Category: WSC

33^rd Ukrainian Solving Championship 2019  | 13^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 14 | Winner: Oleksiy Solovchuk (UKR – Ukrainian champion) ahead of VladimirPogorelov (UKR) and Valery Kopyl (UKR)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2176.93 | WSC category: 10

Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 96 points, 2. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points,
3. Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) 68 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 64 points, 5. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

Open of the 33^rd Ukrainian Solving Championship 2019
Participants: 14 | Winner: Sergey Borodavkin (UKR) ahead of Oleksiy Solovchuk (UKR) and Valery Kopyl (UKR)

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2019.

43^rd German Solving Championship 2019  | 12^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 29 | Winner: Boris Tummes (GER – German champion) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and
Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR)
Aleksey Popov (RUS) with 4^th FM norm
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2445.03 | WSC category: 5

Top 5 World Solving Cup (with new leader!): 1. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 96 points, 2. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points,
3. Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) 68 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 64 points, 5. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

27^th Chess Solving Championship of Slovakia 2019  | 11^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 14 | Winner: Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) ahead of Tomáš Peitl (SVK – Slovakian champion) and Roland Ott (SUI)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2220.42 | WSC category: 9

Top 5 World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 73 points, 3. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points – but Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) now 6^th place with 49 points.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

40^th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2019  | 10^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 32 | Winner: Ramil Javadov (AZE – Azerbaijan champion) ahead of Araz Almammadov (AZE) and NarminMammadova,(AZE – junior women solver!)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2033.39 | WSC category: 13

Leaders World Solving Cup (unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 73 points, 3. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

17^th Baltic Solving Cup 2019 | 9^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 18 | Winner: Michel Caillaud (FRA) ahead of Torsten Linß (GER) and Stasys Steponavičius(LTU)
8^th/9^th place and joint Latvian champions Antons Gajevskis and Modris Rāviņš
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2170.95 | WSC category: 10

Leaders World Solving Cup (almost unchanged): 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 73 points, 3. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 56 points (+4).

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

1^st U16 Baltic Solving Cup 2019
Participants: 16 | Winner: Artjoms Burenkovs (LAT) ahead of Madara Golsta (LAT – best women solver) and Emīls Tabors (LAT).

More details are published in Competitions→Solving→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2019.

The Israel Open Solving Championship on Sunday, May 26, 2019 will again be a solving tournament for individual solvers taking place on multiple locations worldwide similar to the International Solving Contest (ISC). Two categories are offered, one for experienced solvers and a 2^nd one for inexperienced solvers. Local controllers of countries who want to participate have to register with the main controller Paz Einat until May 12, 2019 latest.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

25^th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2019  | 8^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Eddy Van Beers (BEL) and Michel Caillaud (FRA). 4^th place and Dutch champion Peter van den Heuvel ahead of Hans Uitenbroek and Johan de Boer.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2401.26 | WSC category: 5

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 94 points, 2. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 73 points, 3. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points, 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 5. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 52 points.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2019  | 7^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 30 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Nikos Mendrinos (GRE) and Martynas Limontas (LTU).
5^th place and British champion with first FM norm: David Hodge ahead of Johnathan Mestel and John Nunn.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2461.92 | WSC category: 4

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 67 points, 2. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 63 points, 3. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 4. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 52 points, 5. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 50 points

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

Category B of the Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2019
Participants: 16 | Winner: Clive Frostick(GBR) ahead of Giles Body (GBR) and Chris Shephard (GBR)
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2019

40^th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2019  | 6^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 22 | Winner: Dolf Wissmann (NED) ahead of Jorma Paavilainen (FIN – Finnish champion) and Bilguun Sumiya (MGL) joint 2^nd place 
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2313.50 | WSC category: 7

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 67 points, 2. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 56 points, 3. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 44 points, 4. Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) 41 points, 5. Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) 36 points.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.

RGSU Cup 2019 (2^nd Alexander Pochinok MT)  | 5^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 28 | Winner: Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) ahead of Danila Pavlov (RUS) and Aleksey Popov (RUS)
IM norms of Aleksey Popov, Danila Moiseev and Oleg Pervakov
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2453.34 | WSC category: 4

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 67 points, 2. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 50 points, 3. Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) 41 points, 4. Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) 36 points, 5. Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) 33 points.

More details are published in Competitions → Solving → World Solving Cup (WSC) → 2018/19 Calendar.