The 12. ISC will be held next Sunday, 24.01.2016, in 29 countries with 37 tournaments. A special welcome to solvers and local controller Sumiya Tongon of Mongolia who participates for the first time.
Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation | Invitation (PDF format)
The Serbian Chess Problem Society invites you to the 59th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and the 40th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The event will be held from July 30th to August 6th 2016, in the 5-star Metropol Palace Hotel, in the center of Belgrade.
The Opening ceremony (July 30th) will be in the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.
The Open solving (August 1st), will be directed by Axel Steinbrink (Germany).
The director of 40th WCSC (August 2nd & 3rd) will be Brian Stephenson (Great Britain).
For the first time in the history of WCCC, separate competitions for juniors up to 18 years will be organized, both in composing and solving chess problems.
Download invitation as PDF | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
FIDE, in co-operation with the Russian State Social University (RSSU), the International School Chess Union, the Russian Chess Federation and the Moscow Directorate of sport events, organizes the 1st FIDE World Chess Solving Championship for Juniors.
The championship will be held in Moscow, 30 January to 3 February 2016, within the framework of the 12th International Chess RSSU Cup “Moscow Open 2016”. There will be three categories: boys and girls under 15 years old, U17, and U19. Further details are included in the files with the rules of the RSSU Cup and the rules of the Solving Championship.
The Greek Chess Composition Committee, in co-operation with the Greek Chess Federation, has the honor of inviting the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 12th European Chess Solving Championship. The event will be held from Friday, April 15th (arrival) to Sunday, April 17th, 2016 (departure) at the “Oasis Hotel Apartments” in Glyfada, a cosmopolitan suburb of Athens.
Director of the open solving tournament will be Ioannis Garoufalidis (GRE) assisted by Harry Fougiaxis. Director of the ECSC will be Ivan Denkovski (MKD) assisted by Ioannis Garoufalidis and Harry Fougiaxis.
(05.01) A correction is made to the Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2016: the 7th tournament, Henk Hagedoorn Memorial, is added; the changes are related to the main list only.
(01.01) Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2016 are published! 6 tournaments included: 24th Kedainiai cup; ICH of Switzerland Bern; 8th Albino cup Minsk; ICH of Belgium Geel; OPEN GP Warsaw; 14th GP Warsaw.
Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Kacper Piorun and John Nunn!
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The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) invites composers to submit their highest-quality compositions for selection in the 2013-15 FIDE Album.
See the Announcement.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Belgium Solving Championship, Geel – 14.11.2015
Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.353
The WSC category of the tournament: 4
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Warsaw Solving Grand Prix 14.-15.11.2015
Winner: Piotr Gorski (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.482
The WSC category of the tournament: 3
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
“The Study of the Year“ award is organized by the WFCC and aims at introducing to the general public a single friendly endgame study that would hopefully appeal to chess players of various levels and encourage them to pay a deeper attention to the art of the endgame study on a more regular basis.
The competition to select the Study of the Year 2014 (SOY2014) is organized by ARVES. The SOY 2014 will be selected by an international panel of judges (Martin Minski, Oleg Pervakov, Gady Costeff, Ilhan Aliev and Harold van der Heijden). It is not the selection of the best study of the year, but the study which is best suited to popularize our art among the general chess public. The solution should be both understandable to players of average level, and appeal to players of master level. >>more/less
The deadline for submission is: December 1st, 2015. The selected SOY 2014 will appear on the ARVES website (www.arves.org) as well as in the UAPA site.
