WCCI 2013-15 broke all the records! By far the biggest final numbers: till the last day (January 20th) 2862 entries by 248 composers from 41 countries arrived! For the first time, all entries publicly available on the “Entries” page (click on the numbers of problems sent by each composer). Previous records: 2319 entries (2004-06), 227 […]
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 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.
“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 […]
The latest update of entries to 2013-15 WCCI is available in WCCI 2013-2015: Entries on the Competitions/Composing/ page. Attention: Claims should only be made concerning complete anticipation, legitimate publication data, legality and soundness. All claims must be sent to the director only (Dmitry Turevsky, email: dmitri.turevski@gmail.com). Participants may submit their entries by January 20, 2016. Details can be found in […]
The WFCC is inviting composers of all countries to participate in the 2013-15 WCCI. The tourney director is Dmitry Turevsky (email: dmitri.turevski@gmail.com). Participants may submit their entries by January 20, 2016. Details can be found in the announcement.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, and the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan are organizing the FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 dedicated to the 42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016 (Baku, Azerbaijan, 17-30.09.2016). The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts […]
The FIDE Album 2007-2009 (the official selection of the world’s best and most representative chess compositions) has been published. 640 pages, 1426 diagrams, 312 authors. Comments, indexes, registers, statistics in English. Hard-cover blue clothbound. Price 45 euro (surface shipping free). Discounts if more copies ordered. Orders to Peter Gvozdják, peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com. Sample pages available as a PDF […]
The final results of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published! To compare with preliminary results, only sections #3 and s# have some changes. All final results can be found on the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page: A-Twomovers | B-Threemovers | C-Moremovers | D-Endgame studies | E-Helpmates | F-Selfmates | G-Fairies | H-Retros
