Information about games results

2020-05-19

Diagram 3. Armenak solved. He found other variant. Ours - not solved yet. The prize is current.

2018-08-22

Live Puzzle Pop3. Even young chess geniuses from Armenia did not do the task this week. Only one chess player, Marcin Jaworski from Poland, solved the problem. See how Marcin played. Last 4 movements.

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2018-08-16

Download chess program and get the full version
1. Download the program + codes
2. After installation, you will see the board unregistered version of the program. Click on –Unlock

3. Enter as in the picture Serial number and Unlock and your Nick and click ok.

You have the full version of CEEC on your computer. You are ready to play.

2017-06-24

Gold 0 - pause until further notice

Free Gold 0 game for young chess players up to 16 years has been “besieged by cheaters”. People within the age range from 20 to 40 disguising themselves as teenagers. They even asked 13 years old boys to let them use their personal data but then it came out that the kid did not play chess at all. Therefore we plan to restart the game, even with a higher prize, but we need at least 100 players registered by official chess trainers. All those registered players will be notified about the start of the game by messages sent to their e-mail addresses.

Winners 

Gold 0-34 there is no winner
Gold 0-33 - Alex Nurijanyan
Gold 0-30,31,32 canceled
Gold 0-29 Alex Nurijanyan, Brilliant Player
Gold 0-28 Arman Manukyan, Brilliant Player, without winning a queen, but a fantastic conception, see:
Gold 0-27 Areg Karapetyan, Brilliant Player, see solution
Gold 0-26 Alex Nurijanyan, Brilliant Player
Gold 0-25 Alex Nurijanyan, one move faster, see
Gold 0-24 Alex Nurijanyan, 6 min. time, Areg Karapetyan, jointly
Gold 0-23 Alex Nurijanyan- phenomenal solution

congratulations

2017-04-29

2017-04-15

Gold 0 (up to 16 years), starts at 5 p.m. CET (every Saturday)

Winners – see Winners medal

2016-08-06

2016-07-28

2016-07-27

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2016-07-26

Czopor-Mościcka, Tournament B

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2016-07-25

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2016-07-22

Task 7 - Saturday 2 p.m CET
Winner Rafał Siwik - title Brilliant Player
solution

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2016-07-05

Task 6, Saturday 2 p.m. CET
winner Rafał Siwik-$50-Brilliant Player
solution

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2016-07-05

Task 5 - winner Piotr Niedbał - double prize $100 - title Brilliant Player

victory on 22 move, from position 7
position from the chess game Jan Kujawski-Adrian Kurz-winning by black
Piotr solution - currently in the UK

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2016-05-07

Gold 0 - task 3 
no one solved, we show solution
position after 29 moves

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2016-05-07

It seems there are only poor players in Gold 0. And the poorest are from India; hundreds of them visit our website but none of them has submitted a good solution in either Gold 0 or Genius Test. Also, none of them has played in Rosija-America or Independent.
It appears that Anand is the only one out there who knows how to play chess. And reportedly in India there are over 100 million chess players… If it’s true, then show us your skills.
Apart from Chess Department China, we intended to open Chess Department India, but probably it won't be necessary. 

Goldchess team

2016-03-19

task 2 

mate in 25 - there is no Winner, solved the task only Professional
solution

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2016-03-12

Gold 0 - game only for amateurs, $50 prize

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2016-03-05

Accumulation! - Prize $250

Task 41 currently on – 135 weeks nobody solved task

From the position of the task 41 is possible mate in 26 - we will show it in the film: "How to solve the task of Goldchess"

We want only mate in the 29th. Hint: walking around in circles King

mate 29.Qh6-forcefull in 5

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2015-09-26

Michał Stolarski sent the next solution. It is not appropriate, but beautiful. And it would be even more beautiful if played 29.gf3 mate.

look

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2013-09-14

Task 40 - winner Grosmaster
author's and player's solutions

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2013-07-20

Now - Task 40
Task 39 – winner Puchaaa
player’s solution

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2013-07-06

Task 38
winner Puchaa

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2013-07-05

Winner Puchaaa - master solution

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2013-06-23

Task 36 - winner Pepe

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2013-06-22

Task 35 - winner Gelu

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2013-06-12

Task 34
Winner - Grosmaster. One move faster

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2013-05-25

Task 32-33
Draw by perpetual check in 33 -7 checks
No one has done the task 31-32-33, draw in 33, by perpetual check in 7 moves
Best player’s solution- draw in 35 –player Puchaaa16

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2013-05-19

Task31-author's solution-18. Bh6

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2013-05-11

Task29
Winner - Grosmaster. Mate in 25, forceful in 5!
Featured game.

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2013-05-04

Task29
-mate in 41, forceful in 8
Winner - Grosmaster. Mate in 40, forceful in 9!
Featured game.

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2013-04-27

Task28
-mate in 37, forceful in the sixth
Task copyright from The Best, of the III Round. Additionally in Gold0, we show five author’s moves.
 

2013-04-27

Game 28 won the player Gelu. Here's his solution.
 

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2013-04-27

Other interesting solution-Grosmaster
 

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2013-04-27

Solution Copyright Goldchess

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2013-04-20

Game 27-Mate in 25
Prize $50
Winner Grosmaster
The same solution as the author. See

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2013-04-13

Game 26-mate in 20
Prize $50
Winner - Grosmaster. Player's solution
 

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2013-04-06

Task 25
Winner Grosmaster - 2 moves faster than the author

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2013-03-30

Game 23-rd-
winner Gelu 1001-prize $100
-author's solution

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2013-03-30

Game 24
Winner-Grosmaster
player's solution

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2013-03-16

2013-03-16

Who first, this better

Game 22-Victory in 34

$50 prize

2013-03-16

Player Gelu1001 done and sent task 22 after 3 minutes!
Title - Quick Brain Titan

2013-03-09

Who first, this better Game 21st – checkmate in 19 $50 prize

The 20-game victory 33, won the prize Grosmaster, but the best solution to send Pepe, the 27th victory

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2013-03-09

Game 21 ended.
Prize won Puchaaa 16, but the most beautiful solution with dedication Queen sent Pepe. Look

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2013-03-02

Who first, this better
Game 20th – victory in 33
$50 prize

2013-02-23

Who first, this better
Game 19th – Mate in 34- a little difficult
$50 prize

2013-02-16

Who first, this better
Game 18th – Victory in 26 move
$50 prize

2013-02-11

17 Task was not difficult. Player Grossmaster sent solution after 7 minutes, about 2.07p.m.
Player’s solution

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2013-02-09

Who first, this better
Game 17th – Victory in 27 move
$50 prize

2013-02-04

Player Grosmaster did task 16 one move earlier than author.
Player’s solution

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2013-02-02

Who first, this better
Game 16th – Mate in 25moves
$50 prize

Game 15
Player’s solution

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2013-01-26

Who first, this better
Game 15th – 20victory
$50 prize

Game 14
Player’s solution

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2013-01-19

Game 14th – 25checkmate
$50 prize

Game 13
Author's and player's solution

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2013-01-12

Player Grosmaster checkmated in 32 pawn, but in a different way than the author.
Receives $ 150 prize.
We show the solution to the player and author

Currently, we have a new task, nr.13
Reward: $ 100!

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2013-01-05

Game no. 12
Eighth week, no one has done the job.
Mat 32, a pawn.
Prize $ 250!

2012-12-29

Game no.11
Seventh week, no one has done the job.
Mat 32, a pawn.
Prize $ 250!

2012-12-22

Game no.10

Another accumulation in Gold0!
Sixth week, no one has done the job.

Mate 32, a pawn.

Prize $ 250!

2012-12-15

Accumulation x 5!

Fifth week, no one has done the job.

Mate 32, a pawn.

Prize x 5 = $ 250

We present batch entry submitted by the player gelu1001-mate in 34, due to its precise beauty.

2012-12-08

Accumulation!

Fourth week, no one has done the job.

Mate 32, a pawn.

Prize x 4 = $ 200

2012-12-01

Accumulation!

Third week, no one has done the job.

Mate 32, a pawn.

Prize x 3 - $ 150

2012-11-24

Nobody solved the problem, mate in 32 with a pawn.

Cumulation, prize $100

2012-11-17

The same player Pepe gave a 30-mate pawn move. Here's the solution.

$100 as a reward and in addition the Brain Titan Class I title.

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2012-11-10

Cuu-muuu-lation at Gold0!
Doubled prize in Gold0!
$ 100

Last task
A different solution than the author's one was provided for the last week's task. A player won the game one move earlier than the author and they were awarded the title of Class I Brain Titan.

Accumulated prize: $ 100.

Moreover, the unsolved author's task is not canceled, however, the solution to be provided has to match the author's one.

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2012-11-03

Cumulation! Prize x 2!

Nobody has resolved last week's task, that's why we have now prize cumulation in Gold0.

Good luck!

2012-10-27

Third task has been resolved by gelu1001 player in another way than author did it. In the archive of Gold0 game you can find ready to download: starting position, player's solution and author solution.

For the fourth week we have prepared new, sensational task.

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2012-10-13

Today, at 17.38 we have received solution of task 2 from GoldChess 0 game, sent by gelu1001. As we know, he resolved this task in 10 minutes! Congratulations! Another prize and title goes to him - see in our Winners section.
gelu1001's solution, as well as the starting position, are enclosed.

