Organized by the The Latvian Society for Chess Composition, in co-operation with the Riga Chess Federation, the 13th ECSC took place in the Radisson Blu Daugava hotel, on the bank of the Daugava river. The main competition proved again the dominance of Polish solvers, whose team was accompanied by those of Serbia and Russia. Winners of […]
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Urals Problemist Cup, Sochi 05.05.2017Winner: Aleksey Popov (RUS) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.355The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
Currently about 190 composers, solvers and accompanying persons have announced their participation. Registration remains open until 15 May 2017, the day after the ECSC in Riga. Also standard registration fee of 100 EUR remains payable until 15 May. Torsten Linß (on behalf of the organising committee) Download invitation as PDF | Official website: https://wccc2017.de/
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Slovakia Chess Solving Championship 2017, Sliac 22-23.04.2017Winner: Marek Kolčák (SVK) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.241The WSC category of the tournament: 9More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Lithuanian Chess Solving Championship 2017, Vilnius 22-23.04.2017Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.247The WSC category of the tournament: 9More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2017, Baku 08-09.04.2017Winner: Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.023The WSC category of the tournament: 13More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: German Solving Competition 2017, Bad Segeberg 08-09.04.2017Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.496The WSC category of the tournament: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
Dear solvers, In order to get the ECSC 2017 shirt, please register by April, 10th at the ECSC 2017 Official website! Otherwise, the registration deadline is April, 20th. The 13th European Chess Solving Championship will be held from Friday, May 12th to Sunday May 14th, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel, in Riga. Directors of the competitions: ECSC: Luc Palmans (Belgium), Open solving […]
Solvers’ ratings as of April 1st 2017 are published! 7 tournaments included: 4th Greek Chess Solving Cup; 13th International Solving Contest Cat 1; British Chess Solving Championship 2017; Finnish Championship 2017; International Polish Championship; 23rd Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2017; Greek Chess Solving Championship 2017. Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Andrey Zhuravlev and Piotr Murdzia.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Greece Solving Championship 2017, Athens 26.03.2017Winner: Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.006The WSC category of the tournament: 13More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
