the diagram must also be provided in the FEN format (in the PDF file or in an additional text file).
All received problems, no more than three per composer, will be presented to the judge in an anonymous form.
Prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
The award in English will be published in 2027 on the following websites:
https://pzszach.pl/strona-glowna/komisje-pzszach/komisja-kompozycji/
and
https://problemista.eu/