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2012-10-09

First task has been resolved. $50 prize.
Winner - gelu1001 was the first one who has sent solution. Nobody is faster?

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Task 32
Draw by perpetual check in 33 - 7 checks

2018-09-29

Olympics in Batumi, in Goldchess

In Batumi some cheeky Frenchman, with the Polish grandmaster of a large class, played in defense of the Russian 3.S: e5. And the Pole, most likely surprised by such a move, lost the game. In Goldchess, we punished for this move and win black in a beautiful, dynamic game.
Free game, $ 100 prize. Rules like in the Genius Test, 10 correct solutions and we draw the winner.

Task: Vachier-Lagrave vs J.K. Duda - mat in the 27th movement. We play, of course, blacks.
Task and prize only for Polish chess players. But, try yourself, maybe everyone. Position to download in Results – Hunt game. (www.goldchess.com). You send the solution in the CEEC-our chess program file (.pgn extension) to the address contact@goldchess.com.

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2017-10-31

Olympics in Batumi, in Goldchess

In Batumi some cheeky Frenchman, with the Polish grandmaster of a large class, played in defense of the Russian 3.S: e5. And the Pole, most likely surprised by such a move, lost the game. In Goldchess, we punished for this move and win black in a beautiful, dynamic game.
Free game, $ 100 prize. Rules like in the Genius Test, 10 correct solutions and we draw the winner.

Task: Vachier-Lagrave vs J.K. Duda - mat in the 27th movement. We play, of course, blacks.
Task and prize only for Polish chess players. But, try yourself, maybe everyone. Position to download in Results – Hunt game. (www.goldchess.com). You send the solution in the CEEC-our chess program file (.pgn extension) to the address contact@goldchess.com.

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Hunt 8 – nobody solved
Hunt 7 – timeout
Hunt 6 – winner Alex Nurijanyan
Hunt 5 – timeout
Hunt 4 – winner Alex Nurijanyan

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2017-09-26

Hunt 3
Hunt game is incredibly evasive. Nobody managed to hunt the problem in the 3rd edition. And some players from the U.S., Poland and Turkey where there. We invite the players with a knack for hunting next week.

2017-09-24

Next game Hunt 3, last week of September. Who is going to hunt the task?

2017-09-22

2020-04-17

 Every day except Sunday.
The top 3 wins. $100 prize pool, $5 entry fee. Soon.

2020-06-29

La idea de Goldchess.
Habana Torneo es solo para jugadores de Cuba y países latinoamericanos.
Invertiremos en tu educación. Durante los torneos gratuitos Habana Torneo te enseñaremos a jugar como Capablanca. Haremos que miles de ajedrecistas latinoamericanos aumenten su nivel. Si los jugadores no ganan todos los premios en uno de los torneos, los mismos pasarán al próximo Habana Torneo y la bolsa de premios aumentará.
El equipo de Goldchess

Habana Torneo 1, 24 de mayo, 21:00 hora Habana

Reporte
Capablanka-Penteado  0-1 (1927). Capablanca jugó 18.a4 y 19.a5. No fue una buena idea, más bien una pérdida de ritmo y tiempo. En la tarea 3, recordamos al genio de Capablanca. El dama negra permanecerá en el campo b6 hasta el final del juego. Tarea para los participantes: encuentra una manera de ganar.
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Primera conclusión: los ajedrecistas cubanos y latinos aún tienen mucho que aprender para lograr la clase de Capablanca y cultivar su estilo y modo de pensamiento. Nosotros los ayudaremos en esto. Además, hemos decidido cambiar el nombre “Habana Torneo”. Durante su Segunda Edición llevará el nombre “Torneo Capablanca”. Los principales organizadores son Alexey Morales y el Gran Maestro Isan Ortiz de Cuba. Los organizadores de otros países latinoamericanos también pueden unirse a ellos para crear un equipo óptimo. Vamos a enseñar juntos cómo jugar como Capablanca.

¡Un ganador heroico de la Primera Edición de Habana Torneo es el Gran Maestro Juri Gonzales Vidal de Cuba! ¡Gran fanfarria! Este ajedrecista envió soluciones en todas las 3 rondas.

Antes del torneo, le pedí al campeón internacional de Fide y gran maestro de Goldchess Armenak Yeghiazaryan de Armenia que participara en el torneo como invitado, sin competencia. Actualmente, es el mejor ajedrecista de Goldchess. En general, se inscribió un total de 40 jugadores y participaron 35 de ellos. En este primer torneo, nos apartaremos de las reglas y recompensaremos a los jugadores por soluciones incorrectas o enviadas después del tiempo límite.

Relato del torneo

Ronda I^a

Primer problema, victoria en el 29º movimiento. El primero fue Armenak quien envió su respuesta después de más de 10 minutos, es decir, después del tiempo límite. En este punto, nos gustaría anunciar que en la segunda edición aumentaremos el tiempo límite para los participantes latinos. Armenak ganó un movimiento antes que nosotros, en el 28º movimiento, pero no representaba el estilo de Capablanca. Sin embargofue una buena solución y la presentamos. Todas las soluciones estándisponibles en el sitio web de Goldchess, en la pestaña “Winners-Capablanca Torneo”, mientras que los resultados se presentan en “Results-Capablanca Torneo”.

El segundo fue Juri Gonzales quien ganó en el 36º movimiento con tiempo de resolución de 15 minutos. El Gran Maestro Isan Ortiz terminó en tercer lugar, ganando un movimiento antes. Además, descubrió el primer movimiento correcto en esta posición y llegó a ser el ganador de esta ronda con el premio de 50 dólares.

Ronda II^a

Segundo problema, tiempo de 7:27. Solo Juri Gonzales envió una solución. En lugar de hacer el jaque mate en el  29º movimiento, ganó en el 34º. Acortamos su solución en 2 movimientos y mostramos ambas soluciones. Sin embargo, en este caso no hay ganador. También presentamos nuestra solución, es decir, el jaque mate en el 29º movimiento. De este modo jugaría el grande Capablanca.

Ronda III^a

Tercer problema. Hubo un jaque mate en el 31º movimiento. El primer fue Armenak. ¡Grandes aplausos! ¡Repitió exactamente nuestra solución, al estilo de Capablanca, en 1 minuto y 54 segundos! Armenak jugó fuera del torneo, pero en este caso, lo recompensaremos por su solución con un premio individual de 50 dólares. De manera simple y efectiva. Así jugaría Capablanca.

Y de nuevo el héroe de nuestro torneo fue Juri Gonzales quien, indudablemente, siente el espíritu de Capablanca. Después de 2 horas y 38 minutos envió susolución, un jaque mate en el 32º movimiento muy hermoso, mostrando su propia versión del estilo de Capablanca. ¡Y por esta solución recibirá un premio de 100 dólares! ¡Grandes aplausos para el maestro!

Mira todos los partidos y descubreen qué consistía el genio de Capablanca.

Goldchess proporciona la adrenalina de ajedrez y grandes emociones.

Esperamos que este torneo con el espíritu de Capablanca en el fondo se convierta en un torneo masivo y el más grande en los países latinoamericanos. Te invitamos a la próxima edición de Torneo Capablanca. Su plazo depende de cuándo se inscriba un mínimo de 100 participantes. Antes de que empiecen a jugar miles de ajedrecistas. J Por supuesto, en tal caso aumentaremos el bolso de premios en este torneo educativo gratuito.

Saludos

Equipo de Goldchess

2016-10-15

2016-07-09

January 16 to July 30             Anand-Gelfand match - replay in Goldchess

Round 16 - we play for US $3000

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Department Rosija

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2016-08-10

2016-07-09

January 16 - July 30          Anand Gelfand match - replay in Goldchess
Round 16 - we play for US $3000

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Department America

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2016-08-10

2016-08-09

2016-07-30

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2016-07-29

Goldchess solutuion

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2016-07-16

Currently round 14 - prize $1000
Winner Krystian Jacek

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2016-07-15

Round 13-winner IM Pawel Weichhold, solution other than the author's  

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2016-07-03

Round 12th - prize $2000

Only one... Only one chess player sent the correct solution to the problem of 12th round. He solved it in 1.5 hour.
The award of $ 2000 goes to Krystian Jacek! Title - Future Gold Player
 

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2016-07-02

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2016-06-25

Round 10
Winner Krystian Jacek
not author's solution

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2016-06-18

Round 9 - winners

Krystian Jacek, Paweł Weichhold - prize $1000
they both provided the author's solution, bravo

solution-see

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2016-05-14

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2016-05-07

2016-05-04

2016-04-30

2016-04-29

Round 5th
next beauty, but not author solution too

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2016-04-17

2016-04-16

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2016-04-09

Round 2
Winner – Paweł Weichchold-three moves faster than the author

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2016-04-03

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2016-03-27

Great Independent Chess Department…task1 - $1000 prize
We start at 5.00 pm CET-polish time, before…

Happy Easter
GT

2019-02-10

2019-07-09

Genius Test - July. Here is the solution. Pay attention to its style and quality. Goldchess involves iron logic of chess and playing identical with or very similar to tournament chess. This game, starting from the given position, could be played in any chess tournament. Mate in 26 moves, with the queen sacrificed and captured. We present also our solution No. 2, which is reverse mate in 27 moves, with the queen captured and sacrificed.  Take a look.

