On the occasion of the 19th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC), organised by the chess club “Gambit” ASSECO-SEE with the support of the Chess Federation of North Macedonia, in the country’s capital Skopje from 8 to 10 May 2026, an Internet composing tourney was announced for mates in 3 moves (#3) and helpmates in 2.5 […]
09.05.26. One of the side-events during the 19.ECSC was the so called Machine Gun, the competition in quick solving problems in two moves (#2, h#2, S#2). Borislav Gadjanski selected the problems and directed the event that attracted 43 solvers. As in the main solving competitions, it was dominated by Danila Pavlov, with Kacper Piorun and […]
09-10.05.2026, 19th European Chess Solving Championship – FINAL RESULTS: The 20th Chess Olympiad, held in Skopje in 1972, featured the first Olympic meeting of problemists, including a solving tourney directed by my father Gligor Denkovski. Half a century later, it was an honour for me to take on such a role at another major gathering […]
08.05.2026: ECSC Open 2026. Ivan Denkovski selected 12 problems for traditional ECSC Open and directed the competition that attracted 77 participants. Preliminary RESULTS | Problems | Solutions 09.05.2026. ECSC Open 2026 FINAL RESULTS | NORMS | Problems | Solutions – Ivan Denkovski, Director of Open Tourney
08.05.2026: The program of the 19th European Chess Solving Championship started with a press conference in the Continental Hotel, the venue of the event. The main ECSC organizer Zoran Stojčevski, the president of Chess Federation of North Macedonia Saša Bogdanović, the WFCC President Marjan Kovačević, and the WFCC 1st Vice-President Abdulla Ali Aal Barket adressed […]
Welcome to the official website of the 19th European Chess Solving Championship! The Technical Organizer, Chess Club Gambit Asseco SEE, with the support of the Chess Federation of North Macedonia – Commission for Chess Composition, has the honour to invite European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 19th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC). […]
Invitation to the 19th European Chess Solving Championship The Technical Organizer, Chess Club Gambit Asseco SEE, with the support of the Chess Federation of North Macedonia – Commission for Chess Composition, has the honour to invite European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 19th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC). The ECSC 2026 will […]
13 teams and 77 individuals (3 unofficial without rating calculations) from 17 countries participated in the 18th European Chess Solving Championship in Athens, that was also the 1st leg of the new competition, the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-26. 18. ECSC Final Results Athens was the ECSC venue for the third time in the last ten years. […]
The first competition of the 18th ECSC was the traditional Open solving tournament, one of the most important legs of the WFCC World Solving Cup 2024-25, with 75 participants. The selection of the problems was made by Nikos Mendrinos. FINAL Results: Results | Norms and Titles | WSC points | Standings | Problems | Solutions
