International Solving Contest 2024
20th International Solving Contest (ISC)th January 2024
We had 41 tournaments in 26 countries and 669 solvers from 46 countries (24 unofficial solvers in cat-3) – 171 solvers in cat-1, 236 solvers in cat-2 and 262 solvers in cat-3. Thanks to all local controllers for their excellent work and good cooperation and congratulations to the winners.
Arvydas Mockus, Central Controller of ISC 2024.
Problems CAT1 – CAT2 – CAT3 | Solutions CAT1 – CAT2 – CAT3
Results CAT1 – CAT2 – CAT3
ISC 2024 Winners
Category 1
Rank Name From Points Time Overall 1 Andrey Selivanov FID 60 237 2 Danila Pavlov FID 56 240 3 John Nunn GBR 55 216 Women 1 Anna Shukhman FID 42 240 2 Irine Kharisma Sukandar INA 17,5 240 3 Daria Dvoeglazova ISR 13 230 Juniors 1 Danila Pavlov FID 56 240 2 Ural Khasanov FID 53 240 3 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 49,5 217 Seniors 1 John Nunn GBR 55 216 2 Valery Kopyl UKR 53 238 3 Roland Baier SUI 50,5 233
Category 2
Rank Name From Points Time Overall 1 Nadezhda Ilchenko FID 57 240 2 Dejan Omorjan SRB 50 240 3 Alexandru-Vasile David ROU 49 207 Women 1 Nadezhda Ilchenko FID 57 240 2 Anastasiya Chekina FID 49 240 3 Viktoriya Merkulova FID 48 237 Juniors 1 Dejan Omorjan SRB 50 240 2 Anastasiya Chekina FID 49 240 3 Viktoriya Merkulova FID 48 237 Seniors 1 Živan Šušulić SRB 237 45 2 Dietmar Jahn GBR 236 39 3 Milan Simić SRB 236 37
Category 3
Rank Name From Points Time Overall 1 Dubovkin, Matvey FID 30 27 2-3 Kengurov, Yaroslav FID 30 30 2-3 Rudenko, Taras UKR 30 30 Girls 1 Ejsymont, Blanka POL 30 78 2 Vujović, Vera SRB 30 96 3 Hajizada, Hurrijan AZE 26 120
ISC 2024 Statistics
Category Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Total Juniors (<23) 29 111 238 378 Seniors (>59) 51 49 0 100 Women 5 30 50 85 all 171 236 238 645 Oldest solver Priednieks, Ēriks (LAT) age 84 Youngest solver Pavishna, S P (IND) age 5
Title Total participants ISC 2024 Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 GM 19 19 0 0 IM 11 11 0 0 FM 11 11 0 0 2301-2400 2 2 0 0 2201-2300 7 7 0 0 2101-2200 6 6 0 0 2001-2100 11 10 0 1 1901-2000 23 20 3 0 1801-1900 24 15 9 0 1701-1800 33 17 16 0 1601-1700 27 3 23 1 1501-1600 33 4 23 6 – 462 46 162 254 Total 669 171 236 262
Tournament locations
