The Latvian Society for Chess Composition, in co-operation with the Riga Chess Federation, has the honor of inviting the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 13th European Chess Solving Championship. The event 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 […]
Luc Palmans has built a database with problems of national and international chess solving tournaments since 1977 and will periodically update the database. The update as of 1st January, 2017 can be found here.
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2017 are published! 8 tournaments included: 1st Solving Cup Byron Zappas; 9th Albino Cup Minsk; 25th Kedainiai Cup; 29th Henk Hagedoorn Memorial; ICH of Belgium Geel; 15th Grand Prix Warsaw Open; 15th ICH of Greece Athens; 15th Grand Prix Warsaw. Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Andrey Zhuravlev and Piotr Murdzia.
As of 2016 also all tournaments which are included in the rating list but are not provided by the WFCC and are not part of the World Solving Cup will be published with results, problems and solutions. With this new web page transparency of these rated tournaments can be improved and interested solvers get the […]
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: XV WSGP, Serock 12-13.11.2016 Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.487The WSC category of the tournament: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: 9th Albino Cup, Minsk 05-06.11.2016 Winner: Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.363The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: OBOK 2016, Geel, 22.10.2016Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.330The WSC category of the tournament: 7More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2016 are published! 6 tournaments included: OPEN Klaipeda; 24th ICH of Czechia Pardubice; 1st Azerbaijan Chess Solving Cup; OPEN Beograd; 41st WCSC Beograd; ICH of Switzerland Bern. Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Andrey Zhuravlev and Piotr Murdzia.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: SLM 2016, Bern, 24.9.2016Winner: Roland Baier (CH) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.436The WSC category of the tournament: 5More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 29th 2017. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers by e-mail no later than December 31st 2016. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation | Invitation (PDF format)
