We were notified by the organisers of the 14th ECSC that the championship will not take place at Kaliningrad, as the initially foreseen hotel had to arrange some other events in that weekend. The new venue and dates are as follows: Organiser: Chess Composition Committee of the Russian Chess FederationDates: 4-6 May 2018 (Friday to Sunday)City: MoscowVenue: Hotel Cosmos*** […]
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2017 are published! 5 tournaments are included for the 3rd quarter: 25th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2017, WCCC 2017 Open Solving Tournament, 41st World Chess Solving Championship 2017, Swiss Championship 2017 and 2nd Solving Cup Byron Zappas. Among the top ten solvers Jonathan Mestel has replaced Arno Zude and […]
World Solving Cup 2017/2018: Open Swiss Solving Championship, Bern 09.09.2017Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.387The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, is organising the 6th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2018 in eight sections. The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess […]
The list of 22 countries which have registered their participation in the current cycle of the WSC has been published. The official announcement of the events will be published at least two months in advance of the competition.
The list of all pending solving norms for GM, IM and FM titles has been updated by the Solving Tournament Manager software and published on the Solving page. It reflects all new norms achieved and titles granted at the 60th WCCC in Dresden.
30 member countries were present. WCCT: The results of the 10th WCCT were confirmed as final by the assembly. Selection of the themes and judging countries of the next WCCT is scheduled for the congress of 2018. The spokesman will ask the delegates to submit their suggestions throughout the next year. A potential director of the next […]
“The outcome of the 41st WCSC was decided early on, with Poland in 1st place and the UK 2nd. The 3rd place was quite close. Germany, only in 5th place after the first day, was able to take 3rd place with good h#- and n-rounds, Serbia being only 2 points behind in 4th place. The individual […]
The FIDE Album 2010-2012 (the official selection of the world’s best and most representative chess compositions) has been published. 656 pages, 1402 diagrams, 294 authors. Comments, indexes, registers, statistics in English.Hard-cover blue clothbound. Price 45 euro (surface shipping free). Discounts if more copies ordered. Orders to Peter Gvozdják, peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com. Sample pages available as a PDF […]
At the WCCC in Dresden new rules have been decided effective as from the 2017/2018 cycle of the WSC. Main focus of the changes was the aim to better attract travelling to solving tournaments in other countries. The main changes are: New distribution of points for categories 1-7 which reduces the excessively increasing differences of […]