Comments. Position after 15 moves.

Goldchess is an outstanding form of chess, ideal for learning how to play. You can freely undo moves and look for other possibilities, choosing the best ones. In this game, you can play several variants and quickly work out that in this position the key black piece is the knight well positioned on g4, which defends e5 and the f4-b8 diagonal. So, how can it be eliminated? In a very straightforward way,

16.h3 Nh6 –  the knight can move only in one way, after 15… Ne5, 16.Bf4 the black would lose a pawn. But how should the black queen be attacked now with tempo? This is the         Genius variant, so the solution is also simple. Sacrifice the knight.

17.N:d4 ed4

18.Bf4! Qa5  continued attack with tempo

19.b4! Q:a2

20.b5 N:f5     Black captures the pawn in order to subsequently shield itself with the knight on d6

21.bc6            Wb8# mate is imminent

21…. Nd6

22.c5 Rde8    the computer defends e7 against white pawn marching after knight capture on d6.

                        And here is the brilliant point of this combination.

23.Qb5!!! N:b5 a beautiful sacrifice of the queen. Black must capture. Mate on b8 was imminent

24.R:b4          inevitable mate on b8 , with the rook

24…. Qb2      an act of despair

26.R:b2 Rd8

27.Rb8#

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2019-07-08

Genius Test July - Game 2

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2018-12-26

GT December
Winner Armenak Yeghiazaryan
great congrat!

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2018-08-01

July - won the first solution. Armenak Yeghiazaryan, Armenia
position 21, see the first move

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2018-05-03

GT May
Hayk Yeritsyan - a brilliant solution

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2018-04-03

GT February, March - winner Armenak Yeghiazaryan, Armenia

GT January 2018 - winner Alex Nurijanyan, Armenia

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GT December 2 - winner Sargis Manukyan, Armenia
GT December 1 - nobody solved. In the test, Stockfish won in 33 moves, 9 moves too late :)

2017-11-30

GT November

The contest was annulled because one uninitiated player sent 6 solutions from fictional accounts.

2017-09-28

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2017-08-31

Łukasz’s Happy Day

If somebody does not believe in life’s happy days. A chess player from Poland. Łukasz Łuba has been awarded with a distinction in the August Beauty Contests for the most beautiful game of the month and received US$ 50 and today he has won in the Non34 Tournament by solving the second problem to receive US$125 + US$50 for the ranking and for the IM Goldchess tile. But the day did not end there. In the drawing for the US$ 100 prize among 10 correct solutions of the August Genius Test the winning number was 5. Whose number was that? Łukasz Łuba’s, of course.

An awesome day and incredible lucky series of Łukasz. We wish all our players had a day like that!

2017-07-11

GT July, Tal style - $100 prize wins first
Winner - Alex Nurijanyan Armenia !
Congratulations!
solution

GT June - winner Lukasz Luba

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2017-06-01

GT May. Not submitted 10 solutions. In this case wins first - Sargis Manukyan Armenia- author’s solution.

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2017-03-16

2017-03-01

2017-02-22

2017-02-01

I do not see solutions from India

Genius Test February - Winner is only one!
Great... Hayk Yeritsyan! Armenia!

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2017-01-16

Genius Test January2 - winner? - GM Gianni PL

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2017-01-03

Genius Test January - Gianni

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2016-12-19

GT December - GM Artur Jakubiec

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2016-11-22

In Genius Test we help Carlsen to win game 8. $250 prize
see: Featured solutions

2016-11-02

Genius Test-solution other than the author's, S. Manukyan

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2016-10-31

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2016-10-25

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2016-10-08

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2016-10-01

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2016-09-04

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2016-09-01

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2016-08-01

2016-07-25

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2016-07-23

Genius Test July - $200! - winner Piotr Niedbał UK

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2016-06-30

Krystian Jacek solution

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2016-06-30

IM Paweł Weichhold 2

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2016-06-30

IM Paweł Weichhold 3

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2016-06-14

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2016-05-10

2016-05-04

Genius Test May
It's a winner! Super Genius Goldchess! Prize $150!

Krystian Jacek PL
see the solution /35.Rb1!!/

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2016-05-02

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2016-05-01

Free game
Test of Genius 3rd – April

Task3 -23.Qh7checkmate, with a brilliant sacrifice 3 figures

Nobody solved. We show solution-see
position after 14 moves – 18.Rd7!
Simple?

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2016-04-01

Test of Genius 2nd - March 

19-03 at 4 pm CET - polish time 

Solutions in the file CEEC / extension .png / send email updates contact@goldchess.com, with -Genius test- in the subject

Prizes

1.       $100 - author variant only- there is no Winner
2.       $50 - Krystian Jacek
3.       $25 - Paweł Wiechhold

Task 2

Mate In 31- sacfifice Queen-author solution

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2016-02-13

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2018-10-07

Batumi 4 - Alex Nurijanyan - $30
Ding Liren - Duda

solution- position31, play black

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2018-10-07

Batumi 4- Hayk Yeritsyan - $20

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2018-10-05

Batumi 3- Armenak Yeghiazaryan - $100
Duda vs Caruana 
solution, position 22

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2018-10-04

Batumi 2- Armenak Yeghiazaryan - $75
Duda vs Mamediarow
solution, position16

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2018-10-03

Batumi 1
Vachier Lagrave -Duda
Goldchess solution, position14

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2018-08-01

GC July, no one has solved, see
position after 11 moves from the game GM Timur Gareyev

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2018-06-07

GC June
m32, interesting, Paweł Jaworski, Poland

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2018-06-03

GC June, not author's, distinction, $50. Lukasz Luba, Poland
see

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2018-06-02

GC June - there is no correct solution yet. But there is one interesting, Lukasz Luba Poland,
see

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2018-05-04

Great Chess Masters Games

Gareyev - Jobava 
by Hayk Yeritsyan Armenia,
position 12

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2018-05-04

Great Chess Masters Games

Gareyev vs Jobava
by Armenak Yeghiazaryan (Goldchess solution)
position 12

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2018-04-15

Puzzle GC

Kasparov vs Petrosyan 
Lukasz Luba Poland solution - mate 32

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2018-04-14

Puzzle GC

Kasparov vs Petrosyan
Armenak Yehiazaryan solution - mate 34

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2018-04-13

Puzzle GC
Aronian - Caruana
Goldchess solution

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2018-04-08

Aronian-Caruana, solution 2

Lukasz Luba PL
mate20

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2018-03-29

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2017-10-01

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2017-10-01

GC September

No checkmate in 20^th move. No Grandmaster has sent in one. There are many checkmates in 21^st move, good-looking ones, but this month we award an off-contest solution (the player is not a Grandmaster) by Tigran Petrosyan from Armenia (IM). Victory in 18^th move. Just have a look.

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2017-07-01

GM Corner June. There is no winner. 3 distinctions, 1.Alex Nurijanyan + $50, 2.Tigran Petrosyan, 3.Lukasz Luba.
Alex game

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2017-07-01

GCorner July - the task solved FM Sargis Manukyan Armenia

solution

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2017-06-01

GC May. There is no winner. 2 distinctions, Alex Nurijanyan, Tigran Petrosyan.
Alex game

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2017-06-01

GCorner June-starts on Wednesday 5.00 pm CET

2017-04-05

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2013-03-16

Two players made the task of Grandmaster corner. Received Goldchess Grandmaster titles. / see-List of Winners /
Reward: $ 1000 for Grandmaster which will make mate move faster, still waiting.

2013-02-12

Nothing is impossible for the players!
Player Grosmaster in the game Grandmaster Corner gave mat in 23 move and won the title
Goldchess Grandmaster!

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2018-12-04

We invite you to the Competition from January 1, 2020

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2017-08-28

In the months of April, May, June, July, there was no good game.

In August two distinctions. Amelia Leonova-Belarus (15 years old) and Lukasz Luba, Poland.
Congratulations
Amelia game

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2017-04-01

 For the April Contest we send only the games played in April 2017, indicating the date and the tournament.
 

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2017-03-31

Sammed Shete game

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2017-03-31

Pawel Weichhold game

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2017-02-28

January - February, nobody sent any games to the Beauty Contest

2018-06-30

Report from the I Goldchess World Championships

There were not 100 players from any country. So we gave only one task, for III place. Nobody solved it. We show the solution. Position (22) from the game Gareyev vs Ruifeng Li. This is Goldchess

GT

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2018-06-15

World Championship 2018-June 30

After the registration fee is paid in, the system will automatically attach all the position files of the World Championship tournament’s problems to the user's account. The player will be able to download them in sequence and solve exactly at the time when they are opened. The time is provided on the tournament's website. The solution, including the original position file, shall be input by the player into the table under My Account-Save.

Feel invited

2020-08-05

2020-06-29

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Gold World Challenge free - April 20
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Goldchess Challenge April 18

In our tournaments, you play from a given position vs. the educational CEEC computer.
Specially for chess-playing friends of Patricia Claros Aguilar. Start April 20 at 16:00 CET. 
It is the year 1894. Steinitz, playing as White, loses a game to Lasker. At Goldchess we have won it. In the Tournament we have presented 3 instructive tasks showing how to win this game. Of course, the participants are expected to win in the way specified by us.

