6th Ukrainian Folk Crafts Tourney
Judges: Yevgen Reytsen & Natalia Kucherenko (Ukraine)

Organizers
Chess Federation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Committee for Chess Composition

Theme
H#3 featuring the Poltava twin: position (b) results after removing a black piece (or pawn) and adding a white piece (or pawn) on any square. The solution of part (a) becomes set play of part (b).

There will be three prizes, honourable mentions and commendations. The prizes are products of the Artistic Ceramics Opishnia Plant; vases bearing chess symbols. This time, engraved on the vases are the prize-winning problems of the previous Ukrainian Folk Crafts tourney held in the Moscow congress 2003.

You can participate with either of the two following ways:

  1. Send your entries via e-mail to Yevgen Reytsen by Wednesday, 1st of September, 12:00 GMT at the latest.
  2. Hand over your compositions to Yevgen Reytsen or Natalia Kucherenko during the congress by Wednesday, 8th of September, 12:00.
Yevgen Reytsen
(after Pál Benkó)
Example 1A		 Pál Benkó
Example 1B
  H#3
b) -bpc3, +wTd1
(2+3)
    
H#3*
(3+2)
  
1.c2 Kd3 2.Sc3 Kxc2 3.Sa2 Sb3#
Set 1...Kd3 2.Sc3 Kc2 3.Sa2 Sb3#
Sol 1.Kb2 Td5 2.Kc3 Tc5+ 3.Kd4 Sb3#

Aleksandr Semenenko
Valery Semenenko
 3 Pr Poltava Ty 2004
Example 2A		 Aleksandr Semenenko
Valery Semenenko
 3 Pr Poltava Ty 2004
Example 2B
  H#3
b) -bpf6, +wpf5
(3+7)
    
H#3*
(4+6)
  
1.f5 Lh8 2.Sa2 Tg7 3.Ka1 Tg1#
Set 1...Lh8 2.Sa2 Tg7 3.Ka1 Tg1#
Sol 1.Ka2 Tg3 2.Le4 Lc1 3.Lb1 Ta3#

Ofer Comay
1 Pr Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Gennady Kozyura
Valery Kopyl
 2 Pr Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Kohey Yamada
3 Pr Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#3
b) wTd5
(6+9)
 H#3
b) wPg4
(4+8)
H#3
b)-bLe5; +wSh5
(3+6)

1st Prize: Ofer Comay (Israel)
a) 1.Td8 Lc8 2.Kd5 Lxg3 3.Sc4 Lb7#
b) Set: 1...Lc8 2.Kxd5 Lxg3 3.Sc4 Lb7#, solution: 1.Sf4 Txd4+ 2.Kxd4 Lf3 3.Ke3 Lg1#

2nd Prize: Gennady Kozyura & Valery Kopyl (Ukraine)
a) 1.Sdb4 Txh3 2.g3 Lxg3 3.Kc3 Le5#
b) Set: 1...Txh3 2.Sdb4 Lg3 3.Kc3 Le5#, solution: 1.Ke4 Lxh2 2.Sd4 Tg3 3.Ke5 Te3#

3rd Prize: Kohey Yamada (Japan)
a) 1.Lf4 La1 2.Sf5 Sb2 3.Ke5 Sc4#
b) Set: 1...La1 2.Sf5 Sb2 3.Ke5 Sc4#, solution: 1.Sc5 Sg7 2.Ke5 Sb2 3.Kd4 Sf5#

A. & V. Semenenko
1 HM Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Aleksey Ivunin
 2= HM Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Wladyslaw Rosolak
2= HM Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#3
b) wSg5
(3+6)
H#3
b)-bTe5; +wLf2
(4+6)
H#3
b)-bPg5, +wPd2
(6+9)

1st Honourable Mention: Aleksandr & Valery Semenenko (Ukraine)
a) 1.Se4+ Ke6 2.c4 Sd6 3.c5 Sf5#
b) Set: 1...Ke6 2.c4 Sd6 3.c5 Sf5#, solution: 1.Sf4 Kxc6 2.Ke5 Sxc5 3.Ld4 Sd7#

