Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2021 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 6 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2020 are included: 29th Kedainiai chess solving cup tourney 2020, Branko Babić Memorial 2020, Tula Open 2020, Tula Region Championship 2020, Open of Tula Solving Cup, Tula Solving Cup 2020.
The top ten remain the same solvers as in the previous quarter. The largest three gains have been achieved by Bogdan Zolotov (RUS / +37.19), ahead of women junior solver Olga Shishkova (RUS / +35.71) and Ilja Biriukov (RUS / +17.18.).
2nd Home Solving Tournament: Results & Presentation
“When we organised the Lockdown Tournament last May, it was never the intention to repeat this. At that moment nobody had any idea what the future would bring. We all hoped to return quickly to our normal live. Half a year later we know that it is not that simple.
Some time ago I made the selection for the traditional Henk Hagedoorn Memorial in the Netherlands, but when this tournament was cancelled, everything went fast. With most of the problems “ready to use” and a complete lack of live tournaments, the decision to repeat the Home Solving Tournament (a much better name than the ugly “Lockdown”) was quickly made.”
− Luc Palmans, Spokesman of Solving Committee
→ See the results and photo gallery in the presentation Roland Baier wins Second Home Solving Tournament!
New titles confirmed in 2020
The WFCC delegates have now approved the report of the qualifications committee regarding new composing, solving and judging titles. Congratulations to all title holders! The relevant pages have been updated.
Current list of FIDE ALBUM points, 2016-18
We updated the list of album points to include the results of the so far finalised sections of the 2016-18 album. The qualifications committee will prepare a report of the composing, solving and judging titles and submit it to the delegates for their approval. Stay tuned for further information.
FIDE ALBUM 2016-2018 – Results in section D
The results of the FIDE Album 2016-18 section D are ready!
771 studies scored at least 4,5 points (out of the totally submitted 909 entries), a very good percentage of 84,8%. The ratio of the 227 selected studies with 8+ points vs. the entries with 4,5+ points is 29,4%, which means that nearly one out of each three entries was successful. 59 entries had already qualified from the WCCI process. Kudos to the composers for submitting their highest quality works for review!
Many thanks to the director and the judges for their hard and efficient work!
All announced results are published in the FIDE Album 2016-18 finished sections page.
FIDE ALBUM 2016-2018 – Results in section E
The results of the FIDE Album 2016-18 section E are ready!
An impressive number of 2544 entries (incl. duplicates) were received and they were split in three groups: E1 for h#<=2, E2 for h#2,5 and h#3, and E3 for h#>3. The h#2s dominated once more. In each group there were three judges with each team of judges working independently. 2228 entries scored at least 4,5 points (87,6% of the total entries, a very good ratio for such a popular genre). 400 problems out of them (95 more compared to the previous album!) scored at least 8 points, which represents a reasonable ratio of 17,9% selected problems; of course the respective ratio varies in the three groups. Full statistics are given in the page of the results.
Many thanks to the director and the judges for their hard and efficient work!
Update 17.10.2020: A h#2 (by Mladenović) was found to be anticipated and is removed from the list.
Update 23.10.2020: Four more h#2s (by Medintsev, Nastran, Packa, Zamanov) were found to be anticipated and are removed from the list.
All announced results are published in the FIDE Album 2016-18 finished sections page.
8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 – FINAL results
The FINAL Results of the 8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published.
Statistics: 370 entries by 225 participants from 37 countries submitted.
Among them: #2 – 47, #3 – 38, #n – 36, studies – 56, h# – 81, s# – 48, fairies – 43, retro – 21.
The final reports include the following changes ->
Congratulations to the winners and all participants! Gratitude to the organizers and judges!
Solvers’ ratings October 1st 2020
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2020 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 8 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2020 are included: Open Solving Tournament Tula 2020, 4th Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2020, 28th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2020, 28th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2020, 41st Lithuanian Championship 2020, Open Solving Championship Tver Region 2020, Open of Russian Solving Championship 2020, 28th Championship of Russia 2020.
The top ten remain the same solvers but Dania Pavlov has lost two places. The largest three gain has again been achieved by junior solver Boris Chervonenkis (RUS / +49.27), ahead of junior solver Egor Sokolov (RUS / +39.61) and Mihail Ganzhin (RUS / +36.80).
World Solving Cup 2019/2020 – Bratislava & Kėdainiai 12./13.09.2020
28th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2020 | 9th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian champion) ahead of Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and
Marek Kolčák (SVK)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2021.72 | WSC category: 13
41st Lithuanian Championship 2020 | 10th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020:
Participants: 11 | Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU – Lithuanian champion) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Stasys Steponavičius (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1940.15 | WSC category: 14
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 86 points (unchanged), 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 62 points (unchanged), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 62 points (+1), 4. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 45 (unchanged), 5. Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR) 41 points (unchanged)
More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2019/20 Calendar.