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Solvers’ ratings as of January 1^st 2020 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 9 tournaments of the 4^th quarter 2019 are included: 26^th Belgian Championship 2019, 28^th Kedainiai chess solving cup tourney 2019, Open Solving Championship of Tula region 2019, 2^nd Pavle Orlov Memorial 2019, 12^th Albino Cup 2019, 30^th Henk Hagedoorn Memorial 2019, New Year’s Tournament 2020, 18^th Warsaw Grand Prix 2019 – Open, 18^th Warsaw Grand Prix 2019

The only mentionable change within the ranking of the top ten solvers is the move of Piotr Murdzia (POL) from 3^rd to 2^nd place. The largest three gains have been achieved by junior solver Boris Chervonenkis (RUS / +68.95) ahead of junior solver Maksim Romanov (RUS / +63.32) and Evgeny Kopylov (RUS / +60.36).

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Solvers’ ratings as of October 1^st 2019 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published – including the first solving tournament with rating calculations according the new rating system! 9 tournaments of the 3^rd quarter 2019 are included: Open Solving Tournament Yaroslavl 2019, Open Tournament to Launch Chess Compositions in Memory of Leo Kapusty (1919-1990), 2^nd Ukrainian Cup 2019, 27^th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2019, 3^rd Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2019, GPNTB Solving Cup 2019, Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2019, 43^rd World Chess Solving Championship 2019, 35^th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2019.

The ranking of the top ten solvers had only a few changes within the group. The largest five gains have been achieved by women junior solver Aleksandra Safronova (RUS / +236.47!) ahead of junior solvers Ivan Novikov (RUS / +125.5!), Roy Ehrlich (ISR / +80.84) and Maksim Romanov (RUS / +79.67) and GM Martynas Limontas (LTU / +78.98).

The FINAL RESULTS of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.

270 entries by 169 participants from 33 countries submitted.
Among them: #2 – 30, #3 – 29, #n – 29, studies – 37, h# – 66, s# – 27, fairies – 33, retro – 17.

Solvers’ ratings as of July 1^st 2019 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!
14 tournaments of the 2^ndquarter 2019 are included: 17^th Baltic Solving Cup 2019, 40^th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2019, Solving Championship of Russia (Juniors & Women) 2019, 27^th Championship of Russia 2019, 27^th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2019, Open of the 33^rd Ukrainian Solving Championship 2019, 43^rd German Solving Championship 2019, 33^rdUkrainian Championship 2019, Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2019, 14^th European Chess Solving Championship 2019, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2019, 6^th Israel Open Solving Championship 2019, 40^th French Chess Solving Championship 2019, Open Solving Tournament of Tula 2019.

The ranking of the top ten solvers had again one significant change with junior solver and European champion IM Danila Pavlov (RUS) moving from place 9 up to place 5! The largest five gains have been achieved by junior solvers Maksim Romanov (RUS / +175.75!) and Danila Moiseev (RUS / +136.43!) ahead of Athanasios Spiliadis (GRE / +113.58) and junior solvers Konstantin Novikov (RUS / +95.29) and Aleksey Popov (RUS / +85.07).

The preliminary results in section F – Selfmates (PDF) of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section E – Helpmates (PDF) of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section A – Twomovers (PDF) of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section D – Endgame Studies (PDF) and preliminary results in section G – Fairies (PDF) of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results of section D is available here and of section G is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section C – Moremovers (PDF) of the 7^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2019 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!