Category: WCCC/WCSC

The 42^nd World Chess Solving Championship brought the titles and new records to Piotr Murdzia and his team of Poland. Polish solvers became World champions for the 10th consecutive time, while Murdzia himself celebrated 8^th individual win! The decade of Polish domination was rounded by the individual silver of the previous champion Kacper Piorun, after his four consecutive wins. The most pleasant surprise was the bronze medal and GM norm for Tomaš Peitl, 25-years old Slovakian solver.

If the team winners remained the same and the third place of Great Britain, earned by two ex-champions, came as no surprise, the fresh air came from several young stars. 15-years old Danila Pavlov was the 4^th individual with GM norm and lead Russia to silver medal.  15-years Kirill Shevchenko won IM norm and lifted up the Ukrainian team to the 4th place, while the biggest gain in rating was made by 14-years old Ilija Serafimović from Serbia. The new generation should be closely followed!

Final individual results | Final team results

Problems | Solutions

Final solving norms | Statistics

The concluding information related to the 60^th WCCC is published on the relevant page:

• B U L L E T I N 60^th WCCC and 41^th WCSC (pdf)
• Minutes & Annexes (pdf)

The deadline for registering for the WCCC in Ohrid has been extended to 1^st July 2018. Participants are welcome to register by completing the registration form on the official website of the 61^st WCCC, or by contacting the organisers.

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/

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/