Category: Category: WSC

World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Open Swiss Solving Championship, Bern 09.09.2017
Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.387
The WSC category of the tournament: 6
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.

The list of 22 countries which have registered their participation in the current cycle of the WSC has been published. The official announcement of the events will be published at least two months in advance of the competition.

At the WCCC in Dresden new rules have been decided effective as from the 2017/2018 cycle of the WSC. Main focus of the changes was the aim to better attract travelling to solving tournaments in other countries.
The main changes are:

• New distribution of points for categories 1-7 which reduces the excessively increasing differences of points for winners of stronger tournaments
• Increase of the number of best tournaments that count for each solver from currently four to six tournaments
• Declaration of the Open Solving tournament during the ECSC as WSC tournament

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: WCCC Open 2017, Dresden, 7.8.2017
Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.600
The WSC category of the tournament: 1
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.

Winners of the WSC 2016/2017: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | Bojan Vuckovic (SRB) | Kacper Piorun (POL)

The next cycle, WSC 2017/18, will be directed by Marek Kolčák.

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Czech Chess Solving Championship, Pardubice 15-16.07.2017
Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.386
The WSC category of the tournament: 6
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.

The web page of the next cycle, WSC 2017/18, has been added with the first registered and announced solving tournaments. The WSC of this cycle will be directed by Marek Kolčák. Vidmantas Satkus and Roland Ott will be Assistant directors.

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Ukraine Chess Solving Championship, Sumy 24-25.06.2017
Winner: Vladimir Kurilenko (UKR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.166
The WSC category of the tournament: 10
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Israel Chess Solving Championship, Ramat-Gan 11.06.2017
Winner: Ofer Comay (ISR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.072
The WSC category of the tournament: 12
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open French Chess Solving Championship, Saint-Germain au Mont d’Or 03.06.2017
Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.078
The WSC category of the tournament: 12
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.

World Solving Cup 2016/2017: Open Serbian Chess Solving Championship, Belgrade 27-28.05.2017
Winner: Vladimir Podinic (SRB) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.433
The WSC category of the tournament: 5
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.