Марко Кампиоли поделил этюды на выигрышные и ничейные, а потом поделил их еще раз: до и больше десяти фигур. В каждом разделе одному этюду присуждено призовое отличие.
Два лучших этюда получили последние похвальные отзывы.В пешечной миниатюре Кройтора (№8) парадоксальным ходом Kb2! белый король готовится взять заложника или уйти в угол на разные ответы черных. Красивая находка!
В третьем похвальном отзыве Круга (№18) реализована содержательная дуэль двух тружеников. После четвертого хода черный конь намерен завершить колесо Nc3-d1-f2-e4, а отсюда перескочить на h3 через g5 или на е3 через d6-c4. Чтобы не позволить черному коню с темпом осуществить свои планы, белая ладья должна выбрать точный маршрут Rb3-b7!-g7-e7! – уникая полей e6 и e8.
For those not informed about, Marco Campioli passed away on 17th October. He was 67 years old.Sad news!
This is indeed sad news. I did not know Campioli personally, but it is a pity that he passed away. Who remains in the Italian community? There is the two of us, but we are new to study composition. Is there anybody more established?
Perhaps we should try to set up a small endgame study column (one page) in Torre & Cavallo, similar to Hlinka’s in CZ Sach? I think it would be great to reach out to players. (We can also follow up by email if you want.)
I am learning now that you live in Italy, Jan! Not bad achievement, from my point of view 🙂 But unfortunately, if you meant Italian people who compose endgame studies, now that Marco passed away … I could easily be the only one left. The few most affirmed ones are inactive or dead.
This is weird and sad. Nobody in Italy seems interested in chess composition. Amongst all Italian problemists / etudists, I’m the younger one. And in three days I’ll be 34 years old. I wonder what we will do when the elder problemists will leave us in the future. The almost entire of them are over-60.
There was a column on Torre & Cavallo, managed by Campioli himself, but it was included only occasionally. Now that column will be sentenced to death. Declarately, the magazine is interested only in OTB chess. Very little space has been dedicated to composition during the years, unless it was very OTB-like.
We could try, if you want, but I’m not guaranteeing anything!
I think it is worth a try. If Torre & Cavallo is only interested in OTB chess, we would have to focus on game-like studies which are interesting for the practical chess player as well. In other words, it would have to be a mix between endgame theory and studies. Perhaps the column should also include a (rather easy) solving exercise, with solution on a different page.
The type of study we could feature would be the 7th prize (Minski/Nielsen) at the Chess Artistry Festival, which can be related to the game Dubov-Svane. Or Minski’s 1st prize from P+V 64. His primitive style is ideal for OTB players. 😀 Just to name some examples. Also some classics from the endgame study history.
I am not so pessimistic with respect to the future. It is normal that as a young player, you first want to achieve success over the board and then, when OTB play loses its appeal a bit, you turn to endgames and studies. There are also the participants in the YCCC who will hopefully stick around.
This is indeed sad news. I was a judge twice in the Italian endgame studies Championship. Both times I won M.Campioli.