Special Awards
The WFCC Dawson–White Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions to the world of chess composition. The first awards presented to:
- Thomas Maeder — for his outstanding contribution as a member of the Popeye Team, which develops open-source software supporting multiple chess-composition genres;
- Dmitri Turevski — for his work on the open-source programs Olive and Py2Web, as well as the YACPDB database;
- Axel Steinbrink — for his long-standing service as Director of the WCSC, ECSC, ISC and other solving events.
Upcoming Events
- 23rd International Solving Contest (ISC): 24 January 2027; Central Controller — Arvydas Mockus
- 20th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC): 28–30 May 2027, Alba Iulia, Romania
- 69th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 50th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC): 23–30 October 2027, Heraklion–Hersonissos, Crete, Greece