Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2020 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 18 | Winner: Aleksey Popov (RUS) ahead of Maksim Romanov (RUS), Kari Karhunen (FIN – Finnish champion), Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Terho Marlo (FIN) Average rating of top ten solvers: 2236.23 | WSC category: 9Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 86 points (+13), 2. Piotr […]
RGSU-Cup 2020 (3rd Alexander Pochinok Memorial Tourney) | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 32 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Aleksey Popov (RUS), Ural Hasanov (RUS), Mihail Ganzhin (RUS) and Danila Moiseev (RUS) 13 years old Ural Hasanov (RUS) with first FM and IM norm! Mihail Ganzhin (RUS) with first FM norm Average rating of top ten […]
Last year, the solving committee worked on a set of guidelines for the directors of rated solving tournaments. The preliminary text was accepted at the last WCCC in Vilnius. Julia Vysotska wrote a Russian translation, for which we are very grateful. Guidelines for solving tournaments: English | Russian We hope that tournament directors take a […]
18th Warsaw Solving Grand Prix 2019 | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 16 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Aleksey Popov (RUS)Junior solver Maksim Romanov with first FM norm.Average rating of top ten solvers: 2463.01 | WSC category: 4Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 62 points (+31), […]
12th Albino Cup 2019 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 28 | Winner: Aleksey Popov (RUS) ahead of Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) and Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR)Aleksandr Bulavka Belarus champion with 4th place.Average rating of top ten solvers: 2434.77 | WSC category: 5Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 31 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 points […]
26th Open Belgian Solving Championship 2019 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 12 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian champion) ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Andrey Selivanov (RUS)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2272.49 | WSC category: 8Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 31 points, 2. Michel Caillaud (FRA) 27 […]
35th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2019 | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2019/2020: Participants: 22 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Martynas Limontas (LTU) 8. Roland Baier (SUI – Swiss champion), 5. junior solver Danila Moiseev with 3rd IM norm Average rating of top ten solvers: 2478.87 | WSC category: 4 Top 5 World Solving […]
After a fascinating race in the last rounds the Russian European Champion 2019, junior solver Danila Pavlov (RUS) has won the 4th World Solving Cup. There have been 19 tournaments including the Open Solving of the ECSC and the WCCC with total of 85 World Cup points winning solvers.Final top five: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 139 […]
27th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2019 | 18th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 27 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Aleksey Popov (RUS) and Martynas Limontas (LTU); 12. Miloslav Vanka (CZE – Czech champion).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2391.42 | WSC category: 6Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 136 points (+10), […]
40th French Chess Solving Championship 2019 | 17th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: Participants: 12 | Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA – French champion) ahead of Andrey Selivanov (RUS) and James Quah (SIN)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2075.76 | WSC category: 12 Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 126 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) […]
