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Mat Plus Informal Tourney: Threemovers 1994
Judge: Milivoj S. Nesic

It was a great honor for me to be the judge in the first year of Mat Plus. With a wish that magazine lives to be hundred years old, I ceremoniously open the series of awards.

M. Velimirovic
1-2.Pr ea Mat Plus 1994







#3 9+14
M. Mladenovic
1-2.Pr ea Mat Plus 1994







#3* 9+14
A. P. Grin
3.Pr Mat Plus 1994







#3 6+9
1st-2nd Prize ex aequo: No.36 by M. Velimirovic (Yugoslavia). Critical moves and mutual obstruction of BQ and BB with interferences by BS on d4 and c5. With this composition author confirmed again his inexhaustible ability in searching for original ideas. 1.Rc4:! ~,Qc5, Bd4, Qd4, Bc5, e5 2.Sb4:+, Rf4:, Rc7:, Rd5 ,Rd7,Ra7:.

1st-2nd Prize ex aequo: No.35 by M. Mladenovic (Yugoslavia). Excellent presentation of two pairs of reciprocally changed variations by Siers-battery. New jewel for the collection of reciprocal threemovers collected and presented by the author of this masterpiece himself. *1... Ke3, Bh4:, Sh4:, e6 2.Sc4+, Sd5+, Sd7:+, Sc8+; 1.Qa6! ~, Ke3, Bh4:, Sh4:, e6 2.Sf5+, Sd5+, Sc4+, Sc8+, Sd7:+.

3rd Prize: No.32 by A. P. Grin (Russia). This problem features four model mates in delightful setting without white pawns. Nowadays such kind of problem taste like refreshing juice. 1.Bd4! ~/Sc7, Kf5, c5, g4 2.Bg4, Qc8+, Sc5:+, Bg6+.

1st Hon. Mention: No.34 by G. Doukhan & C. Wiedenhoff (France). There are mates set for Grimshaw interference on e4. In the tries these black moves are the defeats, and in two variations in solution each pair of 2nd move variation contain the new mate. Ka1 Qg5 Ra7 c3 Bb1 Sc7 d1 Pb4 c6 f2 f4 (11) - Kd4 Re1 Bc5 h1 Sd8 Pa6 d2 d6 g7 h4 (10), #3*, *1... Be4,Re4 2.Qg7:,Qd5#; 1.Qf5? Be4!, 1.Qg6? Re4!; 1.Re1! ~,Sb7,Bb6 2.Rd3+,Qf5!,Qg6!.

2nd Hon. mention: No.37 by Y. Cheylan (France). Umnov theme realized by the corrective moves of WB after preventive black interference weakening. Ke8 Rg2 Bc5 h5 Se6 g1 Pb3 d2 f3 g6 (10) - Kd3 Qh4 Ra4 c1 Sb4 e7 Pa6 b5 c2 c7 d4 f4 f6 g3 (14), #3, 1.Bc~? Qg5!; 1.Sh3! ~, Sbd5, Sed5 2.Sf4+, Bb4! (2.Be7? Rc4!), Be7! (2.Bb4? Re1!).

1st Commend: No. 31 by T. Lewis (England). Classic achievement of Plachutta interferences with model mates. A marvelous setting. Kh4 Qg1 Bg8 Sc5 g4 (5) - Kf5 Ra7 b8 Se8 Pe6 f3 f4 h6 (8), #3, 1.Sb7 Rab7:, Rbb7:, e5, Ke4, Kg6 2.Qb1+, Bh7+, Sh6:+, Bh7+, Sh6:+.

2nd Commend: No.7 by V. Jovicevic - Jov (Yugoslavia). Attractive miniature with two tempting tries. Kh1 Qh2 Se5 Pc7 (4) - Ka8 Sb8 c1 (3), #3, 1.Sc4? Sa6!, 1.Sc6? Kb7!; 1.Sd7 Sd7:/Sc6, Sa6!, Kb7 2.c8Q+, Qg2+, cb8Q+.

Belgrade, March 30th 1995
Milivoj S. Nesic


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