Good news for solvers around the world came from Paz Einat: on June 25, the 8th Open Israel Solving Championship 2023 will happen as a Multiple Locations Solving Tournament. The very popular summer tourney will shift its form even closer to the ISC model, and include Category 2 into our Rating system. This way, the solvers without […]
49th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:Participants: 15 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU);6th Place women solver Laura Rogule (Latvian champion!)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2149.72 | WSC category: 11Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 53 points (+8), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 42 points (+6), 3. Kacper […]
46th International Polish Championship 2023 | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:Participants: 28 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion!) ahead of Piotr Murdzia (POL) and junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU – 3rd FM norm and FM title!)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2424.75 | WSC category: 5Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 45 points (+16), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 36 points (+19), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 27 points (+27), 4. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 23 points (+23), 5. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 23 […]
28th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:Participants: 19 | Winner: Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Richard Dobiáš (SVK – 2nd FM norm!)5th Place Peter van den Heuvel (Dutch Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2375.81 | WSC category: 6Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 points (unchanged), 2. Nikos […]
44th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2023 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:Participants: 18 | Winner: Dolf Wissmann (NED) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and ex aequo Jorma Paavilainen (FIN – Finnish Champion!)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2220.50 | WSC category: 9Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 (+10), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 17 points (+4), 3. Arno Zude (GER) 16 points, 4. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 13 points […]
The year behind was crowded with official composing and solving events, thanks to the judges and organizers who worked hard in 2022. January brought 18th International Solving Contest, another successful edition run by ever passionate Axel Steinbrink. In March, the Solving Committee has made another step forward, introducing the very informative Solving Portal on our […]
WCCC Open Solving 2022 | 14th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:Participants: 94 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Ofer Comay (ISR)2nd GM norm of Aleksey Popov (FID), 1st FM and IM norms of Nikita Ushakov (FID) and Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2569.59 | WSC category: 2Final standing […]
Belgian Solving Championship 2022 | 13th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:Participants: 12 | Winner: Dmitrijus Chocenka (LTU) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) and Peter van den Heuvel (NED)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2317.10 | WSC category: 7Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 58 points, 2. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) […]
37th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2022 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Arno Zude (GER) and junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU)Swiss championship: Roland Baier ahead of Roland Ott and Klaus KöchliAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2338.56 | WSC category: 7Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 19, 2. Arno Zude (GER) 16 points, 3. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 13 […]
31st Kedainiai Cup 2022 | 12th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:Participants: 10 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU – now leader of the WSC!) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2074.54 | WSC category: 12Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 58 points (+6), 2. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 4. David […]
