European Problem Chess Festival
5th European Chess Solving Championship
Subotica (Serbia), May 6th-10th 2009

Subotica 2009

Results:

  1/8 Final
    Evseev - Uitenbroek   3 : 1
    Solovchuk - Crisan   2 : 3
    Pletnev - Limontas   3 : 0
    Azhusin - Kopyl   1 : 3
    Dragoun - Selivanov   3 : 1
    Kovacevic - Mukoseev   3 : 1
    Piorun - Podinic   0 : 3
    Wissmann - Caillaud   3 : 2

  1/4 Final
    Evseev - Crisan   3 : 1
    Pletnev - Kopyl   3 : 0
    Dragoun - Kovacevic   2 : 3
    Podinic - Wissmann   3 : 1

  Semifinal
    Evseev - Pletnev   3 : 2
    Kovacevic - Podinic   3 : 2

  Small Final
    Pletnev - Podinic   2 : 4

  Final
    Evseev - Kovacevic   4 : 5
  
 

1/8 Final

 

Evseev - Uitenbroek   3 : 1

H. VOIGT
Die Schwalbe 1937

Mate in 2  1.Qb4!
Key: (click me!)
After 60 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 1 - Uitenbroek 0
 
Thomas SALAMANCA
2.pr Good Companion 1923

Mate in 2  1.Se5!
Key: (click me!)
After 40 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Uitenbroek 0
 
Estanislao PUIG AMBROS
Arbejder Skak 1954

Mate in 2  1.Sf5!
Key: (click me!)
After 20 seconds Uitenbroek claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Uitenbroek 1
 
Ladislav KOCIK
Hlas l`udu 1969

Mate in 2  1.Rb6!
Key: (click me!)
After 25 seconds Uitenbroek claims 1.Ra5? - wrong!
Evseev gets a point
Evseev 3 - Uitenbroek 1
 
 

Solovchuk - Crisan   2 : 3

Herbert AHUES
1.hm La Revue des Echecs 1984

Mate in 2  1.Be7!
Key: (click me!)
After 131 seconds Crisan claims correct key and he gets a point
Solovchuk 0 - Crisan 1
 
Godfrey HEATHCOTE
Revue d`Echecs 1904

Mate in 2  1.Bf4!
Key: (click me!)
After 68 seconds Crisan claims correct key and he gets a point
Solovchuk 0 - Crisan 2
 
Attila BENEDEK
Schach-Aktiv 1989

Mate in 2  1.Qh4!
Key: (click me!)
After 32 seconds Solovchuk claims correct key and he gets a point
Solovchuk 1 - Crisan 2
 
Julius TOTH
1.pr La Nau 1929

Mate in 2  1.Qg8!
Key: (click me!)
After 26 seconds Crisan claims 1.Rd5? - wrong!
Solovchuk gets a point
Solovchuk 2 - Crisan 2
 
Lajos PINTER
Arbejder Skak 1955

Mate in 2  1.Qg7!
Key: (click me!)
After 74 seconds Solovchuk claims 1.Sd6? - wrong!
Crisan gets a point
Solovchuk 2 - Crisan 3
 
 

Pletnev - Limontas   3 : 0

Alex CASA
Phenix 2004

Mate in 2  1.Qd1!
Key: (click me!)
Timeout!
Pletnev 0 - Limontas 0
 
Alexander PITUK
Nepszava 1939

Mate in 2  1.Qg3!
Key: (click me!)
Pletnev is in Red Zone
After 45 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 1 - Limontas 0
 
Dimitry BANNIJ
Intellectualie Egri, 1993

Mate in 2  1.Qh6!
Key: (click me!)
Pletnev is in Red Zone
After 64 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Limontas 0
 
Herbert AHUES
1.pr Kelnische Rundschau 1969

Mate in 2  1.Bc7!
Key: (click me!)
Pletnev is in Red Zone
After 70 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 3 - Limontas 0
 
 

Azhusin - Kopyl   1 : 3

Valentin MARIN Y LLOVET
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1906

Mate in 2  1.Qa6!
Key: (click me!)
After 13 seconds Azhusin claims correct key and he gets a point
Azhusin 1 - Kopyl 0
 
Percy E. HEALEY
British Chess Problem Society 1919

Mate in 2  1.Rh4!
Key: (click me!)
After 22 seconds Kopyl claims correct key and he gets a point
Azhusin 1 - Kopyl 1
 
