Congratulations to the participants of the 9th Youth Chess Composing Challenge! THE RESULTS: Introduction and ParticipantsAward Section A | Award Section B & PGN: download / view | Award Section C
On Tuesday 8th July Congress program first time included an evening devoted to young composers only. The heroes of the night were nine composers aged from 11 to 22, presenting their creations and telling about themselves: Nikolai Sheviakov, Alexandru Mihălcescu, Taras Rudenko, Daniel Dumitrescu, Stefan-Constantin Harnagea, Anton Nasyrov, Ilija Serafimović, Joachim Hambros, and Benjamin Defromont. […]
The RESULTS of the 9th World Championship in Composing for Individuals WCCI 2022-2024 are published! 02.07.25: The results for section G were revised due to a cook in one of the entries of the 4th place. The 4th to 6th placings have been changed. All other placings and points remain unchanged. The results are now […]
The 67th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) will be held from Saturday, July 5th (arrival) to Saturday, July 12th, 2025 (departure) at ’Cetate Hotel’ *** in Alba Iulia (Romania), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8th and 9th. The WCCC 2025 director is IM Mihnea Costachi. Please use the registration button on the […]
WFCC is glad to announce the 12th World Chess Composition Tournament. The span between the announcements of the 10th WCCT and the 11th WCCT was five years, and the same time passed before this one. This time there were more reasons for delay compared to the original schedule. The hostilities in Ukraine and WFCC sanctions on the teams from Russia and […]
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) invites composers to submit their highest-quality compositions for selection in the 2022-24 FIDE Album. See the announcement and the instructions to directors and judges.
We are happy to announce the launch of the official website and we are waiting all chess solving and composing enthusiasts in Alba Iulia! The 67th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) will be held from Saturday, July 5th (arrival) to Saturday, July 12th, 2025 (departure) at ’Cetate Hotel’ *** in […]
Rules & Themes The 9th YCCC 2025 is open to the U23 generation (born 2002 or later), matching the age limit for juniors in the WFCC solving competitions (WCSC, ECSC, ISC). This year YCCC has one section with strict thematic condition (A – #2) and two sections without set themes (B – endgame studies and C […]
Composers from all around the world are welcome to take part in the 12th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025! The sections are: The closing date for submitting the entries is: 31 May 2025The Director of the tournament is Torsten Linß (worldcupcomposing2025@gmail.com)
Dylan Schenker Chess Problems and Studies DiscordFebruary 14, 2023 #6 9+1White to play and mate in 6 moves! Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ →Solution (show/hide): 1.c7! Ke4 2.Ke2 Kxf5 3.c8=Q Kf6 4.Qg8 Ke7 5.Qf7+ Kd6 6.Qd7# 3…Kg4 4.Qg8+ Kh3 5.Kf3 Kh2 6.Qg2# 1…Kc4 2.c8=Q+ Kb3 3.Kc1 Ka4 4.Kc2 Kxb5 5.Qb7+ Kc4 6.Qc6# 1.e7? […]
