Category: WSC

As of the deadline on 12 August 2025, a record-breaking 21 tournaments have registered for the 2025/2026 season of the World Solving Cup, including the Open Solving of the next ECSC and WCCC.
For the tournament to count for the WSC, the tournament director must send the invitation letter by email to roland.ott@gmx.ch at least two months before the event.

At the Congress in Alba Iulia the Rules of the WSC have been changed with a new Scoring System:

1.    Elimination of the previous imbalance in the distribution of points between categories, which also leads to a reduction of points awarded in the Open Solving of the ECSC and the WCCC.

2.    Increased minimum scoring for the winner of national WSC tournaments to 10 points by reducing the number of WSC Categories from 14 to 10.

The main goal of these changes is to reinforce the original idea of the World Solving Cup, which is for participants to take part in tournaments outside their own country. This is intended to encourage top solvers in particular to participate not only in their national championships and the open Solving of the ECSC and WCCC.

WSC calendar for the season 2025/2026 |  WSC rules as of 2025 

33^rd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 17^th and second last tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 23 | Winner: Miroslav Voráček (CZE – Czech Champion!), ahead of Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2177.82 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points.
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46^th French Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 16^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA – French Champion!), ahead of ex aequo Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Joost Michielsen (NED).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2109.07 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points.
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33^rd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2025 | 15^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 12 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian Champion!), ahead of Marek Kolčák (SVK) and Vasil Ďačuk (SVK).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2150.09 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points.
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51^st Latvian Chess Solving Championship | 14^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 17 | Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and junior solver Emīls Tabors (LAT – Latvian Champion!).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2055.81 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points (unchanged), 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points (unchanged), 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points (unchanged), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points (+3), 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points (unchanged).
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Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2025 | 13^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 18 | Winner: Bojan Vučković (SRB – Serbian Champion!), ahead of Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) and Miodrag Mladenović (SRB).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2357.95 | WSC category: 6
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 53 points, 5. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 47 points.
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Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2025 | 12^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 75 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL), ahead of Piotr Murdzia (POL) and Kacper Piorun (POL) ex aequo.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2588.15 | WSC category: 2

Title norms and Titles achieved:

• GM norm of Maksim Kharitonov (FID)
• IM norm of Maksim Kharitonov (FID), Audrey Kueh (GBR) and Anton Nasyrov (FID)
• FM norm of Maksim Kharitonov (FID), Audrey Kueh (GBR), Anton Nasyrov (FID) and Anna Shukhman (FID)
• Woman GM norm of Audrey Kueh (GBR)
• Women IM norm and FM norm of Audrey Kueh (GBR) and Anna Shukhman (FID)
• Women FM titles of Audrey Kueh (GBR) and Anna Shukhman (FID)

Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points (+41), 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points (+36), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points (+36), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 53 points (+1), 5. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 47 points (unchanged).
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47^th German Solving Championship 2025 | 11^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 20 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL), ahead of Boris Tummes (GER – German champion!) and Andrey Selivanov (FID).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2420.42 | WSC category: 5
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (+27), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 52 points (+13), 3. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 47 points (unchanged), 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 44 points (unchanged), 5. Roland Ott (SUI) 39 points (unchanged).
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44^th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 10^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 46 | Winner: Araz Almammadov (AZE – Azerbaijani champion!), ahead of junior Ughur Ilyasli (AZE) and junior female Anastasiya Chekina (FID).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1988.39 | WSC category: 14
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 65 points, 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 47 points, 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 44 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 39 points, 5. Roland Ott (SUI) 39 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup & Norms @ Solving Portal