ChessCentral - Competition

Competition

By Brett Tindall

This page will be devoted to a weekly competition with progress points rewarded for the correct solution to the weekly problem. The first correct answer e-mailed to us will recieve 10 points, the second correct answer will recieve nine points and each correct answer there after will be awarded one less point each until the 10th correct entry which will be awarded 1 point.

The participant with the most amount of points after 12 problems will recieve a book prize courtesy of ChessCentral.

Previous problems in this competiton series that may still be attempted (unless otherwise stated):

Competition Series #1:

Problem #1

Problem #2

Problem #3 (Problem #3 is now closed)

Problem #4

Problem #5

Problem #6

Problem #7

Problem #8

Competition Series 1: Problem #9

White to play and draw

When you have found the solution to the problem.
E-MAIL YOUR ANSWER WITH YOUR NAME AND COUNTRY HERE.

Progress Scores for Competition Series #1:

1. Jouni Tolonen (FIN) 68 points
2. Kerry Lee (AUS) 35 points
3. Dimitry Partsi (AUS) 32 points
4. Eddie Lee (AUS) 19 points
5. John-Paul Wallace (AUS) 14 points
6. Ian Slattery (USA) 13 points
7. Josh Ailwood (AUS) 10 points
8. Gary Lane (BEL) 9 points
9. Chris Kevork (AUS) 9 points
10. Bradley Loh (AUS) 8 points
11. David Raheb (CAN) 8 points
12. Shen Yong (CHN) 7 points
13. Sam Antonio (AUS) 7 points
14. Samuel Chow (AUS) 6 points
15. Yuli Koifman (CAN) 6 points
16. Lothar Karrer (AUT) 5 points
17. Chris Bird (USA) 3 points
18. Ashton Anderson (CAN) 2 points
19. Lev Milman (USA) 1 point