Decisions of the 56th WССС, Batumi, are published! The highlights are: The results of the 9th WCCT and of the 2010-12 WCCI confirmed final; A section for retros will be introduced in the next WCCT; FIDE Albums 2007-09 & 2010-2012; New titles; place and time of 10th ISC, 10th ECSC, 57th WCCC and 38th WCSC. Some photos sent by Franziska Iseli (many thanks!) are also added.
Today, on September 15th, 2013, the Results of WCCI 2010-2012 became final! The WORLD CHAMPIONS are: Marjan Kovačević (Serbia) Aleksandr Feoktistov (Russia) Mikhail Marandyuk (Ukraine) Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine) Michal Dragoun (Czech rep.) Andrey Selivanov (Russia) Petko A. Petkov (Bulgaria) Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel) Congratulations to our champions, other medal winners and all participants!!!
The 9th WCCT is completed. In total 37 countries participated in the tournament with 553 compositions by 257 composers in seven sections. The winner of the 9th WCCT is Russia, ahead of Ukraine and Israel. All 37 participating countries received points. See the Results of the 9th WCCT and also the Booklet in PDF for download.
The scores and the tables of the results of two sections of WCCI 2010-2012 are updated: Results of Section D – Endgame studies: One judge’s claim that entry D2 of E. Eilazyan is cooked was incorrect. Results of Section G – Fairies: Entry G4 of K. Wenda is cooked. The results of WCCI will be declared final on September […]
A new FIDE Album Index – 1914-2006 is presented by Hannu Harkola! The Booklet (A4, 175 pages, PDF, 1,580 kb) contains the combined registersof all 21 published FIDE Albums.
Handbook of Chess Composition – 6th edition, August 2013, 71 pages, size A4, pdf-file (1 Mb), editor Hannu Harkola – is available!
The results of WCCI 2010-2012: Section H – Retros are published! The winners are: 1st Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel), 2nd Nikolai Beluhov (Bulgaria) and 3rd Nicolas Dupont (France). Congratulations to the winners and to all participants! Results of all WCCI sections are published!
The results of WCCI 2010-2012: Section G – Fairies are published! The winners are: 1st Petko A. Petkov (Bulgaria), 2nd Vlaicu Crișan (Romania) and 3rd Peter Gvozdják (Slovakia). Congratulations to the winners and to all participants! Results of H-Retros section of WCCI are coming…
The results of WCCI 2010-2012: Section F – Selfmates are published! The winners are: 1st Andrey Selivanov (Russia), 2nd Torsten Linss (Germany) and 3rd Diyan Kostadinov (Bulgaria). Congratulations to the winners and to all participants! Results of other WCCI sections are coming…
The results of WCCI 2010-2012: Section E – Helpmates are published after correction! The winners are: 1st Michal Dragoun (Czech rep.), 2nd Aleksandr Semenenko (Ukraine) and 3rd Viktor Chepizhny (Russia). Congratulations to the winners and to all participants! “Due to the sorting error in one of the judge’s scores, several scores were inadvertently given to the wrong […]
