In 2007, our organization 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. According to the proposal, on January 4th 1869, the Czech (Bohemian at that time) magazine “Svetozor” published an article by Antonín König (1836-1911) where he described chess composition as an […]
The year behind was crowded with official composing and solving events, thanks to the judges and organizers who worked hard in 2022. January brought 18th International Solving Contest, another successful edition run by ever passionate Axel Steinbrink. In March, the Solving Committee has made another step forward, introducing the very informative Solving Portal on our […]
The thickest ever FIDE Album 2016-2018 (an official selection of the world’s best and most representative chess compositions) has been published. 912 pages, 1984 diagrams, 306 authors, 1.6 kg. Comments, indexes, registers, statistics in English.Hard-cover blue clothbound. Price 54 euro. Orders preferably at fidealbum.com (or by email to peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com). Sample pages available as a PDF file there.
The first ever World Congress of Chess Composition in Arabian Peninsula was held from 12th to 19th November 2022. Behind the results and decisions of the 64th WCCC in Fujairah – to be found on the official WCCC 2022 website – some important general aspects of this adventure – for both participants and organizers – […]
The WCCT-11 booklet is ready for download. Please address any remarks about misprints to the director. Trophies and diplomas will be handed in the celebration event of the congress closing banquet. You can download the whole booklet or by section: 11.WCCT Intro Report 11.WCCT A Report 11.WCCT B Report 11.WCCT C Report 11.WCCT D Report […]
As the Congress gets closer, the WCCC2022 website is getting more and more crowded with new posts. Starting from the latest news, the deadlines for registration and visa documents were extended till 10th October, the money prizes for 11 different competitions were presented, the Schedule was updated, and three composing tourneys were announced: official Internet T. and two unofficial tourneys. Besides, you can find the registered Lectures, […]
The FINAL results of the 10th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2022 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section. “Congratulations to all for completing the 10th FIDE World Cup in the planned time frame! Congratulations to all winners and prize-winners! I wish new creative successes to all the participants! And, especially thanks to […]
The 11th World Chess Composition Tournament (WCCT) of the WFCC is completed. In total 33 countries participated in the tournament with 550 compositions in eight sections. The tournament was announced in May 2020 and the closing date for the submission of entries was July 1st, 2021. One document with clarifications and one with claims and […]
We updated the list of title points to include the results of the 2019-21 WCCI. Download the latest version from the link in the top events section. Certificates will be handed in the WCCC 2022 banquet.
