European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC)

Current Rules

Results (show/hide)

• The first International Solving Contest was organised on the 23rd January, 2005. Invitation and information for the PCCC delegates are on a separate document  (RTF document, 13 kb). The final results indicate that 262 solvers from 23 countries participated in total.
• 2. ISC was held on Sunday January 22, 2006.
  Invitation and information for the PCCC delegates (RTF document 12 kb) | Results
• 3. ISC was held on Sunday January 21st, 2007.
  Results
• 4. ISC was held on Sunday January 27, 2008.
  Invitation and information for the PCCC delegates (RTF document 13 kb) | Results
• 5. ISC January 25, 2009.
  Invitation (MS Word document) | Problems | Solutions | Results
• 6. ISC January 24, 2010, director Peter Bakker.
  Invitation | Invitation (MS Word document) | Problems | Solutions | Results
• 7. ISC January 23, 2011, director Axel Steinbrink.
  Invitation | Invitation (MS Word document) | Problems | Solutions | Results
• 8. ISC January 29, 2012, director Axel Steinbrink.
  Invitation | Invitation (MS Word document) | Problems | Solutions | Results
• 9. ISC January 27, 2013, director Axel Steinbrink.
  Invitation | Invitation (MS Word document) | Problems | Solutions | Results
• 10. ISC January 26, 2014, central controllers: Gligor Denkovski & Ivan Denkovski. 
  Invitation | Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 |
  Solutions  cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Results
• 11. ISC January 25, 2015, central controllers: Gligor Denkovski & Ivan Denkovski.
  Invitation | Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 |
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3 | Results
• 12. ISC January 24, 2016, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Invitation | Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 |
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3 | Results
• 13. ISC January 29, 2017, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Invitation | Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 |
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3 | Results
• 14. ISC January 28, 2018, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | 
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3  | Results | ISC 2018 statistics | 
  ISC 2018 analysis of study-solutions | statistics of ISCs 1-14
• 15. ISC January 27, 2019, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Invitation (PDF format) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | 
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3  | Results | ISC 2019 statistics |
  ISC 2019 analysis of study-solutions
• 16. ISC January 26, 2020, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Invitation (post) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | 
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3  | Results | ISC 2019 statistics |
  ISC 2019 analysis of study-solutions

World Solving Cup (WSC)

Current Rules (effective since August 2019)

2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21

Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments

Rated solving tournaments which are not provided by WFCC and are not part of the WSC. 

2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020

Solvers’ rating

The rating is a numerical value which a solver gains by solving in two approved tournaments. It can be gained at the tournaments which fulfil definite criteria. The rating list is published four times a year.

Current Rules

Rating lists

starting 1.7.2013 – tables with selection form:

1.07.2013 | 1.10.2013 | 1.01.2014 | 1.04.2014 | 1.07.2014 | 1.10.2014 | 1.01.2015 | 1.04.2015 | 1.07.2015 | 1.10.2015 |
1.01.2016 | 1.04.2016 | 1.07.2016 | 1.10.2016 | 1.01.2017 | 1.04.2017 | 1.07.2017 | 1.10.2017 | 1.01.2018 | 1.04.2018 |
1.07.2018 | 1.10.2018 | 1.01.2019 | 1.04.2019 | 1.07.2019 | 1.10.2019^New

2010-1.4.2013 – wide tables in full-screen mode:

1.1.2010 | 1.4.2010 | 1.7.2010 | 1.10.2010 | 1.1.2011 | 1.4.2011 | 1.7.2011 | 1.10.2011 | 1.1.2012 | 1.4.2012 | 1.7.2012 | 1.10.2012 | 1.1.2013 | 1.4.2013