48th German Solving Championship 2026 | 10th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 28 | Winner: David Hodge (GBR), ahead of Ulrich Voigt (GER – German Champion) and Arno Zude (GER).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2437.93 | WSC category: 5Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. David Hodge (GBR) 66 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (unchanged), 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 54 points (+8), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU)
45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 9th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 44 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Anton Nasyrov (FID) and Araz Almammadov (AZE – Azerbaijani Champion!).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2195.60 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (unchanged), 2. Danila Pavlov (FID)
31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship | 8th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 16 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL), ahead of David Hodge (GBR) and Michael Pfannkuche (GER).5th Place Joost Michielsen (NED – Dutch champion!)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2346.88 | WSC category: 7Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 58 points (+16), 2. David Hodge (GBR) 46 points (+14), 3. Joost Michielsen (NED) 46 points
Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 7th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 28 | Winner: Joost Michielsen (NED)), ahead of John Nunn (GBR – British Champion!) and David Hodge (GBR).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2485.99 | WSC category: 41st IM Norm and FM title of Joost Michielsen (NED), 2nd FM norm of Roland Ott (SUI)Top
47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 15 | Winner: Kari Karhunen (FIN – Finnish Champion!), ahead of Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) and Martynas Limontas (LTU).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2119.80 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 30 points (+6), 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points
49th International Polish Championship 2026 | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 17 | Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL – Polish Champion!), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU).2nd GM norm of Kevinas Kuznecovas!Average rating of top ten solvers: 2568.86 | WSC category: 2Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points (unchanged), 3. Kacper
Cugir City Championship | 4th tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026, 1st WSC tournament of Romania:Participants: 16 | Winner: Daniel Dumitrescu (ROU), ahead of Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea (ROU) and Cristian-Daniel Oltean (ROU).Average rating of top ten solvers: 1857.09 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 28 points, 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16 points, 4. Joost Michielsen (NED) 16 points, 5. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points.More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving
30th Belgian Championship | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 13 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion for the 25th time!), ahead of Dolf Wissmann (NED) and Joost Michielsen (NED).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2192.92 | WSC category: 10Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (unchanged), 2. Eddy Van Beers
40th Open Swiss Solving Championship | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Taras Rudenko (UKR).8th Place Roland Ott (SUI – Swiss Champion)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2421.78 | WSC category: 5Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 36 points (+20), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 18 points (+18), 3. Taras Rudenko (UKR) 16
2nd Hamlet Amiryan memorial tournament | 1st tournament of World Solving Cup 2025/2026:Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID), ahead of Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and Ural Khasanov (FID).3rd GM norm for Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) and 4th FM norm for Anton NasyrovAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2341.71 | WSC category: 7Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 16 points, 2. Aleksandr Bulavka (FID) 14 points, 3. Ural Khasanov (FID) 12 points, 4. Anton Nasyrov (FID) 10 points, 5. Aleksey Popov (FID) 8
