Award thematic tourney IMSCORP - 30 C 1.10.2004

IMSCORP
603 "L" Street, Lincoln, NE 68508
Unted States of America
(402) 474-6603

2004 marks the 30th anniversary of IMSCORP

IMSCORP is a corporation which includes the diverse manufacturing divisions of SourceOne, Bison and SignCo. All divisions operate independently of each other and with their own employees but have a shared campus location. IMSCORP is locally owned and operated and resides in downtown Lincoln Nebraska with new campus facilities beginning on the west side of Lincoln. IMSCORP currently employs around 200 employees. Started in 1974 by two high school friends, IMSCORP continues to see major growth and diversity.

One of four companies first established, Industrial Machine Specialties, started out as a small machine shop with one employee. In late 2004, Industrial Machine and Industrial Powder Coating merged into SourceOne to give customers a one-stop shop for manufacturing needs. They bring forth the latest technologies in computerized machining, powder coating and even includes its own product line.

Bison Inc., was developed to manufacture sporting goods equipment. They are the leading manufacturer in competition playground and high-end basketball & volleyball equipment today. Approximately ten percent of sales are international with 1500 dealers across the U.S.

In 1994, SignCo was established to develop custom rotating signs for sporting venues. SignCo is now a leader in providing high tech athletic rotating marketing signage for basketball, football and baseball venues.

Thank you for participating in the first-ever Nebraska Chess Composing Competition

Nick Cusick & Elmer Wessel

The first chess compositions composing tourney ever held in the state of Nebraska is over ...
We would like to thank all the participants and the judges for their active role in this event and wish them good luck in future !
Special thanks to many publishers and editors who reprinted the tourney announcement in their respective publications !

Organizers

IMSCORP-30 h#2 TT Award


Judges: Anatoli Piriverdiyev and Bakhtiyar Rustamov
There were 134 problems from 53 entrants representing 20 countries:
Argentina - Jorge Lois, Jorge Kapros
Azerbaijan-Kenan Velihanov, Salman Javadzade
Belarus-Alexandr Mikholap
Bulgaria-Petko Petkov
Finland-Unto Heinonen
France-Bernard Delobel
Germany-Herbert Helm, Frank Richter, Sven Trommler
Hungyry-György Bakcsi, Attila Benedek, Arpád Molnár, László Zoltán
Indonesia-Januarta Simadhinata
Israel-Evgeni Bourd, Jean Haymann, Leonid Lyubashevsky, Leonid Makaronez, Emanuel Navon, Misha Shapiro, Semion Shifrin, Yosi Retter, Menachem Witztum
Italy-Roberto Cassano, Antonio Garofalo, Vito Rallo
Latvia-Illo Krampis, Andrejs Strebkovs
Poland-Stefan Milewski, Wladyslaw Rosolak
Romania-Vlaicu Crisan, Ion Murarasu
Russia-Gennady Chumakov, Valery Gurov, Vyacheslav Kopaev, Vitaly Medintsev, Gennadiy Vasilyev
Slovakia-Ján Golha, Zoltán Labai
Sweden-Christer Jonsson
Switzerland-Andreas Schönholzer
Ukraine-Vitaly Medintsev, Nikolai Kuligin, Vitaly Shevchenko, Aleksey Ugnivenko, Roman Zalokotsky
USA-Gianni Donati, Thomas Garai, Newman Guttman, Nathan Kaufmann, Joe Youngs
Four compositions, for various reasons, were rejected (the authors have been informed)
The theme for this tourney was:
In a h#2, two white pieces (Pawns included), captured in one solution, create a battery (direct or indirect) in the other. Set play, twins, multiple solutions and zeropositions were allowed (no fairy pieces).
Many interesting problems were submitted and the quality of the tourney was good. There were quite a few entries with similar mechanisms which happens in theme competitions.


