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World Chess Solving Championship
The World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems (also known as chess puzzles) organized by the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), previously by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC).. The participants must solve a series of different types of chess problem in a set amount of time.
44th World Chess Solving Championship
44 th World Chess Solving Championship Rhodes, 19-20.11.2021. Main Judge: Luc Palmans Assistant: Paz Einat Problems selected by: Luc Palmans. 16 teams and 65 solvers from 24 countries participated.
WFCC
Riga 11.05.2024 - World Solving Cup 2023/2024. 12/05/2024 WSC. 50 th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 12 th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024: Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Roland Ott (SUI). Latvian Champion Modris Rāviņš (7 th) ahead of Emīls Tabors (8 th) and ...
First International Solving Championships of 2023 announced
1/26/2023 - As the traditional introduction to a new solving season, the 19th International Solving Contest (ISC) will be held this Sunday, January 29. A set of chess problems will be simultaneously offered to more than 500 solvers around the world at 11 AM CET. The ISC hybrid solving competition is becoming increasingly popular since it ...
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SOLVING PORTAL. Tournaments Calendar. World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) International Solving Contest (ISC)
First International Solving Championships of 2023 announced
The director of the competition, Neal Turner, a long-time Secretary of the WFCC, has been devoted to solving competitions in Finland for decades. The Finish Chess Problem Society (Suomen Tehtäväniekat) was established in 1935. From the 1st World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) 1977, Finnish solvers were dominating.
British Chess Problem Society
The 8th Youth Chess Composing Challenge has been announced by the World Federation for Chess Composition. Full details can be viewed here, but please hurry - the closing date is June 10th! The 2024-2025 Winton British Chess Solving Championship has begun! Entry free to all solvers resident in the United Kingdom. The Starter Problem is available here.
OzProblems
Australian Chess Problem Composition. Welcome to OzProblems.com, a site all about chess problems in Australia and around the world! Whether you are new to chess compositions or an experienced solver, we have something for you. Our aim is to promote the enjoyment of chess problems, which are at once interesting puzzles and the most artistic form ...
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European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) International Solving Contest (ISC) World Solving Cup @ Solving portal; FIDE Albums. FIDE Album 1992-1994; ... Solving Tournament Manager (STM) Solving Norms; Solving Rules; Other solving tournaments; Solvers' Rating; Guidelines for solving tournaments (11.11.2021): ...
WINTON BRITISH CHESS SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP
1981-1982. 1980-1981. 1979-1980. Go Back. Winton British Chess Solving Championship.
International Solving Contest 2022
Results & Statistics. Finally we had 44 tournaments in 20 countries and 585 solvers (+15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) - 94 solvers in cat-1, 166 solvers in cat-2 and 325 solvers in cat-3. Thank you to all local controller for their excellent work and good cooperation and congratulation to the winners. If you find any mistakes in the tables (e ...
A+ Chess Puzzle
Chess teaches problem solving, hones concentration and encourages analytical and strategic thinking. Chess can be a lifelong pursuit. Chess puzzle competition is very different from tournament chess play. Contestants in a chess puzzle contest receive a paper-and-pencil test that includes a series of chess boards with pieces in particular positions.
Chess: national solving championship 2023 open for entries from Britain
The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. The competition is open only to British residents, and entry is free.
Results
Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2024 Minor (Great Britain, Harrow on the Hill (London) 17.02.2024) - Final Individual Results ... Problems' Difficulty (10 Solvers) ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) ... Created by WFCC Solving Tournament Manager ...
Chess: National solving championship opens for entries from Britain
The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. The competition is open only to British residents, and entry is ...
International Solving Contest 2021
This year the ISC suffered under the circumstances of the Corona-pandemic. In many countries it was not possible to organize a tournament. But not only the pandemic led to less tournaments and solvers but also very low temperatures in Siberia (-47°C in Nizhnevartovsk) and the consequences of a severe earthquake in Croatia three weeks ago. The ...
Chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two moves against any possible defence. A chess problem fundamentally differs from over-the-board play in that the ...
How to solve chess problems
White to move and mate in 2. One crucial question that helps to solve chess compositions is to ask what the white pieces are doing. The white queen controls the square g2, the white rook f4 controls the squares f2 and h4, the white rook a4 controls the square f4, the white bishop c8 controls the square h3.
European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC)
European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) Current Rules. 1 st ECSC Legnica, Poland, June 18 and 19, 2005 Announcement | Results Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams; 2 nd ECSC Warsaw, Poland, 10.-12.11.2006 Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
The MacArthur Foundation announces a global competition for $100M
The MacArthur Foundation wants bold solutions to big problems — the prize is $100M. May 22, 202412:00 PM ET. Elizabeth Blair. In 2017, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee ...
