The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 29th 2017. 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 2016. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation | Invitation (PDF format)
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: The latest update includes 15 countries. The new WSC rules effective as from the 2016/2017 cycle of the WSC are published above the calendar of registered countries.
(09.08) The 40th WCSC in Belgrade, 02-03.08.2016: Final Results | Statistics (08.08) The latest updates of WSC 2016-17 are ready. (08.08) 59th WCCC 2016 highlights and decisions.
(05.08) A page with the final WCSC results and the latest updates of WSC 2016-17 will be ready in a few days. (05.08) Prize giving for composing and solving tourneys, live streaming on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFsm7tQH10 (03.08) WCCC 2016, Serbia – WFCC rapid chess match. Tonight, 20:00, there will be a rapid chess match between the selected team […]
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: WCCC Open 2016, Belgrade, 1.8.2016Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.620The WSC category of the tournament: 1 Winners of the WSC 2015/2016: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR) Martynas Limontas (LTU) More details and the final WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar. The next cycle, WSC 2016/17, will be […]
(02.08) WCSC, the 1st day: Problems | Solutions | 1st day TEAMS | 1st day INDIVIDUAL (01.08) The 59th WCCC Open, Belgrade, 01 August 2016:Participants | Problems | Solutions | Preliminary results | Final results (31.07) WFCC Opening Session WFCC presidium:Günter BüsingHannu HarkolaHarry FougiaxisThomas Maeder (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević) (30.07) Opening ceremony in the Belgrade City Hall was run by Tamara Gadjanski and […]
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 […]
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Czech Championship 2016, Pardubice, 16-17.7.2016Winner: Klemen Šivic (SLO) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.360The WSC category of the tournament: 4More 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.