Arpád Molnár
1st-2nd Prize
Ion Murarasu
2nd Prize
h2#                                   8+11
B: Pe6 -> f2
C: =B Rc4 -> c3
D: =C Pa6 -> c2
h2#                               9+9
a) 1.Rxc4 Be7 2.Bxd4 Bf3#
b) 1.Ke4 Bf6 2.Kxf4 Sc2#
c) 1.Kd6 Rxd3 2.Rxc6 Se6#
d) 1.Kxd4 Be6 2.Kxc3 Bf6 #
Two pairs of captures, two
batteries creation. 		1.Rxc3 Rf7 2.Rxd3 Bc6#
1.Kxf4 Rxd4+ 2.Kg5 Rg4#
1.Kd5 Bxd4 2.Kd6 Be5#
1.Kxd3 Bf5+ 2.Kxc3 Rc7#
Two pairs of captures, two
batteries creation. Excellent
problems
Evgeni Bourd
3rd Prize
Arpád Molnár
4th Prize
h2#                                 8+13
B: Kd5 <-> Rf4
h2#                                 8+10
B: Bd8 - > a3
C: Ke6 -> f5
D: Ke6 -> c1
a) 1.Bc5 Rxe5+ 2.Kd4 Re4#
1.dxe6 Bxe5 2.Kxe5 Qxe6#
b) 1.Qf2 Bxe5+ 2.Ke3 Bf4#
1.Sxf6 Rxe5 2.Kxe5 Qxf6#
Wonderful problem that would
have been placed first if not
for the promoted Be8 and the
Pg4 needed in b) 		a) 1.Bb3 Bxd3 2.Bd5 Sg5#
b) 1.Kd5 Bxf3 2.Kc4 Sd6#
c) 1.dxe2 h5 2.Bxe4 Sd4#
d) 1.fxe2 Sxd2 2.Kxd2 Bg5#
Two pairs of captures, two
batteries creation.
Ján Golha
Zoltán Labai
5th Prize
Misha Shapiro
6th-7th Prize
h2#                               4+9
B: Pa5 -> c3
C: Kb5 -> g4
D:Kb5 -> h3
h2#                                 6+13
B: Pc7 -> d6
C: Kf3 -> a8
D: Kf3 -> f7
a) 1.Rxd4 Kb7 2.Rxc4 Bc6#
b) 1.Kxc4 Kc6 2.cxd4 Bxd5#
c) 1.Kg5 Sxe5 2.Kh6 Sf7#
d) 1.Kh2 Sxe3 2.Rh3 Sf1#
Two pairs of captures, two
batteries creation. 		a) 1.Kf4 Sxc7 2.Rf3 Sxe6#
b) 1.Kg3 Sxd6 2.Rf3 Sxe4#
c) 1.Rxe8 Sd5 2.Rxb8 Sxc7#
d) 1.Qxb8 Sg4 2.Qxe8 Se5#
Misha Shapiro
6th-7th Prize
Ion Murarasu
8th Prize
h2#                                   7+12
h2#                                    8+12
a) 1.Rxc3 Sxg2 2.Rxg3 Sf4#
b) 1.Bxc7 Se4 2.Bxg3 Sg5#
c) 1.Sb5 Be1 2.Sd4 Se4#
d) 1.Sa1 Bf4 2.Sb3 Sd1#
6th and 7th prizes are good
compositions with similar
mechanisms 		a)
1.Kxe5 Sf3+ 2.Kxf6 Bc3#
1.exf6 Bxf2 2.fxe5 c4#
b) 1.Kxc5 Rxf5 2.Kb4 Sc6#
1.Kd4 Rxe6 2.Ke3 Sc4#
Two pairs of captures, two
batteries creation.
Yosi Retter
9th Prize
Vitaly Medintsev
10th Prize
h2#                                   7+8
h2#                                 8+5
1.Rxb3 Rxf6 2.Rxb5 Bf4#
1.Bxf4 Ba4 2.Bxd6 Rb3#
Harmonius play 		1.Bxc6 Sxe6 2.Rxf5 Sg5#
1.Bxe8 Rxd5 2.Sxf4 Re5#
Nice unpinning
Evgeni Bourd
11th Prize
Emanuel Navon
12th Prize
h2#                                 14+9
B: Sf2 -> f4
h2#                              6+14
a) 1.Sxh5 Se5 2.Kxe3 Sf3#
b) 1.Sxe6 Sg4 2.Kxf3 Se3#
Switchbacks 		1.Sxe2 (Sd~) Rc7 2.Rxd5 Bd7#
1.Bxe7 (B~) Rxe5 2.Rxc6 Se3#
Antiduals
Emanuel Navon
13th Prize
Emanuel Navon
Menachem Witztum
Jean Hymann
14th Prize
h2#                                8+14
h2#                                 8+15
1.Sxg1 (Se~) Qh7 2.Rxd2 Re7#
1.Rxc7 (Rb~) Rd1 2.Bxe4 Sf1#
Antiduals 		1.Rxd4 Sxd4 2.Qxa8 Sxb3#
