Solving
SOLVING COMPETITIONS
Guidelines for solving tournaments (announced 09.01.2020): English | Russian
World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC)
European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC)
Current Rules
Results (show/hide)
- 1st ECSC Legnica, Poland, June 18 and 19, 2005 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 2nd ECSC Warsaw, Poland, 10.-12.11.2006
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 3rd ECSC Pardubice, Czech Republic 15.-16.7.2007 Announcement | Bulletin
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 4th ECSC Antalya, Turkey 29.-30.3.2008 Announcement | Official website
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 5th ECSC Subotica, Serbia 8.-9.5.2009 Announcement
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 6th ECSC Sunningdale, Great Britain 9.-12.4.2010 Announcement
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 7th ECSC Lowicz, Poland 2.-3.4.2011 Announcement | Results of Individuals and Teams
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
- 8th ECSC Kyiv, Ukraine 20.-22.4.2012 Announcement | Results | Problems, solutions, photo gallery
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 9th ECSC Vilnius, Lithuania 26.-28.4.2013 Announcement | Official website
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 10th ECSC Igalo, Herceg Novi, Montenegro 16.-18.05.2014 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 11th ECSC Iasi, Romania 01.-03.05.2015 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 12th ECSC Athens, Greece 15-17.04.2016 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 13th ECSC Riga, Latvia 12-14.05.2017 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
- 14th ECSC Sochi, Russia 04-06.05.2018 Announcement -> Cancelled
- 14th ECSC Athens, Greece 03-05.05.2019 Announcement | Results
Problems | Solutions | Team results | Individual results | Juniors results | Women results | Seniors results
Open Problems | Open Solutions | Open Results
International Solving Contest (ISC)
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 2020 Winners | ISC 2020 statistics | ISC 2020 analysis of study-solutions
ISC TOP 100 2005-2020
Solving Tournaments Problem Database (STPDB)
A database with problems of national and international chess solving tournaments since 1977 created by Luc Palmans. The database will be updated periodically.
Solving Norms
List of all pending solving norms for GM, IM and FM titles, created by the Solving Tournament Manager software.