This year lectures are published just during festival immediately. The first three from 20.8.2015 and next from 21.8.2015 follow.
01
A Lecture by Emil Klemanič
Emil Klemanič: H#2 and migration
(August 20, 2015, Marianka, Slovensko)
Author: Hlavný správca
Festival in Marianka started
The first photo from the festival. Can you recognize the participans?
Participants of the first day
Basic Information 2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianka
Welcome at our Chess Compostition Festival Marianka 2015.
For the festival we have chosen humble but nice accommodation as well as moderate prices.
It will be held almost in the forests at Marianka near Bratislava from Wednesday evening 19.8.2015 (starts with dinner) till Sunday 23.8.2015 (closes with lunch). The main activities consist of composing tourneys, lectures, discussion forums and film projection in the late night.
(The composing tourneys will be announced on Wednesday evening.)
| PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS | |
|---|---|
| accommodation (1 person 1 night*) | 16 Euro |
| breakfast | 3 Euro |
| lunch | 6 Euro |
| dinner | 5 Euro |
| tourist tax (per 1 day) (1 deň) | 0,5 Euro |
| *2-bed and 3-bed rooms are available |
HOW TO GET THERE
All activities of the Chess Composition Festival as well as living and food will take place at „Exercičný dom“ (old former monastery) which is about 150 m from the small „main square“ at Marianka (terminal bus stop in the village).
By car or bike. Use the GPS as best way. Marianka is located some 5 km from Bratislava. From there take direction Brno, then you leave the highway at exit „Lamač“, then turn left direction Stupava, then, in Záhorská Bystrica, turn right to Marianka. (There are some free parking places right in front of the building.)
By bus to Bratislava. At the main bus station Bratislava, there are busses every hour to Marianka. It takes about 30 minutes.
Bus station – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Or take taxi which costs about 20 to 25 Euro.
By train to Bratislava.
1. Railway station – Bus station (trolleybus no. 210 or bus no. 21)
2. Bus station – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Taxi from the railway station to Marianka costs about 15 to 20 Euro.
By plane to the Bratislava airport.
1. Airport – Bajkalska stop (bus 61)
2. Bajkalska stop – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Or take taxi which costs from the airport to Marianka about 40 to 50 Euro.
By plane to the Vienna airport.
Take bus to Bratislava (they work very frequently, duration about one hour) and get off at the main bus station Bratislava. From the bus station there are busses every hour to Marianka.
Programme 2015
Lectures
| Lecturer | Lecture | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Reto Aschwanden | Composing – a new approach? | |
| Juraj Brabec | ||
| Ľuboš Kekely | Blockade in endgame study | |
| Michal Hlinka | Stalemate and 3 pieces in a pin | |
| Štefan Sovík | New theme in twomover | |
| Marián Križovenský | Chess diagrams on the web | |
| Ján Golha | My composition | |
| Tichomír Hernádi | My composition | |
| Ladislav Salai ml. | Purposely being a plagiarist | |
| Juraj Lörinc | Proca retractors | |
| Emil Klemanič | H#2 and emigration | |
| Bedrich Formánek | Capriccio twomover |
Programme
| 19.8.2015 | Wednesday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 24:00 | early arrival | |
| 15:00 | announcement of composing tourneys | ||
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:00 | 22:00 | free discussion | |
| 22:00 | movie | Geri´s Game (USA, 1997, 5 min) | |
| 22:05 | movie | xxx |
| 20.8.2015 | Thursday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 12:00 | arrival and registration | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 13:00 | welcome speech | ||
| 14:00 | 18:00 | lectures | |
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:30 | solving quick show | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 21.8.2015 | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 12:00 | lectures | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 14:00 | 18:00 | lectures | |
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:30 | fairy solving competition | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 22.8.2015 | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 11:00 | 10. WCCT (for Slovakian participants only!) | |
| 11:30 | lunch | ||
| 12:30 | 18:30 | excursion | |
| 19:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:30 | 21:00 | composing and finalizing for the tourneys | |
| 21:00 | deadline for composing tourneys | ||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 23.8.2015 | Sunday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 11:00 | prize-giving | |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | free discussion and closing the festival | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 13:00 | departure of participants |
Marianka 2015
The 7th International Chess Composition Festival will be held in Marianka, Slovakia from in August (19.8.2015 – 23.8.2015).
More information to follow soon.
Those interested can register from now on at:
peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com.
Lectures 2014
It took a while, but finally the videos from last year lectures were published.
Enjoy!!
01
A Lecture by Ladislav Salai jr.
Ladislav Salai jr.: Goddess Caissa was frowning over 15 years
(August 31, 2014, Marianka, Slovakia)
Bulletin Marianka 2014
You can download here the bulletin summarizing the results of composing and solving competitions of the Marianka 2014 festival. It contains also the lectures presented in Marianka.
Or it can be viewed immediately on this page: Continue reading »»
30-day tourney Marianka Festival Cup 2014
Organizers of festival Marianka 2014 announce theme tourney for compositions with supertransmuting king. Deadline is set to 29.8.2014, Juraj Brabec will be the judge. Details of the announcement are given in the following file (in Slovak and English, updated on the August 21st):
Registration 2014
Registration preferably via email before 31.7.2014, sooner better (limited bedroom capacity).
Basic Information 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianka
Welcome at our Chess Compostition Festival Marianka 2014.
For the festival we have chosen humble but nice accommodation as well as moderate prices.
It will be held almost in the forests at Marianka near Bratislava from Saturday evening 30.8.2014 (starts with dinner) till Wednesday 3.9.2014 (closes with lunch). The main activities consist of composing tourneys, lectures, discussion forums and film projection in the late night.
(The composing tourneys will be announced on Saturday evening.)
| PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS | |
|---|---|
| accommodation (1 person 1 night*) | 16 Euro |
| breakfast | 3 Euro |
| lunch | 6 Euro |
| dinner | 4 Euro |
| tourist tax (per 1 day) (1 deň) | 0,5 Euro |
| *2-bed and 3-bed rooms are available |
HOW TO GET THERE
All activities of the Chess Composition Festival as well as living and food will take place at „Exercičný dom“ (old former monastery) which is about 150 m from the small „main square“ at Marianka (terminal bus stop in the village).
By car or bike. Use the GPS as best way. Marianka is located some 5 km from Bratislava. From there take direction Brno, then you leave the highway at exit „Lamač“, then turn left direction Stupava, then, in Záhorská Bystrica, turn right to Marianka. (There are some free parking places right in front of the building.)
By bus to Bratislava. At the main bus station Bratislava, there are busses every hour to Marianka. It takes about 30 minutes.
Bus station – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Or take taxi which costs about 20 to 25 Euro.
By train to Bratislava.
1. Railway station – Bus station (trolleybus no. 210 or bus no. 21)
2. Bus station – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Taxi from the railway station to Marianka costs about 15 to 20 Euro.
By plane to the Bratislava airport.
1. Airport – Bajkalska stop (bus 61)
2. Bajkalska stop – Marianka (Slovak lines bus)
Or take taxi which costs from the airport to Marianka about 40 to 50 Euro.
By plane to the Vienna airport.
Take bus to Bratislava (they work very frequently, duration about one hour) and get off at the main bus station Bratislava. From the bus station there are busses every hour to Marianka.