[Retros] Messigny 2004 : Retro Composing Tourney; new version of 5th prize

[Gerd Wilts]

Hello,

meanwhile I found a much better version of the 5th prize:

Gerd Wilts
rsbqkbsr/p2pp1pp/2Q1B3/B4P2/PPp5/2SP4/1K2P2P/2RR2S1
SPG 17.5, C+


This new version should replace the previous one.

Best wishes,

Gerd Wilts

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  Sent: Dienstag, 1. Juni 2004 23:48
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  Subject: [Retros] Messigny 2004 : Retro Composing Tourney; results


  Hello,

  (I already tried to send this yesterday and it didn't arrive; I don't know
why.
  Here is a new attempt)

  The tourney was a terrific and unexpected success with 40 entries by 23
composers!!
  Many thanks to all who contributed to that!
  You can expect that the next Champagne theme will be very difficult so
that the judge has a decent judging night!!

  Anyway, here are the results that some may wait eagerly.
  Sorry for those who will be disappointed : the level was extremely high
for a quick composing tournament.
  1st Prize is a stunning masterpiece I expect will be widely reproduced.

  Prizes :
  criteria for entering this category were quite "simple" : either more than
twice the theme, either twice the theme with the 2 promotees captured.

  1st Prize :
  Reto Aschwanden
  6rk/4p2p/pp3n2/2np1p2/8/1q2b2b/PPP1P2r/RNBQKBNR
  SPG 18.0 C+

  2nd Prize :
  Andreï Frolkin & Kostas Prentos
  rn4Rr/1K1knpRp/2p4b/1R6/2R5/N6b/PBB1N1PP/Qrrr3q
  SPG 27.5

  composers submitted a "light" version, maybe more artistic, but the
"sportive" achievement of 4 times the theme is of course justified for a
thematical tourney
  qRRR3Q/pbb1n1pp/n7/2r5/1rk5/5p2/1PP1pPPP/RNB1KBNR
  SPG 21.5  C+

  3rd Prize :
  Thierry Le Gleuher
  1R2R1R1/p1pp2bk/2n4r/3r1p2/2bn4/2N4p/PP1PP1Pq/R1BQKBNR
  SPG 20.5  C+

  4th Prize :
  Göran Wicklund
  RqRrR2n/4n3/8/1k1p1p2/b7/bn5R/1PP1P1Pp/RNBQKBNR
  SPG 25.5  C+
  Bad luck that the version with cyclic shift of 6 Rooks (!!!) was cooked.
Let's hope that with more time Göran can fix it.

  5th Prize :
  Gerd Wilts
  2b3rk/p3P2p/5n2/1p3pr1/n2pP3/4b3/P1P3PP/RNBQKB1q
  SPG 20.0
  Bad luck for Gerd that Reto participated...

  HM :
  criteria for this category were less well defined : "invisible" promotions
(to use Nicolas Dupont's labelling) were necessary but not sufficient + some
special feature that favorably struck the tired judge (with so many entries,
it is hardly possible to study every subtlety of every problem...)

  1st HM
  Kostas Prentos & Andreï Frolkin
  qRRbk3/pb1ppp2/5p1n/8/3n3P/rrNpP3/1P1PNPp1/2BQKB2
  SPG 21.5  C+

  2nd HM
  Pascal Wassong, Nicolas Dupont & Göran Wicklund
  rnr2R2/p1ppnp1p/1p2kq2/8/8/8/PPPPP3/RNBQKBNb
  SPG 10.5  C+
  Nicolas and Göran submitted independant entries with "visible" promotion;
Pascal knew about their efforts before producing his version with
"invisible" promotion and that is why the 3 names are on the final result...

  3rd HM
  Christoph Fieberg
  1k1B2nr/pp1n4/3pp2p/7p/8/7b/Pb2PP1P/Rr1QKBNR
  SPG 15.5  C+

  4th HM :
  Andreï Frolkin & Kostas Prentos
  rnbqkbnr/pp3ppp/8/4R3/P1P3P1/2NP1RNQ/5P1P/2B2K2
  SPG 14.5  C+

  5th HM :
  Rustam Ubaidullaev
  1n2krrq/2p1p2p/5n1b/5p2/p2p4/8/1PPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR
  SPG 14.0   C+
  Bad luck for Rustam that Reto and Gerd participated...

  Commendations :
  Less and less well defined criteria; special interest of course; sometimes
getting a smile from the exhausted judge was sufficient.
  Bad luck for these nice problems (and also for not included problems) that
the participation was so strong!!

  1st Com :
  Gerd Wilts
  1N4Nk/b1n2p2/2p1p2n/rq1p1b1p/pr6/8/2PPPPPB/RN1QKBNR
  SPG 20.0

  2nd Com :
  Nicolas Dupont
  QqQ3nr/1pkbpp1p/1n1rp3/8/8/8/1pP1PP1p/RNBQKBNR
  SPG 18,5  C+

  3rd Com :
  Igor Vereschagin & Rustam Ubaidullaev
  rQ5Q/pkppn3/p4ppn/6bp/b7/8/PqPPP2P/RNBQKBNR
  SPG 19,5  C+

  4th Com :
  Gligor Denkovski
  2k2rnr/1pq1pp1p/2p1p3/3b4/8/8/2PPPPP1/RNbQKBNR
  SPG 13.0  C+

  5th Com :
  Gianni Donati
  rnbqkbnr/1pppp1pp/1P6/8/1QB1P1R1/2BP1P2/1PPK3P/1N2N1R1
  SPG 16.5  C+

  6th Com :
  Vlaicu Crisan & Eric Huber
  rnbqkbnr/p1ppp1pp/8/8/1BBKP3/1NP4P/P1PP1P1P/1N1R3R
  SPG 15.5  C+

  7th Com :
  Jacques Dupin & Maryan Kerhuel
  rnbqkbnr/2xxxxxx/4r3/5K2/8/4XX2/XXXXQ2X/RNB2Br1
  SPG 8.0
  Xx = Super-Pawns (instead of Pawns in initial position)

  8th Com :
  Jérôme Auclair
  rnb1kbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3QN3/2q5/3rP1P1/PPP1P1PP/RNBr1BKR
  SPG 6.0  Circe Parrain

  Best wishes,
    Michel Caillaud
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