Organizers of festival Marianka 2017 announce theme tourney for any compositions with fairy pieces moose, eagle, sparrow or hamster. Deadline is set to 23.8.2017, Juraj Brabec will be the judge. Details of the announcement are given in the following file (in Slovak and English):
Lectures 2017
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Programme 2017
Lectures
| Lecturer | Lecture | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Štefan Sovík | Square functions change cycle – with white (Forgotten theme?) | 24.8.2017 |
| Michal Hlinka | Is a study in general in a sharp decline? | 24.8.2017 |
| Juraj Lörinc | Good fairy problems | 25.8.2017 |
| Peter Gvozdják | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 25.8.2017 |
| Michel Caillaud | Two joint compositions with Uri from Nunspeet | 25.8.2017 |
Programme
| 23.8.2017 | 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 |
| 24.8.2017 | 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 | fairy solving competition | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 25.8.2017 | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 9:30 | Handing in titles of WFCC | |
| 9:30 | 10:00 | MK 55 JT Results | |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | lectures | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 14:00 | 18:00 | lectures | |
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 20:00 | solving quick show | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | 23:00 | ||
| 23:00 | movie | xxx |
| 26.8.2017 | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 11:00 | 10. WCCT review | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 13:00 | 18:00 | excursion | |
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:30 | 20:00 | composing and finalizing for the tourneys | |
| 20:00 | deadline for composing tourneys | ||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 27.8.2017 | 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 2017
The 9th International Chess Composition Festival will be held in Marianka, Slovakia from wednesday august 23, till sunday august 27, 2017 (23.8.2017 – 27.8.2017).
Besides the traditional program (lectures, composing and solving competitions, evening movies), an interesting excursion is planned for saturday: the Devín Castle.
Those interested can register from now on till 23.7.2017 at:
peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com.
Marianka 2016 pictures
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Thematic tourneys awards 2016
Added 31.8.2016
Check out, please, current versions of awards by H#2 (new versions of 5th Prize and Special Prize) a FAIRIES (correction of technical errors). Awards ordering was not changed.
In 2016 were these thematic tourneys announcement:
Here you can download tournyes awards:
Lectures 2016
This year lectures are published just during festival immediately too. The first three from 18.8.2016 and then next four from 19.8.2016 follow.
01
A Lecture by: Štefan Sovík
Štefan Sovík: Elimination of duals by keys in the new-strategical twomover
(August 18, 2016, Marianka, Slovensko)
Participants 2016
Count of participants: 24
| Nr. | Name | Country | Year | Remark | Inserted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fica Alexander |  |
Czech Republic | 2016 | 29.7.2016 | |
| 2 | Kotěšovec Václav | |
Czech Republic | 2016 | 10.6.2016 | |
| 3 | Caillaud Michel |  |
France | 2016 | 20.6.2016 | |
| 4 | Onkoud Abdelaziz |  |
Morocco | 2016 | 18.5.2016 | |
| 5 | Brabec Juraj |  |
Slovakia | 2016 | 15.7.2016 | |
| 6 | Červenka Marian | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 3.6.2016 | |
| 7 | Ďačuk Vasil | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 14.6.2016 | |
| 8 | Garaj Ivan | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 20.8.2016 | |
| 9 | Golha Ján | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 17.7.2016 | |
| 10 | Gvozdják Peter | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 5.7.2016 | |
| 11 | Havran Jozef | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 16.7.2016 | |
| 12 | Jarolín Ivan | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 5.7.2016 | |
| 13 | Klemanič Emil | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 6.7.2016 | |
| 14 | Kolčák Marek | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 9.8.2016 | |
| 15 | Križovenský Marián | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 5.7.2016 | |
| 16 | Labai Zoltán | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 15.7.2016 | |
| 17 | Lörinc Juraj | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 27.7.2016 | |
| 18 | Novomeský Daniel | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 15.7.2016 | |
| 19 | Packa Ladislav | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 5.7.2016 | |
| 20 | Ralík Oliver | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 16.7.2016 | |
| 21 | Širáň Ľubomír | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 22.7.2016 | |
| 22 | Sovík Štefan | |
Slovakia | 2016 | 9.7.2016 | |
| 23 | Dyachuk Natalia |  |
Ukraine | 2016 | 17.8.2016 | |
| 24 | Kopyl Valery | |
Ukraine | 2016 | 14.6.2016 |
Programme 2016
Lectures
| Lecturer | Lecture | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Štefan Sovík | Elimination of duals by the 1st white move in a new-strategical twomover (new theme?) | – |
Programme
| 17.8.2016 | 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 |
| 18.8.2016 | 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 | fairy solving competition | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 19.8.2016 | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | 12:00 | lectures | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 15:00 | 19:00 | excursion | |
| 19:00 | dinner | ||
| 20:00 | solving quick show | ||
| free composing | |||
| 22:00 | 23:00 | 10. WCCT (for slovak composers only!) | |
| 23:00 | movie | xxx |
| 20.8.2016 | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | breakfast | ||
| 10:00 | 12:00 | SOKŠ general assembly (for Slovakian participants only!) | |
| 12:00 | lunch | ||
| 14:00 | 18:00 | lectures | |
| 18:00 | dinner | ||
| 19:30 | 21:00 | composing and finalizing for the tourneys | |
| 21:00 | deadline for composing tourneys | ||
| 22:00 | movie | xxx |
| 21.8.2016 | 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 |
30-day tourney Marianka Festival Cup 2016
Organizers of festival Marianka 2016 announce theme tourney for twomovers with fairy pieces with change of play in least three phases and at least two variations. Deadline is set to 17.8.2016, Juraj Brabec will be the judge. Details of the announcement are given in the following file (in Slovak and English):