The preliminary results in section H – Retros and Proofgames (PDF) of the 8th 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!
8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 – Preliminary results – C
The preliminary results in section C – Moremovers (PDF) of the 8th 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!
8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 – Preliminary results – G
The preliminary results in section G – Fairies (PDF) of the 8th 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!
8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 – Preliminary results – F
The preliminary results in section F – Selfmates (PDF) of the 8th 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!
8th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2020 – Preliminary results – E
The preliminary results in section E – Helpmates (PDF) of the 8th 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!
Invitation to the 17th ISC
The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 24th 2021. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries. The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers Axel Steinbrink and Luc Palmans by e-mail no later than December 31st 2020: axel.steinbrink@gmx.de / palmans.luc@skynet.be
I hope that even more local controllers will use the official WFCC Solving Tournament Manager (STM) for their results.
Until 31.12.2020 please send the following information:
1. Name of local controller
2. E-Mail address of local controller
3. Location of local tournament
4. Use of STM: yes/no
Announcement of 17th ISC | Rules of ISC
Axel Steinbrink, 17th ISC Controller
Solvers’ ratings July 1st 2020
Solvers’ ratings as of July 1st 2020 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published! Due to the Corona pandemic no rated solving tournament occurred in the 2nd quarter 2020. Therefore the rating of all solvers remains unchanged.
World Solving Cup 2019/2020 – current cycle extended until year-end
Due to the Corona pandemic all WSC tournaments since March 2020 had to be cancelled or postponed. To enable those countries to have a WSC tournament in the current cycle the WFCC Solving Committee has decided the following one-time rule change which is also supported by the members of the WFCC presidium:
- The cycle 2019/2020 will be extended to the end of the year 2020
- The cycle 2020/2021 remains from October 2020 to the date of the WCCC 2021
- Roland Ott will act as director of the cycle 2020/2021 with Axel Steinbrink and Marek Kolčák as assistant directors
— Roland Ott, the director of the WSC 2020/2021
Cancelation of WCCC 2020
The WCCC 2020 organizing team had an extensive meeting during the weekend and we concluded that the WCCC 2020 should be canceled. We informed the Presidium and all members agreed with our decision.
Our main concern is that nobody can really predict what the situation will be with regard to the COVID-19 in October both in Greece and worldwide. We prefer not to take the risk.
At the moment in Greece even if the lockdown is not so strict as it used to be in the previous three months when practically no activity was possible, the general situation is far from normal. Flights are not allowed yet from many airports, the authorities change restrictions constantly as soon as new instances are detected, the information re. the quarantine that the travelling tourists should undergo varies from country to country and so on. Four months before the congress and we cannot even travel to Rhodes to meet with the hotel management to agree on the necessary arrangements. Too much time has been wasted and there is no sign that we can recover it comfortably.
Of course, we are willing to host the event at the same place in October 2021. We shall keep you updated.
– Harry Fougiaxis on behalf of WCCC 2020 organizing team
FIDE ALBUM 2016-2018 – Results in section A
The results of the FIDE Album 2016-18 section A are ready!
1446 twomovers were submitted and 1236 out of them scored at least 4.5 points, a percentage of 85.5% that is very good for such a popular section. 273 compositions (22.2%) are selected — 55 out of them qualified from the WCCI. The judges worked hard, fast and professionally under the guidance of the director; many of the procedures they followed (especially in the clarification round) will be included in the updated list of guidance that we intend to work out in the future.
Update (23.05.2020): After the publication of the results, a composer asked us to remove his selected twomovers from the list. He also informed us that he withdraws his compositions from all sections and requested that his name is removed from the list of title-holders.
Update (17.07.2020): One of the selected problems was not published in the 2016-18 period and is therefore excluded from the list.
All announced results are published in the FIDE Album 2016-18 finished sections page.