17th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2018 | 11th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018:
Participants: 21
Winner: Piotr Murdzia (POL) ahead of Dmitry Pletnev (RUS) and Nikos Mendrinos (GRE – Greek Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2240.41 | WSC category: 9
Leaders World Solving Cup:
1. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 103 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 95, 3. Piotr Murdzia (POL) 75.
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
Current list of FIDE ALBUM points, 2013-15
We have now updated the list of album points to include the results of the three sections that were finalised after the Dresden congress. You may download the PDF file from here and check the list of the most successful composers here. As usual, diplomas of the new title holders will be distributed during the Ohrid congress.
Links to the FIDE Album points are also given on the bottom of FIDE Albums page.
6th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 – G-Fairies
The preliminary results in section G-Fairies (PDF) of the 6th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!
World Solving Cup 2017/2018 – Riga 07.04.2018
45th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2018 | 10th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018:
Participants: 26 | Winner: Andrey Selivanov (RUS) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Martynas Limontas (LTU)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2191.06 | WSC category: 10
Leaders World Solving Cup:
1. Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) 103 points, 2. Martynas Limontas (LTU) 95, 3.Piotr Murdzia (POL) 62.
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
Solvers’ ratings April 1st 2018
Solvers’ ratings as of April 1st 2018 produced by the Solving Tournament Manager are published!
11 tournaments are included for the 1st quarter 2018: 5th Greek Chess Solving Cup, 41st International Polish Championship 2018, 14th International Solving Contest Cat 1, 12th Urals Problemist Cup, Grand Prix Moscow (memorial A. P. Pochinka), British Chess Solving Championship 2018, Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2018, 24th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2018, 27th Branko Atanackovic Memorial 2018, 42nd German Solving Championship 2018, Open Solving Championship of CFO. The names of the top ten solvers haven’t changed; but some of them have exchanged their places with Piotr Murdzia as the most prominent one to be 2nd again in the ranking. The largest three gains have been achieved by Danila Moiseev (RUS / +111.41), Johan de Boer (NED / +56.63 and Konstantin Novikov (RUS / +41.95).
6th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 – A-Twomovers
The preliminary results in section A-Twomovers (PDF) of the 6th FIDE World Cup in Composing 2018 are published and can be found under the Announcement, in RESULTS section.
The PDF file of the FINAL results is available here.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!
World Solving Cup 2017/2018 – Hüllhorst 24-25.03.2018
42nd German Solving Championship 2018 | 9th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018:
Participants: 32 | Winner: Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) ahead of Evgeny Viktorov (RUS) and Arno Zude (GER – German Champion)
Ulrich Voigt (GER) has achieved an FM norm in the second rated solving tournament he has attended.
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2492.06 | WSC category: 4
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.
FIDE ALBUM 2013-2015 – Results in section F
The results of the FIDE Album 2013-15 section F are ready!
848 compositions scored at least 4,5 points (out of the totally submitted 1037 entries without counting duplicates) – a very decent percentage of 81,7%. The ratio of the 179 selected selfmates with 8+ points vs. the entries with 4,5+ points is 21,1%.
Many thanks to the director and the judges for their hard and efficient work!
This report finalizes the judging phase of the current album. The list of the album points, including the results of sections E, F and G, will be updated soon.
All announced results are published in the FIDE Album 2013-15 finished sections page.
Invitation to Ohrid: 61st WCCC & 42nd WCSC
The Chess Federation of Macedonia and Chess Club “Gambit Asseco SEE” have the honour to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual chess solvers, chess composers, all those interested in problem chess, and accompanying families and friends, to attend the 61st World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 42nd World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).
The congress will be held at the “Metropol Lake Resort” in Ohrid, Macedonia, from Saturday, 1 September 2018 (arrival) to Saturday, 8 September 2018 (departure), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, 4 and 5 September 2018.
Download invitation as PDF | Official website: https://wccc2018.com.mk/
World Solving Cup 2017/2018 – Nunspeet 03.03.2018
24th Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2018 | 8th tournament of World Solving Cup 2017/2018:
Participants: 14 | Winner: Eddy Van Beers (BEL) ahead of Abdelaziz Onkoud (MAR), Michel Caillaud (FRA) and Johan de Boer (NED – Dutch Champion)
Average rating of top ten solvers: 2338.10 | WSC category: 7
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2017/18 Calendar.