47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 15 | Winner: Kari Karhunen (FIN – Finnish Champion!), ahead of Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) and Martynas Limontas (LTU).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2119.80 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 30 points (+6), 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points […]
Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V., and the local organizing committee have the honour to invite national representatives of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national chess solving teams, individual solvers and composers and everybody interested in problem chess, to attend the 68th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 49th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The congress will be […]
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 […]
49th International Polish Championship 2026 | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 17 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion!), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU).2nd GM norm of Kevinas Kuznecovas!Average rating of top ten solvers: 2568.86 | WSC category: 2Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points (unchanged), 3. Kacper […]
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2026 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.9 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2025 are included: Open Solving Tournament Hamlet Amiryan MT-2025, 34th Kedainiai Cup 2025, 2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025, 40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025, 6th Branko Babic Memorial 2025, 30th Belgian Championship 2025, 30th Belgian Championship 2025 Cat-B, 34th Henk Hagedoorn Memorial 2025, Cugir City Championship, 10th Greek Chess Solving Cup 2025.Ranking of the top […]
68th WCCC and 49th WCSC in Magdeburg (Germany) I am pleased to announce that the 68th World Congress of Chess Composition, including the 49th World Chess Solving Championship, will take place from 8–15 August 2026 at the Maritim Hotel Magdeburg, Germany (with the program starting on Sunday, 9 August). A dedicated congress website, including registration […]
Cugir City Championship | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026, 1st WSC tournament of Romania:Participants: 16 | Winner: Daniel Dumitrescu (ROU), ahead of Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea (ROU) and Cristian-Daniel Oltean (ROU).Average rating of top ten solvers: 1857.09 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points, 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 points, 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 16 points, 5. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points.More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving […]
Today, 20.11.2025, the Spanish organizers informed the WFCC president that they have to cancel the WCCC & WCSC, planned for August 1-8 in Sant Vicent del Raspeig due to unforeseen technical problems.
30th Belgian Championship | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 13 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion for the 25th time!), ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Joost Michielsen (NED).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2192.92 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers […]
40th Open Swiss Solving Championship | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Taras Rudenko (UKR).8th Place Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2421.78 | WSC category: 5Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 18 points (+18), 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 […]