Henk PRINS Jan VAN WOERDEN
The Problemist 1990

Mate in 2  1.Qf7!
Key: (click me!)
After 44 seconds Azhusin claims 1.Qg8? - wrong!
Kopyl gets a point
Azhusin 1 - Kopyl 2
 
Max DISCHLER
Die Schwalbe 1930

Mate in 2  1.Qh8!
Key: (click me!)
After 11 seconds Azhusin claims 1.Qa2? - wrong!
Kopyl gets a point
Azhusin 1 - Kopyl 3
 
 

Dragoun - Selivanov   3 : 1

Jean MORICE
Themes-64 1967

Mate in 2  1.Ra6!
Key: (click me!)
After 49 seconds Dragoun claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 1 - Selivanov 0
 
Milan Velimirovic
Sahmatna misl 1982

Mate in 2  1.Sf3!
Key: (click me!)
After 7 seconds Dragoun claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 2 - Selivanov 0
 
Gerald F. ANDERSON Raul C. NASCIMENTO
1.pr British Chess Federation TT 1946

Mate in 2  1.Qh5!
Key: (click me!)
After 73 seconds Selivanov claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 2 - Selivanov 1
 
Henry RASMUSSEN
Arbejder Skak 1951

Mate in 2  1.Qh6!
Key: (click me!)
After 20 seconds Selivanov claims 1.Rd5? - wrong!
Dragoun gets a point
Dragoun 3 - Selivanov 1
 
 

Kovacevic - Mukoseev   3 : 1

Jozsef SZOGHY
1.pr Munkas Sakk 1934

Mate in 2  1.Qa7!
Key: (click me!)
After 15 seconds Mukoseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 0 - Mukoseev 1
 
Halvar HERMANSON
2.pr Schweizerische Arbeiter Schachzeitung 1954

Mate in 2  1.Sc5!
Key: (click me!)
After 28 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 1 - Mukoseev 1
 
Giulio PASQUALINI
L`Italia Scacchistica 1916

Mate in 2  1.Qb2!
Key: (click me!)
After 39 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 2 - Mukoseev 1
 
Alexandre KUZOVKOV
cm V.Melnichenko-50 JT 1989

Mate in 2  1.Rd5!
Key: (click me!)
After 37 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 3 - Mukoseev 1
 
 

Piorun - Podinic   0 : 3

Yoel ALONI
1.cm Banska Bystrica 1960

Mate in 2  1.Sf5!
Key: (click me!)
After 22 seconds Piorun claims 1.Qa1? - wrong!
Podinic gets a point
Piorun 0 - Podinic 1
 
Benjamin G. LAWS
Morning Post 1885

Mate in 2  1.Re8!
Key: (click me!)
After 41 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Piorun 0 - Podinic 2
 
Barry P. BARNES
1.pr L`Italia Scacchistica 1965

Mate in 2  1.Sd5!
Key: (click me!)
After 22 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Piorun 0 - Podinic 3
 
 

Wissmann - Caillaud   3 : 2

Bruno SOMMER
2.pl Berlin-Vienne Die Schwalbe 1933

Mate in 2  1.Ra4!
Key: (click me!)
After 49 seconds Wissmann claims correct key and he gets a point
Wissmann 1 - Caillaud 0
 
Sasa STOJANOVIC
Mat Plus 1997

Mate in 2  1.Sf4!
Key: (click me!)
After 31 seconds Caillaud claims correct key and he gets a point
Wissmann 1 - Caillaud 1
 
Harry V. TUXEN
Skakbladet 1928

Mate in 2  1.Qb1!
Key: (click me!)
After 42 seconds Caillaud claims correct key and he gets a point
Wissmann 1 - Caillaud 2
 
Alexander PITUK
Ceskoslovensky Sach 1954

Mate in 2  1.Qg3!
Key: (click me!)
After 82 seconds Caillaud claims 1.Qg7? - wrong!
Wissmann gets a point
Wissmann 2 - Caillaud 2
 
Berthold WEISSER
Die Schwalbe 1929

Mate in 2  1.Qa5!
Key: (click me!)
After 11 seconds Wissmann claims correct key and he gets a point
Wissmann 3 - Caillaud 2
 
