The results of the 2010-12 Album h#2 section are ready.
The judges and the director worked and co-operated smoothly and efficiently; the 140 selected problems seem to show that the field of helpmates in 2 may not be so exhausted anyway!
Invitation to the 11th ISC
The International Solving Contest next year will take place on Sunday January 25th 2015. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries.
There will be three sections: one for the experienced solvers. In this section solvers can obtain rating points. The second section is intended for weaker, inexperienced solvers. This second section is not open for solvers with a rating of more than 1700. The third section is intended for youths up to (incl.) 12 years old. …Read more…
Solvers’ ratings October 1st 2014
Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2014 are published!
6 tournaments included: 22nd ICH of Russia Obninsk; CZECH OPEN Pardubice; 1st Israeli OSCH; Sarychev MT Sumgayit; OPEN Bern; 38th WCSC Bern.
Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!
57th WCCC & 38th WCSC: Breaking news 25-30.08.14
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(31.08) The 57th World Congress of Chess Composition & the 38th World Chess Solving Championship in Bern, 25-30.08.14, has just ended. See Highlights and Decisions. Some other relevant sections of the website will be filled soon. (30.08) The current version of the booklet of the 57th WCCC and the 38th WCSC. (29.08) Breaking news: Next congress 2015 – Ostróda (Poland), 01.- 08.08.2015 New titles: |
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- (29.08) Awards of Composing tournaments: Official 5 days composing tourney | Quick composing tourney | 12th Romanian Tzuica Tourney | 1st Azerbaijan Helpmate | 14th Japanese Sake AWARD | 17th Sabra AWARD | 5th Bulgarian Wine AWARD | 2° Azemmour | VODKA-TOURNEY-2014 | Champagne Award 2014 | Moskovskaya Matreshka-2014 | 12th Ukrainian Folk Crafts | ARVES 7th Jenever Tourney | 26. SPIŠSKÁ BOROVIČKA
- (29.08) Statistics Open 2014 | statistics WCSC 2014
- (29.08) Final team results | final individual results | rating of the 38.WCSC, Bern, 26-27 August 2014.
- (28.08) Rating of 57. WCCC Open, Bern, 25 August 2014.
- (27.08) The 2nd day of the 38. WCSC Tournament Bern, 26-27 August 2014.
See problems | solutions (preliminary results removed with final as of 29.08) - (26.08) The 1st day of the 38. WCSC Tournament Bern, 26-27 August 2014. Attended by 90 solvers and 23 teams. (preliminary results removed with final as of 29.08)
- (25.08) The 57. WCCC Open, Bern, 25 August 2014 was attended by 104 solvers from 24 countries. See problems | solutions | final results!
4th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 (C 15.1.2015)
The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, is organizing the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 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 composition worldwide.
FIDE ALBUM 2010-2012 – Results in section H
The evaluation of the 2010-12 Album Retros section has finished. Many thanks to the judging panel and to the director, who reports that the team worked professionally and with a very good level of communication.
See FIDE ALBUM 2010-2012 – Results in section H – Retros published!
57th WCCC: Schedule
The detailed schedule of the 57th WCCC is published on the Official website of the congress. Also, some more composing tournaments, the venue of the solving tournaments, the 5 tips by Franziska are announced and the participant’s list is updated regularly!
57th WCCC: Agenda
Dear delegates, deputies and individual members, please see the AGENDA of this year’s congress!
You can see a link to Official website of the congress, an invitation in PDF and a link to the Agenda in the Meetings section →Berne.
FIDE ALBUM 2010-2012 – Results in section B
The hard-working and efficient team of the 2010-12 Album Threemovers section managed to conclude their work just a few weeks before the congress. The average quality in this section has been surprisingly high and a decent number of titles are to be awarded in Berne!
See FIDE ALBUM 2010-2012 – Results in section B – Threemovers published!
57th WCCC: composing tournaments
Composing tournaments held within the 57th World Congress of Chess Composition are starting to appear on the official website of WCCC 2014!