Lietuvos sprendimo čempionatai
REGULATIONS
International Competition of Draughts Composition
"LIETUVA - 2021" organized by the Lithuanian draughts
composition amateur’s union / Lietuvos šaškių kompozicijos
mėgėjų sąjunga (LŠKMS)
1. The competition is
dedicated to:
1.1. 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Commission of
Composition at the Lithuanian Draughts Federation (1980).
1.2. 40th anniversary of the first Lithuanian draughts composition
championship (1981).
1.3. 20th anniversary of the establishment of the
Lithuanian draughts composition
amateur’s union /
Lietuvos šaškių kompozicijos mėgėų sąjunga (2001).
2.1. The competition is the second stage of the European Cup of draughts
composition 2021-2022 (hereinafter - the European Cup), held in
accordance with the requirements of the European Cup and of the
International Rules (RI) CPI FMJD for problems (part I, Master rules)
and for competitions (part II) , draughts "100".
2.2. The competition is held in two categories:
2.2.1. Category A. Miniatures with no kings at the starting position.
The starting position must have at least 5 white draughts, the minimum
number of black draughts is 4; the maximum number of both white and
black draughts is 7. In the starting position, the difference between
the number of white and black (black and white) draughts cannot be more
than 1 draught.
2.2.2. Category B. Problems with no kings in the starting position.
There must be at least 10 white pieces in the starting position, the
minimum number of black pieces is 9; the maximum number of both white
and black draughts is 20. In the initial position, the difference
between the number of white and black (black and white) draughts cannot
be more than 1 draught.
2.2.3. In both categories, there is a prerequisite: White starts and
wins.
2.3. All interested composers are allowed to participate in the
competition. The results of participants
from countries outside Europe, but members of FMJD, in the
category score table are displayed separately, , they do not count for
the overall standings of the European Cup. Both new compositions and
published ones (including the Internet but not earlier than 01.01.2018.)
are allowed.
Also the compositions that participated, but not earlier than
01/01/2018, in the national championships for compositions are allowed
(including those who participated there hors concours).
The category judge has the right
to change the composition assessment given by the judges in these
championships. It is allowed to participate with corrected
compositions that received 0 earlier (but not earlier than 01.01.2018).
2.4. The competition is held in absentia from 01.03.2021 to 31.12.2021.
2.5. In each category, participants can submit to the competition no
more than 2 creations, drawn up each in 1 copy, indicating the solution,
category of the competition, name and surname, mailing address of the
participant. It is preferable, that the participant also sends his
photo. Participation in the competition means that the participant
agrees and complies with the terms of the Competition Regulations and
the European Cup Regulations.
2.6. If in the initial position a white draught is attacked by a black
draught, it is obligatory to prove legality, except for a natural attack
on the white draught.
2.7. Not allowed to participate:
2.7.1. Collective works.
2.7.2. Compositions that have participated or are participating in other
international competitions.
2.8. Creations must be sent not earlier than 05/01/2021 and not later
than 06/30/2021 (inclusive) by email to the competition coordinator
kaciuska@splius.lt
or by registered postal letter
(this is a mandatory condition for sending by post mail) to the mailing
address of the competition coordinator: A.Kačiuška, Architektų 38 - 21,
78263 Šiauliai, Lietuva - Lithuania. Replacement of the submitted
creations is not allowed.
2.9. Judges of the competition (category A and category B): Alexander
Moiseyev (USA),
Anatoly Panchenko (Ukraine), Michel Sabater (France).
3.1. In each of the categories, the places of the participants are
determined separately.
3.2. Each composition is evaluated and gets a place, unless it gets a
“0”.
3.3. The final score of the composition is the average score obtained
from the sum of the
average of the two extreme (minimum and maximum) scores and the central
score of the judges between them.
4.1. The authors of the compositions, in each of the categories that
took 1 - 3 places, are awarded with diplomas and cash prizes: for the
1st place - 50 EUR, for the 2nd place - 30 EUR, for the 3rd place - 20
EUR.
5. The regulations of
the competition have been agreed with the Commission Problemism
International European Draughts Confederation (CPI EDC).
The Russian text of
the Regulations will have priority in the case of a dispute due to
differences in the Russian and English texts.
6. Information about
the competition will be posted
on the official EDC EDC website
https://europedraughts.org/
, the TAVLEI website
https://plus.gambler.ru/tavlei/ , on the Planet forum
https://planet-ka.forum2x2.ru
and on the LŠKMS website
http://www.lskms.puslapiai.lt/