Tzuica Tourney

Every year on the occasion of the World Chess Composition Congress (WCCC) we organize the Tzuica Tourney. This thematic tourney is dedicated to helpselfmates (with the exception of the 2003 edition). The theme is different every year.

In a help-selfmate problem in ‘n’ moves (denoted hs#n), White starts and Black collaborates with White in order to reach a position of s#1 (selfmate in one move) at move ‘n’ (the last move).

Year	Theme	Award
2003	Consecutive series (not helpselfmate)	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2003
2004	Promotions	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2004
2005	Zilahi theme	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2005
2006	Dentist theme	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2006
2007	Zugzwang	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2007
2008	Orthogonal-Diagonal Transformation	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2008
2009	Batteries	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2009
2010	Mate by King move	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2010
2011	Reciprocal exchange of functions	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2011
2012	Cyclic exchange of functions	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2012
2013	Switchbacks	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2013
2014	Mate by double check	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2014
2015	Pin mate	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2015
2016	Long Rundlaufs	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2016
2017	Cross-checks	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2017
2018	(Stale)mates on the same square	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2018
2019	(Stale)mates by the same piece	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2019
2020	Schnoebelen theme	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2020
2021	Pelle moves	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2021
2022	Consecutive Follow-My-Leader	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2022
2023	Battery Dismantling	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2023
2024	Indian	Award of Tzuica Tourney 2024
2025	Perpetuum Mobile	Announcement of Tzuica Tourney 2025