World Solving Cup 2017/2018 – Nunspeet 03.03.2018

24th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2018 | 8th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018
Participants: 14 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR), Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Johan de Boer (NED – Dutch Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2338.10 | WSC category: 7
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.

World Solving Cup 2017/2018 – Eton College 17.02.2018

Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2017-2018 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018
Participants: 45 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU), John Nunn (GBR – British Champion) and Jonathan Mestel (GBR)
FM Norm of Ryszard Królikowski (POL)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2476.07 | WSC category: 4
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.

14th ECSC – Announcement

rcf-logoThe organizing team of the ECSC 2018 changed recently and there is now a change in the venue of the event. Such a last-minute change is of course regrettable, but there were no alternatives left to the WFCC and it had to be accepted. /Harry Fougiaxis, the President of WFCC/

You may see the Official Invitation by RCF published, linked also to the Solving page, ECSC section.

14th International Solving Contest: Final Results

Final results for the 14th International Solving Contest are published!

46 tournaments in 31 countries, 602 solvers from 33 countries.

Results and the winners:

  • Category 1 (269 solvers): Piotr Murdzia (POL), Anna Bylinkina (RUS), Kacper Piorun (POL)
  • Category 2 (116 solvers): Rajagopal Divyalakshmi (IND), Yaroslav Dektyarev (RUS), Lukas Muheim (SUI)
  • Category 3 (217 solvers): Ekaterina Kirdyashkina (RUS), Chinguun Sumiya (MGL), Yana Kostornichenko (RUS)

Solvers have the possibility of appeals to the central controllers until 25th of February according the rules.

Axel Steinbrink, Luc Palmans – Central controllers ISC 2018

FIDE ALBUM 2013-2015 – Results in section G

fide-album-photoThe 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 efficient work!

Update 21.02.2018: Three compositions were removed from the list (two of them had not been published in 2013-15 and one was cooked), while one composition was added as the score of one judge had not been recorded correctly in the spreadsheet.

Update 12.03.2018: One joint composition was included twice in the list of selected problems and of course one of them had to be removed.

All announced results are published in the FIDE Album 2013-15 finished sections page.