World Solving Cup season 2024/2025

According to the Rules for the World Solving Cup (WSC) member countries of the FIDE can register for the WSC until one month after the end of the WFCC congress. By the end of this period, 17 countries had registered for the 2024/2025 season. The Open Solvings of the ECSC and the next WCCC will also count for it.
Information on announcements, results, problems and solutions will be published on the WFCC Solving Portal at this link: https://solving.wfcc.ch/wsc/2024-2025/info.html

Roland Ott, director WSC season 2024/2025


Jūrmala 29.07.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024 – final tournament of season

Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2024 | 18th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 90 | Joint Winners: Piotr Murdzia (POL) and Boris Tummes (GER) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Miroslav Voráček (CZE).
1st IM and GM norm of Miroslav Voráček (CZE), IM norms of Andy Ooms (BEL) and Dmitrijus Chocenka (LTU), FM norms of Lev Glanzspiegel (ISR), Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Stasys Steponavičius (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2575.50 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Final Standings: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 109 points (+41), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 108 points (+16), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 88 points (+15), 4. Kacper Piorun (POL) 80 points (+31), 5. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Ra’anana 30.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

39th Israel Solving Championship 2024 | 17th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Ofer Comay (ISR – Israeli champion!) ahead of Lev Glanzspiegel (ISR) and Omer Friedland (ISR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2136.90 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

9th Israel Open Solving Championship with 2 categories at 9 locations
Locations: Ra’anana (Israel), Athens, Preveza and Thessaloniki (all Greece), Kedainiai (Lithuania), Oberglatt (Switzerland), Wroclaw (Poland), Zagreb (Croatia), Cugir (Romania)
Participants Category 1: 37 | Winner: Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) ahead of ex aequo Ofer Comay (ISR) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Participants Category 2: 32 | Winner: Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE) ahead of David Maayan (ISR) and Georgios Chaliamanis (GRE)
More details published in Competitions→Solving→Solving Portal→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments→2024


Prague 22./23.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

32nd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 16th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Valery Kopyl (UKR) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Marek Kolčák (SVK).
4th Place Vasil Markovcij (CZE – Czech Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2053.30 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Bad Krozingen 15.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

46th German Solving Championship 2024 | 15th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Roland Baier (SUI) ahead of Andrey Selivanov (FID) and Arno Zude (GER – German Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2370.12 | WSC category: 6
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Belgrade 25./26.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2024 | 14th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Ilija Serafimović (SRB – Serbian Champion) ahead of Marko Filipović (CRO) and Bojan Vučković (SRB).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2281.67 | WSC category: 8
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Gentilly (Paris) 18.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

45th French Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 13th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 12 | Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA – French Champion) ahead of Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA) and Pascal Wassong (FRA).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1999.89 | WSC category: 14
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Riga 11.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

50th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 12th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Roland Ott (SUI).
Latvian Champion Modris Rāviņš (7th) ahead of Emīls Tabors (8th) and Laura Rogule (9th)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2156.20 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points (+10), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (unchanged), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points (+8), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal


Hagen 19.04.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2024 | 11th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 66 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Kari Karhunen (FIN).
GM norm of Kari Karhunen and FM norm of Lev Glanzspiegel who will get the FM title at the 2024 Congress in Jūrmala.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2564.75 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (+41), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 63 points (+13), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 60 points (+19), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (+36).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
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Bratislava 13./14.04.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

32nd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2024 | 10th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian champion!) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2106.29 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 50 points, 3. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 41 points, 4. David Hodge (GBR) 35 points, 5. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 32 points.
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