WCCC2025: 48th WCSC Results

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The 48th World Chess Solving Championship takes place in Alba Iulia (Romania) 08-09 July 2025.

FINAL RESULTS:

09.07.25: The result is preliminary until tomorrow, 10.07.25, 9 am
Preliminary result of after the 6th Round: Individual | Teams | Detailed Teams | Norms&Titles
Preliminary result of after the 5th Round: Individual | Teams
Preliminary result of after the 4th Round: Individual | Teams

08.07.25:
Preliminary result of after the 3rd Round: Individual | Teams | Detailed Teams
Preliminary result of after the 2nd Round: Individual | Teams
Preliminary result of after the 1st Round: Individual | Teams

WCCC2025: The 1st WFCC Youth Evening

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On Tuesday 8th July Congress program first time included an evening devoted to young composers only. The heroes of the night were nine composers aged from 11 to 22, presenting their creations and telling about themselves: Nikolai Sheviakov, Alexandru Mihălcescu, Taras Rudenko, Daniel Dumitrescu, Stefan-Constantin Harnagea, Anton Nasyrov, Ilija Serafimović, Joachim Hambros, and Benjamin Defromont. Vlaicu Crișan and Marjan Kovačević were running the 2 hours long program, with very active contribution from the audience and participants themselves. For all involved, it was one of the highlights of the Congress, concluded with a joint wish to have it soon again.

Alba Iulia 07.07.2025 – World Solving Cup 2024/2025

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Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2025 | 18th and last tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 94 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL), ahead of Aleksey Popov FID) and junior Maksim Kharitonov (FID).
GM, IM and FM norm of Maksim Kharitonov (FID),
GM norm of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
IM and FM norm of Anton Nasyrov (FID)
FM norm of Taras Rudenko (UKR)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2586.13 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 Final Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points (unchanged), 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 96 points (+41), 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 91 points (+19), 4. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 66 points (+8), 5. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 65 points (23).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup & Norms @ Solving Portal

WCCI 2022-24: Results

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The RESULTS of the 9th World Championship in Composing for Individuals WCCI 2022-2024 are published!

02.07.25: The results for section G were revised due to a cook in one of the entries of the 4th place. The 4th to 6th placings have been changed. All other placings and points remain unchanged. The results are now final.

The Director’s report:

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the WFCC President, Marjan Kovačević for inviting me to serve as Director, and to the WFCC Presidium and delegates for endorsing his proposal. I am especially grateful to Marco Guida, the WCCI spokesman, for his ongoing support throughout the process. My appreciation also goes to Harry Fougiaxis and Dmitri Turevski for generously sharing their valuable experience from previous editions.
Of course, a special thanks is due to the 40 judges whose outstanding work enabled us to complete the results well ahead of schedule. I should not forget the reserve judges, who were ready to step in if needed. I also acknowledge the supervising panel for their careful review and error checking. Finally, heartfelt thanks to all the composers who submitted entries. Their participation truly made this a world-class and genuinely international competition.

=> see full report (PDF)

The winners:

Section1st place2nd place3rd place
A
Twomovers		Vasyl DyachukMarjan Kovačević / Pavel Murashev
B
Threemovers		Peter GvozdjákAleksandr KuzovkovIgor Agapov
C
Moremovers		Aleksandr KuzovkovValery ShavyrinMikhail Marandyuk
D
Endgame studies		Oleg PervakovSteffen Slumstrup NielsenMichael Pasman
E
Helpmates		Marko YlijokiValery GurovOlexandr Semenenko
F
Selfmates		Andrey SelivanovAleksandr Feoktistov / Aleksandr Kuzovkov
G
Fairies		Peter GvozdjákMichal DragounJuraj Lörinc
H
Retros		Silvio BaierDmitrij BaibikovAndriy Frolkin
Narayan Shankar Ram
Tournament Director
Announcement and Rules | Entries | Director’s Report

Solvers’ ratings July 1st 2025

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Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2025 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
13 tournaments of the 2nd quarter 2025 are included: 46th Lithuanian Championship 2025, 44thAzerbaijan Solving Championship 2025, 1st Solving Championship of Akhaia Region, 47th German Solving Championship 2025, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2025, 18th European Chess Solving Championship 2025, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2025, 10th Israel Open Solving Championship 2025, 10th Israel Open Solving Championship 2025 – Cat. 2, 51st Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2025, 33rd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2025, 46th French Chess Solving Championship 2025, 33rd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2025.
Ranking of the top 10 solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2835.28, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2724.17, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2693.51, 4. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 2657.99, 5. Ural Khasanov (FID) 2653.87, 6. John Nunn (GBR) 2639.31, 7. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 2595.94, 8. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 2565.68, 9. Aleksey Popov (FID) 2560.30, 10. Danila Moiseev (FID) 2555.00.
Largest 5 gains: junior female Anastasiya Chekina (FID) +188.49, Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE) +153.08, junior Anton Nasyrov (FID) +138.84, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) +110.24, Anna Shukhman , (FID) +88.18.

Prague 14./15.06.2025 – World Solving Cup 2024/2025

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33rd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 17th and second last tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 23 | Winner: Miroslav Voráček (CZE – Czech Champion!), ahead of Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2177.82 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points, 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points, 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points, 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup & Norms @ Solving Portal