Now you find the complete preliminary result of 14th ISC on the Mat Plus website. 46 tournaments in 31 countries602 solvers (cat-1: 269 – cat-2: 116 – cat-3: 217) which is a new record! Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3 Final results expected to be published until the end of February.
Final Award booklet of the 10th World Chess Composition Tournament (WCCT) of the WFCC is now available for download. It contains all 489 awarded problems (from 258 authors) together with all the judges’ comments and some statistical information.
46 tournaments in 31 countries were held for the 14th International Solving Contest. Problems cat.1 | Problems cat.2 | Problems cat.3 | Solutions cat.1 | Solutions cat.2 | Solutions cat.3 Preliminary results can be found on the Mat Plus website by the end of this week. Final results expected to be published until the end of February.
The results of the FIDE Album 2013-15 section G (fairies) are ready! There were 1909 submissions (including duplicates). Of these, 1478 achieved at least 4.5 points. The ratio of the 294 selected fairies with 8+ points vs. the entries with 4,5+ points is 19,89%. Many thanks to the director and the judges for their hard and […]
Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2018 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 9 tournaments are included for the 4th quarter 2017: 26th Kedainiai Cup, Open Solving Championship of CFO, 10th Albino Cup, 4th Round of Serbian Solving League 2017, 28th Henk Hagedoorn Memorial 2017, XVI WSGP 2017 Open, XVI Warsaw Grand Prix 2017, 24th Belgian Championship 2017, 5th Round of Serbian Solving […]
24th Open Belgian Chess Solving Championship 2017 | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 11 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Hans Uitenbroek (NED)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2187.67 | WSC category: 10More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
The results of the FIDE Album 2013-15 section E (helpmates) are ready! An impressive number of 2583 entries (incl. duplicates) were received and they were split in three groups: E1 for h#3. The h#2s dominated once more. In each group there were three judges with each team of judges working independently. 2027 entries scored at least […]
Warsaw Grand Prix | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Participants: 22 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 2nd and new leader of World Solving CupAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2.459.60 | WSC category: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar. Warsaw Grand Prix – Open:Participants: 20 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU)More details are published […]
World Solving Cup 2017/2018: 10th Albino Cup in Minsk (Belarus) 04/05.11.2017Participants: 28 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) | 1st FM norm of Aleksey Popov (RUS)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2.422.75 | WSC category of the tournament: 5More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 28th 2018. 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 2017. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation (PDF format) | […]
