Jugement paru dans - Award published in : Orbit 23 (juil. 04)

48 Entrées - Entries
2 Prix - Prizes
3 Mentions d'Honneur - Honorable Mentions
6 Recommandés - Commendations
Juge - Judge : Chris Feather.

János CSAK
Orbit 2003
1° Prix
a) 1.C×f3 C×f5 2.Rf1 C×e7 3.Ce1 Cd5 4.Tf2 Ce3‡
b) 1.C×d3 C×c4 2.Rf1 C×b6 3.Ce1 Cd5 4.Fe2 Ce3‡

Circuits
Ouvertures de lignes noires par les Blancs et les Noirs - White and Black open black lines

Rh8 Pd3 Pf3 Ce3 + Re1 Pc4 Pe2 Pf5 Dg1 Te7 Tf7 Fa6 Fb6 Cc5 Ce5
h‡4 (4+11) C+
b) Pe2®f2

But if we remove the useless pieces in each twin, we see that the real positions are :
a)
b)
So the only pieces in common in both positions are the white Knight, the black King, a blocking black Queen (which could be a Knight for instance) and the useless white King. I'm sorry but this is not one problem but two problems.
Unfortunately, this case is far from being single, and there will be others as long as the judges will consider that they deserve a 1st Prize.

János CSAK
Orbit 2003
2° Prix
1.h5 Dg4 2.h×g4 h5 3.g3 h6 4.g×f2 h7 5.f1=F h8=D 6.Fd3 Dh7 7.F×c2+ D×c2‡
1.d6 De5 2.d×e5 d6 3.e4 d7 4.e3 d8=D 5.e×f2 D×d2 6.f1=F De1 7.Fd2 R×d2‡

Sacrifices
Phénix
Excelsior

Rd1 Pc3 Pc2 Pd5 Pf2 Ph4 Df5 + Rb1 Pa2 Pb2 Pc4 Pd7 Pd2 Pf4 Pf3 Ph6 Ta1 Fc1
h‡7 (7+11) C+
2.1.1...

Ion MURARASU
Orbit 2003
1° Mention d'Honneur
1.Df7 Ff2 2.Cd2 Re3 3.Rc5 Fe1 4.Rb4 Rd4 5.Ra3 Rc5 6.Da2 Rb5 7.Cb3 Fb4‡
Rd4 Fe3 + Rd6 Df2 Cb2 Cc4
h‡7 (2+4) C+

Viktor SIZONENKO
Orbit 2003
3° Mention d'Honneur
1.Fa2 Ff7 2.Rb3 Fe8 3.T×g4 T×g4 4.Fa3 Fa4‡
1.Da5 Th3 2.Rb4 T×g3 3.F×e6 F×e6 4.Fc5 Tb3‡

Mats modèles - Model mates
Echo diagonal-orthogonal

Rh7 Pe6 Pf5 Pg6 Pg4 Th4 Fg8 + Rc4 Pb2 Pe7 Pf6 Pg5 Pg3 Pg2 Dc3 Ta4 Fb3 Fd6
h‡4 (7+11) C+
2.1.1...

Marko YLIJOKI
Orbit 2003
1° Recommandé
1.Dg3 Rh5 2.De3 Rh4 3.Cf3+ Rh3 4.Cg5+ R×g2 5.Dh3+ Rf2 6.Dg4 e3‡

Circuit, Switchback

Rh6 Pe2 + Rf4 Pd3 Pe5 Pe4 Pf5 Pg2 Dg4 Cg5
h‡6 (2+8) C+

Daniel MEINKING
Orbit 2003
6° Recommandé
1...0-0-0 2.Df4 Td6+ 3.Re5 Thd1 4.Ce4 T1d5‡
1...0-0 2.Fd6 Tf8 3.Re7 Taf1 4.Ce6 T1f7‡

Mats modèles - Model mates
Echo

Re1 Ta1 Th1 + Re6 Pa2 Pc3 Pe3 Pg3 Ph4 De5 Fc8 Fe7 Cc5
h‡3,5 (3+10) C+
2.1.1...