In 2023, I participated with seven studies in eight tourneys. Three studies received a commendation, two studies a honourable mention and one study got a prize (some awards are still preliminary). One study failed, and rightly so. Another study was submitted, but remained in the editor's spam folder until it was automatically deleted.
Fun fact: I submitted my first study on June 14, 2023 and the prize was awarded on June 14, 2024 (different studies, though).
Here are my studies in publication order (except of no. 4 which I added for some
reason to no. 3).
No. 1
White to move and win.
Sinfonie Scacchistiche nr 154 (October 2023), p 277, no. 826.
This is the big circly study.
Nos. 3 & 4
These are two studies with NP vs PPP. One draw and one win study.
It gave me great joy to create these two. However, both also have weak points and the surprises are more for endgame afficinados like me.
Five agile knight studies!? Well, at least there's no sixth one submitted or even
planned.
When I started with studies for tourneys, I consciously chose an endgame type I hadn't worked with much before: knight endings.
Will I repeat the experiment in 2024? Yes, but certainly not in this form.