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Solvers’ ratings as of January 1^st 2021 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 6 tournaments of the 4^th quarter 2020 are included: 29^th Kedainiai chess solving cup tourney 2020, Branko Babić Memorial 2020, Tula Open 2020, Tula Region Championship 2020, Open of Tula Solving Cup, Tula Solving Cup 2020.
The top ten remain the same solvers as in the previous quarter. The largest three gains have been achieved by Bogdan Zolotov (RUS / +37.19), ahead of women junior solver Olga Shishkova (RUS / +35.71) and Ilja Biriukov (RUS / +17.18.).

“When we organised the Lockdown Tournament last May, it was never the intention to repeat this. At that moment nobody had any idea what the future would bring. We all hoped to return quickly to our normal live. Half a year later we know that it is not that simple.

Some time ago I made the selection for the traditional Henk Hagedoorn Memorial in the Netherlands, but when this tournament was cancelled, everything went fast. With most of the problems “ready to use” and a complete lack of live tournaments, the decision to repeat the Home Solving Tournament (a much better name than the ugly “Lockdown”) was quickly made.”

− Luc Palmans, Spokesman of Solving Committee

→ See the results and photo gallery in the presentation Roland Baier wins Second Home Solving Tournament!

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The WFCC delegates have now approved the report of the qualifications committee regarding new composing, solving and judging titles. Congratulations to all title holders! The relevant pages have been updated.

The FINAL Results of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020  are published.

Statistics: 370 entries by 225 participants from 37 countries submitted.
Among them: #2 – 47, #3 – 38, #n – 36, studies – 56, h# – 81, s# – 48, fairies – 43, retro – 21.

The final reports include the following changes ->

Congratulations to the winners and all participants! Gratitude to the organizers and judges!

Solvers’ ratings as of October 1^st 2020 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! 8 tournaments of the 3^rd quarter 2020 are included: Open Solving Tournament Tula 2020, 4^th Russian Women Chess Solving Cup 2020, 28^th Czech Chess Solving Championship 2020, 28^th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2020, 41^st Lithuanian Championship 2020, Open Solving Championship Tver Region 2020, Open of Russian Solving Championship 2020, 28^th Championship of Russia 2020.
The top ten remain the same solvers but Dania Pavlov has lost two places. The largest three gain has again been achieved by junior solver Boris Chervonenkis (RUS / +49.27), ahead of junior solver Egor Sokolov (RUS / +39.61) and Mihail Ganzhin (RUS / +36.80).

The Preliminary Results of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020  are complete with the  results in section B – Threemovers (PDF). All 8 sections can be found above the Announcement of the competition, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants! Gratitude to the organizers and judges!

The preliminary results in section A – Twomovers (PDF) of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section D – Endgame studies (PDF) of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section H – Retros and Proofgames (PDF) of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

The preliminary results in section C – Moremovers (PDF) of the 8^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 are published and can be found above the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!