Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2019 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!8 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2018 are included: 3rd Solving Cup Byron Zappas (Greece), 27th Kedainiai Cup (Lithuania), 34th Open Swiss Solving Championship, 11th Albino Cup (Belarus), 1st Pavle Orlov Memorial (Serbia), 25th Belgian Championship , 29th Henk Hagedoorn Memorial (Netherlands), New Year’s Tournament 2019 (Serbia). The ranking of […]
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) invites composers to submit their highest-quality compositions for selection in the 2016-18 FIDE Album. See the announcement and the instructions to directors and judges.
25th Belgian Championship 2018 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 15 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) ahead of Michael Pfannkuche (GER) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2347.40 | WSC category: 7 Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 27 points, 2. Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) 23 points, 3. Eddy […]
The Greek Chess Composition Committee of the Greek Chess Federation has the honor to invite the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 14th European Chess Solving Championship. The event will be held from Friday, May 3rd (arrival) to Sunday, May 5th (departure) at the “Oasis Hotel Apartments” in Glyfada, a cosmopolitan […]
11th Albino Cup 2018 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) and Aleksey Popov (RUS – FM norm)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2409.47 | WSC category: 5 Aleksey Popov has achieved his 2nd FM norm and will get the FIDE Solving Master title at the next congress.Leaders […]
34th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2018 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 17 | Winner: Arno Zude (GER) ahead of Ulrich Voigt (GER) and Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2307.26 | WSC category: 7Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Arno Zude (GER) 19 points, 2. Ulrich Voigt (GER) 16, 3. Roland Ott (SUI) […]
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 27th 2019. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers by e-mail no later than December 31st 2018. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation (PDF format) | ISC […]
The first version of the WCCC 2018 bulletin is assembled from the received and collected resources. It contains results of all competitions, and includes auto-generated table of contents and bookmarks, for easy navigation. Update is planned at least for December, when, after the 3-month objection period, preliminary awards of pre-congress tourneys will be replaced by final […]
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2018 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!7 tournaments are included for the 3rd quarter 2018: 2nd Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2018, Chess solving tournament ‘Day of family’ (Russia), 26th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2018, 1st Ukrainian Cup 2018, Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2018, 42nd World Chess Solving Championship 2018, Open Men’s Solving […]
