Here is a friendly contest for everybody: join the WFCC Xmas Gallery Contest with your original helpmate problems inspired by Christmas! You may send up to two original helpmates to the Gallery Director Kenneth Solja (kenneth.solja@gmail.com) till 22nd December. All received problems, with hidden solutions, and without the names of the composers, will be published on
Invitation to the 17th European Chess Solving Championship Celebrating 100 years of Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V. Location: Hagen (Westphalia, near Dortmund, Germany)Date: Friday, 19 to Sunday, 21 April 2024Venue: FernUniversität Hagen, Informatikzentrum Official website | Invitation in PDF | Please REGISTER by February 15, 2024
The first version of the online Composing Calendar has been published on the WFCC website (Competitions -> Composing -> Calendar). It presents the formal tournaments (A-H sections) and the informal ones (I section), in chronological order of their deadlines, with columns reporting possible themes, judges and directors, as well as links to the announcements and
The content of the official website of the Batumi WCCC 2023 was removed by the organizer. So, the information published there disappeared. However, thanks to Roland Ott, who has collected all awards of official and unofficial composing tournaments with the help of foreign composers (a special thanks to Jorma Paavilainen!) we have them published in
Bedrich Formánek passed away on November 19, 2023, at the age of 90. A long-time the President of the Slovak Chess Composition Organization (SOKŠ) and later its Honorary President, a former President of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC) and then the Honorary President of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), member of
WFCC online Meeting, 8th November 2023 30 Member Countries took part in the WFCC online Meeting that was mostly devoted to discussion about the future WFCC events and the host of the 66th WCCC and 47th WCSC 2024. At the beginning, the FIDE Album Committee spokesman Harry Fougiaxis announced the new title-holders in chess composition:
The results of the FIDE Album 2019-21 section D are ready! A reasonably high number of 1015 studies (not counting 13 duplicates) were received. 873 compositions scored at least 4,5 points (86% of the total entries, a very good percentage). 179 studies out of them scored at least 8 points, which represents a good ratio
28th Open Belgian Solving Championship 2023 | 3rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:Participants: 14 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) ahead of Roland Ott (SUI) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE).Average rating of top ten solvers: 2357.56 | WSC category: 6Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 42 points (+23), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 23 points (unchanged), 3. Roland Ott (SUI) 19 points (+19), 4. Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE) 16 points (+16),
The International Solving Contest next year will take place on Sunday 21.01.2024. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries.There will be three categories: one for experienced solvers. The second category is intended for weaker, inexperienced solvers. This second category is not open for solvers with a rating (or half-rating or non-active-rating) of more
38th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2023 | 2nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU).Klaus Köchli (SUI) Swiss Champion on the 6th PlaceAverage rating of top ten solvers: 2368.03 | WSC category: 6Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 23 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 19 points, 3. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 16 points, 4. Ronald Schäfer (GER) 13 points, 5. Arno Zude (GER) 10 points.More
