Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2023 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 18 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID) ahead of Marko Filipović (CRO) and Bojan Vučković (SRB – Serbian champion!)
Second IM norm of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU);
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2476.56 | WSC category: 4
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 61 points (+19), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 53 points (unchanged), 3. Danila Pavlov (FID) 31 points (+31), 4. Marko Filipović (CRO) 27 points (+27), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 27 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
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Israel Open unites solvers again!
Good news for solvers around the world came from Paz Einat: on June 25, the 8th Open Israel Solving Championship 2023 will happen as a Multiple Locations Solving Tournament.
The very popular summer tourney will shift its form even closer to the ISC model, and include Category 2 into our Rating system. This way, the solvers without a rating, from many countries, will get a chance to gain a Half Rating, and those with a Half Rating can gain a full rating.
More details in the Announcement (PDF) on WSC page of the current season and on the page of Other Rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2023.
Invitation to Batumi: 65. WCCC & 46. WCSC
The Georgian Chess Federation has the honour to invite all delegates of the World Federation of Chess Composition WFCC, national teams and individual solvers, chess composers to attend the 65th World Congress of Chess Composition and 46th World Chess Solving Championship in Batumi, Georgia.
The Congress will be held from September 2nd (arrival) to September 9th, 2023 (departure) at the Legend Hotel Batumi ***** with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 5th and 6th. Georgia has already organised this event in 2013. Georgia has a great tradition in the Chess Composition field. Georgian chess composers are well known all over the world and have played an essential role in chess composition development in the world.
The registration deadline is July 2. For registration and additional information, please contact David Gurgenidze at davidchessgurgenidze@gmail.com
Download invitation as PDF | Official website (coming) | MEETINGS→Batumi
World Solving Cup 2022/2023 – Riga 08.04.2023
49th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU);
6th Place women solver Laura Rogule (Latvian champion!)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2149.72 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 53 points (+8), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 42 points (+6), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 27 points (unchanged), 4. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 23 points (unchanged), 5. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 23 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
Solvers’ ratings April 1st 2023
Solvers’ ratings as of April 1st 2023 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
6 tournaments of the 1st quarter 2023 are included: 19th International Solving Contest 2023 Cat 1, 19th International Solving Contest 2023 Cat 2, 44th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2023, 28th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2023, 46th International Polish Championship 2023, 31st Branko Atanacković Memorial 2023.
Ranking of the top ten solvers: former World Champion Kacper Piorun overtook John Nunn and Eddy Van Beers from the 7th to the 5th place, and Boris Tummes passed Marko Filipović from the 11th to the 10th place.
Largest five gains: Arvydas Mockus, LTU (+81.89), junior Kevinas Kuznecovas, LTU (+52.36), women junior Kamila Hryshchenko, GBR (+40.05), Tomoki Kurokawa, JPN (+31.55), Andrii Sergiienko, UKR (+29.70).
The WCCT Archive completed
Now PDF reports from all 11 World Chess Composing Tournaments are available in WCCT Section. Many thanks to Roland Ott who scanned missing booklets and helped completing the WCCT Archive!
PDF Booklets: 1st WCCT Booklet | 2nd WCCT Booklet | 3rd WCCT Booklet | 4th WCCT Booklet | 5th WCCT Booklet | 6th WCCT Booklet |
7th WCCT Booklet | 8th WCCT Booklet | 9th WCCT Booklet |
10th WCCT Booklet | 11th WCCT Booklet
World Solving Cup 2022/2023 – Sękocin Stary 04./05.03.2023
46th International Polish Championship 2023 | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 28 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion!) ahead of Piotr Murdzia (POL) and junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU – 3rd FM norm and FM title!)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2424.75 | WSC category: 5
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 45 points (+16), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 36 points (+19), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 27 points (+27), 4. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 23 points (+23), 5. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 23 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
Photo gallery | Norms and Titles PDF @ Solving Portal
World Solving Cup 2022/2023 – Nunspeet 04.03.2023
28th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Richard Dobiáš (SVK – 2nd FM norm!)
5th Place Peter van den Heuvel (Dutch Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2375.81 | WSC category: 6
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 points (unchanged), 2. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 23 points (+23), 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 19 points (+19), 4. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 17 points (unchanged), 5. Richard Dobiáš (SVK) 16 points (+16).
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
Minutes of WCCC 2022 published
World Solving Cup 2022/2023 – Helsinki 18.02.2023
44th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 18 | Winner: Dolf Wissmann (NED) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and ex aequo Jorma Paavilainen (FIN – Finnish Champion!)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2220.50 | WSC category: 9
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 (+10), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 17 points (+4), 3. Arno Zude (GER) 16 points, 4. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 13 points (+13), 5. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 12 points (+2).
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2022/23.