Category: WSC

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.

17^th Warsaw Solving Grand Prix 2019 | 4^th tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 16 | Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Martynas Limontas (LTU) and Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2418.66 | WSC category: 5

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 40 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 29 points, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 27 points (2682.36 Perf. Rating), 4.Aleksey Popov (RUS) 27 points (2429.31 Perf. Rating), 5. Dolf Wissmann (NED) 25 points.

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

Open of the 17^th Warsaw Solving Grand Prix 2019
Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Piotr Murdzia (POL) and Aleksandr Bulavka (BLR) / Andrey Selivanov (RUS) with shared 3^rd place
More details are published in Competitions→Solving→Other rated/remarkable solving tournaments 2019 Calendar.

25^th Belgian Championship 2018 | 3^rd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 15 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL – Belgian Champion) ahead of Michael Pfannkuche (GER) and Nikos Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2347.40 | WSC category: 7

Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 27 points, 2. Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) 23 points, 3. Eddy Van Beers (BEL) 19 points (2579.44 Perf. Rating), 4. Arno Zude (GER) 19 points (2512.33 Perf. Rating), 5. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 19 points (2480.60 Perf. Rating).

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

11^th Albino Cup 2018 | 2^nd tournament of World Solving Cup 2018/2019: 
Participants: 22 | Winner: Danila Pavlov (RUS) ahead of Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) and Aleksey Popov (RUS – FM norm)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2409.47 | WSC category: 5

Aleksey Popov has achieved his 2^nd FM norm and will get the FIDE Solving Master title at the next congress.
Leaders World Solving Cup: 1. Danila Pavlov (RUS) 27 points, 2. Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS) 23 points,
3. Arno Zude (GER) 19 points (2512.33 Perf. Rating), 4. Aleksey Popov (RUS) 19 points (2480.60 Perf. Rating).

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

The World Solving Cup calendar of the next cycle, WSC 2018/2019, has been updated with the registered and announced solving tournaments. Director: Roland Ott. Assistant Directors: Marek Kolčák and Axel Steinbrink.