Solvers’ ratings as of October 1st 2026 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
3 tournaments of the 3rd quarter 2026 are included: Open Solving Tournament of the WCCC 2026, 49th World Chess Solving Championship 2026, 2nd Pavlos Moutecidis Memorial Solving Tourney 2026.
Ranking of the top 10 solvers: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2830.17 (unchanged), 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2741.44 (-20.56), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2732.35 (+1.28), 4. Ural Khasanov (FID) 2722.25 (+3.92), 5. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 2660.02 (+20.36), 6. John Nunn (GBR) 2636.35 (unchanged), 7. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 2623.46 (+11.18), 8. Ulrich Voigt (GER) 2605.43 (+35.18), 9. Ladislav Salai (SVK) 2592.66 (-19.88), 10. Aleksey Popov (FID) 2591.59 (unchanged).
Largest 5 gains (all juniors!): Darya Efimova (FID +166.44, Grigorii Filin (FID) +115.34, Szymon Boryna (POL) +103.46, WIM/FM Ekaterina Shestakova (FID) +96.34, Viktoriya Kharitonova (FID) +92.94.
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section F (Selfmates)
The award for Section F (Selfmates) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Hartmut Laue, for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section A (Twomovers)
The award for Section A (Twomovers) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Kabe Moen, for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section C (Moremovers)
The award for Section C (Moremovers) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Oto Mihalčo, for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section D (Endgame Studies)
The award for Section D (Endgame Studies) is ready! Thanks to the judge, David Gurgenidze, for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
FIDE Album 2022-24 Section D results
The results of the FIDE Album 2022-24 section D are ready!
Many thanks to the director Jan Sprenger and the team of judges Amatzia Avni, Oleg Pervakov, and Vladislav Tarasyuk for their swift and efficient work!
In a nutshell:
- 934 studies were submitted, without counting duplicates.
- 840 studies reached a score of at least 4,5 points.
- 228 studies by 56 composers were selected (24,4% of all submitted studies and 27,1% of all studies with at least 4,5 points).
More details can be found in the director’s exemplary report
The total scores of the compositions are now available in a spreadsheet
The list of successful composers’ album points is very informative.
This 3-year-period was very fruitful for the study composers. Congratulations to the new title holders: 3 GM (Arestov, Costeff, Tarasyuk), 4 IM (González, the late Maksimovskikh, Pasman, Sprenger), 3 FM (Gromov, Kopylov, Neishtadt Jr.) Titles will be officially approved in the next online or regular Meeting.
It is also very encouraging to find in the list 5 youngsters’ names: Ivan Belonozhko, Ural Khasanov, Itay Richardson, Taras Rudenko, Ben Smolkin. Kudos to all of them!
(Update 24.09.2026): We spotted a few minor glitches, for which we sincerely apologize. No.453 is a joint composition, thus in the list of album points 0,83 points have to be subtracted for Valery Kalashnikov and 0,83 points have to be added for Sergey Osintsev. The names of the following composers and their points were missing: Igor Agapov (0,83 points), Sarah Hornecker † (0,56 points) and Helmut Waelzel (0,56 points). All the results and files have been updated!
Harry Fougiaxis, FIDE Album Committee spokesman
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section E (Helpmates)
The award for Section E (Helpmates) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Marko Klasinc, for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
WFCC-70JT: Preliminary award for Section B (Threemovers)
The award for Section B (Threemovers) is ready! Thanks to the judge, Aleksandr Kuzovkov for his work!
The award is published in the Preliminary Results section of the WFCC-70JT page.
Please send claims to the director (wfcc70jt@gmail.com) before 15-Nov-2026.
WFCC Alba Carolina Solving&Composing Cup 2026
WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup – Double Event for Young Composers and Solvers
Mihnea Costachi Chess Academy, supported by the WFCC, is organizing a double event for young composers and solvers under the aegis of the WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup:
- WFCC „Alba Carolina” Composing Cup
An international composing tournament for juniors (U23), with a deadline for submitting entries of 15 October 2026. The genres are #2 and H#2. - WFCC „Alba Carolina” Solving Cup
An international rated solving tournament open to participants of all age categories, to be held in Alba Iulia, Romania, on 18 October 2026.
A combined ranking of both competitions will be calculated for U23 participants. The best-performing junior will receive the WFCC „Alba Carolina” Cup trophy. To be eligible for the overall title, a participant must take part in both competitions — composing and solving.
WCCT-12 Entries
The Entries of the 12th World Chess Composition Tournament published on the 12-WCCT page.
Dear chess problemists,
This document contains the compositions submitted for 12th WCCT ordered in eight sections (A: Twomovers, B: Threemovers, C: Moremovers, D: Endgame studies, E: Helpmates, F: Selfmates, G: Fairies, H: Retros). In section H, the proofgames computer-tested by the respective teams are indicated with C+. In section D, in addition to the PDF document, the solutions are presented in a PGN file as submitted by the countries. The diagrams are printed without name and country of the composer(s).
Compositions were received from the following 32 countries:
Argentina (ARG), Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Belgium (BEL), Brazil (BRA), China (CHN), Croatia (CRO), Czech Republic (CZE), Denmark (DEN), Finland (FIN), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Greece (GRE), Hungary (HUN), India (IND), Israel (ISR), Italy (ITA), Japan (JPN), Lithuania (LTU), Netherlands (NED), North Macedonia (MKD), Peru (PER), Poland (POL), Romania (ROU), Serbia (SRB), Slovakia (SVK), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE), Switzerland (SUI), Ukraine (UKR), United States (USA).