The "Good Companions" hereby announce the following formal Quick-Composing Tourneys.  This announcement 
will appear in the Jan-Mar 2010 issue of "StrateGems", which will be published in early January.  We're 
letting problemists know ahead-of-time, via email and internet, to give them more composing time.


Section A:

Parry-series movers of any type (see article in StrateGems, Jul-Sep 2009, p. 150).   No fairy pieces 
or additional fairy conditions.  In a parry-series mover, the series-side may give check during the 
series; when checked, the idle-side must immediately parry the threat; and after a check-and-parry, 
the series-side continues the series.  Limit 3 entries per composer.

Entries to Gianni Donati: gianchess@aol.com.  Judge: Dan Meinking.  Deadline: February 15, 2010. 

EXAMPLES:

Dan Meinking & George P. Sphicas
StrateGems 2009
8/1K4p1/8/8/8/2S5/4P3/5k2
pser.h#14  (3+2)  C-

5.g1Q 6.Qg2+ e4 7.Qb2+ Kc7 8.Qh2+ e5 9.Qh7+ Kc8 10.Qf5+ e6 11.Qc5+ Kd8 12.Qg5+ e7 
13.Qg8+ e8Q 14.Qg1 Qe2#

Dan Meinking
StrateGems 2009
6R1/4p2B/4p2k/4P3/8/1p6/1P2p1pr/K5Br
pser.s#11  (6+8)  C-

1.Bb1 2.Be3+ Kh5 3.Bc1 5.Bxe2+ Kh4 6.Bd1 8.Bf2+ Kh3 9.Bg1 10.Bh5 11.Rg4 (zz) Rxg1#


Section B:

Proof games in which a piece (not a pawn) undertakes a significant journey without capturing, and then 
is captured.  No fairy pieces or fairy conditions.  No limit on the number of entries per composer.

Entries to Dan Meinking: dmeinking@roadrunner.com.  Judge: Gianni Donati.  Deadline: February 15, 2010.  

EXAMPLE:

Gianni Donati
Original
r2qkbsr/pppspppp/8/8/B1PPPB2/2p5/PP1Q1PPP/K1R3SR

PG in 11.5  (15+15)  C+

1.e4 d5 2.Bb5+ Bd7 3.c4 d4 4.Sc3 dxc3 5.d4 Bc6 6.Bf4 Sd7 7.Qd2 Bd5 8.O-O-O Be6 
9.Kb1 Bg4 10.Rc1 Bd1 11.Ka1 Ba4 12.Bxa4


12/06/2009: A promoted piece may also be thematic, even if captures occurred upon or before promotion.


Tourney announcement and PDF documents available at: www.alphasleuth.com/pages/article-GCQCT.php