THE STUDY OF THE YEAR 2013

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The Study of the Year 2013 (SOY2013) will be selected by an international panel of judges
(D. Gurgenidze, O. Pervakov, G. Costeff, I. Aliev and H. van der Heijden). It is not a selection of the best study of the year, but a study that which is best suited to popularize our art among a general chess public. The solution should be both understandable to players of average level, and appeal to players of master level.

Iuri Akobia has agreed to host the selection on his website http://akobiachess.gol.ge He will also act as director, i.e. accept the submissions, coordinate possible problems with the judging panel, and act as reserve judge.
Composers are invited to submit (address: iuri.akobia@gmail.com) one or two of their own studies (co-authored studies are allowed, but count as one study for each of the composers; therefore the co-authors should agree before a study is submitted, this is the responsibility of the composers), which must have been published during the year 2013. For deceased composers, the jury would be happy to receive proposals by countrymen or friends. All submitted studies will be published on the website soon after submission, except for the studies by the deceased composers (also a maximum of two), which will be added after the deadline.

The deadline for submission is: December 1st, 2014. Before the end of 2014 the SOY2013 will be announced on the website, and distributed for publication in chess magazines and websites.