Composers from all around the world are welcome to take part in the 12th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025! The sections are: The closing date for submitting the entries is: 31 May 2025The Director of the tournament is Torsten Linß (worldcupcomposing2025@gmail.com)
“We had 46 tournaments in 28 countries and 745 solvers (15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) – 184 solvers in cat-1, 254 solvers in cat-2 and 292 solvers in cat-3. This year’s participation reflects the growing interest and enthusiasm for the sport, and it is heartening to see such a diverse and passionate community of solvers
Dylan Schenker Chess Problems and Studies DiscordFebruary 14, 2023 #6 9+1White to play and mate in 6 moves! Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ →Solution (show/hide): 1.c7! Ke4 2.Ke2 Kxf5 3.c8=Q Kf6 4.Qg8 Ke7 5.Qf7+ Kd6 6.Qd7# 3…Kg4 4.Qg8+ Kh3 5.Kf3 Kh2 6.Qg2# 1…Kc4 2.c8=Q+ Kb3 3.Kc1 Ka4 4.Kc2 Kxb5 5.Qb7+ Kc4 6.Qc6# 1.e7?
The Official Website of the 18th European Chess Solving Championship is launched! The ECSC 2025 will be held from Friday, April 25th to Sunday, April 27th in the center of Athens in Greece. VENUE: The main hall of University of Athens (https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeE2r84YG7ZWpHwS8)Address: Panepistimiou Street 30, right outside the “Panepistimio” metro station. PDF Announcement | ECSC
Barry Peter Barnes (1937-2025) was a tireless promoter of the best in chess composition art for 70 years, since his first published problem in 1954. With his contemporaries Michael Lipton and John Rice, in the late 1950s and early 1960s he revolutionised the British two-mover, moving from the single phase fashion to modern multiphase contents.
48th International Polish Championship 2025 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 35 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2517.21 | WSC category: 3Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) with first GM norm!Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Kacper Piorun (POL) 36 points (+36), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 35 points (+31), 3. Roland Baier (SUI) 31 points (unchanged), 4. Martynas Limontas
Romanian Chess Federation and ’Mihnea Costachi Chess Academy’ Association have the honor to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested in problem chess, to attend the 67th World Congressof Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). Romanian
In 2007, the WFCC accepted the idea of the famous Ukrainian Grandmaster of Chess Composition Valentin Rudenko (1938-2016) to name January 4th as the International Day of Chess Composition. Happy day to all chess composers, solvers, judges, editors, organizers and volunteers!
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal. 8 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2024 are included: 33rd Kedainiai Cup 2024, Open of Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament, Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2024, 39th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2024, 6th Pavle Orlov Memorial 2024, Solving Championship of Romania 2024, 29th Belgian Championship
“One Endgame Study in a Thousand”:From a collection celebrating each year of FIDE to the composing tourney for beginners and more The collaboration between FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) reached new heights in 2024, marked by several joint projects. Following the FIDE & WFCC World Cadet & Youth Chess Solving Championships
