The website for chess composition KoBulChess.com organizing a memorial tourney on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the famous Bulgarian chess composer of the recent past FM Vladimir Zabunov (1928-1997).
Theme: Help-selfmate in 2-4 moves (HS#2-4) with the Zabunov theme - the front piece from one battery makes an ambush move and becomes the rear piece of a newly created battery. Anti-batteries and other type specific fairy batteries can be used too.
Fairy pieces and conditions are allowed, but the problems must be computer checked by the solving program Popeye or WinChloe.
The judge of the tourney is GM Petko Petkov (Bulgaria).
Send problems to Diyan Kostadinov by email: dkostadinov@abv.bg
Deadline: 15.11.2013
The award will be published in KoBulChess.com till to the end of 2013.
15 days left to deadline of the tourney! The Zabunov theme in the fairy field presents very nice and interesting possibilities for original ideas. Your entries are welcomed!