Gold World Challenge Tournament rules. Registration until 11 April - sign up today, on April 11-17th pay entry fee

The basic prize pool is US$ 1,000. Its amount depends on the number of participants and may be higher. If there are 500 contenders, the prize pool will amount to US$5,000. The Tournament includes three chess problems that need to be solved, and the prizes from the basic pool are as follows: US$ 250 for problem No. 1, US$ 250 for problem No. 2, and US$500 for problem No. 3.
50% of each prize goes to the winner who is the first to submit a correct solution to a problem. As it is Patricia Claros Aguilar Tournament, the other 50% of each prize is earmarked for 1-3 winners from Latin American countries who are the first representatives of their countries to send in correct solutions within the specified time limit. (The time limits for solving the problems are as follows: 9 minutes for problem No. 1, 9 minutes for problem No. 2 and 10 minutes for the problem No. 3). The first problem is the easiest one, as it requires only 7 moves. The amounts of prizes reflect the difficulty levels of particular problems.

Apart from the rules specified above, the relevant provisions of the Goldchess Rules, as well as regulations applicable to other Goldchess tournaments apply to the Gold World Challenge Tournament.
The Gold World Challenge tournament will be held as a guest event in the National Challenge tournament. And for this tournament you have to pay an entry fee.
Goldchess team

2020-05-09

 In our tournaments, you play from a given position vs. the educational CEEC computer.

Goldchess is a game of equal chances and anyone can win. Ranking and title do not matter. The winner is the player who wins the position first in the way we have specified. Example: In the Goldchess tournament in India there were 50 participants and 3 international masters. Look who won:  https://www.goldchess.com/en/other/report/24.html

2019-03-09

2019-03-03

2019-02-23

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2019-01-26

Goldchess Challenge 4 - February 2

2019-01-20

2019-01-20

Goldchess Crazy 18
We solve on the diagram

2018-12-23

Challenge 1

A sensational beginning! In our Challenge, the second game of Carlsen - Caruana 2018 match in the Goldchess version. A brilliant task 3, $ 600 prize and the title Goldchess Capablanka! Win a prize and title!

Un comienzo sensacional! En nuestro Challenge, el segundo juego de Carlsen - Caruana en la versión Goldchess. Una tarea brillante 3, ¡Premio de $ 600 y título de Capablanka Goldchess!
¡Gana un premio y un título! www.goldchess.com

2019-05-01

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2019-04-24

Crazy 38

Solutions/ Soluciones/ Решения/解決方案
Mate 31 - 1.Rd8 Qg4, 2. B:g4 R:d8, 3.Qg7#
Mate 32 - 1.Bg6 R:g6, 2.Rd8+ Qe8, 3.R:e8 Rg8, 4. Qg7#
Mate 32 bis. 1.Bg6 R:g6, 2.fg6 Q:g6, 3.Rd8+ Qg8, 4.Qg7#
Mate 33 - 1.Bg6 R:g6, 2.Qf8+ Rg8, 3.Q:g8 K:g8.4. Rd8+ Qe8, 5.R:e8#

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2019-04-11

Crazy33

solution

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2019-04-03

Crazy32 position

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2019-03-29

Crazy 31

position

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2019-03-22

Crazy 29

position

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2019-02-24

Crazy23
position

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2019-02-17

Crazy22
position

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2019-02-13

Crazy21
position

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2019-01-30

Crazy20 position

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2019-01-24

Crazy19 position

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2019-01-06

Goldchess Crazy 17A
mate on move 20, play black,
position

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2018-12-09

Crazy16 - Diagram4 Test 1 - basic.
If you solve this task, you have a predisposition to play chess and you can also play at Goldchess. If not, we recommend that you change the sport, for example on badminton, where you do not have to think, just move your hand.

position

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2018-12-05

Goldchess Crazy15 position

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2018-11-17

Crazy14 position

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2018-11-06

Goldchess Crazy11
position

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2018-11-03

Goldchess Crazy10
position

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2018-10-28

Goldchess Crazy 9
victory on move 29, play black (after opening position, click -Play-Play Black)

position

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2018-10-27

Goldchess Crazy 8 - 2 moves

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2018-10-20

Goldchess Crazy7… victory on move 37-solve.
position:

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2018-10-15

Chess Crazy 5 position

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2017-08-03

Immortal tournament - hit of the world. open 24 hours a Day. win high $ prize and title - stay Immortal Player! :)

IMMortal -  *Prize pool US $7000, you play at once

Task1 - $3000 prize-nobody solved since July 3 - title Diamond Immortal Player
Task2 - $1000 prize-nobody solved since July 3 - title Gold Immortal Player
Task3.2 - $500 prize - the first solved. there is a new task – title Silver Immortal Player
Task4 - $500 prize - nobody solved since July 3 - title Silver Immortal Player
Task5 - $500 prize - nobody solved since July 3 - title Silver Immortal Player
Task6 - $500 prize - title Silver Immortal Player
Task7 - $500 prize - title Silver Immortal Player
Task8 - $500 prize - title Silver Immortal Player

Computer draws a problem (task). Entry fee $10
We send only one solution.

2017-06-05

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2017-06-04

IMMortal - Stress less with Goldchess

Chess is a beautiful game, but chess tournaments mean strong emotions and… plenty of stress. Or rather they did until Goldchess was invented.

Our tournaments are stress-free. If you don’t win in your first attempt playing in accordance with the Organizer’s guidelines, don’t worry. You can try again starting from the initial position.If you don’t win within the time limit set for a given game, that’s not a problem, either. You can win next time.You haven’t won, that’s true. But you haven’t lost, either, and we will never let you experience a taste of defeat.We guarantee full psychological comfort.

Goldchess, anti-stress tournaments.

Join us!

2017-05-31

We have a good message. The Immortal tournament will start on Saturday, June 3rd at 5 pm CET

2020-06-29

Millionaire 2020 tournament! $ 40,000 prize pool!

For 2000 participants!
Registration list is open! Sign up today!
When 2000 participants sign up, a payment line will open. As soon as all participants pay the registration fee, we'll announce the date of the tournament.If there are more participants, the organizer may increase the prize pool.
We invite you to participate!

Millionaire Regulations - Registration fee
2. In Millionaire players can choose between three types of registration fee at their own discretion:

Type A - US$ 50, (if the player wins, he or she receives 100% of the prize)
Type B - US$ 25, (receives 50% of the prize)
Type C - US$ 10, (receives 30% of the prize)

The first two players win the prize. The first professional chess player (ranking position above 2000 ELO) and the first beginner (ranking position below 2000 ELO).
We play from Saturday to Sunday. Total playing time is 50 minutes.

Round I (3 matches): date: ..., time: ... Time to solve: 1-9 minute, 2-9 minute, or 3-15 minute game.
Round II (2 matches): date ..., time ... Time to solve: 4-9 minute, or 5-15 minute game.

Attention!
* The start time of 16:00 CET rounds can be changed to an optimal and convenient time for the players of the country where the majority of the participants come from.
In this case, the time zones of countries such as Russia, the United States, India and China, as well as Cuba and Latin America, are taken into account.

2019-09-10

2018-12-18

After the tournament, it turned out that task 2 was not so difficult. Łukasz Luba has sent as many as 5 solutions, including author's! See in -Winners-Millionaire- great show of the party 2, performed by Łukasz.  Learn from him. He showed how to play Goldchess. Great applause!

2018-12-15

Millionaire –Description

The first day belongs to the chess players from Armenia. Nobody else has sent any solution. Strong players from India, Israel, Russia and the United States, Peru, Portugal, Poland, got completely lost and were left far behind. Still it is necessary to train. Coming unprepared does not guarantee a way to success.

Problem 1. The task were to win in 30 moves having sacrificed the queen. Nobody has provided a correct solution. A distinction goes to Alex Nurijanyan who sent in a solution that includes the sacrifice of the queen, but one move too late. Time: 11:37. Second solution is a fantastic game by the Armenia’s female champion Maria Gevorgyan, a checkmate in 38th move, forced in 8, sacrificing the queen. We will show the game at Winners, it is really worth seeing.

Problem 2 turned out to be the most difficult of today. The task was to checkmate in the 33rd move after capturing a queen. Nobody has solved it. We would like to give a distinction for the third solution to Alex Nurijanyan, who gave the Beniowski’s checkmate in the 32nd move, after sacrificing the queen, of course.

Problem 3. The task was to checkmate in the 37th move after sacrificing the queen. Only one solution on time, sent in by Maria Gevorgyan. Checkmate after sacrificing the queen. She did it with a rook, we did it with a knight, but here it was done 4 moves earlier! See, one can do it. And look at the time! One minute and one second. Second solution came after the time-out, after 17 minutes. Bravo! We have a new Goldchess star amongst the Armenian players. 

Millionaire, second day

Problem 4. Many solutions, but nobody has sent the required one. The second one we have received is a beautiful solution from Maria Gevorgyan, with the queen captured even one move before, and then the sacrifice, but… the same solution has been sent in by other two players, from Armenia and from Poland, that followed. Therefore we postpone the decision on the award for this game.

