The 48th World Chess Solving Championship takes place in Alba Iulia (Romania) 08-09 July 2025.
08.07.25:
Preliminary result of after the 3rd Round: Individual | Teams
Preliminary result of after the 2nd Round: Individual | Teams
Preliminary result of after the 1st Round: Individual | Teams
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).
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07.07.25. Open Solving Tournament
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.
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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.
The winners:
| Section | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Twomovers | Vasyl Dyachuk | Marjan Kovačević / Pavel Murashev | |
| B Threemovers | Peter Gvozdják | Aleksandr Kuzovkov | Igor Agapov |
| C Moremovers | Aleksandr Kuzovkov | Valery Shavyrin | Mikhail Marandyuk |
| D Endgame studies | Oleg Pervakov | Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen | Michael Pasman |
| E Helpmates | Marko Ylijoki | Valery Gurov | Olexandr Semenenko |
| F Selfmates | Andrey Selivanov | Aleksandr Feoktistov / Aleksandr Kuzovkov | |
| G Fairies | Peter Gvozdják | Michal Dragoun | Juraj Lörinc |
| H Retros | Silvio Baier | Dmitrij Baibikov | Andriy Frolkin |
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.
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.
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46th French Chess Solving Championship 2025 | 16th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA – French Champion!), ahead of ex aequo Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Joost Michielsen (NED).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2109.07 | WSC category: 11
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.
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33rd Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2025 | 15th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 12 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian Champion!), ahead of Marek Kolčák (SVK) and Vasil Ďačuk (SVK).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2150.09 | 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.
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51st Latvian Chess Solving Championship | 14th tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 17 | Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU), ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and junior solver Emīls Tabors (LAT – Latvian Champion!).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2055.81 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 133 points (unchanged), 2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 72 points (unchanged), 3. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 58 points (unchanged), 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points (+3), 5. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 55 points (unchanged).
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