The Congress official 5-days long composing tourney will be for #2, organized and judged by Byron Zappas. The Quick composing tourney will be held on Sunday evening, September 4, and will split, as usual, in two sections (#2, judge: Byron Zappas - H#2, judge: Harry Fougiaxis).

The participants who intend to organize informal composing tourneys during the congress, are kindly asked to send us the theme in advance and we will be glad to include the announcement in the congress material, provided that we receive the data by the end of July. Please advise theme, possible example and closing date / time, keeping in mind that the prize giving ceremony is planned for Friday afternoon, 9th of September.

• 5-Days Long Composing tourney (#2, judge: Byron Zappas)
• Quick Composing tourney, Section A (#2, judge: Byron Zappas)
• Quick Composing tourney, Section B (h#2, judge: Harry Fougiaxis)

• 7th Ukrainian Folk Crafts tourney (s#2, judges: Yevgen Reytsen & Natalia Kucherenko)
• 3rd Romanian Tzuica tourney (hs#n, judges: Vlaicu Crisan & Éric Huber)
• Uralsky Problemist tourney (studies, judge: Andrey Selivanov)
• Vodka tourney (s#3-7, judge: Andrey Selivanov)
• French Champagne tourney (proof games, judge: Michel Caillaud)
• 6th Japanese Sake tourney (Southern Chess, judges: Tadashi Wakashima & Yuji Kikuta)
• 6th Moskovskaya Matreshka tourney (h#2, judge: Valery Gurov)
• 8th Israeli Sabra tourney (h#2, judge: Menachem Witztum)
• 3rd Italian Grappa tourney (h#2, judges: Mario Parrinello & Francesco Simoni)
• Whisky tourney (h#2, controller: Colin Sydenham, judges: UK participants)
• Metaxa tourney (s#5-15, judge: Pavlos Moutecidis)
• 17th Spišská Borovička tourney (Cyclone twomovers, judge: Peter Gvozdják)