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“The Study of the Year“ award is organized by the WFCC and aims at introducing to the general public a single friendly endgame study that would hopefully appeal to chess players of various levels and encourage them to pay a deeper attention to the art of the endgame study on a more regular basis.

The competition to select the Study of the Year 2014 (SOY2014) is organized by ARVES. The SOY 2014 will be selected by an international panel of judges (Martin Minski, Oleg Pervakov, Gady Costeff, Ilhan Aliev and Harold van der Heijden). It is not the selection of the best study of the year, but the study which is best suited to popularize our art among the general chess public. The solution should be both understandable to players of average level, and appeal to players of master level. >>more/less

The deadline for submission is: December 1st, 2015. The selected SOY 2014 will appear on the ARVES website (www.arves.org) as well as in the UAPA site.

Solvers’ ratings as of October 1^st 2015 are published! 4 tournaments included: 23. ICH of Czechia Pardubice; Sarychev Memorial; Ostroda OPEN; 39.WCSC Ostroda.

Three top solvers are: Georgy Evseev, Kacper Piorun and Piotr Murdzia!

The International Chess Federation (FIDE), within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project, and the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan are organizing the FIDE Olympic Tournament in composing 2016 dedicated to the 42^nd World Chess Olympiad 2016 (Baku, Azerbaijan, 17-30.09.2016).

The tournament is coordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and development of chess composition worldwide.

Solvers’ ratings as of July 1^st 2015 are published!
12 tournaments included: 9th Uralskij problemist Cup Tula; 23rd ICH of Russia Tula; 23rd ICH of Slovakia Bytca; 36th ICH of Azerbaijan Baku; Open Kedainiai; 36th ICH of Lietuva Kedainiai; 39th ICH of Germany Hannover; Open Iasi; 11th ECSC Iasi; ICH of Serbia Beograd; 2nd Israeli OSC; 14th ICH of Greece Athens.

Three top solvers are the same during the last year: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!

The final results of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published! To compare with preliminary results, only sections #3 and s# have some changes. All final results can be found on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page:
A-Twomovers | B-Threemovers | C-Moremovers | D-Endgame studies | E-Helpmates |  F-Selfmates | G-Fairies | H-Retros

Solvers’ ratings as of April 1^st 2015 are published!
6 tournaments included: 2nd Greek solving cup; 11th ISC; 7th WC Moscow; 38th ICH of Poland Pulawy; ICH of Great Britain Eton College; 21st ICH of Netherlands Nunspeet.
Three top solvers are the same as in January 2015: Georgy Evseev, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun!

The last preliminary results of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015, in section H-Retros and section G-Fairies, are published!

H-Retros (PDF, 295KB) & G-Fairies (PDF, 155KB) and also all previous results can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page.
Our gratitude to the organizers of the 4th FIDE World Cup in Composing, to the director, Aleksey Oganesjan, and to all judges for their work! Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section D-Endgame studies of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

D-Endgame studies (PDF, 260KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section E-Helpmates of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

E-Helpmates (PDF, 230KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section F-Selfmates of the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing for 2015 are published!

F-Selfmates (PDF, 245KB) can be found under the Announcement, on the 4^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2015 page. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!