Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2025 | 18th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 94 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL), ahead of Aleksey Popov FID) and junior Maksim Kharitonov (FID).GM, IM and FM norm of Maksim Kharitonov (FID),GM norm of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)IM and FM norm of Anton Nasyrov (FID)FM norm of Taras Rudenko […]
Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.13 tournaments of the 2nd quarter 2025 are included: 46th Lithuanian Championship 2025, 44thAzerbaijan Solving Championship 2025, 1st Solving Championship of Akhaia Region, 47th German Solving Championship 2025, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2025, 18th European Chess Solving Championship 2025, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2025, 10th Israel Open […]
33rd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 17th and second last tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 23 | Winner: Miroslav Voráček (CZE – Czech Champion!), ahead of Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2177.82 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) […]
46th French Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 16th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 15 | Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA – French Champion!), ahead of ex aequo Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Joost Michielsen (NED).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2109.07 | WSC category: 11Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points.More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving […]
33rd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2025 | 15th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 12 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian Champion!), ahead of Marek Kolčák (SVK) and Vasil Ďačuk (SVK).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2150.09 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) […]
51st Latvian Chess Solving Championship | 14th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 17 | Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and junior solver Emīls Tabors (LAT – Latvian Champion!).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2055.81 | WSC category: 12Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points (unchanged), 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 […]
Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2025 | 13th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 18 | Winner: Bojan Vučković (SRB – Serbian Champion!), ahead of Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) and Miodrag Mladenović (SRB).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2357.95 | WSC category: 6Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia […]
The 67th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) will be held from Saturday, July 5th (arrival) to Saturday, July 12th, 2025 (departure) at ’Cetate Hotel’ *** in Alba Iulia (Romania), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8th and 9th. The WCCC 2025 director is IM Mihnea Costachi. Please use the registration button on the […]
Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2025 | 12th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 75 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL), ahead of Piotr Murdzia (POL) and Kacper Piorun (POL) ex aequo.Average rating of top ten solvers: 2588.15 | WSC category: 2 Title norms and Titles achieved: Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points […]
