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

Theme
In a helpmate in 2 moves, Black captures a white piece A that pins a black piece B. The black piece B does not move. No fairy pieces or conditions are permitted.

Menachem Witztum
Original
Eretria 2005

 

a) 1.Dxd6 Da5 2.Dxf4 Sxf4# (1...Da6? 2.Dxg6 Lxg6+ 3.Sf5)
b) 1.Dxg3 Da6 2.Dxg6 Lxg6# (1...Da5? 2.Dxf4 Sxf4+ 3.Lxf4)
H#2
b) Df8=>h2
(13+11)
  

I received 28 anonymous printed problems from the director Paz Einat. A total of 29 composers contributed problems to this year's Sabra tourney. The level of the problems was high, although the theme required more time and effort than previous tourneys. Some of the problems not included in the award were found to be anticipated by György Páros, 2 Pr Magyar Sakkélet 1967 (WinChloe ID 41232), Yavor Tsvetkov, 1 Pr Probleemblad 1984 (WinChloe ID 9463) and Vilmos Schneider, 1 Pr Die Schwalbe 1972 (WinChloe ID 13702).

Mario Parrinello
1 Pr Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Mark Erenburg
 2 Pr Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Uri Avner
 3 Pr Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
H#2
2111
(10+11)
H#2
2111
(6+11)
H#2
2111
(11+9)

1st Prize: Mario Parrinello (Italy)
i) 1.Lxd3 Sxd3 2.Sxc5 Dg8# (2.Sxc5? Dg8??)
ii) 1.Lxf3 Sxf3 2.Txc5 Da2# (2.Txc5? Da2??)

2nd Prize: Mark Erenburg (Israel)
i) 1.Txb2 Dxb2 2.Lc6 Db8#
ii) 1.Lxh1 Dxh1 2.Tf4 Da8#

3rd Prize: Uri Avner (Israel)
i) 1.Lxf6 Kg8! (Ke8?, Kf8?) 2.Lxd4! (2.Lxg5?) Sxd4#
ii) 1.Txd5 Ke8! (Kg8?, Kxe7?) 2.Txg5! (2.Tdxd4?) Sxg5#

Mario Parrinello
4 Pr Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Anatoly Slesarenko
Aleksandr Semenenko
Ilya Ketris
 5 Pr Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Jean Haymann
 1 HM Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
H#2
b) La4=>b5
(6+10)
H#2
2111
(4+10)
H#2
2111
(5+11)

4th Prize: Mario Parrinello (Italy)
a) 1.Txg4 (1.Txb2?) Lb3 2.Tb4 Se8# (Sf5?)
b) 1.Txb2 (1.Txg4?) Lc4 2.Tb4 Sf5# (Se8?)

5th Prize: Anatoly Slesarenko (Russia), Aleksandr Semenenko (Ukraine) & Ilya Ketris (Latvia)
i) 1.Txe3 Db1 (Dd3?) 2.Dc6 Dxb4#
ii) 1.Txe5 Dd3 (Db1?) 2.Dd6 Db5#

1st Honourable Mention: Jean Haymann (Israel)
i) 1.Txf4 Dh6 2.Tg4 Tf1#
ii) 1.Lxc3 Tc6 2.Lb4 Da1#

Francesco Simoni
2 HM Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Michael McDowell
 3 HM Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Francesco Simoni
 4 HM Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
H#2
2111
(7+10)
H#2
2111
(8+4)
H#2
2111
(7+13)

2nd Honourable Mention: Francesco Simoni (Italy)
i) 1.Sxb6 Kg7 (Kxf7?) 2.Sd5 Sef5#
ii) 1.Sxd2 Kxf7 (Kg7?) 2.Se4 Sgf5#

3rd Honourable Mention: Michael McDowell (Great Britain)
i) 1.gxf1=T Tc1 2.Txf3 Dxf3#
ii) 1.gxf1=S Da1 2.Sxh2 Txh2#

4th Honourable Mention: Francesco Simoni (Italy)
i) 1.gxf4 Txf4 2.Te5 Dd1#
ii) 1.cxb6 Dxb6 2.Le5 Td1#

Mario Parrinello
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Tony Lewis
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Yosi Retter
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
H#2
b) wSb1
(6+13)
H#2
2111
(7+12)
H#2
2111
(4+6)

Commendation: Mario Parrinello (Italy)
a) 1.Lxc2+ (1.fxe2+?) Kxc2 2.Td5 Tb4#
b) 1.fxe2+ (1.Lxc2+?) Kxe2 2.d5 Sd2#

Commendation: Tony Lewis (Great Britain)
i) 1.Sxe5 Dh8 2.Sexf3 Txf3#
ii) 1.Lxc5 Tc7 2.Lxa3 Dxa3#

Commendation: Yosi Retter (Israel)
i) 1.Lxd7 f4 2.Le6 Sf6#
ii) 1.Sbxd7 f3 2.Se5 Sf4#

Ilya Ketris
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Paz Einat & Ofer Comay
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
Marek Kolčák
Peter Gvozdják
 Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005
H#2
2111
(10+13)
H#2
2111
(6+7)
H#2
2111
(10+7)

Commendation: Ilya Ketris (Latvia)
i) 1.Sxg6 Dh7 2.Sxe5 Sxe5#
ii) 1.Dxb3 Dxa3 2.Dxb4+ Sxb4#

Commendation: Paz Einat & Ofer Comay (Israel)
i) 1.Sxf3 Tc3 2.Sd2 Dh7#
ii) 1.Shxf5 Dc8 2.Se3 Th7#

Commendation: Marek Kolčák & Peter Gvozdják (Slovakia)
i) 1.Lxf6 Dh8 2.Lg5 Dxe5#
ii) 1.Txb4 Da4 2.Tb3 Dxc4#

Aleksandr Semenenko
Valery Semenenko
Comm Sabra Ty
Eretria 2005

 

Commendation: A. & V. Semenenko (Ukraine)
a) 1.Sxc8 Sc7! A (Sc3? B) 2.Sb6 Sb3# C (Sde6? D)
b) 1.Sxc2 Sc3! B (Sc7? A) 2.Sb4 Se6# D (Sb3? C)
H#2
b) pb4=>b6
(6+7)