An online WFCC meeting was held via Zoom 1 November 2025, organized by WFCC Secretary Mohammad Alhallak and conducted from the WFCC office in the new Fujairah Chess & Culture Club. Among 33 participants were delegates or deputy delegates of 26 countries: Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Opening Ceremony On 30 October 2025, a solemn opening ceremony was held to mark the inauguration of the WFCC office in the magnificent new home of the Fujairah Chess & Culture Club (FCCC). The office, located within the splendid three-storey chess palace, was officially opened by H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince
The FINAL results of the 12th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the FINAL Results section. FINAL Results in all sections, PDF | PGN for Endgame studies A total of 279 problems and studies have been received. During the claims stage, three problems were found to be unsound (one selfmate
40th Open Swiss Solving Championship | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Taras Rudenko (UKR).8th Place Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2421.78 | WSC category: 5Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 18 points (+18), 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16
We are issuing the third circular letter of the 12th WCCT – #3 (PDF) – Questions & Answers / September-October 2025
2nd Hamlet Amiryan memorial tournament | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and Ural Khasanov (FID).3rd GM norm for Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and 4th FM norm for Anton NasyrovAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2341.71 | WSC category: 7Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 16 points, 2. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points, 3. Ural Khasanov (FID) 12 points, 4. Anton Nasyrov (FID) 10 points, 5. Aleksey Popov (FID) 8
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.4 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2025 are included: Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2025, 48th World Chess Solving Championship 2025, 7th Ukrainian Solving Cup 2025, Pavlos Moutecidis Memorial Solving Tournament.Ranking of the top 10 solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2835.28, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2751.23 (+57.48), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2746.15 (+21.14), 4. Ural Khasanov (FID)
We are issuing the second circular letter of the 12th WCCT – #2 (PDF) – Questions & Answers / August-September 2025
The new FIDE Album 2019-2021 (an official selection of the world’s best and most representative chess compositions) has been published. 832 pages, 1840 diagrams, 298 authors, 1.6 kg. Comments, indexes, registers, statistics in English.Hard-cover blue clothbound. Price 56 euro. Orders preferably at fidealbum.com (or by email to peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com). Sample pages available as a PDF file there.
The Preliminary results of the 12th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Results in all sections, PDF | PGN for Endgame studies The deadline for claims: 7th October, 2025 Director of the tournament: Torsten Linß (worldcupcomposing2025@gmail.com)
