19th International Solving Contest (ISC) 29th January 2023 We had 38 tournaments in 26 countries and 601 solvers (+15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) – 181 solvers in cat-1, 172 solvers in cat-2 and 248 solvers in cat-3. Thank you to all local controllers for their excellent work and good cooperation and congratulations to the winners. If you […]
The year behind was crowded with official composing and solving events, thanks to the judges and organizers who worked hard in 2022. January brought 18th International Solving Contest, another successful edition run by ever passionate Axel Steinbrink. In March, the Solving Committee has made another step forward, introducing the very informative Solving Portal on our […]
The International Solving Contest next year will take place on Sunday 29.01.2023. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. There will be three categories: one for experienced solvers. The second category is intended for weaker, inexperienced solvers. This second category is not open for solvers with a rating (or half-rating or non-active-rating) of […]
18th International Solving Contest (ISC) 23rd January 2022 Finally we had 44 tournaments in 20 countries and 585 solvers (+15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) – 94 solvers in cat-1, 166 solvers in cat-2 and 325 solvers in cat-3. Thank you to all local controller for their excellent work and good cooperation and congratulation to the winners. If […]
The preliminary results of the 18th ISC: We had 44 tournaments in 20 countries. In Category-1 94 solvers ; Category-2 166 solvers ; Category-3 323 solvers (+14 unofficial because solvers were too old for cat-3) – together 583 solvers. In Category-1 already nearly 90% of the results are confirmed. Still the scanned sheets from several […]
The International Solving Contest (ISC) next year will take place on Sunday 23.01.2022. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. There will be three categories: one for experienced solvers. The second category is intended for weaker, inexperienced solvers. This second category is not open for solvers with a rating (or half-rating or non-active-rating) […]
17th International Solving Contest (ISC) 24th January 2021: referring to the post from February 5, 2021: The presentation page of ISC 2021 Results with a gallery of participants is ready now! With a gratitude to ISC 2021 Central Controllers, Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans!
17th International Solving Contest (ISC) 24th January 2021 This year the ISC suffered under the circumstances of the Corona-pandemic. In many countries it was not possible to organize a tournament. But not only the pandemic led to less tournaments and solvers but also very low temperatures in Siberia (-47°C in Nizhnevartovsk) and the consequences of […]
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 24th 2021. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers Axel Steinbrink and Luc Palmans by e-mail no later than December 31st 2020: axel.steinbrink@gmx.de / palmans.luc@skynet.be I hope that even more local controllers will use the official WFCC […]
The results of ISC 2020 are final as of 25th of February, 2020. 48 tournaments in 31 countries, 885 solvers from 47 countries. The overall winners by category: Category 1 (202 solvers): Ulrich Voigt, GER (1st place), Kacper Piorun, POL (2nd place), Evgeny Viktorov, RUS (3rd place) Category 2 (241 solvers): Alexander Smirnov, RUS (1st place), Miķelis Emīls Miķelsons, LAT (2nd place), Bartosz Świątek, […]
