Solvers’ ratings as of January 1st 2021 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published 6 tournaments of the 4th quarter 2020 are included: 29th Kedainiai chess solving cup tourney 2020, Branko BabiÄ Memorial 2020, Tula Open 2020, Tula Region Championship 2020, Open of Tula Solving Cup,...

When we organised the Lockdown Tournament last May, it was never the intention to repeat this. At that moment nobody had any idea what the future would bring. We all hoped to return quickly to our normal live. Half a year later we know that it is not that simple. ... Continue reading ’

The WFCC delegates have now approved the report of the qualifications committee regarding new composing, solving and judging titles. Congratulations to all title holders The relevant pages have been updated.

We updated the list of album points to include the results of the so far finalised sections of the 2016-18 album. The qualifications committee will prepare a report of the composing, solving and judging titles and submit it to the delegates for their approval. Stay tuned for further information.

The results of the FIDE Album 2016-18 section D are ready 771 studies scored at least 4,5 points (out of the totally submitted 909 entries), a very good percentage of 84,8%. The ratio of the 227 selected studies with 8 points vs. the entries with 4,5 points is 29,4%, which means ... Continue...

The results of the FIDE Album 2016-18 section E are ready An impressive number of 2544 entries (incl. duplicates) were received and they were split in three groups: E1 for h#3. The h#2s dominated once more. In each group there were three judges with each team of judges working independently. 2228 ...

The FINAL Results of the 8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published. Statistics: 370 entries by 225 participants from 37 countries submitted.Among them: #2 - 47, #3 - 38, #n - 36, studies - 56, h# - 81, s# - 48, fairies - 43, retro - 21. The final reports ... Continue reading ’

Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2020 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published 8 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2020 are included: Open Solving Tournament Tula 2020, 4th Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2020, 28th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2020, 28th Chess Solving...

28th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2020 9th tournament of World Solving Cup 2019 2020: Participants: 10 Winner: TomáĹ Peitl (SVK Slovakian champion) ahead of Richard DobiáĹ (SVK) and Marek KolÄ ák (SVK)Average rating of top ten solvers: 2021.72 WSC category: 13 41st Lithuanian...

We are issuing the WCCT-11 first circular letter. It includes the list of registered countries, errata in the announcement and a set of questions and answers. You may download the PDF file from WCCT-11 official page.Warm regards, happy composing Harry Fougiaxis, WCCT-11 Director