23 Февраля 2007

Постоянная комиссия по шахматной композиции объявила о новом Альбоме ФИДЕ 2004-2006.

ANNOUNCEMENT
FIDE Album 2004-2006

Composers are invited to submit their highest-quality compositions for selection for this Album. Entry is open to compositions published during the years 2004-2006. Those who published large numbers of compositions during this period are strongly urged to make a selection consisting of only their very best work. Note that in the case of formal tourneys the date of publication, not the closing date for entries, is decisive.

5 copies of each entry are required. They must be clearly stamped or printed on diagrams on paper of A5 size and normal thickness, one entry per sheet, with the composer's full name and address, the place and year of original publication, the award (if any), and the full solution on the same side as the diagram. If necessary, the solution may be continued on a second sheet — not on the back of the diagram — with the composer's name and the position of the Ks repeated. Entries not complying with these requirements may be rejected.

Entries should be sent by post (NB not by email) to the Section Directors as listed below, postmarked not later than 31.12.2007 .

The PCCC makes the following recommendations:

(1) Composers are asked to number their entries in each section in order of preference, starting with the one that the composer considers best. This will ease the work of the judges and may also be of benefit to the composer.
(2) Anyone entering compositions by another composer should, where possible, obtain the agreement of that composer beforehand.
(3) Cyrillic names and addresses of composers should be written in Cyrillic capital letters and preferably also transcribed into Latin letters.
(4) The source of each composition should, if possible, include not only the magazine and year of publication but also the month or magazine number and/or the number of the composition.
(5) Computer-tested compositions should be indicated by the symbol C .
(6) Unusual fairy forms should be defined.

Twomovers
Director : Udo Degener, Stephensonstr. 47, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.
Judges : : Vasyl Dyachuk, Marjan Kovacevic, Paz Einat.

Threemovers
Director : Don Smedley, The Bungalow, Posey Lane, Aston on Trent, Derby DE72 2DT, England.
Judges : Hans Peter Rehm, Viktor Melnichenko, NN.

Moremovers
Director : Aleksandr Feoktistov, pos. Juzhni a.16 kv. 67, Domodedovski r-n, Moskovskaya obl., 142060 Russia.
Judges : Bo Lindgren, George Georgopoulos, Martin Hoffmann.

Endgame studies
Director : Harold van der Heijden, Michel de Klerkstraat 28, NL-7425 DG Deventer, Netherlands.
Judges : Nikolai Kralin, Pauli Perkonoja, Yochanan Afek.

Helpmates in 2
Director : Živko Janevski, Pos fah 163, 91480 Gevgelija, Macedonia.
Judges : Valery Gurov, Harry Fougiaxis, Franz Pachl.

Helpmates in 2.5 and longer
Director : Günter Büsing, Weidener Str. 8, D-81737 München, Germany.
Judges : Christopher Jones, Boris Shorokhov, Lennart Werner.

Selfmates
Director : Frank Müller, Zum Buchenwald 5, D-83122 Samerberg, Germany.
Judges : Aleksandr Azhusin, Miodrag Mladenovic, Alexander Mikholap.

Fairies
Director : Juraj Lörinc, ul. CSA 333/27, SK-018 41 Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia.
Judges : Hans Gruber, Tadashi Wakashima, John Rice.

Retros
Director : Gerd Wilts, Falkenstr. 2a, D-81541 München, Germany.
Judges : Reto Aschwanden, NN, NN.