Category Archives: 1 – WCCC & WCSC

The Chess Federation of Macedonia and Chess Club “Gambit Asseco SEE” have the honour to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual chess solvers, chess composers, all those interested in problem chess, and accompanying families and friends, to attend the 61^st World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 42^nd World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).

The congress will be held at the “Metropol Lake Resort” in Ohrid, Macedonia, from Saturday, 1 September 2018 (arrival) to Saturday, 8 September 2018 (departure), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, 4 and 5 September 2018. 

Download invitation as PDF | Official website: https://wccc2018.com.mk/

30 member countries were present.
WCCT: The results of the 10^th WCCT were confirmed as final by the assembly. Selection of the themes and judging countries of the next WCCT is scheduled for the congress of 2018. The spokesman will ask the delegates to submit their suggestions throughout the next year. A potential director of the next WCCT was suggested by Russia and Ukraine; nevertheless delegates may suggest also other names to the spokesman for consideration.
WCCI: Dmitry Turevsky will be the director of the 2016-18 WCCI. Selection of the judges will start this year. As the top places in the WCCI are dominated by Russian and Ukrainian composers, to avoid complications that arose in the previous championship, the presence of judges from these countries should be minimized. Delegates are encouraged to suggest candidates for judging. →more…

“The outcome of the 41^st WCSC was decided early on, with Poland in 1^st place and the UK 2^nd. The 3^rd place was quite close. Germany, only in 5^th place after the first day, was able to take 3^rd place with good h#- and n-rounds, Serbia being only 2 points behind in 4^th place. 
The individual competition was always very close with changes in 1^st place for a few times: Roland Baier (after 2^nd rd), Marko Filipovic (after 3^rd rd), Martynas Limontas (after 4^th rd). At the end Kacper Piorun (POL) wins again with only 0,5 pts ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Marko Filipovic (CRO) in 3^rd place.
The young Bilguun Sumiya (MGL) won the n#-round and the youngest competitor Danila Pavlov (RUS) won the S#-round and with this result the IM-title. He is now 14 years old and the youngest IM of all time.
The senior competition was won by John Nunn (GBR).” /Axel Steinbrink/

(09.08) 41^th WCSC – Final Results: Individuals | Teams | Statistics

(09.08) 41^th WCSC – 2^nd day: Preliminary Individual Results | Preliminary Team Results
Problems | Solutions

(08.08)  41^th WCSC – 1^st day: Preliminary Individual Results | Preliminary Team Results

(08.08) Open Solving: Final Results

(07.08) Open Solving: Problems | Solutions | Preliminary Results

Currently about 190 composers, solvers and accompanying persons have announced their participation.

Registration remains open until 15 May 2017, the day after the ECSC in Riga. Also standard registration fee of 100 EUR remains payable until 15 May.

Torsten Linß (on behalf of the organising committee)

Download invitation as PDF | Official website: https://wccc2017.de/

The Minutes including Annex No.1, 2, 3, 4 (PDF, 613 KB) of the WFCC 59^th Ordinary Meeting (World Congress) Belgrade, Serbia, 30^th July – 6^th August 2016, are published under Meetings→Belgrade (59^th WCCC).

Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach, and the local organizing committee have the honour to invite national representatives of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national chess solving teams, individual solvers and composers and everybody interested in problem chess, to attend the jubilee 60^th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 41^st World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).

The congress will be held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Dresden, Germany, from Saturday, 5 August 2017 (arrival), to Saturday, 12 August (departure). The Open Solving will take place on Monday, 7 August 2017, and the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, 8-9 August 2017.

The congress is organized as part of the Dresdner Schachsommer (Dresden Chess Summer, 29 July-12 August 2017) which also comprises the German Masters and the ZMDI Open (29 July-6 August 2017, an international OTB open tournament).

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• (09.08) The 40^th WCSC in Belgrade, 02-03.08.2016: Final Results | Statistics
• (08.08) The latest updates of WSC 2016-17 are ready.
• (08.08) 59^th WCCC 2016 highlights and decisions.

• (05.08) A page with the final WCSC results and the latest updates of WSC 2016-17 will be ready in a few days.
• (05.08) Prize giving for composing and solving tourneys, live streaming on Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFsm7tQH10

• (03.08) WCCC 2016, Serbia – WFCC rapid chess match. 

  Tonight, 20:00, there will be a rapid chess match between the selected team of WCCC participants, and the best Serbian chess players. You can follow games alive on http://serbiachess.net/live/serbia_world_2016/tfd.htm and the live stream from the Hotel Metropol Palace at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwzHpV0tog. The WFCC captain is GM John Nunn, and the captain of Serbian Olympic team is GM Slavoljub Marjanovic. There will be two games on each board, 25 minutes + 10 seconds for every move. Pairings of the first round: GM Ivan Ivanisevic – GM Kacper Piorun, GM Alexander Mista – GM Robert Markus, GM Milos Perunovic – GM Bojan Vuckovic, GM John Nunn – GM Branko Damljanovic. In the second round the same pairs will be playing with reversed colours.

• (03.08) WCSC, the 2^nd day: Problems | Solutions | Preliminary results TEAMS | Preliminary results INDIVIDUAL

• (02.08) WCSC, the 1^st day: Problems | Solutions | 1^st day TEAMS | 1^st day INDIVIDUAL
  

• (01.08) The 59^th WCCC Open, Belgrade, 01 August 2016:
  Participants | Problems | Solutions | Preliminary results | Final results
  

• (31.07) WFCC Opening Session
  
  WFCC presidium:
  Günter Büsing
  Hannu Harkola
  Harry Fougiaxis
  Thomas Maeder
  (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević)

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• (30.07) Opening ceremony in the Belgrade City Hall was run by Tamara Gadjanski and Marko Ložajić, with some movies presented about chess history of Belgrade, and traditional music. Borislav Gadjanski, the president of the Serbian Chess Problem Society, and Vladimir Pajić, representative of the City, addressed participants and guests. Finally, Harry Fougiaxis, the president of the WFCC, declared the 59^th WCCC open.
  

  Harry Fougiaxis and Vladimir Pajić on the board; Vladimir Pajić and Marko Ložajić; Tamara and Borislav Gadjanski;
  Vladimir Baralić playing flute. (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević)