Happy Chess Composition Day! Ten years ago (WCCC Rhodes, 2007) our organization (PCCC at that time) established the International Day of Chess Composition. According to the proposal by the Grandmaster Valentin Rudenko (1938-2016), today we celebrate an important date in the history of chess composition. On January 4th 1869, the Czech (Bohemian at that time) […]
As of 2016 also all tournaments which are included in the rating list but are not provided by the WFCC and are not part of the World Solving Cup will be published with results, problems and solutions. With this new web page transparency of these rated tournaments can be improved and interested solvers get the […]
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: XV WSGP, Serock 12-13.11.2016 Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.487The WSC category of the tournament: 4More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
The document with the Claims (PDF, 433Kb) was added on the 10th WCCT page. The deadline for replies to claims is prolonged to January 10th, 2017.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: 9th Albino Cup, Minsk 05-06.11.2016 Winner: Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.363The WSC category of the tournament: 6More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: OBOK 2016, Geel, 22.10.2016Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.330The WSC category of the tournament: 7More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2016 are published! 6 tournaments included: OPEN Klaipeda; 24th ICH of Czechia Pardubice; 1st Azerbaijan Chess Solving Cup; OPEN Beograd; 41st WCSC Beograd; ICH of Switzerland Bern. Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Andrey Zhuravlev and Piotr Murdzia.
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: SLM 2016, Bern, 24.9.2016Winner: Roland Baier (CH) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.436The WSC category of the tournament: 5More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, is organising the 5th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2017 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 International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 29th 2017. 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 2016. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation | Invitation (PDF format)
