Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2017-2018 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 45 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU), John Nunn (GBR – British Champion) and Jonathan Mestel (GBR)FM Norm of Ryszard Królikowski (POL)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2476.07 | WSC category: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 […]
12th Urals Problemist Cup | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 20 | Winner: GM Aleksandr Azhusin (RUS) ahead of GM Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) and IM Danila Pavlov (RUS)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2458.52 | WSC category: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
24th Open Belgian Chess Solving Championship 2017 | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 11 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Hans Uitenbroek (NED)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2187.67 | WSC category: 10More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
Warsaw Grand Prix | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 22 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 2nd and new leader of World Solving CupAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2.459.60 | WSC category: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar. Warsaw Grand Prix – Open:Participants: 20 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU)More details are published […]
World Solving Cup 2017/2018: 10th Albino Cup in Minsk (Belarus) 04/05.11.2017Participants: 28 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) | 1st FM norm of Aleksey Popov (RUS)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2.422.75 | WSC category of the tournament: 5More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Open Swiss Solving Championship, Bern 09.09.2017Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.387The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
The list of 22 countries which have registered their participation in the current cycle of the WSC has been published. The official announcement of the events will be published at least two months in advance of the competition.
At the WCCC in Dresden new rules have been decided effective as from the 2017/2018 cycle of the WSC. Main focus of the changes was the aim to better attract travelling to solving tournaments in other countries. The main changes are: New distribution of points for categories 1-7 which reduces the excessively increasing differences of […]
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: WCCC Open 2017, Dresden, 7.8.2017Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.600The WSC category of the tournament: 1More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar. Winners of the WSC 2016/2017: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | Bojan Vuckovic (SRB) | Kacper Piorun (POL) The next cycle, WSC 2017/18, will be directed by Marek Kolčák.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Czech Chess Solving Championship, Pardubice 15-16.07.2017Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.386The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