Problem 5. Only two players have sent in their solutions. The task was to checkmate in 39 moves having sacrificed the queen and having captured all the rival’s major pieces. The fourth solution shows a checkmate in the 40th move, that is one move too late. It has been sent in by Łukasz Luba from Poland and complies with the requirements. So he is the winner. If we had the minimum number of participants that we require and therefore full prize pool available, he would have received US$ 75,000 for this solution. However, because the turnout was far below one thousand, the awards will be symbolic, so to say. Everything is in the hands of the players. If the turnout is as required, that the prizes will be more satisfactory. Remember this during our next edition.

Generally speaking, the problems based on Timur Gareyev’s game were difficult for the participants of the tournament. None of them have been solved properly, although some players provided their own solutions that partially met the conditions (games 3 and 5) and we are pleased to award them. We also assigned some distinctions for the games 1, 2 and 4, so practically the participants will receive awards for all the games.

Thank you for participation and we invite you to take part in the following edition of the Millionaire tournament while, in the meantime, you may participate in our other tournaments. We would also like to remind you about the 26th of December. Immortal Goldchess game, shown as diagram 2, only for the Millionaire participants. Due to very low turnout we had to reduce the prize, but still it is worth giving a try, as it is available only for you.
GTeam

2018-08-26

Millionaire tournament! December 15-16, a total prize pool of $500 000! guaranteed for 20,000 participants.
For a thousand participants, the prize pool is $ 20,000. Below 1000, at the discretion of Goldchess.

Beginning and end - Total playing time 1 hour.

1^st round on December 15^th at  4:00 p.m. CET. 

Game 1 Gareyev vs Holt will start at 4:00 p.m. CET time to solve 10 minutes.          Prize: $ 25,000,
Game 2 Gareyev vs Erenburg will start at 4:15 p.m. CET time to solve 10 minutes. Prize: $ 50,000,
Game 3 Gareyev vs Erenburg will start at 4:30 p.m. time to solve 10 minutes.         Prize: $75,000,

2^nd round on December 16^th  at  4:00 p.m. CET.

Game 4 Gareyev vs Smith will start at 4:00 p.m. time to solve 15 minutes.        Prize: $ 100,000,
Game 5 Gareyev vs Ruifeng Li will start at 4:20 p.m. time to solve 15 minutes. Prize: $ 150,000

Note
*The organizer reserves the right to change the times of starting particular rounds.
*The time for starting the rounds, that is 4:00 p.m. CET, can be changed to an optimal time for the participants from the state that has the biggest number of chess players listed in the Millionaire tournament. In this case, time zones of 4 countries are considered: Russia, USA, India and China.
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Goldchess Millionaire Tournament - for the very first time!

*Chess Federations from the three countries represented by the largest numbers of players will receive bonuses in the following amounts:
1. $150 000
2. $100 000
3. $  50 000
* Applies to a million participants.

*The first player to submit the correct solution will win the main prize.
*The next 20 players will receive consolation prizes in a total amount equal to 10% of the main prize as a maximum.
*For each game we will reward also up to 20 solutions we favor(other than the authors’ ones and solutions that do not meet the relevant criteria) .
*Players who do not submit any solution will take part in a lottery with 10 prizes of $500 each!
*The player who is the 1,000,000th contender will receive a super bonus of $ 50,000
* Important for a million participants

Goldchess team

2018-03-31

Notice 
Due to the lack of the required minimum of participants we are transferring the entire $ 500,000 prize pool to the second edition, which will take place from 15-16 December.
Tournament conditions unchanged, with one exception: minimum number of participants 20,000. For this number of participants, the $ 500,000 prize pool is guaranteed.

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Millionaire tournament I Edition April 20-22

Beginning and end

*The Millionaire Tournament will consist of 3 rounds to be held on April 20^th-22nd, 2018, ( Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
! - 1st and 2nd round. After the first game, break 5 minutes

1^st round on April 20^th at  4:00 p.m. CET.

Game 1 will start at 4:00 p.m. CET and will last for 10 minutes. Prize: $ 25,000,
Game 2 will start at 4:15 p.m. CET and will last for 15 minutes. Prize: $ 50,000,

2^nd round on April 21st at  4:00 p.m. CET.

Game 3 will start at 4:00 p.m. and will last for 15 minutes. Prize: $75,000,
Game 4 will start at 4:20 p.m. and will last for 15 minutes. Prize: $ 100,000,

3^rd round on April 22nd at  4:00 p.m. CET.

The final game 5 will start at 4:00 p.m. and will last for 15 minutes. Prize: $ 150,000

All 5 problems are based on positions from 5 games of World Champion Kasparov.

Note
*The organizer reserves the right to change the times of starting particular rounds, and to change the Tournament dates to other days in April, probably to the 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd of April 2018.

*The time for starting the rounds, that is 4:00 p.m. CET, can be changed to an optimal time for the participants from the state that has the biggest number of chess players listed in the Millionaire tournament. In this case we take into account only four countries: Russia, United States, India, and China.

*In case the number of participants does not reach one million we consider dividing the Millionaire tournament into the main event Tournament A and the secondary Tournament B.
The Tournament A will be available for the first 100.000 participants that pay their admission fee and will offer them higher prizes to win. The Tournament B will be open to the rest of the players that do not qualify for the main event. The amount of the admission fee remains unchanged.

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2017-06-20

Goldchess Millionaire Tournament - for the very first time!

In April we are planning a tournament for one million chess players. Apart from prizes, the winners will receivesplendid titles and derive profound satisfaction from beating a million contenders.

*Chess Federations from the three countries represented by the largest numbers of players will receive bonuses in the following amounts:

1. $150 000 // 100 000
2. $100 000 //  50 000
3. $50 000 //    25 000

Description

*The tournament will consist of 5 consecutive games with the following prize amounts:

Total duration - 1.5 hours.

*The first player to submit the correct solution will win the main prize.
The next 20 players will receive consolation prizes in a total amount equal to 10% of the main prize as a maximum.
For each game we will reward also up to 20 solutions we favor(other than the authors’ ones and solutions that do not meet the relevant criteria) .
*Players who do not submit any solution will take part in a lottery with 10 prizes of $500 each!
*The player who is the 1,000,000th contender will receive a car!

*The contenders may be divided into 3 categories:

1. Amateurs - no ranking or ELO ranking up to 2000
2. Professionals, ELO rating from 2001 to 2600
3. Top GMs, ELO rating above 2601.

*The organizer may share out the main prizeamong 3 winners, the first ones in their relevant groups in each of the aforementioned categories, based on the organizer’s own criteria.If there is no winner in one of the groups, the prize will remain at the disposal of the Organizer.

If the number of contenders is smaller or greater than one million, the amounts of prizes and bonuses may be changed.
The tournament date and the final amount of prize pool will be announced after the list of contenders is closed, on March 31 at the latest.

Players may enroll for the Tournament till September 22, 2017.

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If you are registering as a new player and are interested in participation in the Millionaire Tournament, please check the relevant option in the registration form.

Players who register on the www.goldchess.com portal under specific lucky numbers, for example with the 777 ending,  will be awarded bonuses and attractive prizes!
Gteam

 

2019-09-14

Fischer game. Only for chess players from US, Islandia. 1st task position. $50 prize. Mate on move 26, with getting a queen. Wins first.

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2018-12-02

2018-12-01

Description
Claudo Boscheti Challenge

The tournament commenced with a false start. The download of position 1 failed. We had to send it by e-mail to the players. Alex, distinguished in Goldchess games, sent in a victory in the 31^st move, one move to late and a checkmate in the 33^rdmove but without capturing a queen, not as required.
Solutions will be sent to the website>
Problem 1 – Łukasz Luba PL is the first, a victory in the 30^th move, that’s all right, but without capturing the queen again. Next, Damian, there we go, v30 and the author’s solution! He is the winner of the task no. 1. Time: 10:16.
Problem 2 – Requirements: checkmate in the 33^rd move after capturing a queen. Armenak is the first, checkmate in the 35^th move. He is followed by Tigran, who captured the queen but was late by one move, checkmate in the 34^thone, time: 13:49, eleven seconds before the timeout. How these players struggle! Next is Alex, way after the timeout and checkmate in the 36^th move. Then comes Lukasz, with a checkmate in the 31^st move, but without complying with the requirement of capturing the queen. The last one is Alex’s second solution, checkmate in 34 moves with the queen captured, one move too late, and exceeding the time limit by 16 minutes.
Problem 3. Only 2 solutions. Task: draw in the 34^th move, forced in the 8^th move, sacrificing the queen. Let’s see what we have? Armenak draws in the 32^nd move without sacrificing the queen. Hayk is the second, timeout and not in line with the requirement: victory in the 30^th move without capturing the queen.
Summary: It came out that all the tasks based on the Claudio Boschetti-Aesbach game that started from one position proved to be very difficult for the players. We got only one correct solution of the first problem – Damian is the winner!
Nobody sent in a correct solution of the second problem so there is no winner. We received only one solution of the third problem, which was incorrect, but there was a draw two moves in advance and although the condition of sacrificing the queen has not been met, we give a distinction and a prize to Armenak.
No fan of Claudio’s has taken part in the game. That’s a shame, they don’t even know what they have missed. Goldchess provides fantastic emotions and experiences.
Generally, the turnout was rather poor. Therefore we reduced the prize fund, as we had announced 2 days before the tournament.
We will place tasks 2 and 3 in diagrams where they can be solved. The players who solve them shall receive licenses for the Millionaire tournament, US$25 for a checkmate and US$ 50 for a draw. In case there are more solutions, we will draw prizes among the 10 players that first send in the correct ones.
We invite you to take part in the Millionaire tournament and in the Genius Test on 26 December with the US$ 1,000. The game is free.
Gteam
task1 – Damian solution

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2018-11-24

Non Mix13 tournament is finished.
Five beautiful tasks ending in checkmates. Seventh game of the Carlsen-Caruna match in Goldchess version. Goldchess… means to find another variant. The tournament was dominated by two chess players from Armenia: Hayk Yeritsyan and Alex Nurijanyan. The total turnout included 157 players but the rest was not able to cope. Maybe because the majority played for the first time. It takes some time to learn Goldchess. It’s not like that: I am good at chess so I will just come here and win. Many of the players have experienced today that it is not the case with Goldchess. We will show all the winning solutions under <Winners-Non Stop>.