Country Tournament Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Total ISC 2024 Azerbaijan 1 4 0 15 19 Brasil 1 1 8 1 10 Czech epublic 1 3 9 6 18 Finland 1 9 4 0 13 France 1 5 6 1 12 Great Britain 1 2 1 0 3 Germany 2 9 7 4 20 Greece 4 10 25 18 53 India 2 17 32 34 83 Israel 1 9 3 0 12 Japan 1 18 7 3 28 Latvia 1 3 13 3 19 Lithuania 1 8 2 0 10 Netherlands 1 8 8 0 16 Poland 4 4 19 13 36 Romania 3 9 19 11 39 Russia 4 0 0 67 67 Serbia 2 5 10 34 49 Slovakia 2 6 4 5 15 Slovenia 1 7 0 0 7 Switzerland 1 7 1 1 9 Ukraine 1 2 7 4 13 UAE 1 25 48 41 114 Turkey 1 0 3 1 4 Total 41 171 236 262 6
Representatives of countries in each location
Country Town # solvers Same country Foreign country Nations Unofficial solvers AZE Sumgayit 19 19 4 BRA Rio de Janeiro 5 5 BRA Brasília 5 5 CZE Prague 18 18 FIN Helsinki 13 13 FRA Le Vesinet 12 12 GBR Sheffield 2 2 GBR Bude 1 1 GER Münster 7 7 GER Dresden 13 11 2 IND, UKR GRE Athens 8 8 GRE Thessaloniki 5 5 GRE Patras 19 19 GRE Preveza 21 21 2 IND Bangalore 27 27 IND Chennai 56 56 ISR Raanana 12 12 JPN Tokyo 28 24 4 VIE, HKG, USA, MGL LAT Riga 19 19 LTU Vilnius 10 10 NED Schiedam 16 14 2 BEL, GRE POL Cracow 15 14 1 VIE POL Warsaw 4 3 1 AZE POL Wroclaw 14 12 2 TUR, UKR POL Gorzów Wielkopolski 3 3 ROU Cluj-Napoca 16 16 ROU Cugir 12 12 ROU Otopeni 11 11 RUS Moscow 11 11 RUS Tula 27 27 RUS Yekaterinburg 16 16 RUS Novy Urengoy 13 13 5 SLO Ljubljana 7 7 SRB Belgrade 24 24 2 SRB Novi Sad 25 25 SUI Bern 9 6 3 GRE, GER, UKR 8 SVK Bratislava 11 11 SVK Kosice 4 4 UKR Poltava 13 13 UAE Fujairah 114 56 58 14 IND, 7 FID, 4 KAZ, 3 AZE, 3 PHI, 2 EGY, 2 IRI, 2 MAR, 2 OMA, 2 PLE, 2 SYR , 2 UKR, 2 POL, 2 CUB, ARM, AUS, INA, JOR, LIB, MDA, SUD, USA, UZB 3 TUR Istanbul 4 4 26 41 669 596 73 24
Number of participants from each country
No. Participants country Total participants ISC 2024 Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 1 IND 101 18 35 48 2 FID 78 6 3 69 3 GRE 55 12 25 18 4 SRB 49 5 10 34 5 UAE 49 2 24 23 6 ROU 39 9 19 11 7 POL 34 5 17 12 8 JPN 24 17 5 2 9 AZE 23 8 0 15 10 GER 19 9 8 2 11 LAT 19 3 13 3 12 CZE 18 3 9 6 13 UKR 18 4 8 6 14 SVK 15 6 4 5 15 NED 14 6 8 0 16 FIN 13 9 4 0 17 FRA 12 5 6 1 18 ISR 12 9 3 0 19 BRA 10 1 8 1 20 LTU 10 8 2 0 21 SLO 7 7 0 0 22 SUI 6 6 0 0 23 TUR 5 0 4 1 24 KAZ 4 1 2 1 25 GBR 3 2 1 0 26 PHI 3 0 2 1 27 MAR 2 1 1 0 28 CUB 2 1 1 0 29 EGY 2 1 1 0 30 IRI 2 1 0 1 31 OMA 2 0 2 0 32 PLE 2 0 2 0 33 SYR 2 1 1 0 34 USA 2 1 1 0 35 VIE 2 1 0 1 36 ARM 1 0 1 0 37 AUS 1 0 1 0 38 BEL 1 1 0 0 39 HKG 1 0 1 0 40 INA 1 1 0 0 41 JOR 1 0 1 0 42 LIB 1 0 1 0 43 MDA 1 1 0 0 44 MGL 1 0 0 1 45 SUD 1 0 1 0 46 UZB 1 0 1 0 Total 669 171 236 262
Arvydas Mockus, Central Controller of ISC 2024.
