World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Israeli Solving Championship, Ramat-Gan, 5.6.2016
Winner: Ofer Comay (ISR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.214
The WSC category of the tournament: 5
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
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Belgrade WCCC 2016: News for composers and juniors under 18
Dear chess friends,
- Three first Unofficial Composing Tourneys are announced within WCCC 2016 as of June, 5th: 28th Spišská borovička Tourney, 4th Azemmour Tourney (The Rope), 16th Japanese Sake Tourney.
- 154 participants from 33 countries have registered for WCCC 2016.
- Let us remind you that direct registering on the WCCC 2016 site allows you reserving your places before fixing all the details of your trip and stay (see Registration of participants → Instructions / Help). Later on you may edit your registration till June 30th.
- Juniors: For the first time WCCC will include separate competitions for juniors (U14 and U18). A part from YCCC, there will be U14 and U18 categories in the frames of the Open solving tourney, and 2 more competitions for juniors U18 only: Machine Gun solving (#2), and the Youth Solving Show (#2). Both competitions will be run using original programs created by late Milan Velimirović.
There have been 12 U18 solvers registered for WCCC till now, 7 of them in U14 category.
- June 30th is the deadline for submiting entries for YCCC 2016, as well as for registering for the WCCC 2016.
Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 – Final Award
FINAL Award of Baku Chess Olympic Ty 2016 is published and available from the page FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016 – Klaipeda, 21-22.5.2016
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Lithuanian Solving Championship, Klaipeda, 21.-22.5.2016
Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.258
The WSC category of the tournament: 5
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016 – Cherkassy, 14-15.5.2016
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Ukrainian Solving Championship, Cherkassy, 14.-15.5.2016
Winner: Oleksiy Solovchuk (UKR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.296
The WSC category of the tournament: 5
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 – Moremovers award
Provisional moremovers award of Baku Chess Olympic Ty 2016, judge: Oto Mihalčo (Slovakia), is published and available from the page FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 – Twomovers award
Provisional twomovers award of Baku Chess Olympic Ty 2016, judge: Jakov Rossomakho (Russia), is published and available from the page FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
12th ECSC 2016, Athens: The Results
The 12th European Chess Solving Championship was held in Glyfada, a cosmopolitan suburb of Athens, in the extended weekend of 15-17 April, supported by wonderful, summer-like weather. The event was organised by the Chess Composition Committee of the Greek Chess Federation. The Open Tournament was conducted by Ioannis Garoufalidis and the ECSC by Ivan Denkovski. The full results, the problems and their solutions are available in Competitions/Solving/12th ECSC Athens | Results.
FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 – Helpmates award
Provisional helpmates award of Baku Chess Olympic Ty 2016, judge: Abdelaziz Onkoud (Morocco), is published and available from the page FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016.
The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016 – Baku, 9-10.4.2016
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Azerbaijan Solving Championship, Baku, 9.-10.4.2016
Winner: Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.116
The WSC category of the tournament: 6
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.