The Congress official 5-days long composing tourney will be for #3, organized and judged by Piet and Henk le Grand (Netherlands). The Quick composing tourney will be held on Sunday evening, October 14, and will split, as usual, in two sections (#2, judge: John Rice - h#2, judge: Michal Dragoun.) To all of them, our sincere thanks for the great help!

The participants who intend to organize informal composing tourneys during the congress, are kindly asked to send in the theme in advance and we will be glad to include the announcement in the congress material, provided that we receive the data by September 16. Please advise theme, possible example and closing date / time, keeping in mind that the prize giving ceremony is planned for Friday afternoon, 19 October.

• 5-Days Long Composing tourney (#3, judges: Piet and Henk le Grand)
• Quick Composing tourney, Section A (#2, judge: John Rice)
• Quick Composing tourney, Section B (h#2, judge: Michal Dragoun)

  Announcements in PDF format (right-click and choose Save Target As...)

Open to all (during the congress and via email)

• 19th Spišská Borovička tourney (Cyclone twomovers, judge: Peter Gvozdják). The original announcement is on Juraj Lörinc's Chess Composition Microweb and includes more examples.
• 5th Romanian Tzuica tourney (hs#/=n, judges: Vlaicu Crisan & Éric Huber)
• Vodka tourney (s#2-6, judge: Andrey Selivanov)

Open only to congress participants!

• 9th Ukrainian Folk Crafts tourney (h#3, judges: Yevgen Reytsen & Natalia Kucherenko)
• 7th Japanese Sake tourney (Disguised Kings, judges: Tadashi Wakashima, Kohey Yamada & Masaki Yoshioka)
• 5th Italian Grappa tourney (h#2, judge: Mario Parrinello)
• French Champagne tourney (retros, judge: Michel Caillaud)
• 8th Moskovskaya Matreshka tourney (h#2, judge: Valery Gurov)
• 10th Sabra tourney (h#2, judge: Menachem Witztum)

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