“One Endgame Study in a Thousand”:From a collection celebrating each year of FIDE to the composing tourney for beginners and more The collaboration between FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) reached new heights in 2024, marked by several joint projects. Following the FIDE & WFCC World Cadet & Youth Chess Solving Championships […]
WFCC Presidium has the pleasure of presenting an important project to popularize chess composition and assure better conditions for our most important solving competitions. Upon a personal initiative of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, our UAE members, WFCC Vice-President Abdulla Ali Aal Barket, and WFCC Secretary Mohammad Alhallak, have […]
29th Belgian Solving Championship 2024 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 10 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) with the same amount of points, but 20 minutes more time used.Average rating of top ten solvers: 2226.67 | WSC category: 9Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Roland Baier (SUI) 31 points (unchanged), 2. Thomas Maeder (SUI) 27 points (unchanged), 3. Marek Kolčák (SVK) 23 points (unchanged), 4. Eddy Van […]
The youngest players are more interested in chess composition Two weeks after the 1st FIDE & WFCC World Youth Chess Solving Championships in Brazil (U14, U16, and U18 years), we were hoping that younger categories of players (U8, U10 and U12), participants of the World Chess Championships in Italy (Montesilvano, November 14-27), will be less […]
Invitation to the 18th European Chess Solving Championship Τhe Greek Chess Composition Committee has the honor to invite the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 18th European Chess Solving Championship. The event will be held from Friday, April 25th to Sunday, April 27th in the center of Athens in Greece. VENUE: […]
39th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2024 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 24 | Winner: Roland Baier (SUI – Swiss Champion) ahead of Thomas Maeder (SUI) and Marek Kolčák (SVK).1st FM norm of Igor Yarmonov (UKR) and 1st FM norm and IM norm of Roland Ott (SUI)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2453.70 | WSC category: 4Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Roland Baier (SUI) 31 points, 2. Thomas Maeder (SUI) 27 points, 3. Marek Kolčák […]
Girls outsmarted boys in Brazil Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, was the venue of the 1st FIDE & WFCC World Youth Chess Solving Championships in the Open and Girls categories for participants up to 14, 16 & 18 years. The solving competitions in these six categories were held in the context […]
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2024 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.Only 3 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2024 are included: 6th Ukrainian Cup 2024, Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2024, 47th World Chess Solving Championship 2024.Ranking of the top 10 solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2818.95, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2717.28, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2700.12, […]
According to the Rules for the World Solving Cup (WSC) member countries of the FIDE can register for the WSC until one month after the end of the WFCC congress. By the end of this period, 17 countries had registered for the 2024/2025 season. The Open Solvings of the ECSC and the next WCCC will […]
The International Solving Contest next year will take place on Sunday 19.01.2025. 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 […]
