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Solvers’ ratings as of April 1^st 2015 are published!
6 tournaments included: 2nd Greek solving cup; 11th ISC; 7th WC Moscow; 38th ICH of Poland Pulawy; ICH of Great Britain Eton College; 21st ICH of Netherlands Nunspeet.
Three top solvers are the same as in January 2015: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!

The last preliminary results of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015, in section H-Retros and section G-Fairies, are published!

H-Retros (PDF, 295KB) & G-Fairies (PDF, 155KB) and also all previous results can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page.
Our gratitude to the organizers of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing, to the director, Aleksey Oganesjan, and to all judges for their work! Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section D-Endgame studies of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

D-Endgame studies (PDF, 260KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section E-Helpmates of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

E-Helpmates (PDF, 230KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section F-Selfmates of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

F-Selfmates (PDF, 245KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section A-Twomovers of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

A-Twomovers (PDF, 154KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section C-Moremovers of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

C-Moremovers (PDF, 342KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section B-Threemovers of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

B-Threemovers (PDF, 271KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The Study of the Year 2013 has been selected! The marvelous study of Pavel Arestov can be downloaded from www.arves.org/PDF-Awards/The%20Study%20of%20the%20Year%202013%20-%20study.pdf

You may click on the diagram at the left to view the study and play through the solution.

The report, all studies submitted and the scores of the judges can be found at:
www.arves.org/English/StudyOfTheYear2013.htm
www.arves.org/PDF-Awards/SOY%202013.pdf
www.arves.org/PGN-Awards/SOY%202013.pgn

Harold van der Heijden
Spokesman of the endgame study committee of the WFCC

Solvers’ ratings as of January 1^st 2015 are published!
4 tournaments included: 7.Cup Albino Minsk; OPEN XIII.GP Warsaw; XIII.GP Warsaw; 25.Hank Hagedoorn Memorial.
Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!