 

1/4 Final

 

Evseev - Crisan   3 : 1

Herbert AHUES
3.cm Schweizerische Schachzeitung 1998-1999

Mate in 2  1.Sd7!
Key: (click me!)
After 38 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 1 - Crisan 0
 
Valentin LIDER
Europe Echecs 1977

Mate in 2  1.Rb4!
Key: (click me!)
After 77 seconds Crisan claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 1 - Crisan 1
 
Edith Helen BAIRD
Manchester Evening News 1902

Mate in 2  1.Sf5!
Key: (click me!)
After 16 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Crisan 1
 
Alexandre PANKRATIEV
5.cm 64 1990

Mate in 2  1.Rd1!
Key: (click me!)
After 71 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 3 - Crisan 1
 
 

Pletnev - Kopyl   3 : 0

Valentin LIDER
Problemnoter 1964

Mate in 2  1.Sd7!
Key: (click me!)
After 34 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 1 - Kopyl 0
 
Berthold WEISSER
Die Schwalbe 1937

Mate in 2  1.Qb8!
Key: (click me!)
After 30 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Kopyl 0
 
M. S. Nesic
Vecernje novosti 11.1.1961

Mate in 2  1.Qb7!
Key: (click me!)
After 31 seconds Kopyl claims 1.Qc4? - wrong!
Pletnev gets a point
Pletnev 3 - Kopyl 0
 
 

Dragoun - Kovacevic   2 : 3

Leon TUHAN BARANOWSKI
Swiat Szachowy 1931 pr

Mate in 2  1.Ke7!
Key: (click me!)
After 70 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 0 - Kovacevic 1
 
Primus WAHLMARK
Tidskrift fr Schack 1952

Mate in 2  1.Qg1!
Key: (click me!)
After 28 seconds Dragoun claims 1.Qe1? - wrong!
Kovacevic gets a point
Dragoun 0 - Kovacevic 2
 
Edith Helen BAIRD
Leeds Mercury 1902

Mate in 2  1.Re8!
Key: (click me!)
After 10 seconds Kovacevic claims 1.Rc4? - wrong!
Dragoun gets a point
Dragoun 1 - Kovacevic 2
 
Badea DUTA
1.pr Tribune Sibiului TT 1971

Mate in 2  1.Sc6!
Key: (click me!)
After 5 seconds Dragoun claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 2 - Kovacevic 2
 
G. JORDAN
2798 G.C., December, 1920

Mate in 2  1.Qf7!
Key: (click me!)
After 33 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Dragoun 2 - Kovacevic 3
 
 

Podinic - Wissmann   3 : 1

Richard BUCHNER
1.pr Arbeiter Zeitung 1926

Mate in 2  1.Ra7!
Key: (click me!)
After 11 seconds Wissmann claims 1.Rf8? - wrong!
Podinic gets a point
Podinic 1 - Wissmann 0
 
H. E. FUNK
1.pr Complete Blocks (4th Ty), Meredith Class 3333 G.C., April, 1922

Mate in 2  1.Qg1!
Key: (click me!)
After 26 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Podinic 2 - Wissmann 0
 
Byron ZAPPAS
1.hm To Mat 1956

Mate in 2  1.Sd7!
Key: (click me!)
After 16 seconds Wissmann claims correct key and he gets a point
Podinic 2 - Wissmann 1
 
Leonid I. KUBBEL
3.pr Vechernaya Moskva 1928

Mate in 2  1.Qh3!
Key: (click me!)
After 45 seconds Wissmann claims 1.Ra4? - wrong!
Podinic gets a point
Podinic 3 - Wissmann 1
 
 

Semifinal

 

Evseev - Pletnev   3 : 2

Hans HENNING
Funkschach 1926

Mate in 2  1.Qg3!
Key: (click me!)
After 55 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 0 - Pletnev 1
 
Herbert AHUES
Die Schwalbe 1999

Mate in 2  1.Rf5!
Key: (click me!)
After 22 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 0 - Pletnev 2
 
Philippe ROBERT
diagrammes 2004

Mate in 2  1.Bc1!
Key: (click me!)
After 47 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 1 - Pletnev 2
 
M. S. Nesic
Politika 28.8.1963

Mate in 2  1.Qa8!
Key: (click me!)
After 85 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Pletnev 2
 
