7th Sabra Composing Tourney
Judge: Menachem Witztum (Israel)

Theme
In a H#2, two white pieces A and B are blocking the line of another white piece C. During the play, the line of C is cleared as follows: 1) the piece A abandons the line; 2) a black piece captures the piece B and then moves out of the line. The thematic line(s) can be already set up in the initial position, or created during the play. Pawns are allowed as thematic pieces. No fairy pieces or conditions are permitted.

I received 33 problems by 27 composers from 13 countries, on diagrams printed by the director Paz Einat without names of the composers. The level was very high.

Menachem Witztum
Original
Halkidiki 2004

 

1.Lxf5! (1.Lc4?) Lg3 2.Le6 Sg6#
1.Dxe5+! (1.Dd5?) Le4 2.De6 Sb5#
H#2
2111
(8+6)
  

Jean Haymann
1 Pr Sabra Ty (v)
Halkidiki 2004		 Aleksandr & Valery Semenenko
2 Pr Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
  H#2
3111
(7+10)
     H#2
2111
(9+11)
  

1st Prize (v): Jean Haymann (Israel)
i) 1.Txg2 exf5 2.Tb2 Lxf4#
ii) 1.Sxe4 Lb6 2.Sc3 Tg6#
iii) 1.Txe3 Tg7 2.Tc3 e5#
[Webmaster's note] This is an improved version (3 solutions, more harmonious play), which was submitted by the composer to the judge after the end of the congress.

2nd Prize: Aleksandr & Valery Semenenko (Ukraine)
i) 1.cxb2 Kd1! (Kb3?) 2.b1=S Dxa2#
ii) 1.fxe2 Kb3! (Kc1?) 2.e1=T Txf2#

Francesco Simoni
3 Pr Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004		 Emanuel Navon
4 Pr Sabra Ty (v)
Halkidiki 2004
 
H#2
2111
(10+6)
    
H#2
2111
(9+14)
  

3rd Prize: Francesco Simoni (Italy)
i) 1.Dxd4 Sc6 2.Dxd6 Lxd6#
ii) 1.Sxb4 Ld2 2.Sxc2 Sxc2#

4th Prize (v): Emanuel Navon (Israel)
i) 1.Lxd5 Dh1 2.Le6 Sxd6#
ii) 1.cxb4 De1 2.b3 c4#

Ofer Comay
1 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Petko Petkov
 2 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Michael McDowell
 3 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#2
b) Lg8=>f8
(6+10)
H#2
b) Kb1=>e8
(6+9)
H#2
2111
(6+7)

1st Honourable Mention: Ofer Comay (Israel)
a) 1.Sxc5 Df1 2.Se6 dxe6#
b) 1.Dxd5 Lf1 2.Dd6 cxd6#

2nd Honourable Mention: Petko Petkov (Bulgaria)
a) 1.Txb6 Sxe4 2.Tg6 Sd2#
b) 1.Sxc5 Txc6 2.Sd7 Tc3#

3rd Honourable Mention: Michael McDowell (Great Britain)
i) 1.Lxe1 Ke3 (Kd4?) 2.Lc3 Ld2#
ii) 1.Txc1 Kd4 (Ke3?) 2.Tc3 Sc2#

Francesco Simoni
4 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Yoel Aloni
Emanuel Navon
 5 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Aleksey Ivunin
 6 HM Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#2
b) Tc3=>b2
(5+10)
H#2
2111
(6+9)
H#2
b) -pg6
(8+7)

4th Honourable Mention: Francesco Simoni (Italy)
a) 1.Dxf5 Sxe2 2.Df3 Txf3#
b) 1.Sxf4 Lxd3 2.Sg2 Tf2#

5th Honourable Mention: Yoel Aloni & Emanuel Navon (Israel)
i) 1.Dxg3 e6 2.Db8 Se7#
ii) 1.Dxe5 Sxb6 2.Da5 Txg6#

6th Honourable Mention: Aleksey Ivunin (Russia)
a) 1.dxc4 Sb3 2.cxb3 Sg3#
b) 1.dxe4 Sf3 2.exf3 Lf7#

James Quah
Lennart Werner
1 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Michal Dragoun
 2 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Yoel Aloni
Aharon Hirschenson
 3 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#2
Duplex
(6+11)
H#2
2111
(7+5)
H#2
2111
(6+9)

1st Commendation: James Quah (Singapore) & Lennart Werner (Sweden)
Black: 1.Sxc5 Txc6 2.Sb3 Sa4#
White: 1.Sxe4 Ld3 2.Sf6 Sh6#

2nd Commendation: Michal Dragoun (Czech Republic)
i) 1.Lxe5 La3 2.Ld6 Txd6#
ii) 1.Txe5 Tf1 2.Tg5 Lxg5#

3rd Commendation: Yoel Aloni & Aharon Hirschenson (Israel)
i) 1.Sxd5 Sa5 2.Sb6 Sb7#
ii) 1.Txb3 Sf6 2.Td3 Se4#

Mark Erenburg
4 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Dieter Müller
 5 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Wladyslaw Rosolak
 6 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#2
b) Sh4=>g4
(5+11)
H#2
2211
(9+10)
H#2
b) pb5=>e3
c) Sf2=>e7
(5+9)

4th Commendation: Mark Erenburg (Israel)
a) 1.Txc5 Df3 2.Tc7 Lf4#
b) 1.Lxe5 Dh8 2.Ld6 Se6#

5th Commendation: Dieter Müller (Germany)
i) 1.Lxc5 La4 2.Le3 Ld1#, 1...Lxc6 2.Ld4 Ld7#
ii) 1.Txb5 Sxd3 2.Tb6 Sf2#, 1...Sd7 2.Tb2 Sf6#

6th Commendation: Wladyslaw Rosolak (Poland)
a) 1.Sxf5 g7 2.Sfe3 Sd3#
b) 1.Txf5 g7 2.Te5 Sh3#
c) 1.Sxg6 f6 2.S6e5 Sd5#

Yoel Aloni
7 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Yosi Retter
 8 Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Emanuel Navon
 Sp Comm Sabra Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#2
2111
(6+9)
H#2
b) Lf2=>g2
(4+5)
H#2
b) Tf3=>a3
c) Tf3=>b2
(9+6)

7th Commendation: Yoel Aloni (Israel)
i) 1.Txg2 d6 2.Tgg4 Sd7#
ii) 1.Sxd5 Tg7 2.Sb4 Sa4#

8th Commendation: Yosi Retter (Israel)
a) 1.dxc2 Ld4 2.c1=S Tb2#
b) 1.bxc2 Ld5 2.c1=L La2#

Special Commendation: Emanuel Navon (Israel)
a) 1.Lxd4 Lc4 2.Lf2 Se3#
b) 1.Thxd3 Se2 2.Tdb3 Sc3#
c) 1.Lxd5 Lc2 2.Lg2 Sf3#

Jorge Marcelo Kapros
Jorge Joaquin Lois
1 HM harmonie 1995

Jorge Marcelo Kapros & Jorge Joaquin Lois (Argentina)
 a) 1.Lxd8 Sg7 (A) 2.Lf6 Le7# (B)
b) 1.Lxe8 Le7 (B) 2.Lg6 Sf7# (C)
c) 1.Lxf8 Sf7 (C) 2.Lh6 Sg7# (A)

[Webmaster's note] Few days after the end of the Congress, we pointed out the alongside composition to the judge, who decided to downgrade the initially awarded 3rd Prize of Emanuel Navon to Special Commendation.
H#2
b) Le7=>d7
c) De3=>h3
(6+7)