Category: WSC

48^th German Solving Championship 2026 | 10^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 28 | Winner: David Hodge (GBR), ahead of Ulrich Voigt (GER – German Champion) and Arno Zude (GER).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2437.93 | WSC category: 5
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. David Hodge (GBR) 66 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (unchanged), 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 54 points (+8), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 48 points (+14), 5. Danila Pavlov (FID) 46 points (unchanged).
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Winners WSC Germany 2026

Solving Room WSC Germany 2026

Team WSC Germany 2026

45^th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 9^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 44 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Anton Nasyrov (FID) and Araz Almammadov (AZE – Azerbaijani Champion!).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2195.60 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (unchanged), 2. Danila Pavlov (FID) 46 points (+10), 3. David Hodge (GBR) 46 points (unchanged), 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 46 points (unchanged), 5. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 38 points (unchanged).
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Winners photo AZE 2026

AZE 2026 solving

AZE 2026 participants

31^st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship | 8^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL), ahead of David Hodge (GBR) and Michael Pfannkuche (GER).
5^th Place Joost Michielsen (NED – Dutch champion!)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2346.88 | WSC category: 7
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (+16), 2. David Hodge (GBR) 46 points (+14), 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 46 points (+8), 4. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 38 points (unchanged), 5. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged).
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Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 7^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 28 | Winner: Joost Michielsen (NED)), ahead of John Nunn (GBR – British Champion!) and David Hodge (GBR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2485.99 | WSC category: 4
1^st IM Norm and FM title of Joost Michielsen (NED), 2^nd FM norm of Roland Ott (SUI)
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 42 points (+14), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 38 points (+16), 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 38 points (+22), 4. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 34 points (+4).
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GM John Nunn (ENG)

Winton British Chess Problem Society 2026

Maksym Kryshtafor (UKR)

47^th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 6^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Kari Karhunen (FIN – Finnish Champion!), ahead of Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) and Martynas Limontas (LTU).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2119.80 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 30 points (+6), 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points (unchanged), 4. Kacper Piorun (POL) 26 points (unchanged), 5. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 26 points (unchanged).
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49^th International Polish Championship 2026 | 5^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 17 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion!), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU).
2^nd GM norm of Kevinas Kuznecovas!
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2568.86 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points (unchanged), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 26 points (+26), 4. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 26 points (+10), 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 24 points (+24).
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Cugir City Championship | 4^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026, 1^st WSC tournament of Romania:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Daniel Dumitrescu (ROU), ahead of Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea (ROU) and Cristian-Daniel Oltean (ROU).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1857.09 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points, 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 points, 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 16 points, 5. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points.
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30^th Belgian Championship | 3^rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion for the 25^th time!), ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Joost Michielsen (NED).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2192.92 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points (+10), 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 points (unchanged), 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 16 points (+6), 5. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points (unchanged).
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Results of complete tournament – including participants in Bratislava (Slovakia), Cugir (Roumania), Vilnius (Lithuania), Wrocław (Poland).

40^th Open Swiss Solving Championship | 2^nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Taras Rudenko (UKR).
8^th Place Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2421.78 | WSC category: 5
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 18 points (+18), 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 points (+16), 4. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points (unchanged), 5. Ronald Schäfer (GER) 14 points (+14).
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Photos taken by Franziska Iseli ©

Results of complete tournament – including Lithuanian participants in Vilnius, who were unable to attend in Bern due to a flight cancellation caused by weather balloons from Belarus, which led to the closure of Vilnius Airport.

2^nd Hamlet Amiryan memorial tournament | 1^st tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:
Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and Ural Khasanov (FID).
3^rd GM norm for Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and 4^th FM norm for Anton Nasyrov
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2341.71 | WSC category: 7
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 16 points, 2. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points, 3. Ural Khasanov (FID) 12 points, 4. Anton Nasyrov (FID) 10 points, 5. Aleksey Popov (FID) 8 points.
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