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The preliminary results in sections D-Endgame studies, F-Selfmates (PDF) are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Preliminary results are published without names. Names will appear in the final results. Claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director during 2 weeks after the publication of the preliminary results (until 22.08.2023).

The preliminary results in sections A-Twomovers, C-Moremovers, G-Fairies (PDF) are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Preliminary results are published without names. Names will appear in the final results. Claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director during 2 weeks after the publication of the preliminary results (until 15.08.2023).

The preliminary results in section E – Helpmates (PDF) are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Preliminary results are published without names. Names will appear in the final results. Claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director during 2 weeks after the publication of the preliminary results (until 08.08.2023).

The preliminary results in section B – Threemovers (PDF) are published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Preliminary results are published without names. Names will appear in the final results. Claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director during 2 weeks after the publication of the preliminary results (until 04.08.2023).

The United Nations picked July 20 to to mark the date of the International Chess Federation’s establishment in 1924, and to promote chess. This is also our day, let’s celebrate it with some delightful chess compositions on our boards!

Many of you across the world will celebrate International Chess Day with various activities and happenings all about our beloved game. On this day, we want to reinforce the tradition started in previous years: we ask members of the chess community to teach someone how to play chess. The more, the merrier! Be it your neighbour, niece, colleague or grandfather, let’s make the chess family grow. Don’t forget to share your experience on social media using the hashtag #Internationalchessday. Let’s make our celebrations really big and prove that chess is the most played game in the world!

The preliminary results in section H – Retros (PDF) are already published and can be found above the Announcement, in the Preliminary Results section. Preliminary results are published without names. Names will appear in the final results. Claims of defects and anticipations can be sent to the Director during one month after the publication of the preliminary results (until 08.08.2023).

Solvers’ ratings as of July 1^st 2023 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
14 tournaments of the 2^nd quarter 2023 are included: 49^th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2023, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2023, 37^th Ukrainian Championship 2023, Open Solving Tournament Lithuania 2023, 44^th Lithuanian Championship 2023, 31^st Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2023, Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2023, 44^th French Chess Solving Championship 2023, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2023, 16^th European Chess Solving Championship 2023, 45^th German Solving Championship 2023, 42^nd Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2023, 8^th Israel Open Solving Championship 2023, 8^th Israel Open Solving Championship 2023 – Category 2.
Ranking of the top ten solvers: Eddy Van Beers overtook John Nunn from the 7^th to the 6^th place and Kevinas Kuznecovas gained 50 places to the 10^th place.
Largest five gains: junior Kevinas Kuznecovas, LTU (+216.88), women junior Kamila Hryshchenko, GBR (+166.96), Arvydas Mockus, LTU (+131.61), junior Taras Rudenko, UKR (+107.86), women junior Daria Dvoeglazova, ISR (+86.01).

Composers from all around the world are welcome to take part in the 

11th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2023!

(the Regulations are published on the page COMPETITIONS->COMPOSING->FIDE)

The Director of the tournament is  Aleksey Oganesjan (FIDE).
The sections are:

• A. Twomovers – Judge: Gerard Doukhan (France) 
• B. Threemovers – Judge: Jean-Marc Loustau (France)
• C. Moremovers – Judge: Ralf Krätschmer (Germany) 
• D. Endgame studies – Judge:Branislav Djurašević (Serbia) 
• E. Helpmates – Judge: János Csák (Hungary) 
• F. Selfmates – Judge: Zoran Gavrilovski (North Macedonia)    
• G. Fairies – Judge: Borislav Gadjanski (Serbia) 
• H. Retros (Proofgames) – Judge: Thomas Brand (Germany)

The closing date for submitting the entries is June 15, 2023.

Solvers’ ratings as of April 1^st 2023 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
6 tournaments of the 1^st quarter 2023 are included: 19^th International Solving Contest 2023 Cat 1, 19^th International Solving Contest 2023 Cat 2, 44^th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2023, 28^th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2023, 46^th International Polish Championship 2023, 31^st Branko Atanacković Memorial 2023.
Ranking of the top ten solvers: former World Champion Kacper Piorun overtook John Nunn and Eddy Van Beers from the 7^th to the 5^th place, and Boris Tummes passed Marko Filipović from the 11^th to the 10^th place.
Largest five gains: Arvydas Mockus, LTU (+81.89), junior Kevinas Kuznecovas, LTU (+52.36), women junior Kamila Hryshchenko, GBR (+40.05), Tomoki Kurokawa, JPN (+31.55), Andrii Sergiienko, UKR (+29.70).