Announcement: "Physical Distancing" tourney by SCHACH

The German magazine SCHACH in connection with ChessBase (prizes) and several members of the German Problem Federation "Die Schwalbe" announces a "Physical Distancing" chess problem tourney.

Announcements (PDF files):
German - http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/images/2020/coronawettbewerb.pdf
English - http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/images/2020/corona-competition.pdf

 Magazine SCHACH (Germany) presents:ª http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/images/2020/corona-composition.pdfThe ›Corona Composition Tournament‹Physical Distancing is on everyone’s lips and now it is also on the chessboard! We are looking for previously unpublished problems with the topics of ›mate in two (or more) moves‹, ›helpmate‹, ›win‹ or ›draw‹. It is required that in the starting position all pieces keep physical distance, ie, they don’t touch each other but instead all surrounding squares are unoccupied. This specification is retained in the solution process; exept with captures, side lines and the last move of the solution. The judge will favour compositions in which distance is maintained throughout!

[There are three examples in the announcement which are omitted here. SH]

Send your composition(s) by email to tournament director Thomas
Brand by Friday 10 July at the latest: t.brand@gmx.net. Judge Hans
Gruber will announce his decision in the October issue of SCHACH(to be published on 25 September 2020).

[The prizes promised by SCHACH can't easily be copied because of the layout. They are:
1st prize: 200 EUR ChessBase voucher
2nd prize: 150 EUR ChessBase voicher
3rd prize: 100 EUR ChessBase voucher
4th prize:  annual subscription of SCHACH (12 issues)
5th prize: book "Emanual Lasker", volume I, signed by the authors
special prize for the composition with the most pieces: 100 EUR (tiebreak: quality of the composition).
SH]