Category: WCCC/WCSC

59th WCCC | The 1st Youth Chess Composing Challenge 2016

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wccc2016-logoThe first competition in the frames of 59th WCCC (announced January 31st) will be devoted to youngest chess composers (born 1998 and after). The 1st YCCC consists of three thematic tourneys (#2, h#2 and endgames), with 5 months time for composing. yccc-for logo-crop

The themes were suggested by distinguished composers Ivo Tominić, Fadil Abdurahmanović and Ofer Comay, who will take the roles of judges. Aside from the competitive and creative results, the event will produce the Gallery of participants, with their photos, selected problems and biographic data.

Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net

Invitation to Belgrade: 59th WCCC & 40th WCSC

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wccc2016-logoThe Serbian Chess Problem Society invites you to the 59th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and the 40th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The event will be held from July 30th to August 6th 2016, in the 5-star Metropol Palace Hotel, in the center of Belgrade.

The Opening ceremony (July 30th) will be in the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.

The Open solving (August 1st), will be directed by Axel Steinbrink (Germany).

The director of 40th WCSC (August 2nd & 3rd) will be Brian Stephenson (Great Britain).

For the first time in the history of WCCC, separate competitions for juniors up to 18 years will be organized, both in composing and solving chess problems.

Download invitation as PDF | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net

58th WCCC & 39th WCSC: Breaking news

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(13.08) Highlights and Decisions

(09.08) The BULLETIN of the Congress (last version)

(08.08) Rating of the 39th WCSC, Ostróda, 04-05 August 2015 

(07.08) The 39th WCSC, Ostróda, 04-05 August 2015 – Preliminary results are replaced with Final results | Statistics

(05.08) The 39th WCSC, Ostróda, 04-05 August 2015 – Preliminary results, 1st-2nd day 

(05.08) Rating of the 58th WCCC Open, Ostróda, 03 August 2015 

(04.08) The 39th WCSC, Ostróda, 04-05 August 2015 – Preliminary results, 1st day 

(04.08) The 58th WCCC Open, Ostróda, 03 August 2015 – Final results 

(03.08) The 58th WCCC Open, Ostróda, 03 August 2015 – Preliminary results 

Invitation to Ostróda: 58th WCCC & 39th WCSC

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Polish Chess Composing and Solving Society and the Organizing Committee of WCCC 2015, has the honor to invite all delegates of the WFCC, national teams, individual chess solvers and composers together with all those interested in chess problems, to attend the 58th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 39th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Piotr Murdzia – Aleksander Miśta – Grzegorz Miśta

Download invitation as PDF | Official website: www.wccc2015.com

58th WCCC & 39th WCSC

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Logo_58WCCC_Ostroda 2015Dear delegates, deputies and individual members, solvers. The official announcement and agenda of the 58th World Congress of Chess Composition & the 39th World Chess Solving Championship in Ostroda, Poland, 1-8.08.2015 will be published at the end of February.

In case of any questions concerning the Congress and WCSC in Ostroda use the following e-mail address: 58wccc2015@gmail.com.

− Piotr Murdzia, Aleksander Miśta

57th WCCC & 38th WCSC: Breaking news 25-30.08.14

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(31.08) The 57th World Congress of Chess Composition & the 38th World Chess Solving Championship in Bern, 25-30.08.14, has just ended. See Highlights and Decisions. Some other relevant sections of the website will be filled soon.

(30.08) The current version of the booklet of the 57th WCCC and the 38th WCSC.

(29.08) Breaking news: 

Next congress 2015 –  Ostróda (Poland), 01.- 08.08.2015

New titles:

GM in solving:
Martynas Limontas (LTU)
Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS)

IM in solving:
Araz Almammadov (AZE)
Aleksandr Feoktistov (RUS)
Evgeny Fomichyov (RUS)
Ramil Javadov (AZE)
Michael McDowell (GBR)
Dmitry Pletnyov (RUS)
Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Klemen Šivic (SLO)
Hans Uitenbroek (NED)
Alain Villeneuve (FRA)

FM in solving:
Vasil Dyachuk (UKR)
Mikheil Gabeskiria (GEO)
Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE)
Nikos Mendrinos (GRE)
Dinu-Ioan Nicula (ROU)

IM in composing:
Evgeni Bourd (ISR)
Arieh Grinblat (ISR)
Valery Kopyl (UKR)
Christian Poisson (FRA)
Aleksandr Sygurov (RUS)
Viktor Volchek (BLR)

FM in composing:
Nikolaï Belukhov (BUL)
Uwe Karbowiak (GER)
Ferhat Karmil (TUR)
Rupert Munz (GER)
Felix Rossomakho (RUS)

International Judge:
Valery Gurov (RUS)
Siegfried Hornecker (GER)
Thierry le Gleuher (FRA)
Viktor Volchek (BLR)