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 […]
2nd Hamlet Amiryan memorial tournament | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and Ural Khasanov (FID).3rd GM norm for Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and 4th FM norm for Anton NasyrovAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2341.71 | WSC category: 7Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 16 points, 2. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points, 3. Ural Khasanov (FID) 12 points, 4. Anton Nasyrov (FID) 10 points, 5. Aleksey Popov (FID) 8 […]
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.4 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2025 are included: Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2025, 48th World Chess Solving Championship 2025, 7th Ukrainian Solving Cup 2025, Pavlos Moutecidis Memorial Solving Tournament.Ranking of the top 10 solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2835.28, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2751.23 (+57.48), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2746.15 (+21.14), 4. Ural Khasanov (FID) […]
As of the deadline on 12 August 2025, a record-breaking 21 tournaments have registered for the 2025/2026 season of the World Solving Cup, including the Open Solving of the next ECSC and WCCC.For the tournament to count for the WSC, the tournament director must send the invitation letter by email to roland.ott@gmx.ch at least two months before the […]
The International Solving Contest next year will take place on Sunday 25.01.2026. 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 more […]
This is a formal document issued by the WFCC Ethics and Disciplinary Committee regarding disciplinary action on 4 solvers from Azerbaijan.
Following protests submitted by six countries and the evidence from reports (Points 9.1 to 9.5 in WCCC 2025 Agenda), WFCC Assembly voted to exclude results of the four Category 1 solvers from Sumgait (Azerbaijan). Consequently, the rating lists for April and July 2025 have been slightly changed. Here are the final results of ISC 2025 […]
31 member countries were present, 9 of them via Zoom connection. Upcoming events 2026: 22nd International Solving Contest (ISC) at the end of January 2026, the central controller Arvydas Mockus 19th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) in Skopje, North Macedonia, 8-10 May 2026 68th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 49th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) – the deadline for bids was extended till […]
Upon a personal initiative ofHH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al SharqiCrown Prince of Fujairah ◈◈◈ The 2nd qualification tournament of the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-26 has been concluded in Alba Iulia. See the regulations of the Grand Prix, the current Standings, tournaments, money prizes on the official website of the Grand Prix.
The 48th World Chess Solving Championship takes place in Alba Iulia (Romania) 08-09 July 2025. FINAL RESULTS: 09.07.25: The result is preliminary until tomorrow, 10.07.25, 9 amPreliminary result of after the 6th Round: Individual | Teams | Detailed Teams | Norms&TitlesPreliminary result of after the 5th Round: Individual | TeamsPreliminary result of after the 4th […]
