Composing FIDE Albums
FIDE Album 2016-2018 announcement
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) invites composers to submit their highest-quality compositions for selection in the 2016-18 FIDE Album. See the announcement and the instructions to directors and judges.
Solving WSC
World Solving Cup 2018/2019 – Geel 10.11.2018
25th Belgian Championship 2018 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 15 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) ahead of Michael Pfannkuche (GER) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2347.40 | WSC category: 7 Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 27 points, 2. Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) 23 points, 3. Eddy […]
ECSC Solving
14th European Chess Solving Championship
The Greek Chess Composition Committee of the Greek Chess Federation has the honor to invite the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 14th European Chess Solving Championship. The event will be held from Friday, May 3rd (arrival) to Sunday, May 5th (departure) at the “Oasis Hotel Apartments” in Glyfada, a cosmopolitan […]
Solving WSC
World Solving Cup 2018/2019 – Minsk 3./4.11.2018
11th Albino Cup 2018 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) and Aleksey Popov (RUS – FM norm)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2409.47 | WSC category: 5 Aleksey Popov has achieved his 2nd FM norm and will get the FIDE Solving Master title at the next congress.Leaders […]
Solving WSC
World Solving Cup 2018/2019 – Bern 13.10.2018
34th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2018 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 17 | Winner: Arno Zude (GER) ahead of Ulrich Voigt (GER) and Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2307.26 | WSC category: 7Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Arno Zude (GER) 19 points, 2. Ulrich Voigt (GER) 16, 3. Roland Ott (SUI) […]
ISC Solving
Invitation to the 15th ISC
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 27th 2019. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers by e-mail no later than December 31st 2018. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation (PDF format) | ISC […]
Composing Solving WCCC WCCC/WCSC WFCC Meetings
WCCC 2018 Bulletin
The first version of the WCCC 2018 bulletin is assembled from the received and collected resources. It contains results of all competitions, and includes auto-generated table of contents and bookmarks, for easy navigation. Update is planned at least for December, when, after the 3-month objection period, preliminary awards of pre-congress tourneys will be replaced by final […]
Other Solving WCCC WFCC Meetings
Solvers’ ratings October 1st 2018
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2018 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!7 tournaments are included for the 3rd quarter 2018: 2nd Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2018, Chess solving tournament ‘Day of family’ (Russia), 26th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2018, 1st Ukrainian Cup 2018, Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2018, 42nd World Chess Solving Championship 2018, Open Men’s Solving […]
Composing WCCI
WCCI 2016-2018: Announcement
The WFCC is inviting composers of all countries to participate in the 2016-18 WCCI. The tourney director is Dmitry Turevsky (email: dmitri.turevski@gmail.com). The competition will be held according to the system used in the previous championship, with changes in the points 4, 5, 8 and 12 of the rules. WCCI 2016-18 WCCI 2013-15 4. A composer may […]