FIDE Album 2022-24 Section D results

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The results of the FIDE Album 2022-24 section D are ready!

Many thanks to the director Jan Sprenger and the team of judges Amatzia Avni, Oleg Pervakov, and Vladislav Tarasyuk for their swift and efficient work!

In a nutshell:

  • 934 studies were submitted, without counting duplicates.
  • 840 studies reached a score of at least 4,5 points.
  • 228 studies by 56 composers were selected (24,4% of all submitted studies and 27,1% of all studies with at least 4,5 points).

More details can be found in the director’s exemplary report

The total scores of the compositions are now available in a spreadsheet

The list of successful composers’ album points is very informative.

This 3-year-period was very fruitful for the study composers. Congratulations to the new title holders: 3 GM (Arestov, Costeff, Tarasyuk), 4 IM (González, the late Maksimovskikh, Pasman, Sprenger), 3 FM (Gromov, Kopylov, Neishtadt Jr.) Titles will be officially approved in the next online or regular Meeting.

It is also very encouraging to find in the list 5 youngsters’ names: Ivan Belonozhko, Ural Khasanov, Itay Richardson, Taras Rudenko, Ben Smolkin. Kudos to all of them!

(Update 24.09.2026): We spotted a few minor glitches, for which we sincerely apologize. No.453 is a joint composition, thus in the list of album points 0,83 points have to be subtracted for Valery Kalashnikov and 0,83 points have to be added for Sergey Osintsev. The names of the following composers and their points were missing: Igor Agapov (0,83 points), Sarah Hornecker † (0,56 points) and Helmut Waelzel (0,56 points). All the results and files have been updated!

Harry Fougiaxis, FIDE Album Committee spokesman

WFCC Alba Carolina Solving&Composing Cup 2026

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WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup – Double Event for Young Composers and Solvers

Mihnea Costachi Chess Academy, supported by the WFCC, is organizing a double event for young composers and solvers under the aegis of the WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup:

  1. WFCC „Alba Carolina” Composing Cup
    An international composing tournament for juniors (U23), with a deadline for submitting entries of 15 October 2026. The genres are #2 and H#2.
  2. WFCC „Alba Carolina” Solving Cup
    An international rated solving tournament open to participants of all age categories, to be held in Alba Iulia, Romania, on 18 October 2026.

A combined ranking of both competitions will be calculated for U23 participants. The best-performing junior will receive the WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup trophy. To be eligible for the overall title, a participant must take part in both competitions — composing and solving.

WCCT-12 Entries

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The Entries of the 12th World Chess Composition Tournament published on the 12-WCCT page.

ENTRIES
Introduction
Section A | Section B | Section C
Section D (PDF) | Section D (PGN)
Section E | Section F | Section G | Section H

Dear chess problemists,
This document contains the compositions submitted for 12th WCCT ordered in eight sections (A: Twomovers, B: Threemovers, C: Moremovers, D: Endgame studies, E: Helpmates, F: Selfmates, G: Fairies, H: Retros). In section H, the proofgames computer-tested by the respective teams are indicated with C+. In section D, in addition to the PDF document, the solutions are presented in a PGN file as submitted by the countries. The diagrams are printed without name and country of the composer(s).
Compositions were received from the following 32 countries:
Argentina (ARG), Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Belgium (BEL), Brazil (BRA), China (CHN), Croatia (CRO), Czech Republic (CZE), Denmark (DEN), Finland (FIN), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Greece (GRE), Hungary (HUN), India (IND), Israel (ISR), Italy (ITA), Japan (JPN), Lithuania (LTU), Netherlands (NED), North Macedonia (MKD), Peru (PER), Poland (POL), Romania (ROU), Serbia (SRB), Slovakia (SVK), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE), Switzerland (SUI), Ukraine (UKR), United States (USA).
Valery Kopyl, Director of the 12th WCCT
Thomas Maeder, Spokesman of the WFCC’s WCCT Committee

Composing Tournament – WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix Final 2026

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Composers are invited to take part in the
WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix Final 2026
Composing Tournament –
Composing for the best Solvers!

The types of problems: #2; #3 ; #n; endgame study; S#; h#
The deadline: 1st November 2026 | The award: 29th November 2026
The final selection of entries will be used in the Grand Prix Final, 6 rounds with 3 problems in each, 18 problems in total, as for a standard WCSC/ECSC format.
Prizes: 500€ for the solvers’ favourite in each round
See the detailed announcement of the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix website!

Send your entries to: Grand Prix Final Director Axel Steinbrink:  axel.steinbrink@gmx.de
Earlier sending will be most welcome!