12th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025

12^th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2025

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Announcement

The FIDE World Cup 2025 is organised in partnership with WFCC, the World Federation for Chess Composition.

Sections and Judges

1. Twomovers (Marco Guida)
2. Threemovers (Frank Reinhold)
3. Moremovers (Kjell Widlert)
4. Endgame studies (Michal Hlinka)
5. Helpmates (Dmitri Turevski)
6. Selfmates (Ivan Soroka)
7. Heterodox problems (Vlaicu Crișan)
   All compositions adhering to standard chess rules (i. e., no fairy conditions or pieces, b+w moving alternatingly, standard 8×8 chess board), but not in sections 1-6 or 9. For example hs#, reci-h#, =n, s=, hs=, reci-hs+, etc.
8. Fairies (Thomas Maeder)
   Problems with fairy conditions or pieces, series movers, reflex problems, etc.
9. Retros and proof games (Richard Dunn)
   Orthodox and fairies, retractors, A-to-B.

Note: A maximum of one problem per composer and section is allowed, no joint compositions. Submissions in LATEX, ASCII and PDF preferred.

Prize fund

In each section €120 / €60 / €30 for the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd placed problems.

Schedule

• closing date: 31 May 2025
• judges’ awards to be sent to the director: 15 August 2025
• publication of preliminary awards: 31 August 2025
• deadline for claims: 30 September 2025
• publication of definite awards: 31 October 2025

Director

Torsten Linß, worldcupcomposing2025@gmail.com