921 submitted selfmates
896 legitimate selfmates
802 selfmates scored ≥4.5 pts
140 selfmates are selected for the FIDE Album
🧩 WSC | Cat. 9 | Participants 23
📅 10 / 11 October 2026
📍 Yerevan, Armenia
🏆 Winners: Aleksey Popov, Danila Pavlov, Shant Sargsyan
🎗️ FM norm: Shant Sargsyan (ARM)
Many thanks to the judges of the WFCC
70JT
for their hard work and for completing the awards on time!
By Director, Narayan Shankar Ram.
(incl. photos of the judges)
🏆 Composing, AWARD, fairies
⚖️ Judge: Maryan Kerhuel
🗣 Claims: 15-Nov-2026
🏆TOP 3 solvers:
1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 2830.17 (unchanged),
2. Kacper Piorun (POL) 2741.44 (-20.56),
3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 2732.35 (+1.28)
🚀Largest 5 gains – all juniors!
🏆 Composing, AWARD, selfmates
⚖️ Judge: Hartmut Laue
🗣 Claims: 15-Nov-2026
🏆 Composing, AWARD, twomovers
⚖️ Judge: Kabe Moen
🗣 Claims: 15-Nov-2026
🏆 Composing, AWARD, moremovers
⚖️ Judge: Oto Mihalčo
🗣 Claims: 15-Nov-2026
🏆 Composing, AWARD, endgames
⚖️ Judge: David Gurgenidze
🗣 Claims: 15-Nov-2026