2nd Honourable Mention ex aequo: Aleksey Ivunin (Russia)
a) 1.Te1 Sd2 (a) 2.b1=L Sb3 3.Lc2 Sc3# (b)
b) Set: 1...Sd2 2.b1=L Sb3 3.Lc2 Sc3#, solution: 1.Kc2 Sdc3 (b) 2.Kb3 Sd2+ (a) 3.Ka4 Lc5#

2nd Honourable Mention ex aequo: Wladyslaw Rosolak (Poland)
a) 1.d2 Sc3 2.Kd6 Ke8 3.e5 Lf8#
b) Set: 1...Sc3 2.Kd6 Ke8 3.e5 Lf8#
Solutions: 1.c6 Sc7 2.Kd6 Lf4+ 3.e5 dxe6# (ep), 1.e6+ Ke8 2.exd5 Sd4 3.Kd6 Lf4#

Aleksandr Kuzovkov
3= HM Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Vladislav Nefyodov
Rashid Usmanov
 3= HM Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Ion Murarasu
1 Com Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#3
b)-bSd4; +wPf5
(5+6)
 H#3
b)-bTa4; +wPd3
(3+10)
H#3
b)-bPd2; +wSc1
(5+4)

3rd Honourable Mention ex aequo: Aleksandr Kuzovkov (Russia)
a) 1.Se6 Te4 2.Kd5 f4 3.Sbc5 Td4#
b) Set: 1...Te4 2.Kd5 f4 3.Sc5 Td4#, solution: 1.d5 Le4 2.Kc4 Kd2 3.Sc5 Ld3#

3rd Honourable Mention ex aequo: Vladislav Nefyodov & Rashid Usmanov (Russia)
a) 1.Te4 Tf7 2.Lg3 Lf6 3.Kf4 Ld4#
b) Set: 1...Tf7 2.Lg3 Lf6 3.Kf4 Ld4#, solution: 1.Lb4 Lxg7 2.Lc5 Tf6 3.Kd4 Tf3#

1st Commendation: Ion Murarasu (Romania)
a) 1.d1=L! c4 2.Kd2 Lxd4 3.Kc1 Le3#
b) Set: 1...c4 2.Kd2 Lxd4 3.Kxc1 Le3#, solution: 1.Kd2 Ld1 2.Kxc1 Lb2+ 3.Kb1 Lc2#

Emanuel Navon
2 Com Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Mark Erenburg
 3 Com Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Stefan Parzuch
4 Com Ukrainian Folk Crafts Ty
Halkidiki 2004
H#3
b)-bLf8; +wTe5
(3+7)
 H#3
b)-bPg7; +wPe4
(6+16)
H#3
b)-bPb6; +wPf2
(3+8)

2nd Commendation: Emanuel Navon (Israel)
a) 1.Lc5 d6 2.Se7+ dxe7 3.Kd6 exd8=D#
b) Set: 1...d6 2.Se7+ dxe7 3.Kd6 exd8=D#, solution: 1.Se6 dxe6+ 2.Ke8 e7 3.Kf7 e8=D#

3rd Commendation: Mark Erenburg (Israel)
a) 1.g6 Sxh5 2.Ke4 Kxg4 3.Td4 Sf6#
b) Set: 1...Sxh5 2.Kxe4 Kxg4 3.Td4 Sf6#, solution: 1.Lxf5 Sa4 2.Kc4 Sxf5 3.Ld4 Sd6#

[Webmaster's note] The diagram position is illegal!

4th Commendation: Stefan Parzuch (Poland)
a) 1.b5 Sa3 2.Sb6 Sc2 3.Sbc4 Sb4#
b) Set: 1...Sa3 2.Sb6 Sc2 3.Sbc4 Sb4#, solution: 1.Tg4 Ke2 2.Ke4 Kf1 3.Kf3 Sd2#