The Romanian Correspondence Chess Central Commission and ICCF IM Valer Eugen Demian are happy to announce the organizing of Valer Vasile Demian Memorial (ROU). This memorial takes place on the ICCF server and it consists of 6 groups of 15 players each from a total of 34 countries.
Direct LINK to the tournament page
[Event "Puzzle #383"][Date "2021.02.10"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r1b2rk1/3p1ppp/p2Q2nP/q3p3/1p2P3/2N5/PPP1BPP1/2KR3R w - - 2 18"]
Citation: Zukertort was, as might be expected, full of new good things in chess, and the following remarkable mate in one move, which he showed to an admiring gallery of spectators at the Manhattan Chess Club the other day, proves that he has more 'points' than are dreamed of in Steinitz' philosophy...
The Riddles of the Genius!
ICCF TD Corner: The completion of an ICCF game
The ICCF Laws of Correspondence Chess state:
"5.2.2 The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent’s king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a "dead position". This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the position was in accordance with Articles 3 and 4."
The above has the corresponding FIDE rule:
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