“We had 46 tournaments in 28 countries and 745 solvers (15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) – 184 solvers in cat-1, 254 solvers in cat-2 and 292 solvers in cat-3. This year’s participation reflects the growing interest and enthusiasm for the sport, and it is heartening to see such a diverse and passionate community of solvers […]
Dylan Schenker Chess Problems and Studies DiscordFebruary 14, 2023 #6 9+1White to play and mate in 6 moves! Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ →Solution (show/hide): 1.c7! Ke4 2.Ke2 Kxf5 3.c8=Q Kf6 4.Qg8 Ke7 5.Qf7+ Kd6 6.Qd7# 3…Kg4 4.Qg8+ Kh3 5.Kf3 Kh2 6.Qg2# 1…Kc4 2.c8=Q+ Kb3 3.Kc1 Ka4 4.Kc2 Kxb5 5.Qb7+ Kc4 6.Qc6# 1.e7? […]
The Official Website of the 18th European Chess Solving Championship is launched! The ECSC 2025 will be held from Friday, April 25th to Sunday, April 27th in the center of Athens in Greece. VENUE: The main hall of University of Athens (https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeE2r84YG7ZWpHwS8)Address: Panepistimiou Street 30, right outside the “Panepistimio” metro station. PDF Announcement | ECSC […]
Barry Peter Barnes (1937-2025) was a tireless promoter of the best in chess composition art for 70 years, since his first published problem in 1954. With his contemporaries Michael Lipton and John Rice, in the late 1950s and early 1960s he revolutionised the British two-mover, moving from the single phase fashion to modern multiphase contents. […]
48th International Polish Championship 2025 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:Participants: 35 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion) ahead of junior Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2517.21 | WSC category: 3Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) with first GM norm!Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Kacper Piorun (POL) 36 points (+36), 2. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 35 points (+31), 3. Roland Baier (SUI) 31 points (unchanged), 4. Martynas Limontas […]
Romanian Chess Federation and ’Mihnea Costachi Chess Academy’ Association have the honor to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested in problem chess, to attend the 67th World Congressof Chess Composition (WCCC) and 48th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). Romanian […]
In 2007, the WFCC accepted the idea of the famous Ukrainian Grandmaster of Chess Composition Valentin Rudenko (1938-2016) to name January 4th as the International Day of Chess Composition. Happy day to all chess composers, solvers, judges, editors, organizers and volunteers!
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal. 8 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2024 are included: 33rd Kedainiai Cup 2024, Open of Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament, Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2024, 39th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2024, 6th Pavle Orlov Memorial 2024, Solving Championship of Romania 2024, 29th Belgian Championship […]
“One Endgame Study in a Thousand”:From a collection celebrating each year of FIDE to the composing tourney for beginners and more The collaboration between FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) reached new heights in 2024, marked by several joint projects. Following the FIDE & WFCC World Cadet & Youth Chess Solving Championships […]
WCCI Entries & Statistics provided by the director, Narayan Shankar Ram, are available on the WCCI 2022-2024 Entries page. Up to the end of submission time, 20.01.2024, the up to date entries will be presented as embedded Google sheet updated by Shankar Ram. After the deadline the final table will be made in html form. […]
