Jakub Marciniszyn – 30 Jubilee Tourney

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/

Tourney announcement (PDF)

Polish Chess Federation 2026 Tourney

Polish Chess Federation announces an informal international composing tourney in the following sections:
• twomovers [#2] – judge Bogusz Piliczewski
• threemovers [#3] – judge Waldemar Tura
• moremovers [#n] – judge Jan Rusinek
• selfmates in 2 moves [s#2] – judge Marcin Banaszek
• selfmates in 3 – 6 moves [s#3-6] – judge Jarosław Brzozowicz
• helpmates in 2 moves [h#2] – judge Jakub Marciniszyn
• endgames [eg] – judge Marek Halski
There are 3 prizes in each section.
Problems are published up to date on the Polish Chess Federation site.

Closing date: December 1, 2026.
Please send problems on diagrams or in notation with the complete solution to:

Please reprint!

Polish Chess Federation 2026 Tourney – announcement

Polish Chess Federation 2026 Tourney – problems.

Frąk Marian – Polski Związek Szachowy – 2024 – selfmates in 3-6 – 2nd Prize

Frąk, Marian
Polski Związek Szachowy, 2024
2nd Prize (merediths)

selfmate in 4 moves

FEN: Q7/8/3P4/8/7P/8/3R3P/3RqkBK

Tura Waldemar – Sinfonie Scacchistiche – 2023 – twomovers – 2nd-3rd Prize

Tura, Waldemar
Sinfonie Scacchistiche, 2023
2nd-3rd Prize

mate in 2 moves

FEN: 1b3R2/r1n5/pN4p1/K2Bk1P1/1B2p1P1/p1n1Q3/4p3/2r1q3

Iwanow Eugeniusz – Polski Związek Szachowy – 2023 – helpmates – 3rd Honourable Mention

Iwanow, Eugeniusz
Polski Związek Szachowy, 2023
3rd Honourable Mention (miniatures)

helpmate in 2 moves
b)Sd3->c4

FEN: 8/4P3/8/2K5/4k3/3N1b2/3p4/2N5

Milewski Stefan – Polski Związek Szachowy – 2023 – helpmates – 5-9th Honourable Mention

Milewski, Stefan
Polski Związek Szachowy, 2023
5-9th Honourable Mention

helpmate in 2 moves
2 solutions

FEN: 8/1R6/1p6/1b2B3/2N1k3/5r2/3K4/8