Dear Endgame Study Friends, One month ago we received the shocking news that our good endgame study friend Iuri Akobia (Georgia) had passed away. His contribution to our art is immense: not only his marvellous endgame studies and his books, but also his terrific website. Especially the awards section became a valuable news source for […]
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2014 are published! 6 tournaments included: 22nd ICH of Russia Obninsk; CZECH OPEN Pardubice; 1st Israeli OSCH; Sarychev MT Sumgayit; OPEN Bern; 38th WCSC Bern.Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, is organizing the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 in eight sections. The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess […]
Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2014 are published! 12 tournaments included: 20th ICH of Netherlands Nunspeet; ICH of Serbia Beograd; 35th ICH of Azerbaijan Baku; 37th ICH of Poland Bydgoszcz; 38th ICH of Germany Illertissen; 35th ICH of Lithuania Kedainiai; 22nd ICH of Slovakia Košice; OPEN Igalo; 10th ECSC Igalo; 22nd ICH of Czechia […]
GM Uri Avner passed away on the 10th of June, 2014, at the age of 73, after a long battle with a severe disease. For many years Uri Avner led the Israeli chess composition society, represented Israel in the WCCC and was the best Israeli composer. Uri was always involved in various sub-committees and was the President of the PCCC […]
Solvers’ ratings as of April 1st 2014 are published! Tournaments included: 1. Greek solving cup; 10. ISC; 6.WC Moscow; ICH of Great Britain Eton. The three top solvers are the same, but Georgy Evseev is on the first place this time: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and John Nunn!
“The Study of the Year“ award is organized by the WFCC and aims at introducing to the general public a single friendly endgame study that would hopefully appeal to chess players of various levels and encourage them to pay a deeper attention to the art of the endgame study on a more regular basis. An international […]
The project Chess composers’ names in various alphabets has a new location and much more modern implementation! The Links section is updated accordingly. “What is this database about? This database’s purpose is to help you writing chess composers’ names. The question is especially interesting if the original writing uses a less common alphabet.” (Implemented with a great international […]
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2014 are published! Tournaments included: 24.Henk Hagedoorn Memorial, OPEN Warsaw, XII. GP Warsaw. The three top solvers are Piotr Murdzia, Georgy Evseev and John Nunn. Congratulations!And a Happy New Year to everybody!
The preliminary results of the 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2013 are published! The PDFs of the awards can be found under the Announcement, on the 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing 2013 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!
