Category: WSC

39^th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2024 | 1^st tournament of World Solving Cup 2024/2025:
Participants: 24 | Winner: Roland Baier (SUI – Swiss Champion) ahead of Thomas Maeder (SUI) and Marek Kolčák (SVK).
1^st FM norm of Igor Yarmonov (UKR) and 1^st FM norm and IM norm of Roland Ott (SUI)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2453.70 | WSC category: 4
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Roland Baier (SUI) 31 points, 2. Thomas Maeder (SUI) 27 points, 3. Marek Kolčák (SVK) 23 points, 4. Roland Ott (SUI) 19 points, 5. Ulrich Voigt (GER) 16 points.
More details: Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup & Norms @ Solving Portal

photos by Franziska Iseli

According to the Rules for the World Solving Cup (WSC) member countries of the FIDE can register for the WSC until one month after the end of the WFCC congress. By the end of this period, 17 countries had registered for the 2024/2025 season. The Open Solvings of the ECSC and the next WCCC will also count for it.
Information on announcements, results, problems and solutions will be published on the WFCC Solving Portal at this link: https://solving.wfcc.ch/wsc/2024-2025/info.html

Roland Ott, director WSC season 2024/2025

Open Solving Tournament of WCCC 2024 | 18^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 90 | Joint Winners: Piotr Murdzia (POL) and Boris Tummes (GER) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Miroslav Voráček (CZE).
1^st IM and GM norm of Miroslav Voráček (CZE), IM norms of Andy Ooms (BEL) and Dmitrijus Chocenka (LTU), FM norms of Lev Glanzspiegel (ISR), Richard Dobiáš (SVK) and Stasys Steponavičius (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2575.50 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Final Standings: 1. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 109 points (+41), 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 108 points (+16), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 88 points (+15), 4. Kacper Piorun (POL) 80 points (+31), 5. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

39^th Israel Solving Championship 2024 | 17^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 13 | Winner: Ofer Comay (ISR – Israeli champion!) ahead of Lev Glanzspiegel (ISR) and Omer Friedland (ISR).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2136.90 | WSC category: 11
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

9^th Israel Open Solving Championship with 2 categories at 9 locations
Locations: Ra’anana (Israel), Athens, Preveza and Thessaloniki (all Greece), Kedainiai (Lithuania), Oberglatt (Switzerland), Wroclaw (Poland), Zagreb (Croatia), Cugir (Romania)
Participants Category 1: 37 | Winner: Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) ahead of ex aequo Ofer Comay (ISR) and Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Participants Category 2: 32 | Winner: Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE) ahead of David Maayan (ISR) and Georgios Chaliamanis (GRE)
More details published in Competitions→Solving→Solving Portal→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments→2024

32^nd Czech Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 16^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 15 | Winner: Valery Kopyl (UKR) ahead of Vasil Ďačuk (SVK) and Marek Kolčák (SVK).
4^th Place Vasil Markovcij (CZE – Czech Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2053.30 | WSC category: 12
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

46^th German Solving Championship 2024 | 15^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 19 | Winner: Roland Baier (SUI) ahead of Andrey Selivanov (FID) and Arno Zude (GER – German Champion).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2370.12 | WSC category: 6
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Open Solving Championship of Serbia 2024 | 14^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 10 | Winner: Ilija Serafimović (SRB – Serbian Champion) ahead of Marko Filipović (CRO) and Bojan Vučković (SRB).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2281.67 | WSC category: 8
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

45^th French Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 13^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 12 | Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA – French Champion) ahead of Abdelaziz Onkoud (FRA) and Pascal Wassong (FRA).
Average rating of top ten solvers: 1999.89 | WSC category: 14
Top 5 WSC Standings (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points, 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points, 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points.
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

50^th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 12^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Roland Ott (SUI).
Latvian Champion Modris Rāviņš (7^th) ahead of Emīls Tabors (8^th) and Laura Rogule (9^th)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2156.20 | WSC category: 10
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 73 points (+10), 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (unchanged), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 68 points (+8), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (unchanged).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal

Open Solving Tournament of ECSC 2024 | 11^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024:
Participants: 66 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Kacper Piorun (POL) and Kari Karhunen (FIN).
GM norm of Kari Karhunen and FM norm of Lev Glanzspiegel who will get the FM title at the 2024 Congress in Jūrmala.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2564.75 | WSC category: 2
Top 5 WSC Standings: 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 92 points (unchanged), 2. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 68 points (+41), 3. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 63 points (+13), 4. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 60 points (+19), 5. Kacper Piorun (POL) 49 points (+36).
More details published in Competitions→Solving→World Solving Cup @ Solving Portal
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