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) […]
(09.08) The 40th WCSC in Belgrade, 02-03.08.2016: Final Results | Statistics (08.08) The latest updates of WSC 2016-17 are ready. (08.08) 59th WCCC 2016 highlights and decisions.
(05.08) A page with the final WCSC results and the latest updates of WSC 2016-17 will be ready in a few days. (05.08) Prize giving for composing and solving tourneys, live streaming on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFsm7tQH10 (03.08) WCCC 2016, Serbia – WFCC rapid chess match. Tonight, 20:00, there will be a rapid chess match between the selected team […]
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: WCCC Open 2016, Belgrade, 1.8.2016Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.620The WSC category of the tournament: 1 Winners of the WSC 2015/2016: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR) Martynas Limontas (LTU) More details and the final WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar. The next cycle, WSC 2016/17, will be […]
(02.08) WCSC, the 1st day: Problems | Solutions | 1st day TEAMS | 1st day INDIVIDUAL (01.08) The 59th WCCC Open, Belgrade, 01 August 2016:Participants | Problems | Solutions | Preliminary results | Final results (31.07) WFCC Opening Session WFCC presidium:Günter BüsingHannu HarkolaHarry FougiaxisThomas Maeder (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević) (30.07) Opening ceremony in the Belgrade City Hall was run by Tamara Gadjanski and […]
Five days Composing Tourneys, 28 July – 2 August, are announced within WCCC 2016: Group A, #2 (judge: Marjan Kovačević); Group B, Ser-r#3-8 (judge: Miodrag Mladenović). See details on the official WCCC 2016 website, section Official composing tournaments. For the Congress participants only. Welcome to participate! Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
One of the aims of the Belgrade World Congress of Chess Composition 2016 was to engage the youngest generation of chess composers. Ten participants representing four countries – from 8 to 18 years – took part in the 1st YCCC. They produced 29 chess compositions, fulfilling thematic conditions in three different genres (#2, h#2 and endgames). We are […]
Dear chess friends, Three first Unofficial Composing Tourneys are announced within WCCC 2016 as of June, 5th: 28th Spišská borovička Tourney, 4th Azemmour Tourney (The Rope), 16th Japanese Sake Tourney. 154 participants from 33 countries have registered for WCCC 2016. Let us remind you that direct registering on the WCCC 2016 site allows you reserving your places before fixing all the […]
Dear chess friends, 86 participants from 23 countries have registered for WCCC 2016. Let us remind you that direct registering on the WCCC 2016 site allows you reserving your places before fixing all the details of your trip and stay (see Registration of participants → Instructions / Help). Later on you may edit your registration till […]
The Minutes (pdf 98 kb) of the WFCC 58th Ordinary Meeting (World Congress) Ostróda, Poland, 01-08th August 2015, including Annex No.1 (pdf 94 kb) and Annex No.2 (pdf 323 kb) are published under Meetings→Ostróda (58th WCCC).