1.Qxc6+ Sxc6 2.Rxb4 Sxe7#
Impressive captures
Illo Krampis
1st Honourable Mention
Valery Gurov
2nd Honourable Mention
h2#                                5+6
h2#                                6+4
1.Kxc7 d8B+ 2.Kxb8 Bxb6#
1.Kxd7 c8S 2.Kxe8 Sxb6# 		1.Kxd5 Sxc4 2.Kxe4 Se3#
1.Kxb4 Rxc4+ 2.Kxa3 Ra4#
Gennady Chumakov
3rd Honourable Mention
Thomas Garai
after György Bakcsi
4th Honourable Mention
h2#                                  5+10
B: Rc8 -> c6
h2#                                   6+3
a) 1.Sxg4 Rg7 2.Sxe5 Sxe5#
b) 1.Sxg5 Rxf5 2.Sxf7 Rxf7# 		1.Kxb7 Rb4 2.Kxc8 Sa7#
1.Kxb5 Rb8 2.Kxa4 Bc6#
Gennady Chumakov
5th Honourable Mention
Yosi Retter
6th Honourable Mention
h2#                                   5+8
Kc5 <-> Qb4
h2#                                 9+5
a) 1.fxg1B Rc1 2.Bxd4 Sa4#
b) 1.fxe1B Rg4 2.Bxc3 Sc6# 		1.Rxb5 Bxh8 2.Rxd5 f7#
1.Bxg7 Rxa5 2.Bxf6 d6#
Thomas Garai
7th-11th Honourable Mention
Arpád Molnár
7th-11th Honourable Mention
h2#                                 5+4
B: Kf6 -> f3
h2#                                 6+1
B: Pb6 -> g7
a) 1.Kxg7 Sh4 2.Kxh6 Sf5#
b) 1.Kxg2 Sh5 2.Kxh1 Sf4# 		a) 1.Kxd7 Be8+ 2.Kxc8 Bc6#
b) 1.Kxf7 Rc7 2.Kxg8 Sf6#
Thomas Garai
7th-11th Honourable Mention
Vitaly Medintsev
7th-11th Honourable Mention
h2#                                 6+3
B: Kc2 -> e2
h2#                              6+1
B: zeroposition
A: Pg4 -> c4
B: Kc7 -> g7
a) 1.Kxb2 Be1 2.Kxa1 Bc3#
b) 1.gxf2 Sd1 2.Kxf1 Sc3# 		a) 1.Kxd4 Rg4 2.Kxc5 Bd6#
b) 1.Kxf4 Rc4 2.Kxg5 Sf3#
Yosi Retter
7th-11th Honourable Mention
Menachem Witztum
12th Honourable Mention
h2#                                 5+3
B: Sg6 <-> Pg7
h2#                              8+9
a) 1.Kxg6 Bh5+ 2.Kxh7 Bf7#
b) 1.Kxg4 Sh5 2.Kxh3 Sf6# 		1.dxc2 Be6 2.Rxg3 Rd5#
1.bxc4 Rg2 2.Rxf5 Se2#
Frank Richter
13th-17th Honourable Mention
Emanuel Navon
13th-17th Honourable Mention
h2#                                 5+9
h2#                              6+8
1.Qxd5 Rg8 2.Qxd7 Bg7#
1.Qxg7 Bc6 2.Qxf8 Rd5# 		1.Qxc1 Bf5 2.Qxd2 Re6#
1.Qxe6 Rd1 2.Qxe4 Bc1#
Roman Zalokotsky
13th-17th Honourable Mention
Roman Zalokotsky
13th-17th Honourable Mention
h2#                                 5+12
h2#                              5+7
1.Qxb6 Bg6 2.Qxd8 Rf5#
1.Qxf5 Rb8 2.Qxf7 Bb6# 		1.Bxh5 Bb6 2.Bxe8 Se6#
1.Rxa7 Rh8 2.Rxc7 Bh5#
Jorge Lois
Jorge Kapros
13th-17th Honourable Mention
Unto Heinonen
Commendation
h2#                                 5+9
h2#                              6+8
1.Rxc2 Rd8 2.Rxc4 Bf8#
1.Qxf8 Bb3 2.Qxd6 Rc2# 		1.Qxg2 Rf7 2.Qxg4 Be7#
1.Qxe7 Bh3 2.Qxf6 Rg2#
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  5+8
B: Ka6 -> a7
h2#                              5+11
B: Kb4 -> f5
a) 1.Bxd2 Bc8 2.Bxa5 Sc5#
b) 1.Rxd7 Ra2 2.Rxb7 Sc6# 		a) 1.bxa6 Rxg4 2.axb5 Sxd3#
