21st Greek Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Nikos Mendrinos (GRE – Greek champion!) ahead of Panagiotis Konidaris (GRE) and Panagiotis Masouros (GRE).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1894.99 | WSC category: 14
Standings: 1. Nikos Mendrinos (GRE) 2 points, 2. Panagiotis Konidaris (GRE) 1 point.
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Solvers’ ratings October 1st 2023
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2023 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
Only 4 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2023 are included: 5th Ukrainian Cup 2023, 31st Czech Chess Solving Championship 2023, Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2023, 46th World Chess Solving Championship 2023.
Ranking of the top ten solvers: Ural Khasanov (FID) moved up 4 places from 9th to 5th place and Aleksey Popov moved up 7 places from 15th to 8th place!
Largest five gains: women junior Anna Shukhman, FID (+123), junior Nikita Ushakov, FID (+111.34), women junior Daria Dvoeglazova, ISR (+85.84), junior Egor Sokolov, FID (+77.62), Kacper Piorun, POL (+70.78).
WCCC2023: The results of Solving Show
(06.09.2023) The RESULTS of Solving Show competition, director Vidmantas Satkus,
28 participants.
Batumi 4.9.2023 – Eddy Van Beers winner of World Solving Cup 2022/2023!
Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2023 | 17th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 77 | Winner: junior Ural Khasanov (FID) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL), junior Danila Pavlov (FID), Kacper Piorun (POL) and Aleksey Popov (FID)
GM norms of juniors Ural Khasanov and Nikita Ushakov (both FID), 2nd FM norm of junior Mihnea Costachi (ROU) who gets the FM title and also 7th FM norm for and Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) who will directly get the IM title based on previous IM norms.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2609.08 | WSC category: 1
Final standings top 5: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 91 points (+41), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 90 points (unchanged), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 87 points (+23), 4. Danila Pavlov (FID) 83 points (+36), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 71 points (+31).
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WCCC2023: 46th WCSC
(05-06.09.2023) 46th World Chess Solving Championship 2023
Main Judge: Steinbrink, Axel | Assistant: Klasinc, Marko | Problems Selected by: Steinbrink, Axel
(07.09. 15:00) The FINAL results of the 46.WCSC 2023 announced!
FINAL RESULTS: Individual | Team | Senior | Junior | Women
Problem difficulty | Norms | Problems | Solutions
(06.09. 15:50) “In case of appeals please send an e-mail to me or see me in the tournament hall before the solving show” – director Axel Steinbrink, axel.steinbrink@gmx.de
Preliminary Individual Results
Preliminary TEAM Results
(06.09. 14:00) Preliminary Individual Results after 5. Round
Preliminary TEAM Results after 5. Round
(06.09. 11:50) Preliminary Individual Results after 4. Round
Preliminary TEAM Results after 4. Round
(05.09. 15:10) Preliminary Individual Results after 3. Round
Preliminary TEAM Results after 3. Round
(05.09. 14:08) Preliminary Individual Results after 2. Round
Preliminary TEAM Results after 2. Round
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WCCC2023: Open Solving
(05.09.2023, 15:30) The FINAL RESULTS of Open Solving tournament are announced and can be found on WSC calendar (click on “R” of the open in the calendar – there are also the norms and WSC-points)!
(04.09.2023) Open Solving tournament.
“We decided that solvers who did not write tin the first study the black moves 6…Qf1+ and 7….Qh3+ will get not more than 3 points. Appeals and protests are possible until Tuesday 3 pm.“
Director: Axel Steinbrink | Assistant director: Marko Klasinc
Preliminary individual RESULTS – PROBLEMS – SOLUTIONS
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WCCC2023: Fairy Solving
(03.09.2023) Fairy Solving was the first solving event in WCCC2023, Batumi.
Director: Vidmantas Satkus
RESULTS – PROBLEMS with Solutions
World Solving Cup 2022/2023 – Prague 26./27.8.2023
31st Czech Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 16th and second to last tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Marek Kolčák (SVK) ahead of Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Miloslav Vanka (CZE – Czech Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2106.90 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged: 1. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 90 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 71 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 64 points, 4. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 50 points, 5. Danila Pavlov (FID) 47 points.
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FINAL results of the 11th FIDE World Cup in Composing
The FINAL results of the 11th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners! Thanks a lot to the director and the judges for their work!
Current list of composing title points 24.08.2023
We decided to release the latest version of the composing title points list even if the studies section is not finished yet. Points from the album fairies section have been added and the recent small changes in the helpmates section have been included. A lot of information has been also integrated from the Chess composers’ names in various alphabets database and the current lists of titles in the site: country names, dates of birth/death, title, year the title was granted, name in native form (the latter piece of information is available only in the Excel spreadsheet itself). The migration/integration was done by Bjørn Enemark and checked by Harry Fougiaxis in just two weeks; we trust we have compiled all the information properly, but please let us know in case you have found some mistake!
Harry Fougiaxis, FIDE Album Committee spokesman