Solvers’ ratings July 1st 2024

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Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2024 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
13 tournaments of the 2nd quarter 2024 are included: Open Solving Tournament Lithuania 2024, 45th Lithuanian Championship 2024, 43rd Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2024, 32nd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2024, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2024, 17th European Chess Solving Championship 2024, 50th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024, 45th French Chess Solving Championship 2024, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2024, 46th German Solving Championship 2024, 32nd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2024, 9th Israel Open Solving Championship 2024, 9th Israel Open Solving Championship 2024 Category 2.
Ranking of the top ten solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2818.95, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2698.54, 3. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2678.52, 4. Ural Khasanov (FID) 2653.87, 5. John Nunn (GBR) 2638.24, 6. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 2585.61, 7. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 2582.58, 8. Aleksey Popov (FID) 2577.85, 9. Marko Filipović (CRO) 2555.24 ahead of 10. Danila Moiseev (FID) 2555.00.
Largest five gains: junior Alexandru Mihalcescu (ROU) +158.62, Dmitrijus Chocenka (LTU) +110.56, Panagiotis Konidaris (GRE) +84.11, Jakob Leck (GER) +75.90, Jakub Marciniszyn (POL) +73.38

Ra’anana 30.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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39th Israel Solving Championship 2024 | 17th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Ofer Comay (ISR – Israeli champion!) ahead of Lev Glanzspiegel (ISR) and Omer Friedland (ISR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2136.90 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

9th Israel Open Solving Championship with 2 categories at 9 locations
Locations: Ra’anana (Israel), Athens, Preveza and Thessaloniki (all Greece), Kedainiai (Lithuania), Oberglatt (Switzerland), Wroclaw (Poland), Zagreb (Croatia), Cugir (Romania)
Participants Category 1: 37 | Winner: Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) ahead of ex aequo Ofer Comay (ISR) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Participants Category 2: 32 | Winner: Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE) ahead of David Maayan (ISR) and Georgios Chaliamanis (GRE)
More details published in Competitions→Solving→Solving Portal→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments→2024

Prague 22./23.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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32nd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 16th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Valery Kopyl (UKR) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Marek Kolčák (SVK).
4th Place Vasil Markovcij (CZE – Czech Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2053.30 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Bad Krozingen 15.06.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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46th German Solving Championship 2024 | 15th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Roland Baier (SUI) ahead of Andrey Selivanov (FID) and Arno Zude (GER – German Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2370.12 | WSC category: 6
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Belgrade 25./26.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2024 | 14th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Ilija Serafimović (SRB – Serbian Champion) ahead of Marko Filipović (CRO) and Bojan Vučković (SRB).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2281.67 | WSC category: 8
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Gentilly (Paris) 18.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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45th French Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 13th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 12 | Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA – French Champion) ahead of Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA) and Pascal Wassong (FRA).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1999.89 | WSC category: 14
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

WCCC 2024 Jūrmala: last call for registration

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Latvian Chess Problem Society reminds you about the deadline to register for the 66th World Congress of Chess Composition:  27.05.2024!

Registration on the official website of WCCC 2024 will keep working up to the end of June, but don’t wait for too long! We advise to register even before you make your mind about each detail.  Being a registered participant you would be getting from us all important emails about the event.

The same time we would appreciate if you inform the organizers by email wccc2024@wfcc.ch in a case of cancellation.

The last day to have guaranteed rooms in the official venue of the Congress, Hotel Jurmala SPA, is 27.05.2024! The discounted prices will be still valid up to 27.06.2024, but the reservations will be a subject to availability. No more discounted rooms starting 28.06.2024! Please consider a high season, and much higher regular prices in the same hotel!

Riga 11.05.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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50th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 12th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Roland Ott (SUI).
Latvian Champion Modris Rāviņš (7th) ahead of Emīls Tabors (8th) and Laura Rogule (9th)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2156.20 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points (+10), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (unchanged), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points (+8), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Hagen 19.04.2024 – World Solving Cup 2023/2024

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Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2024 | 11th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 66 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Kari Karhunen (FIN).
GM norm of Kari Karhunen and FM norm of Lev Glanzspiegel who will get the FM title at the 2024 Congress in Jūrmala.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2564.75 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (+41), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 63 points (+13), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 60 points (+19), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (+36).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
Photo gallery in the post ECSC 2024, Hagen: Open

ECSC 2024, Hagen: ceremony & winners

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20-21.04.24. 17th European Chess Solving Championship in Hagen, Germany.
Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
Individual winners: Kacper Piorun (Poland), Bojan Vučković (Serbia), Jakub Marciniszyn (Poland)
Team winners: Poland, Serbia, Lithuania

Open ECSC 2024. Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
Winners: Piotr Murdzia (Poland), Kacper Piorun (Poland), Kari Karhunen (Finland)

Fairy Solving. Main Judge: Torsten Linß | Problems Selected by: Juraj Lörinc
Winners: Thomas Maeder (Switzerland), Vlaicu Crișan (Romania), Vidmantas Satkus (Lithuania)

Retro Solving. Main Judge: Thomas Brand | Problems Selected by: Thomas Brand
Winners: Michel Caillaud (France), Audrey Kueh (Great Britain), Vlaicu Crișan (Romania)