INFORMAL TOURNEYS OF THE MACEDONIAN PROBLEMISTFOR, 2023

TMP announces informal tourneys in the following sections (and with the following judges):
#2 (judge: Kabe Moen);
#3 (judge: Predrag Žuvić);
#4-n (judge: Aleksandr Kuzovkov);
e.g. (judge: Yochanan Afek);
S#2-n (judge: Zoran Gavrilovski);
H#2 (judge: Michal Dragoun);
H#2½-3 (judge: Vladislav Nefyodov);
H#3½-n (judge: Christopher Jones);
fairies (judge: Hans Gruber);
retros 2022-2024 (judge: Hans Gruber).
Entries to zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 1.12.2023.

7^th MACEDONIAN PROBLEMIST LEAGUE, 2023

The Macedonian Problemist announces the formal tourney The Macedonian Problemist League 2023 in the following sections (and with the following judges):
#2 (judge: Pavel Murashev);
#3 (judge: Aleksandr Sygurov);
S#2-12 (judge: Hartmut Laue);
H#2½-3 (judge: Nikola Stolev).
Entries to zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 30.08.2023.

JUBILEE TOURNEYS (Ž IVKO JANEVSKI – 70 & NIKOLA STOLEV – 75), 2023

In order to mark the jubilees of two prominent Macedonian composers, TMP announces:
Živko Janevski – 70 Jubilee Tourney, for H#2s with 2-n solutions or twins (free theme). Judge: Živko Janevski.
Entries to zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 30.08.2023.
Nikola Stolev – 75 Jubilee Tourney, for H#3 s with 2-n solutions or twins (free theme).
Judge: Nikola Stolev.
Entries to zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 30.08.2023.

7^th THEMATIC TOURNEY OF THE MACEDONIAN PROBLEMIST, 2023

TMP announces the 7^th T.T. for studies (win or draw) which show a motif or combination from a chess game, either by stripping the position of unnecessary units (but with multiplication of the motif/combination, adding a try or some other extra feature), or altering the idea ("massaging") in order to achieve better quality and a greater amount of play (see Steffen Nielsen’s article "Strip or Massage: Two Ways of Creating Studies from Games", pp. 22-29 in issue 67 (Jan.-Apr. 2022) of TMP or https://en.chessbase.com/post/creatingstudies-from-games-1 and https://en.chessbase.com/post/creating-studies-from-games-2). The composers should submit the chess game which served as a basis for composing the study. Judge: John Nunn (Chess GM and International Solving GM). Entries to zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 30.08.2023.

Example for the 7^th Thematic Tourney of The Macedonian Problemist, 2023

V.Gunina v. Hoang Grand Swiss, Riga 2021	Steffen Nielsen Chess Problems & Compositions, 2021
#3210+11 Position after the 25th move: 26.Be6! Kh7 27.Bf5+ Kh8 28.Se6 d4+ 29.Kh2 Qd6+ 30.Kh3; 30... Bg2+ 31.Q:g2 f:e6 32.Qg6 1:0	Win 6+9 1.Qa1+! d4 2.Qh1 Qb6 3.Re6! Qb2+ 4.Re2 Qb6 5.Be6! 5...Kh7 6.Bf5+ Kh8 7.Se6! f:e6 8.Q:h6+ 1-0. "Massaging" the idea allowed extension of the sacrificial square-evacuation play on e6