Just a few words of explanations for the newcomers. We award not-author’s solutions up to the half of the announced prize, because the author’s solutions are not prepared by strong computers, whereas all the other solutions may be a product of a stronger software and we do not give awards to chess engines at all. From that perspective, we are very careful about non-author’s solutions and we award them with smaller prizes.

Tournament description:

First game. We start from the original position of the 7^thCarlsen-Caruna game after 9 moves. Nobody has sent in the correct solution. Hayk had checkmate in 22 moves, one move too late. Alex won in 21^st move but after the time limit have expired. We will show both games at Winners.

Second game. No author’s solution. Hayk was first with a checkmate in 24^th move,7 seconds ahead of the time limit. Alex was the second, one move less and a better solution, but way over the time limit, it took him 14 minutes. Time out. Only US$ 40 is awarded because it could have been done better.

Third game. 27 moves required. Hayk is the first and the only one to checkmate in the 27^th move. Non-author’s solution again. Half of the prize is awarded: US$ 60.

Fourth game. Non- author’s solution. Alex first, Hayk second, 27 moves, two moves ahead of us. Both players have sent in an identical solution. Alex is the winner, but wins only US$40 prize.

Fifth game. The easiest one, with both Armenian players sending in the exact author’s solution. No objections here – we pay the prize in full. First is Hayk, ready in 2 minutes (what a speed!), second is Alex, done in 4:49 minutes. Because both have sent in the author’s solution, the US$75 prize will be split in the following way: US$ 50 for the winner and US$25 for Alex.

Summary: the Armenian players knocked out all the other participants, that included chess players from Switzerland, Italy, India, Poland, etc. First game will be shown in diagram on Sunday, that is tomorrow. We invite everybody to take part in theClaudio Boschetti Challenge to be held on 1^st December, with only three tasks and US$2,000 prize pool (to be distributed in the following way: 500-500-1000).

Gteam

2018-08-17

Non Stop B5 and 6, only 6 moves, no one has solved.

2018-06-25

2018-04-03

Non44, 5 tasks, a prize pool of $10 000

Free entries
We also accept applications for free participation in the Non tournament, by e-mail contact@goldchess.com, with the note -free Non- in the subject of the e-mail. The tournament will take place as there will be a minimum of 1000 entries. Willing persons will receive by e-mail free- promo codes-, entitling them to play in the tournament.
GT

2017-11-09

Changing the formula, see Non Stop Rules

2017-11-02

We would like to ask all the participants of the Non tournament to familiarize themselves with the amendments to the tournament rules and regulations, especially those in item 3 thereof.

Non 43

Today’s tournament will take only 8 minutes. First problems requires only 4 moves. So the participants will have as much as 2.5 minutes. On previous occasions the players used to send in the solutions in less than 1 minute. The prize is US$150. 
Problem 2. The same game ad position, we are looking for a checkmate in 28^th  move with the queen captured. US$ 250 to win. Not too difficult problems, both of them. How can the participants manage to solve them today? Let's have a look.

Problem 1. Ladies and Gentlemen this is the first time we have to write that: 1:0 for Goldchess. Nobody has sent a solution in 4 moves. Nobody, not one person. That's amazing. Only 4 moves have stopped all the players.

Problem 2.

Checkmate in 28 moves with the queen captured. Frist solution by Armenak, a very fast one, one minute three seconds. But it’s victory in 25 moves. Second solution by Lukasz Luba, victory in 28^th move and black queen is still swaggering on the chessboard. There is a third one, Armenak’s checkmate in 27 moves, one move ahead of us, but black queen has been saved. Forth one by LL, but after the timeout. 5 minutes and 8 seconds, a win in 26 moves but still without capturing the queen.

43^rd edition was a black Thursday for the players. Nobody has sent in a solution of the Problem 1. As for the Problem 2 none of the players has got even close to the correct solution. Shall we have an extra game on Sunday? We will keep you informed.

It was nice and sad at the same time to hear that nobody has solved the problems and everybody has failed. 
The 44^th edition to be held next Thursday, November 9.
Feel invited,

2017-10-26

2017-10-16

Non 41 - Thursday, 17.00 p.m. CET

We would like to welcome young but strong players from Armenia and Poland.

Problem 1

Checkmate in 30^th move, forced in 5 movements. We did not included it as a requirement because either we receive an author’s solution or we don’t

Let’s have a look. First solution sent in by Armenak. Victory in 27^th move, not what we expected. Second is Paweł Weichhold, checkmate in 30 moves, forced in 6, a nice one. The third solution is sent in by Lukasz Luba, victory in 24 moves, very fast from the provided position, then Paweł Weichhold again, other checkmate in 30^th move, also forced in 6. Yes, one of the Paweł’s solutions is the winning one, because others are sent in after the time-out.

Problem 2

Armenak is the first, victory in 31 moves, one move ahead of us, a formidable game, a genius level. Second solution sent in by Paweł Weichhold, also v31, a very nice victory, third solution also by PW, victory in 30^th move, even faster. Another one by Armenak, but checkmate in 34^th move, and time-out. Nobody sent in the author’s solution. This day belongs to two players.

Congratulations and see you next Thursday.

2017-10-12

2017-10-05

Non39

In both problems the participants have to make 10 moves.

Problem 1. This one is easy, therefore the time limit is only 5 minutes, or to tell the truth it is as much as 5 minutes, which is a lot. US$ 150 to win. No author’s solution. First solution from IM Paweł Weichhold. Timing: 3.30 minutes. Checkmate in 28 moves, forced in 5. Two checks missing. Armenak is the second, checkmate in 27th move, forced in 2 (?). We still wait for the author’s solution. There is none. And, there is no checkmate with a bishop. So  only distinction for IM Paweł Weichhold.

Problem 2. The prize amounts to US$ 250. A Petrosian’s game form the previous edition. We added two moves to the former positon. Only the author’s position may win. Is there one or not? Let’s see. 17:15 and we get a solution. Krystian Jacek, the winner of the previous edition of this problem is first again. He sent in a checkmate in 33th move – f5. But we were waiting for a victory in 34 moves. Next one is Alex Nurijanyan with a checkmate in 37 moves, forced in 6th. Both solutions are very good-looking but missing the point. The victory in 34th seems to be a difficult task. A little distinction for Krystian for his checkmate faster by one move than the victory that we were waiting for. US$ 50 goes to him.

And that’s all. See you next Thursday.

2017-09-28

Non38
Positions from another game of Kasparov – Petrosian
Problem 1. Checkmate in 36^th move capturing the queen or checkmate in 37^th move sacrificing the queen. US$ 150 prize.
Remember that the sacrifice may be accepted or not.
One solution by Armenak, with the queen captured, but after the deadline. Timing: 10:08. A symbolic prize of US$ 50.
Problem 2, v34. More difficult, the prize is US$250. From the position after 21 moves there are many possible victories in 34 moves. Therefore we presented the first move of the solution which eliminates all the easier variants. So there is no other way to win than by finding out the author’s solution. No solution at 17:21 yet. Still waiting. There is one! Krystian Jacek, time: 08:23, so he did it. Not the author’s solution, but a nice one.

Congratulations for both winning players.

2017-09-21

2017-09-14

2017-09-02

Non35-Blitz (September 9th) - All licenses and promo codes of Thursday, valid.
Super easy problems, therefore prizes only up to US$ 150.
Positions form the game played by the 15-years-old Amelia Leonova from Belarus and Łukasz Luba from Poland during this year’s Akiba Rubinstein Tournament in Polanica, Poland, sent for the Beauty Contest in August and awarded with a prize. It comes out, however, that the games could have been played in a completely different way…

Problem 1. Position from the Łukasz’s game. Here we play the blacks (upon opening the position in CEEC, click  Play – Play Black). Blacks played in this position R:g2+ followed by Bh3+, which is brilliant but does not lead to the fastest ending.
The task is to win in the 30^th move. Some may happen to win in 28 moves, but we do not give credit for such a solution because it would be dual CEEC in checkmate variant.
Who has solved it already? Let’s see…
The creator of the first game takes part in today’s tournament. Łukasz Luba was the first to send in his solution. Unfortunately it's not the one we were waiting for. Nest two solutions do not meet the requirements, either. Only the fourth one is like the author's solution. Krystian Jacek is the winner. Congratulations!
 