Albert VOLKMANN
Die Schwalbe 1937

Mate in 2  1.Qa6!
Key: (click me!)
After 4 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 3 - Pletnev 2
 
 

Kovacevic - Podinic   3 : 2

Febus FRANKEL
Die Schwalbe 1930

Mate in 2  1.Bb4!
Key: (click me!)
After 24 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 1 - Podinic 0
 
Edouard PAPE
Good Companion 1918

Mate in 2  1.Qf3!
Key: (click me!)
After 36 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 1 - Podinic 1
 
N. SCHLACHTER
hm Die Schwalbe 1932-4

Mate in 2  1.Qf7!
Key: (click me!)
After 5 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 1 - Podinic 2
 
Antonio BOTTACCHI
3-4.pr L`Italia Scacchistica 1918

Mate in 2  1.Sd3!
Key: (click me!)
After 17 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 2 - Podinic 2
 
Yakov V. ROSSOMAKHO
Mat Plus 1995

Mate in 2  1.Sb4!
Key: (click me!)
After 19 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Kovacevic 3 - Podinic 2
 
 

Small Final

 

Pletnev - Podinic   2 : 4

Johannes OHQUIST
Die Schwalbe 1933

Mate in 2  1.Qf8!
Key: (click me!)
After 20 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 0 - Podinic 1
 
Alexander ZIDEK
4.pr Mat 1989

Mate in 2  1.Sd2!
Key: (click me!)
After 65 seconds Podinic claims 1.Sd6? - wrong!
Pletnev gets a point
Pletnev 1 - Podinic 1
 
Mario PARRINELLO
3.cm The Problemist 1989

Mate in 2  1.Rf6!
Key: (click me!)
After 10 seconds Pletnev claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Podinic 1
 
Rene VAN DOOREN
Probleemblad 1989

Mate in 2  1.Sd5!
Key: (click me!)
After 54 seconds Pletnev claims 1.Bd2? - wrong!
Podinic gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Podinic 2
 
Vasil DYACHUK
Landeszeitung fnr die Lnneburger Heide 1997

Mate in 2  1.Rb7!
Key: (click me!)
After 76 seconds Podinic claims correct key and he gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Podinic 3
 
Vladimir KUZMICHEV
The Independent 1990

Mate in 2  1.Qf4!
Key: (click me!)
After 48 seconds Pletnev claims 1.Qf1? - wrong!
Podinic gets a point
Pletnev 2 - Podinic 4
 
 

Final

 

Evseev - Kovacevic   4 : 5

Valery ZHEBENEV
Sahovska Kompozicija 1989

Mate in 2  1.Qh6!
Key: (click me!)
After 5 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 1 - Kovacevic 0
 
Herbert AHUES
Springaren 1990

Mate in 2  1.Sd4!
Key: (click me!)
After 43 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Kovacevic 0
 
Valery EVDOKIMOV
Chess Life 1990 cm

Mate in 2  1.Qa8!
Key: (click me!)
After 12 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 2 - Kovacevic 1
 
Zoltan LABAI
L`Italia Scacchistica 1975

Mate in 2  1.Sf3!
Key: (click me!)
After 17 seconds Evseev claims 1.Sh3? - wrong!
Kovacevic gets a point
Evseev 2 - Kovacevic 2
 
Alexander PITUK
3.pr Revista de Sah 1962

Mate in 2  1.Bd2!
Key: (click me!)
After 123 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 3 - Kovacevic 2
 
Edith Helen BAIRD
Reading Observer 1902

Mate in 2  1.Qd8!
Key: (click me!)
After 18 seconds Evseev claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 4 - Kovacevic 2
 
Frederick T. HAWES
Schackvarlden 1928

Mate in 2  1.Sf3!
Key: (click me!)
After 18 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 4 - Kovacevic 3
 
Vladimir KOZHAKIN
Vestnik 1989

Mate in 2  1.Bd5!
Key: (click me!)
After 60 seconds Evseev claims 1.Sf5? - wrong!
Kovacevic gets a point
Evseev 4 - Kovacevic 4
 
Johannes J. BURBACH
Arbejder Skak 1950

Mate in 2  1.d4!
Key: (click me!)
After 23 seconds Kovacevic claims correct key and he gets a point
Evseev 4 - Kovacevic 5
 

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