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Due to 6 missing solvers in the results report of the 5^th Israel Open Solving Championship 2018 the results had to be corrected. This had also a small effect on the rating list as per 1^st of July 2018 which therefore also was replaced.

Solvers’ ratings as of July 1^st 2018 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!
12 tournaments are included for the 2^nd quarter 2018: 45^th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2018, 26^th International Championship of Russia 2018, 39^th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2018, 17^th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2018, 39^thLithuanian Solving Championship – Open 2018, 39^th Lithuanian Championship 2018, 26^th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2018, Open of the 32^nd Ukrainian Solving Championship, 32^nd Ukrainian Championship 2018, 39^th French Chess Solving Championship 2018, Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2018, 5^th Israel Open Solving Championship 2018.
The ranking of the top ten solvers remains completely unchanged. The largest three gains have been achieved by Danila Moiseev (RUS / +53.60), Oleksandr Bochkarov (UKR / +50.04 and Viktoras Paliulionis (LTU / +44.13).

The preliminary results in section B-Threemovers (PDF) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section. The preliminary results are complete now. The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section H-Retros and Proofgames (PDF) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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 C-Moremovers (PDF) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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 F-Selfmates (PDF) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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 Chess Composing Tournament in the frame of the 43^rd World Chess Olympiad 2018 (Batumi, Georgia) has been just announced. The Director of the tournament is Ferad Kakabadze (Ferhat Karmil) (Batumi).

In each section only three compositions by each author are accepted and joint compositions are not allowed. The closing date is September 20^th, 2018. The compositions must be sent via email to the director’s address: admin@chessstar.com. Three medals and certificates are awarded to the winners of each section.

The preliminary results in section G-Fairies (PDF) of the 6^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 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!