b) 1.Bxg3 Rxa5 2.Bxf4 Bxd3#
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
Bernard Delobel
Commendation
h2#                                  5+9
B: Kc6 -> g2
h2#                              5+7
B: Kg1 -> a6
a) 1.Kxd5 Re1 2.Kxe4 Sc3#
b) 1.Kxf1 Re5 2.Kxe2 Sg3# 		a) 1.Kxd2 Rd5 2.Kxe1 Sc2#
b) 1.Kxd4 Rd1 2.Kxc5 Se4#
Arpád Molnár
Commendation
Unto Heinonen
Commendation
h2#                                  6+5
B: Kb5 -> g6
h2#                              7+7
a) 1.axb3 Se4 2.Kxc4 Sc3#
b) 1.Kxg5 Sd4 2.Kxf4 Sf3# 		1... Sxd6 2.Bc8 Sf5#
1.cxd4 Sxd6 2.Rxe7 Se8#
1.Bxc6 Rxe5 2.Sxf5 Re6#
Stefan Milewski
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  7+9
h2#                              5+13
B: Kf7 -> d1
1.Kxg4 exf5 2.Kxh5 f6#
1.Kxe4 Bxf5+ 2.Kxd5 Bd3# 		a) 1.Kxe6 Rd2 2.Kxd5 Bc4#
b) 1.exd3 Rd6 2.dxc2 Sxc3#
Unto Heinonen
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  5+11
B: Re3 -> f6
h2#                              6+11
B: Ke6 <-> Pd6
a) 1.Kxg3 Rxf4 2.Rxd3+ Rd4#
b) 1.Bxe5 Se4 2.Kxf5 Sxf2# 		a) 1.Qxg7 Bc4 2.Qxe7 Sc7#
b) 1.Rxd3 Bf8 2.Rxd5 e8S#
Evgeni Bourd
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  6+5
h2#                              5+11
B: Ke6 <-> Pd5
1.Kxf7 Rxf4 2.Kxe8 Sg7#
1.Kxf5 Be6+ 2.Kxe4 Bg4# 		a) 1.Bxg4 Re2 2.Bxf5 Sc5#
b) 1.Bxg2 Rxg5 2.Bxe4 Se3#
Jorge Lois
Jorge Kapros
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  6+5
h2#                              7+9
B: Kh6 -> g3
C: Kh6 ->e3
1.Kxg6 exf7 2.Kxh7 fxe8Q#
1.Kxe6 gxf7 2.Kxd7 f8S# 		a) 1.Rc7 Bf3 2.Rh7 g5#
b) 1.Rxe4 Sd4 2.Rxg4 Se2#
c) 1.Rxg4 Sc7 2.Rxe4 Sd5#
Menachem Witztum
Commendation
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
h2#                                  9+8
B: Pf2 -> h3
h2#                              5+13
B: Kg4 -> c5
a) 1.Kxf4 Rd4 2.Qxg5 Sd2#
b) 1.exd5 Rf5 2.dxe4 Sd5# 		a) 1.Sxh7 Rxb4 2.Sxg5 Sxe3#
b) 1.Sxb2 Rxh5 2.Sxc4 Se6#
Roman Zalokotsky
Commendation
Petko Petkov
Commendation
h2#                                  7+5
B: Kf6 -> c4
h2#                              7+6
a) 1.Rxh7 Bb2 2.Rxf7 Sd5#
b) 1.Rxc1 Bxg8 2.Rxc3 Sd6# 		1.Kxb6 Sxb5 2.Kxa6 Sc7#
1.Kxb4 Rxb5+ 2.Kxc3 Rb3#
Thomas Garai
Commendation
Thomas Garai
Commendation
h2#                                  6+8
h2#                              6+12
B: Sf3 -> f4
1.Kxd5 Sxe5 2.Kxe6 Sg4#
1.Kxd3 Rxd6 2.Kxe4 Sc3# 		a) 1.Sxg5 Bc1 2.Sxe4 Sf1#
b) 1.Rxb2 Re5 2.Rxd2 Sg5#
Thomas Garai
Commendation
Alexandr Mikholap
Commendation
h2#                                  7+12
B: Pe5 -> c4
h2#                              8+9
B: Pe2 -> c4
C: =B Ra4 -> d7
a) 1.Sxf7 Rf4 2.Sxd6 Sc3#
b) 1.Qxf3 Rd7 2.Qxe4 Sf7# 		a) 1.Rxb4 e3 2.Rxe4 Rxc5#
b) 1.cxb5 g3 2.Bxe4 Bc3#
c) 1.Bxc8 Sxc5 2.Kd6+ Se4#
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