World Solving Cup 2015/2016: WCCC Open 2016, Belgrade, 1.8.2016
Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.620
The WSC category of the tournament: 1
Winners of the WSC 2015/2016:
More details and the final WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar. The next cycle, WSC 2016/17, will be directed by Vidmantas Satkus.
Harry Fougiaxis and Vladimir Pajić on the board; Vladimir Pajić and Marko Ložajić; Tamara and Borislav Gadjanski;
Vladimir Baralić playing flute. (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević)
Five days Composing Tourneys, 28 July – 2 August, are announced within WCCC 2016: Group A, #2 (judge: Marjan Kovačević); Group B, Ser-r#3-8 (judge: Miodrag Mladenović). See details on the official WCCC 2016 website, section Official composing tournaments. For the Congress participants only. Welcome to participate!
Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
One of the aims of the Belgrade World Congress of Chess Composition 2016 was to engage the youngest generation of chess composers. Ten participants representing four countries – from 8 to 18 years – took part in the 1st YCCC. They produced 29 chess compositions, fulfilling thematic conditions in three different genres (#2, h#2 and endgames).
We are proud to present the Gallery of the participants, including their recent photos and selected compositions. We hope that connecting young composers all over the world will help them feel that they have their own generation in a field dominated by much older authors.
Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Czech Championship 2016, Pardubice, 16-17.7.2016
Winner: Klemen Šivic (SLO) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.360
The WSC category of the tournament: 4
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
The new version of the Handbook of Chess Composition, 7th edition, 67 pages, has been released by Hannu Harkola in July, 2016. The first version of this booklet with the title “Problem Chess Lists” was published in August 1989.
Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2016 are published! 12 tournaments included: Memorial Branko Atanacković; 40th ICH of Germany Dresden; 37th ICH of Azerbaijan Baku; OPEN Athens; 12th ECSC Athens; OPEN Cherkassy; 30th ICH of Ukraine Cherkassy; 37th ICH of Lithuania Klaipeda; 24th ICH of Russia Sochi; 3rd Open Israeli Solving Championship; 10th UP cup Igalo; Montenegro GP Igalo. Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Andrey Zhuravlev and Piotr Murdzia.
Georgy Evseev, the director of the 10th World Chess Composition Tournament, presents the ENTRIES BOOKLET of 8 sections with introduction (available from the 10th WCCT page): Introduction (55 kb) | Section A (765 kb) | Section B (327 kb) | Section C (338 kb) | Section D (417 kb) | Section E (366 kb) | Section F (334 kb) | Section G (342 kb) | Section H (392 kb)
Important notes:
The WFCC is pleased to announce the results of the 2013-15 World Championship in Composing for Individuals. The WCCI was conducted, as usual, in 8 sections and attracted a record number of 2862 entries by 248 composers from 41 countries. We are grateful to Dmitry Turevsky, the director of the championship, who uploaded all entries on the site, co-ordinated flawlessly the 40 judges and prepared an excellent and very comprehensive report. All judges worked smoothly and submitted their scores on time. The members of the supervising panel resolved a few minor issues without interfering to the judges’ work.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all participants who made the championship such a great success!
The ceremony and the award of trophies will be held in this year’s congress in Belgrade.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Montenegro Grand Prix, Igalo, 11-12.6.2016
Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.256
The WSC category of the tournament: 5
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
