A total of 99 solvers (plus 6 additional unofficial participants) competed in the WCSC, significantly surpassing the previous record for participants at a world championship (90 solvers in Bern and Vilnius).
The WFCC Dawson–White Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions to the world of chess composition. The first awards presented to:
The tenth edition of the Youth Chess Composing Challenge (YCCC) brought together 32 young composers under 23 from 12 countries, who contributed with 58 chess problems and studies. The results are published in the section Competitions>Composing>YCCC 2026, 10th YCCC: Announcement | Introduction & Participants | Award Section A | Award Section B & PGN: download / view | Award Section C & Table with scores Get ready for YCCC-11! […]
13.08.2026. The 49th World Chess Solving Championship 2026 took place in Magdeburg, Germany, 11-12.08.2026. Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink I Assistant: Luc Palmans | Problems Selected by: Paz Einat FINAL RESULTS: Individual | Juniors | Seniors | Women Norms and Titles | All new titles | Live Rating Top 120 | WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix Points […]
Open Solving Tournament of the WCCC 2026 | 19th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 114 | Eddy Van Beers (BEL) with a 100 % score, ahead of Ural Khasanov (FID) and Danila Pavlov (FID), who also achieved a 100 % score, but took 10 minutes longer. GM norms: Anton Nasyrov, Grigorii Filin, Maksim […]
10.08.2026. Open Solving tournament. Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink | Assistant: Luc Palmans | Problems Selected by: Paz Einat Final RESULTS | Problems | Solutions | Norms & Titles WSC points | WSC final standings
Rules & Themes The 10th YCCC 2026 is open to all participants born 2003 or later. It consists of three sections: one with strict thematic condition for #2 (Section A), and two without set themes: endgame studies (B), and all kinds of compositions except orthodox endgames (C). Each participant may send one entry per section. […]
Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V., and the local organizing committee have the honour to invite national representatives of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national chess solving teams, individual solvers and composers and everybody interested in problem chess, to attend the 68th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 49th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The congress will be […]
68th WCCC and 49th WCSC in Magdeburg (Germany) I am pleased to announce that the 68th World Congress of Chess Composition, including the 49th World Chess Solving Championship, will take place from 8–15 August 2026 at the Maritim Hotel Magdeburg, Germany (with the program starting on Sunday, 9 August). A dedicated congress website, including registration […]
Today, 20.11.2025, the Spanish organizers informed the WFCC president that they have to cancel the WCCC & WCSC, planned for August 1-8 in Sant Vicent del Raspeig due to unforeseen technical problems.
