10.08.2026. Open Solving tournament. Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink | Assistant: Luc Palmans | Problems Selected by: Paz Einat Final RESULTS | Problems | Solutions | Norms & Titles WSC points | WSC final standings
The award for Section H (Retros) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Andriy Frolkin for his work, submitted in super-quick time! The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page. The area of non-PG Retros has the least support from software, therefore I request all our Retro experts and testers to check the entries! […]
26.07.2026. WFCC-70JT update: Heartfelt thanks to all the composers who submitted entries! And now, the baton passes to the judges. Wishing them a happy, stimulating and rewarding task! Narayan Shankar Ram, director of WFCC-70JT
Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2026 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.15 tournaments of the 2nd quarter 2026 are included: 40th Ukrainian Championship 2026, 45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026, 48th German Solving Championship 2026, Open of Lithuanian Solving Championship 2026, 47th Lithuanian Championship 2026, 24th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2026, 34th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2026, Open […]
52nd Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 18th and second-to-last tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 14 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU), ahead of Arvydas Mockus (LTU) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU).5th Place junior solver Renārs Mūzis (Latvian Champion!)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2086.69 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 96 points (unchanged), […]
8th Ukrainian Solving Cup 2026 | 17th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 17 | Winner: Andrii Sergiienko (UKR), ahead of Taras Rudenko (UKR) and Oleksiy Solovchuk (UKR).Average rating of top ten solvers: 1976.99 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 96 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 80 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 70 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 66 points, 5. Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) 54 points.More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving […]
34th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 16th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 20 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU), ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Vasil Markovcij (CZE – Czech Champion!).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2129.86 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 96 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 80 points (unchanged), 3. David Hodge (GBR) 70 points (unchanged), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) […]
Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2026 | 15th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 19 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Miodrag Mladenović (SRB – Serbian Champion!) and Bojan Vučković (SRB).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2478.18 | WSC category: 4Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 96 points (+22), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 80 points (unchanged), […]
On the occasion of the 19th European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC), organised by the chess club “Gambit” ASSECO-SEE with the support of the Chess Federation of North Macedonia, in the country’s capital Skopje from 8 to 10 May 2026, an Internet composing tourney was announced for mates in 3 moves (#3) and helpmates in 2.5 […]
09.05.26. One of the side-events during the 19.ECSC was the so called Machine Gun, the competition in quick solving problems in two moves (#2, h#2, S#2). Borislav Gadjanski selected the problems and directed the event that attracted 43 solvers. As in the main solving competitions, it was dominated by Danila Pavlov, with Kacper Piorun and […]
