Romanian Chess Federation and ’Mihnea Costachi Chess Academy’ Association have the honor to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested in problem chess, to attend the 67th World Congressof Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). Romanian […]
In 2007, the WFCC accepted the idea of the famous Ukrainian Grandmaster of Chess Composition Valentin Rudenko (1938-2016) to name January 4th as the International Day of Chess Composition. Happy day to all chess composers, solvers, judges, editors, organizers and volunteers!
“One Endgame Study in a Thousand”:From a collection celebrating each year of FIDE to the composing tourney for beginners and more The collaboration between FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) reached new heights in 2024, marked by several joint projects. Following the FIDE & WFCC World Cadet & Youth Chess Solving Championships […]
WCCI Entries & Statistics provided by the director, Narayan Shankar Ram, are available on the WCCI 2022-2024 Entries page. Up to the end of submission time, 20.01.2024, the up to date entries will be presented as embedded Google sheet updated by Shankar Ram. After the deadline the final table will be made in html form. […]
The WFCC is inviting composers of all countries to participate in the 2022-24 WCCI. The tourney director is Narayan Shankar Ram (email: wccixx24@gmail.com). The competition will be held according to the General Rules as published on WFCC website. For the convenience of participants, the main rules are included in this Announcement, but the General Rules remain […]
30 member countries were present, 4 of them via Zoom connection. Upcoming events 2025: 21st International Solving Contest (ISC) on 19.01.2025, Director Arvydas Mockus. The deadlines for bids for 67th WCCC, 48th WCSC & 18th ECSC were extended till October 5 2024, the final decisions will be made in an online Meeting after that. The only bid presented before the […]
See detailed information, tournaments/results and photo gallery on the official WCCC 2024 website – WCCC2024.WFCC.CH The program included: (27.07) Informal Opening (sunset in the Seaside bar) (28.07) Quick composing tourneys (#2 & r#2) | AWARD by Harry Fougiaxis & AWARD by Iļja KetrisWFCC opening session (29.07) Open Solving | Results | Norms | WSC Points | WSC StandingsRetro Solving | RESULTS | PROBLEMS | SOLUTIONS (30.07) 47.WCSC […]
Latvian Chess Problem Society reminds you about the deadline to register for the 66th World Congress of Chess Composition: 27.05.2024! Registration on the official website of WCCC 2024 will keep working up to the end of June, but don’t wait for too long! We advise to register even before you make your mind about each […]
The 8th Youth Chess Composing Challenge (YCCC) is the first composing tournament in the context of the Jurmala WCCC 2024. The same as the previous editions, the 8th YCCC will be open to the U23 generation (born no earlier than 01.01.2001) from all the countries, and to all different genres of chess composition. This time the special prizes for the best composers are […]
Since 2007, our community has been marking January 4th as the International Day of Chess Composition, inspired by an article from 155 years ago, where chess composition was declared a kind of art. Today we are doing it in the contemporary spirit, launching the 1st WFCC Online Solving Challenge for Youth (OSCY). The 1st OSCY unites efforts of […]
