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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: WCCC Open 2017, Dresden, 7.8.2017Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.600The WSC category of the tournament: 1More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2016/17 Calendar. Winners of the WSC 2016/2017: Piotr Murdzia (POL) | Bojan Vuckovic (SRB) | Kacper Piorun (POL) The next cycle, WSC 2017/18, will be directed by Marek Kolčák.
(09.08) 41th WCSC – Final Results: Individuals | Teams | Statistics (09.08) 41th WCSC – 2nd day: Preliminary Individual Results | Preliminary Team ResultsProblems | Solutions (08.08) 41th WCSC – 1st day: Preliminary Individual Results | Preliminary Team Results (08.08) Open Solving: Final Results (07.08) Open Solving: Problems | Solutions | Preliminary Results
Currently about 190 composers, solvers and accompanying persons have announced their participation. Registration remains open until 15 May 2017, the day after the ECSC in Riga. Also standard registration fee of 100 EUR remains payable until 15 May. Torsten Linß (on behalf of the organising committee) Download invitation as PDF | Official website: https://wccc2017.de/
The Minutes including Annex No.1, 2, 3, 4 (PDF, 613 KB) of the WFCC 59th Ordinary Meeting (World Congress) Belgrade, Serbia, 30th July – 6th August 2016, are published under Meetings→Belgrade (59th WCCC).
Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach, and the local organizing committee have the honour to invite national representatives of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national chess solving teams, individual solvers and composers and everybody interested in problem chess, to attend the jubilee 60th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 41st World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). The congress will be […]
