Solving

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.
  Presentation of the results | Invitation (post) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | 
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3  | 
  ISC 2020 Winners | ISC 2020 statistics | ISC 2020 analysis of study-solutions
  ISC TOP 100 2005-2020
• 17. ISC January 24, 2021, central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
  Presentation of the results | Invitation (post) | Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 |
  Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3
  ISC 2021 Winners | ISC 2021statistics | ISC 2021 analysis of study-solutions | ISC 2021 TOP 100

World Solving Cup (WSC)

Current Rules (effective since August 2019)

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

Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments

Rated solving tournaments which are not provided by WFCC and are not part of the WSC.
Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

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

The new look of Ratings pages effective since 11th May, 2021. By default the page shows the latest period, with the search option for previous lists.
The link (URL) to any rating list looks like: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/solvers-ratings/?per=[quarter], where [quarter] is YYQN, like 21Q1 = 2021 quarter 1; 20Q4 = 2020 quarter 4; etc.

Quick links to the recent rating lists:  01.04.2021 | 01.01.2021 | 01.10.2020

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