Problem 2. Position from the Amelia’s game. The original game ends up after 31 moves. We at Goldchess get from this position a checkmate in 28 moves. But the task in Non35 is- to win in 26 moves.
Let’s take a look: first solution - Łukasz Luba again. Not meeting the requirements. I have to tell this: Four players sent in the same solutions. But it's not the author's solution. No winner this time. The reason is very simple. Non-author's variants provide for the victory in 25th move. Armenak sent in such a solution, but after the deadline. So he gets only a distinction for this problem with a symbolic prize. We show the author's solution and invite you to the 36th edition of the Tournament next Thursday.

2017-08-31

Non34

Problem 1 – It was in Non29 before, now we try it the second time. We have shown the 30th move. We got only two solutions, both not identical with the author’s solution. Only the first one meets the 40 moves requirement. The winner is Armenak Yeghiazaryan, with the time of 2.55.

Problem 2 – For the fourth time in Non :). Players keep finding other solutions, faster than the author’s one. We have added one move. Who is going to match the author’s solution now? We review the solutions that have been sent in. No author’s solution among them. First and the best is a sprinter solution by Łukasz Łuba, checkmate in 27 moves, time 2:48. Distinctions earned by Armenak with m29 and GM Gianni with m30.
Congratulations for the winners and of course they get their Golchess ranking points.

2017-08-24

2017-08-17

Non32, 17-08
task 1 – Winner Alex Nurijanyan, Armenia
task 2 – winners Krystian Jacek PL, Armenak Yeghiazaryan Armenia
we invite for next week

2017-08-10

2017-08-03

Non30

Today is a day for Great Chess. Both problems use positions from Kasparov’s games, namely games number 61 and number 223 from the Kasparov’s games collection.
Problem 1 – Checkmate with a pawn. Sorry the position for Problem 1 was given incorrectly. We will repeat this problem during playoff on Sunday 10:00 CET. The licenses you bought to play in the tournament will remain valid.

Problem 2 – Checkmate possible in 29^th move. The prize will be US$ 50, as the task is simple and easy. For the checkmate in 34^th move, forced checkmate in 7 moves, or a beautiful game we have the prize of US$ 300 because it is worth discovering a game that reflects both styles: the Kasparov’s concert style and the Korchnoi’s glutton style. In the shown position Kasparov moved 21.Sg5, probably instinctively and without a well-designed plan… and he lost. So at Goldchess, if you want to win you have to play in a different way.

Let’s see the solutions. Only one so far. Checkmate in 32, that’s not what we meant. Another one, checkmate in 35, forced in 6, not what was required. The rest of players – time out: the third one: checkmate in 33 and forth solution: checkmate in 30. A modest distinction for the solution number 2, checkmate in 35, forced in 6 authored by Alex Nurijanyan. Nobody has discovered the Korchnoi’s style.

Feel invited on Sunday to solve the Problem no. 1.

2017-07-28

Non 29 – the Kasparov show 

In the Non Stop Tournament, we continued solving problems starting from positions from Kasparov’s games.

Problem 1: Kasparov vs. Anikaev. A checkmate in 40 moves.

Today we continued after a break. Probably the time was unsuitable, as there were very few participants, and nobody sent in a correct solution. And the brilliant players were missing. :)

Dear Players. Problem 2 was a beautiful game. We could admire CEEC, as our little educational computer managed to play exactly in Korchnoi’s style. But Kasparov played in… Kasparov’s style. And the result was 1:0. :)

Here, however, no solutions were submitted at all. The players did not manage to handle Korchnoi’s style. :)

Join us on Thursday. We will be back with the Tournament starting  at 5:00 p.m. CET.

2017-07-13

Non28 – 

A Kasparov show, as announced. Position from world master's game. Just keep the style and win. We start from the same position in both problems.
Problem 1 - it is easy to win while keeping the queens, therefore our Problem provides for the exchange of queens. 10 solutions but none of them complying with the requirement. Everybody preferred to keep their queens. So we distinguish the nicest solution, by GM Gianni.

Problem 2. Checkmate with a pawn, Goldchess classic. Here the response is a modest one. Only two solutions received. We distinguisch the faster one. Checkmate 33. Armenian Yeghiazaryan

Poland – Armenia 1:1 :)
The next Non 29 tournament on 27 or 29 of July. Holidays. :)
See you when we come back.

2017-07-08

2017-07-06

Non 27 description

Today we had some fun, the games were easy.

Problem 1.

The winner was Armenak Yeghiazaryan from Armenia, who submitted in 1 minute 52 seconds a correct solution identical with the author’s one.

The second solution was submitted by Paweł Weichhold  2 minutes later. Both players were so overwhelmed that they mated with the queen on h8. And the checkmate was possible already on the h7 square.

Problem 2. Opening position from the Aronian-Giri game, a checkmate with two queens. Only one solution was submitted. It wasn’t the one proposed by the author, so it received only a modest distinction. Then we waited for other solutions. There are three author’s.
1. Manukyan,
2. Łukasz Luba,
3. Armenak 13.31 – time out.

Join us on Thursday the 13^th for the last edition of the Non tournament before a break. We will have a surprise for you.

Thank you

2017-06-29

Non26. Description

Problem 1. Only five moves to luck!
There is a lucky guy! Paweł Weichhold. Not author's solution, but a nice one. Second one, GM Gianni, only two seconds behind!
The same solution, only one-last move is different. Therefore Paweł is the winner, GM gets a distinction and a consolation prize of US$ 50. Congratulations!

Problem 2: We play until we get a proper solution. Today we continue with the problem that has not been solved during previous editions. Position after 16 moves and then after 22 moves.
Now we add 4 more moves and the players have the position after 26 moves. Piece of cake. And by the way, why all the players insisted on playing 25.Nd4 and not 25.f5 and 26Nf4 as in the position that is currently presented? Not even one player from the brilliant participants of Non25 has not discovered this variant? Very obvious, in our opinion. All right, let’s look for a correct solution.

 Alex Nurijanyan is the first. 4 minutes 27 seconds. An interesting solution but not meeting the requirements. You were to win and sacrifice a queen. Who else will send in his or her solution? Nobody? Then Alex gets a distinction and a consolation prize of US$ 50.

Congratulations and let’s meet on Thursday. New tasks, news challenges.

2017-06-22

Non25-description
Today all the players have failed to meet the challenge. 
Nobody has sent in a correct solution for Problem no. 1, from the position after 16 moves. Nobody has managed to solve the Problem no. 2 after 22 moves, either. For Problem no. 2 five chess players have sent the same solution, but no solution has complied with the set requirements. Therefore nobody has won the prize. There is one exception, though. Sargis Manukyan gets a distinction for his solution of the Problem no. 1.
We invite you to participate in the tournament next week.

2017-06-15

2017-06-08

Non23 description:

Welcome!

Problem no. 1 - First and correct solution, checkmate with a knight. Time: 2.41. GM Gianni, full prize.

Problem no. 2 - No author's solution. Only the sixth solution complied with requisites: checkmate in 30th move winning a queen. Krysitan Jacek is the winner. Checkmate in 29 moves sent in by two players deserve distinction: GM Jasto and Łukasz Luba.

That's all, folks. See you next Thursday.

Gteam

2017-06-04

Non22-play off
Play-off always takes 3 days, from Sunday till Wednesday. We invite

2017-06-01

Non22
This was the easiest way to win US$ 500 in the whole history of Non tournament. The US$ 500 prize for the solution of two problems combined: victory in 25^th move and checkmate in 25^thmove, both with sacrificing a rook and winning a queen. Nobody has sent in 2 solutions, nobody has sent even one correct solution. Therefore we announce a play-off on Sunday at 10.00 a.m. CET. The award will be only US$ 150 for both solutions together. Why only US$ 150? Because now the participants have 3 days for solving. The first one to send in both solutions shall be the winner.

Gteam

2017-05-25

Non21 Report
Today we continue with the unsolved problem from the previous edition. This time we have extended it into 2 problems: First: from the same position victory in 25 moves; Second: checkmate in 25 moves. Both problems have the same condition: you have to sacrifice a rook and win a queen.

One task – US$ 150 prize. But…Attention! For the solution of both problems sent in by a one player the prize will increase up to US$ 400!

The problems are witty and ingenious, and they differ by the first move.
Let’s have a look what has been sent.
No one sent two solutions. Nobody did the author's solution. Nobody sacrificed the rook.
Winners- GM Jasto-victory, Lukasz Luba-mate.

Congratulations, we invite on next Thursday

2017-05-20

"Ranks and titles lose their power at Goldchess. All are equal and have equal chances"

Stress less with Goldchess

Chess is a beautiful game, but chess tournaments mean strong emotions and… plenty of stress. Or rather they did until Goldchess was invented.

Our tournaments are stress-free. If you don’t win in your first attempt playing in accordance with the Organizer’s guidelines, don’t worry. You can try again starting from the initial position.If you don’t win within the time limit set for a given game, that’s not a problem, either. You can win next time.You haven’t won, that’s true. But you haven’t lost, either, and we will never let you experience a taste of defeat.We guarantee full psychological comfort.

Goldchess, anti-stress tournaments.

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2017-05-18

2017-05-11

Non19

Rapid tournament. 2 problems to be solved starting from the same position. Time for solving: 4 minuts and 5 minutes respectively. First: victory in 23rd move. Remember that CEEC, our chessplaying computer has to display: resign.

Second: victory in 25th move, taking a queen.

Problem 1: We have the first solution. Polish Grandmaster Gianni. It's not like author's solution but accomplished in 23 moves. Time: 2.25!

