Category: ECSC

Invitation to the 18^th European Chess Solving Championship

Τhe Greek Chess Composition Committee has the honor to invite the European national teams and individual solvers to participate in the 18th European Chess Solving Championship. The event will be held from Friday, April 25^th to Sunday, April 27^th in the center of Athens in Greece.

VENUE: The main hall of University of Athens (https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeE2r84YG7ZWpHwS8)
Address: Panepistimiou Street 30, right outside the “Panepistimio” metro station.

PDF Announcement | You can reach us at: 2025ecsc@gmail.com
Official website with participant registration form will soon be available.

20-21.04.24. 17^th European Chess Solving Championship in Hagen, Germany.
Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
Individual winners: Kacper Piorun (Poland), Bojan Vučković (Serbia), Jakub Marciniszyn (Poland)
Team winners: Poland, Serbia, Lithuania

Open ECSC 2024. Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.
Winners: Piotr Murdzia (Poland), Kacper Piorun (Poland), Kari Karhunen (Finland)

Fairy Solving. Main Judge: Torsten Linß | Problems Selected by: Juraj Lörinc
Winners: Thomas Maeder (Switzerland), Vlaicu Crișan (Romania), Vidmantas Satkus (Lithuania)

Retro Solving. Main Judge: Thomas Brand | Problems Selected by: Thomas Brand
Winners: Michel Caillaud (France), Audrey Kueh (Great Britain), Vlaicu Crișan (Romania)

20-21.04.24. 17^th European Chess Solving Championship in Hagen, Germany.
Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.

Day 2: Problems | Solutions
Preliminary Results: Individual | Short teams
Preliminary Results after 5 rounds: Individual | Short teams
Preliminary Results after 4 rounds: Individual | Short teams

20.04.2024. Retro Solving in the context of ECSC 2024 in Hagen.
Main Judge: Thomas Brand | Problems Selected by: Thomas Brand

Problems | Solutions | Preliminary Results

20.04.2024. Fairy Solving in the context of ECSC 2024 in Hagen.
Main Judge: Torsten Linß | Problems Selected by: Juraj Lörinc

Problems | Solutions | Preliminary Results

FINAL RESULTS of the Open Solving tournament (19.04.2024) in the context of ECSC 2024 in Hagen.
Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.

Open Results | Open Norms | WSC Standings | WSC Points

20-21.04.24. 17^th European Chess Solving Championship in Hagen, Germany.
Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.

Day 1: Problems | Solutions
Preliminary Results after 3 rounds: Individual | Teams | Short teams

20.04.24. Round 1: #2 – 20 minutes

20.04.24. Round 2: #3 – 60 minutes

20.04.24. Round 3: endgames – 100 minutes

19.04.24. 17:00-20:30 Open Solving tournament in the context of ECSC 2024 in Hagen. 66 solvers took part. Directors: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans.

Problems | Solutions | Preliminary Results
“The study nr 10 is unsolvable (black wins). See solution. Therefore every solver gets 0 pts for this problem and all full time in 2nd round.”

The new closing date for the 17. ECSC (https://www.ecsc2024.de) to be held at Hagen, Germany at April 19-21, 2024 is

March 15, 2024.

Entry fee is 60 EUR for registration and payment received until March 15, 75 EUR later (limited availability). For registration the Open Solving tourney only the fee is 20 EUR.

One more change: The Open solving on Friday (April 19) will start two hours later, at 17:00 and run until 20:30. This seems to be more convenient for solvers travelling on Friday.

Details can be found at the invitation and the registration pages.

Official website | Invitation in PDF | Please REGISTER by March 15, 2024

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 2024
Venue: FernUniversität Hagen, Informatikzentrum

Official website | Invitation in PDF | Please REGISTER by February 15, 2024