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6th Youth Chess Composing Challenge

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The 6th Youth Chess Composing Challenge (YCCC) is the first composing tournament announced on the Fujairah WCCC 2022 website.
The same as the previous year, the 6th YCCC will be open to the U23 generation (born no earlier than 01.01.1999), and to all different genres of chess composition.

All young chess composers, and those who would like to try their hands in this kind of chess art for the first time, are invited to take part in three different sections (two of them with the set thematic conditions)!

The deadline for submission of the entries is 31st August.
The results are planned to be announced on 18th November 2022, during the Closing ceremony of the Fujairah WCCC.

See also YCCC project on WFCC official website

Solvers’ ratings July 1st 2022

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Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2022 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published on the WFCC Solving Portal.
8 tournaments of the 2nd quarter 2022 are included:
48th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2022, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2022, 15th European Chess Solving Championship 2022, 43rd French Chess Solving Championship 2022, 30th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2022, 41st Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2022, 7th Israel Open Solving Championship 2022, 44th German Solving Championship 2022.
The only change of the ranking of the top ten solvers is that Danila Moiseev gained the 10th place by surpassing Bojan Vučković who lost 11 points in the last quarter. The largest three gains have been achieved by junior solver Emīls Tabors (LAT / +162.34), ahead of Dmitrijus Chocenka (LTU / +109.96) and Richard Dobiáš (SVK / +73.35).

World Solving Cup 2021/2022 – Hofheim am Taunus 25./26.06.2022

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44th German Solving Championship 2022 | 9th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 22 | Winner: Ulrich Voigt (GER – German Champion) ahead of Boris Tummes (GER) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) | Ulrich Voigt with 1st IM norm and 2nd FM norm which will bring him the FM title at the next congress.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2397.16

WSC category: 6
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged):
1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Boris Tummes (GER) 32 points, 5. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

World Solving Cup 2021/2022 – Sumgait 18./19.06.2022

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41st Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 8th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 35
Winner: Amil Abbasov (AZE – Champion of Azerbaijan) ahead of Araz Almammadov (AZE) and Ravan Aliyev (AZE)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1920.86

WSC category: 14
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged):
1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Tomáš Peitl (SVK) 26 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

World Solving Cup 2021/2022 – Bratislava 04./05.06.2022

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30th Slovakian Solving Championship 2022 | 7th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian Champion) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Valery Kopyl (UKR)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2182.31 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Tomáš Peitl (SVK) 26 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

World Solving Cup 2021/2022 – Issy-les-Moulineaux 04.06.2022

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43rd French Chess Solving Championship 2022 | 6th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 14 (25 including Cugir, Romania) | Winner: Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA – French Champion) ahead of Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Pascal Wassong (FRA).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2081.59 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) 21 points.
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.

Invitation to Fujairah: 64. WCCC & 45. WCSC

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The Fujairah chess & culture club (FCCC) has the honour to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested and involved in chess solving & composing, to attend the 64th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 45th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).
The congress will be held from Saturday, November 12th (arrival) to Saturday, November 19th, 2022 (departure) at the “Novotel Hotel” **** in Fujairah (UAE), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15th and 16th. The WCSC director is Ivan Denkovski.

Please register before September 30th 2022 !
Download invitation as PDF | Official website | MEETINGS→Fujairah

15.ECSC: the presentation

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After three years we met again at the European Chess Solving Championship. The event in Riga brought back to the field many old friends, and we were also happy to welcome a number of new ones – almost a quarter of the participants were debutantes. Danila Pavlov convincingly defended his title (overall and among juniors), finishing well ahead of the second-placed Piotr Murdzia and the third-placed Tomáš Peitl.

While the outcome of the individual competition was mostly certain already after the fifth round, the suspense in the team competition continued up to the last minute. In a spectacular finish, led by the young Ilija Serafimović, Serbia outran Lithuania as well as Slovakia, whose third team place was further accompanied by Marek Kolčák’s win in the senior competition. The women’s competition was won by the fifteen-year old Marina Putinceva. /Ivan Denkovski, 15.ECSC director/

→ presentation of final results 15.ECSC | official website of 15. ECSC RIGA

World Solving Cup 2021/2022 – Riga 13.05.2022

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ECSC Open Solving 2022 | 5th tournament of World Solving Cup 2021/2022:
Participants: 56
Winner: Danila Pavlov (FID) ahead of Bojan Vučković (SRB) and David Hodge (GBR)
1st GM norm and 2nd IM norm of David Hodge (GBR) and 1st FM norm of Mihnea Costachi (ROU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2530.04 | WSC category: 3
Top 5 World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (FID) 55 points, 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 46 points, 3. David Hodge (GBR) 33 points, 4. Bojan Vučković (SRB) 31 points, 5. Jorma Paavilainen (FIN) 21 points.

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup (WSC)→2021/22.