Second solution - more than 9 minutes. Timeout.

For Problem 2 we have three solutions. First V23 with the queen taken. GM Gianni. The sceond one - checkmate in 24th move - that's missing the point. Another one also checkmate in 24th move. There is nothing more.

Mayby it was too fast? We will give more time for solutions during the next Edition.
 

Feel invited to participate in Non20. May 18, 17:00 hrs CET.

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2017-04-13

Non 15 Report

Task 1.

First solution by Lukasz Luba, m20. Unfortunately, the topic unfulfilled, instruction was to find v17, morever, from this position on there is m18! Second solution in order by GM Gianni, time 2.33, exactly author's solution, and it wins! congrats to the Polish GM! No more search.

Task 4.Here involving a queen sac, Tal's trick, did someone make it to solve? If not, play off is waiting. 

Let's check. So far I only see 2 solutions. First time, Armenak 2.15., m22, but without queen sac. Second, 4.11, Lukasz Luba, m27, but also without queen sac. Let's keep waiting. Here the time for solution is 8 minutes. Twice as long as in the first one. We remind, that the task's instruction was, m25, with a queen sac. Without sac we have in Goldchess in this task m21. Two extra solutions came in, after time, 8.44, Pawel Weichold, let's see. Unfortunately, the same solution as Lukasz Luba, time 13.20, unfortunately v21. 

THERE WILL BE PLAY-OFF, Sunday 10.00 CET. 

Feel invited!

Goldchess Team

2017-04-09

Non14-1, Play off

1. Łukasz Luba

2. Sargis Manukyan

see in -Winners

2017-04-06

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2017-04-01

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2017-03-11

Bonus - free license - promo code for Non10 tournament received Alex Nurijanyan (as a player which did nothing)

2017-03-04

2017-03-03

Dear Players

In non8-4, play off, your task was to checkmate in the 27^th move, with an exchange of 2 rooks for a bishop. You submitted your own variants, with a checkmate in the 25^th move. One solution was a checkmate in the 24^th move.

Nevertheless, none of them was awarded a prize, as the Goldchess author tested the solutions and shortened one of them to a checkmate in the 23^rd move.

Therefore, it is the only non-author’s solution that would qualify for a prize.

The author’s solution and a test-checkmate in the 23^rd move are presented in Winners-Non8-4.

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2017-02-25

Non Stop 8 – Report

Introduction

The Indian week. Here we had a dilemma. To keep the level of problems at its current level, or lower it to that of 5-year olds? We have naturally concluded, that India is a country with deep chess tradition with tremendous intellectual potential, and that Goldchess problems are definitely within the reach of chessplayers whose range goes from 1500 FIDE, even including some talented complete amateurs. Hence, there is no need to make a special, easier, edition.

Besides, the problems are composed based on the games of GM Vidit and GM Grover and the level of difficulty comes directly from the particulars of the positions. Of course, Tasks 4 and 5, $750 each, are more difficult according to our estimates, but with this sort of prize, they need to be so. Whether they actually were more difficult or not, however, will be decided by the players.

We only changed the awarding method.

1.           We increased the prizes by raising, for this particular week, the prizes for non-author's solutions above the usual half-prize level.

2.           In Non 8, 2-3 players will be rewarded. And so, if an amateur Indian player submits a solution first, and if a professional Indian player submits a solution as second in order, they both get the prizes, 1st and 2nd respectively. If, however, a non-Indian player submits the solution first, and then both an Indian amateur and Indian professional submit their solutions, a total of 3 prizes will be awarded.

Let's start the report!
 

Problem 1 - v39 was the requirement; Krystian Jacek clinches the task, v34 submitted and as first to that.

Problem 2 - no author's solution. Two solutions, m39, but only one fulfills the Qb5 conditios. GM Jasto takes it all. The most beautiful solution to the 8th edition. II prize-distinction, Sammed Shete, India

Problem 3 - requirement, m25. One non-author's solution, GM Zaven Andriasian from Armenia, but after the time limit. In this special situation, the famous Armenian GM does get a prize of $100 though.

Problem 4 - here the players totally mishandles the problem, nobody submitted any solutions. The requirement was m27 with the extra conditions that two rooks be sacrificed for a bishop. The best, m29, did not satisfy the extra condition. No prize.

Problem 5 - better situations here, required m42, two m41 solutions submitted. Three consolation distinction prizes for Maria Gevorgyan, Sargis Manukyan i Łukasz Luba.

Ladies and Gentlemen, sadness struck us. We organized an Indian week, we granted 50 licenses to the Indian players via our Patron Vidit, and… only one a correct solution, by Sammed Shete. Goldchess so far away... And so far away from Goldchess...

The heroes of the Indian week  were... Polish players. Their solutions, games 2 - GM Jasto and 5 - Luke Luba, are the pearls of chess, and pearls of Goldchess.

congratulations
 

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Licenses for the tournament Non Stop, No Limit - for all the games, and single, can be purchased in advance, at least one hour before the start of the tournament.

2017-02-04

2017-01-30

A short account of Non Stop 4 Tournament

We are impressed.Beautiful solutions, new, efficient, creative and brilliant players, GM Sahaj Grover from India and Levon Hambardzumyan from Armenia. Yet, the tournament was won by the old players.The new ones could not understand the meaning of victory.It is explained in multiple locations on our website, so it was not our fault.But let me provide some additional explanation.A victory is a win where the computer surrenders and displays a –resign- message after the last move of the white.A winning position is not enough.
To make things absolutely clear: it can happen that, let’s say, the computer surrenders one move before a checkmate to a player playing a variant other than the one required by the author, which is, for example, a checkmate in the 30th move.If that is the case, even though the checkmate is imminent, the computer has not been actually checkmated and the solution cannot be counted as a checkmate.A checkmate is a must.

Let me also remind you that as a maximum a half of the prize is awarded for solutions other than the author’s one.

Now, let’s discuss the fourth in this year edition of the Non Stop 4 Tournament.

Problem 1 - only four moves to make. No correct solution was provided.

Problem 2.

In the previous edition of the Tournament there were 3 problems to solve: capture the queen in the 20^th move and, starting from that position, achieve a victory in the 29^th move and a mate in the 33^th move.Nobody managed to find out how to capture the queen in the 20^th move, so today we’ve shown the solution and continued with the v29 and m33 problems.

v29 – Problem 2.

Sahaj was the first to submit a solution. Unfortunately, it was an incorrect one, a certain position with no –resign- message displayed.

Manukyan from Armenia submitted a solution as the second player. Nevertheless, it was an irrelevant one - a mate in the 29^th move.But it was a good solution to Problem 3.

Only the third solution was correct. It was submitted by a brilliant player from Poland, Krystian Jacek, who is the winner.

Problem 3. A difficult choice amongst many nice solutions.However, only 2 of them fulfilled the prerequisite of capturing the queen in the 20^th move.And it was so simple.Just 2 moves… The undisputable winner would be Łukasz Luba, as he had the best, unbelievable time of one minute and six seconds. But he captured the queen in the 21^st move, so no prize could be awarded.The authors of the 2 solutions in which the queen was captured as required are the winners.

1. Krystian Jacek – the most beautiful game, a forcing mate in 8 moves.

2. GM Gianni – a mate with a knight in 32 moves.

An honorable mention went to Sargis Manukyan, who was the fifth player to submit a solution. His solution was the quickest one, with a mate in the 28^th move, but he captured the queen only in the 26^th move.

Problem 4-v27, a position from the Wojtaszek-Caruana game. Nobody managed to solve it.We received two incorrect solutions. But we would like to mention Levon Hambardzumyan, whose solution included a mate in the 29^th move, last 5 moves are forced. A nice solution.

And the hit of the Non Stop Tournament - Problem No. 5.With a prize of $1,000 for a solution identical with the author’s one.Nobody submitted such a solution, but we chose two solutions and awarded prizes for their beauty. You must see them! Medal Winners-Non4-5.

As an exception, we would like to show also an unsolved author’s problem, as the two rewarded solutions impressedus very much and we would like to show that we can play chess, too.J

It’s amazing that nobody managed to solve Problem 1, which required only 4 moves.So, we leave the Problem available for solving. The person who is the first to submit a correct solution will be awarded the full price.New players can try to solve Problem 1 as well. Entry fee: $2.
Feel invited to play

Non4-4 Levon Hambardzumyan
 

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2017-01-27

And in the Non Stop 4 Tournament on Saturday we are playing the games of the great masters. Task 4 - position from Wojtaszek - Caruana 2015 game, prize US$ 400 and task 5 - Capablanca - Bernstein 1911 game, with the prize worth of US$ 1000.
Feel invited to play.

2017-01-21

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2016-11-14

Game 4 is the Tal's Corner.

Only author's solutions or brilliant original solutions are accepted. like this - GM Artur Jakubiec PL:

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2016-11-08

Winners Non Stop 4 in -Winners (medal)
Non Stop 4 game 4 - Maria Gevorgyan Armenia - $500

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2016-10-29

Non Stop 2 - the results in the Winners medal
task 2, Jasto 

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2016-10-14

Non Stop top
Start 15-10-2016, 17.00 CET= 11 a.m. New York Time
Non Stop top 3, 4, 5 - an original solution is required 
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2016-12-28