The International Solving Contest – ISC – next year will take place on Sunday January 29th 2017. The event is happening simultaneously in all participating countries.
The name of the locally appointed controller must reach the central controllers by e-mail no later than December 31st 2016. Central controllers: Axel Steinbrink & Luc Palmans | Invitation | Invitation (PDF format)
World Solving Cup 2016/2017: The latest update includes 15 countries. The new WSC rules effective as from the 2016/2017 cycle of the WSC are published above the calendar of registered countries.
Tonight, 20:00, there will be a rapid chess match between the selected team of WCCC participants, and the best Serbian chess players. You can follow games alive on http://serbiachess.net/live/serbia_world_2016/tfd.htm and the live stream from the Hotel Metropol Palace at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwzHpV0tog. The WFCC captain is GM John Nunn, and the captain of Serbian Olympic team is GM Slavoljub Marjanovic. There will be two games on each board, 25 minutes + 10 seconds for every move. Pairings of the first round: GM Ivan Ivanisevic – GM Kacper Piorun, GM Alexander Mista – GM Robert Markus, GM Milos Perunovic – GM Bojan Vuckovic, GM John Nunn – GM Branko Damljanovic. In the second round the same pairs will be playing with reversed colours.
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: WCCC Open 2016, Belgrade, 1.8.2016
Winner: Kacper Piorun (POL) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.620
The WSC category of the tournament: 1
Winners of the WSC 2015/2016:
More details and the final WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar. The next cycle, WSC 2016/17, will be directed by Vidmantas Satkus.
Harry Fougiaxis and Vladimir Pajić on the board; Vladimir Pajić and Marko Ložajić; Tamara and Borislav Gadjanski;
Vladimir Baralić playing flute. (Photos: Andjelko Vasiljević)
Five days Composing Tourneys, 28 July – 2 August, are announced within WCCC 2016: Group A, #2 (judge: Marjan Kovačević); Group B, Ser-r#3-8 (judge: Miodrag Mladenović). See details on the official WCCC 2016 website, section Official composing tournaments. For the Congress participants only. Welcome to participate!
Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
One of the aims of the Belgrade World Congress of Chess Composition 2016 was to engage the youngest generation of chess composers. Ten participants representing four countries – from 8 to 18 years – took part in the 1st YCCC. They produced 29 chess compositions, fulfilling thematic conditions in three different genres (#2, h#2 and endgames).
We are proud to present the Gallery of the participants, including their recent photos and selected compositions. We hope that connecting young composers all over the world will help them feel that they have their own generation in a field dominated by much older authors.
Invitation to the WCCC2016 (PDF) | Official website: http://wccc2016.matplus.net
World Solving Cup 2015/2016: Czech Championship 2016, Pardubice, 16-17.7.2016
Winner: Klemen Šivic (SLO) | The average rating of top ten solvers: 2.360
The WSC category of the tournament: 4
More details and the current WSC standing are published in Competitions→Solving→WSC: 2015/16 Calendar.
The new version of the Handbook of Chess Composition, 7th edition, 67 pages, has been released by Hannu Harkola in July, 2016. The first version of this booklet with the title “Problem Chess Lists” was published in August 1989.
