Metaxa Tourney
Judge: Pavlos Moutecidis (Greece)
Theme
Selfmates in 5 to 15 starting with 1.f8=L!

I received 15 problems. Unfortunately, the candidate prizewinner by Diyan Kostadinov is dualistic. My sincere thanks to all participants.
Petko Petkov
Pr Metaxa Ty
Eretria 2005
Andrey Selivanov
 Pr Metaxa Ty
Eretria 2005
Uri Avner
 Sp Pr Metaxa Ty
Eretria 2005
Dedicated to Mark Erenburg
S#5
(11+7)
S#6
(5+2)
S#12
(10+6)

Prize: Petko Petkov (Bulgaria)
1.f8=L! (2.c8=D+! Kd6 3.Lc7+ Kc5 4.Lf4+ Kb6 5.Le3+ Lxe3#)
1...bxa4 2.e8=S+! Kb5 3.Sd6+ Kc5 4.Sc4+ Kb5 5.Sa3+ Lxa3#
1...Kd6 2.e8=T+! Kd7 3.Te7+ Kd6 4.Te2+ Kd7 5.Td2+ Lxd2#
AUW, creation of batteries, transformation of white L/P battery in new batteries.

Prize: Andrey Selivanov (Russia)
1.f8=L! (zz)
1...a5 2.La3 a4 3.Dd5 Kc2 4.Te1 Kc3 5.Ta1 Kc2 6.Db3+ axb3#
1...a6 2.Kb1 a5 3.Dd2+ Kb3 4.Dc1 a4 5.Lg7 a3 6.La1 a2#
(1.Kb1? a5!)
Miniature. Echo model mates.

Special Prize: Uri Avner (Israel)
1.f8=L+! Kg8 2.Lg7+ Kh7 3.Lxh6+ Kxh6 4.Sf7+ Kh7 5.Sh6+ Kxh6 6.f7+ Kg7 7.f8=L+ Kg8 8.Lg7+ Kh7 9.f6+ Sd3 10.Lh8+ Kh6 11.f7+ Kh7 12.Lb2 Lxb2#
(1...Kxh8 2.Lg7+ Kh7 3.Lxh6+ Kxh6 4.f7+ Kg7 5.f8=L+ Kg8 6.Lg7+ Kh7 7.f6+ Sd3 8.Lh8+ Kh6 9.f7+ Kh7 10.Lb2 Lxb2#)