Vodka Tourney
Judge: Andrey Selivanov (Russia)

Theme
Selfmates in 3-7 moves, where the mate is caused by play of a white battery.

Aleksandr Feoktistov
1 Pr Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Michel Caillaud
2 Pr Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Aleksandr Miholap
3 Pr Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
S#4
(14+10)
S#5
(14+4)
S#4
(8+10)

1st Prize: Aleksandr Feoktistov (Russia)
1.Db8! (2.Tc1! ~ 3.Lc4+ Kc6 4.Lb3+ Txc1#)
1...f6 2.Te1! (3.Sb6+ Ke5 4.Sxd6+ Txe1#) 2...Txg3 3.Sb6+ Ke5 4.Sxg3+ Txe1#
1...Txg3 2.Sb6+ Ke5 3.Dxd6+ Kxf5 4.fxg3+ Txf1#, 3 thematic variations (1.Da8? Txg3!)

2nd Prize: Michel Caillaud (France)
1.Tg7? c6! ; 1.Le5? c5! Banny theme.
1.Dd8! c6 2.Le5 c5 3.Dd5 c4 4.b8=L c3 5.Lf4+ Lxd5#
1...c5 2.Tg7! c4 3.Td7 c3 4.Dc8 cxb2 5.Td3+ Txc8#

3rd Prize: Aleksandr Miholap (Belarus)
1.Dd8? Th5! ; 1.Df5? Kb3!
1.Dg5! Th7~ 2.Lxc3+ Kb3 3.Sc5+ Lxc5 4.La5+ Lxe3#
1...Kb3 2.Txc3+ Kb4 3.Dxe7+ Txe7 4.Td3+ Txe1#

Kohey Yamada
4 Pr Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Valery Kopyl
1 HM Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Yosi Retter, Gady Costeff
Yochanan Afek
2 HM Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
S#6
(13+5)
S#4
(15+9)
S#3
(12+8)

4th Prize: Kohey Yamada (Japan)
1.Tab4! Txg1 2.T4b3+ Kc4 3.Tc2+! Kxb3 4.Sd2+ Kb4 5.Tb2+ Kc3 6.Tb6+ Txa1#
1...Txh2 2.Tc4+! Kxc4 3.Da2+ Kc3 4.Tb3+ Kc4 5.Ld3+ Kd5 6.Tb6+ Txa2#

1st Honourable Mention: Valery Kopyl (Ukraine)
1.La2! Dxh4 2.Dg7+ Df6 3.Lc7 Dxg7 4.S6xe4+ Dxc7#
1...Dxg2 2.S2c4+ Kd5 3.f6+ Ke6 4.Se5+ Dxa2#, 2...bxc4 3.Sxc4+ Kd5 4.Se5+ Dxa2#

2nd Honourable Mention: Yosi Retter, Gady Costeff & Yochanan Afek (Israel)
1.Lg6! f5 2.gxh3 f4 3.Sb4+ Sd3#, 1...hxg2 2.De1 f5 3.Sb3+ Sd1#

Uri Avner
3 HM Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Evgen Reytsen
1 Comm Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Valery Krivenko
2 Comm Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004
S#3
(12+8)
S#5
(10+6)
S#7
(10+2)

3rd Honourable Mention: Uri Avner (Israel)
1.Lc1! h2 2.c3! a3 3.Sc4+ Sb2#, 1...a3 2.Sa4! h2 3.c4+ Sb2#

1st Commendation: Evgen Reytsen (Ukraine)
1.Td6! b5 2.De1! b4 3.Ld1! b3 4.Td3! Ke6 5.Kd2+ Se4#

2nd Commendation: Valery Krivenko (Ukraine)
1.Lc6! Kxc5 2.Ka6! Kc4 3.Db3+ Kc5 4.Db5+ Sxb5 5.Sb3+ Kc4 6.Sa5+ Kc5 7.Lb7+ Sxc7#

Valery Kopyl
3 Comm Vodka Ty
Halkidiki 2004

 

 

 

3rd Commendation: Valery Kopyl (Ukraine)

1.Lc5! Ke5 2.Tb8! Ke6 3.Lb6! Ke5 4.Sc5+ Kd4 5.Dd6+ Sd5 6.Tf2! Ke3 7.Sb7+ Sxb6#
S#7
(10+4)