Category: WSC

37^th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2022 | 1^st tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Arno Zude (GER) and junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU)
Swiss championship: Roland Baier ahead of Roland Ott and Klaus Köchli
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2338.56 | WSC category: 7
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 19, 2. Arno Zude (GER) 16 points, 3. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 13 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 10 points, 5. Marek Kolčák (SVK) 8 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2022/23.

31^st Kedainiai Cup 2022 | 12^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU – now leader of the WSC!) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2074.54 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 58 points (+6), 2. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 4. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 5. Boris Tummes (GER) 32 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

30^th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 11^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 14 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Valery Kopyl (UKR) and Miloslav Vanka (CZE – Czech Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2109.59 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 52 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 4. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 5. Boris Tummes (GER) 32 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

1^st Solving Tournament of Martynas Limontas 2022 | 10^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 18 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Aleksey Popov (FID) and
Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2234.06 | WSC category: 9
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points,
3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 44 points, 4. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 5. Boris Tummes (GER) 32 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

44^th German Solving Championship 2022 | 9^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 22 | Winner: Ulrich Voigt (GER – German Champion) ahead of Boris Tummes (GER) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) | Ulrich Voigt with 1^st IM norm and 2^nd FM norm which will bring him the FM title at the next congress.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2397.16

WSC category: 6
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged):
1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Boris Tummes (GER) 32 points, 5. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

41^st Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 8^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 35
Winner: Amil Abbasov (AZE – Champion of Azerbaijan) ahead of Araz Almammadov (AZE) and Ravan Aliyev (AZE)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1920.86

WSC category: 14
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged):
1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Tomáš Peitl (SVK) 26 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

30^th Slovakian Solving Championship 2022 | 7^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian Champion) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2182.31 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Tomáš Peitl (SVK) 26 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

43^rd French Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 6^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 14 (25 including Cugir, Romania) | Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA – French Champion) ahead of Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Pascal Wassong (FRA).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2081.59 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) 21 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

ECSC Open Solving 2022 | 5^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 56
Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID) ahead of Bojan Vučković (SRB) and David Hodge (GBR)
1^st GM norm and 2^nd IM norm of David Hodge (GBR) and 1^st FM norm of Mihnea Costachi (ROU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2530.04 | WSC category: 3
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) 21 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

Dutch Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 4^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Twan Burg (NED – Dutch champion and 1^st FM norm) and Peter van den Heuvel (NED)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2346.02 | WSC category: 7
Top 3 World Solving Cup: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 23 points, 2. Stasys Steponavičius (LTU) 20 points, 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 19 points

More details in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2021/22 Calendar.