Software
SOFTWARE. Solving Tournaments. Solving Tournament Manager (STM) for Windows by Miodrag Mladenović; Solving programs. Popeye for Windows, Linux, MacOSX; Olive by Dmitry Turevsky: Linux/Windows Graphical User Interface for Popeye and Chest; Fancy by Marek Kwiatkowski: Windows Graphical User Interface for Popeye and Stockfish; APwin by Paul H. Wiereyn: Windows Graphical User Interface for ...
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The World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems (also known as chess puzzles) organized by the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), previously by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC).. The participants must solve a series of different types of chess problem in a set amount of time.
44 th World Chess Solving Championship Rhodes, 19-20.11.2021. Main Judge: Luc Palmans Assistant: Paz Einat Problems selected by: Luc Palmans. 16 teams and 65 solvers from 24 countries participated.
Riga 11.05.2024 - World Solving Cup 2023/2024. 12/05/2024 WSC. 50 th Latvian Chess Solving Championship 2024 | 12 th tournament of World Solving Cup 2023/2024: Participants: 16 | Winner: Martynas Limontas (LTU) ahead of Vidmantas Satkus (LTU) and Roland Ott (SUI). Latvian Champion Modris Rāviņš (7 th) ahead of Emīls Tabors (8 th) and ...
1/26/2023 - As the traditional introduction to a new solving season, the 19th International Solving Contest (ISC) will be held this Sunday, January 29. A set of chess problems will be simultaneously offered to more than 500 solvers around the world at 11 AM CET. The ISC hybrid solving competition is becoming increasingly popular since it ...
SOLVING PORTAL. Tournaments Calendar. World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) International Solving Contest (ISC)
The director of the competition, Neal Turner, a long-time Secretary of the WFCC, has been devoted to solving competitions in Finland for decades. The Finish Chess Problem Society (Suomen Tehtäväniekat) was established in 1935. From the 1st World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) 1977, Finnish solvers were dominating.
The 8th Youth Chess Composing Challenge has been announced by the World Federation for Chess Composition. Full details can be viewed here, but please hurry - the closing date is June 10th! The 2024-2025 Winton British Chess Solving Championship has begun! Entry free to all solvers resident in the United Kingdom. The Starter Problem is available here.
Australian Chess Problem Composition. Welcome to OzProblems.com, a site all about chess problems in Australia and around the world! Whether you are new to chess compositions or an experienced solver, we have something for you. Our aim is to promote the enjoyment of chess problems, which are at once interesting puzzles and the most artistic form ...
European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) International Solving Contest (ISC) World Solving Cup @ Solving portal; FIDE Albums. FIDE Album 1992-1994; ... Solving Tournament Manager (STM) Solving Norms; Solving Rules; Other solving tournaments; Solvers' Rating; Guidelines for solving tournaments (11.11.2021): ...
1981-1982. 1980-1981. 1979-1980. Go Back. Winton British Chess Solving Championship.
Results & Statistics. Finally we had 44 tournaments in 20 countries and 585 solvers (+15 unofficial solvers in cat-3) - 94 solvers in cat-1, 166 solvers in cat-2 and 325 solvers in cat-3. Thank you to all local controller for their excellent work and good cooperation and congratulation to the winners. If you find any mistakes in the tables (e ...
Chess teaches problem solving, hones concentration and encourages analytical and strategic thinking. Chess can be a lifelong pursuit. Chess puzzle competition is very different from tournament chess play. Contestants in a chess puzzle contest receive a paper-and-pencil test that includes a series of chess boards with pieces in particular positions.
The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. The competition is open only to British residents, and entry is free.
Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2024 Minor (Great Britain, Harrow on the Hill (London) 17.02.2024) - Final Individual Results ... Problems' Difficulty (10 Solvers) ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) ... Created by WFCC Solving Tournament Manager ...
The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. The competition is open only to British residents, and entry is ...
This year the ISC suffered under the circumstances of the Corona-pandemic. In many countries it was not possible to organize a tournament. But not only the pandemic led to less tournaments and solvers but also very low temperatures in Siberia (-47°C in Nizhnevartovsk) and the consequences of a severe earthquake in Croatia three weeks ago. The ...
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two moves against any possible defence. A chess problem fundamentally differs from over-the-board play in that the ...
White to move and mate in 2. One crucial question that helps to solve chess compositions is to ask what the white pieces are doing. The white queen controls the square g2, the white rook f4 controls the squares f2 and h4, the white rook a4 controls the square f4, the white bishop c8 controls the square h3.
European Chess Solving Championship (ECSC) Current Rules. 1 st ECSC Legnica, Poland, June 18 and 19, 2005 Announcement | Results Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams; 2 nd ECSC Warsaw, Poland, 10.-12.11.2006 Problems | Solutions | Results Individuals | Results Teams
The MacArthur Foundation wants bold solutions to big problems — the prize is $100M. May 22, 202412:00 PM ET. Elizabeth Blair. In 2017, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee ...
SOFTWARE. Solving Tournaments. Solving Tournament Manager (STM) for Windows by Miodrag Mladenović; Solving programs. Popeye for Windows, Linux, MacOSX; Olive by Dmitry Turevsky: Linux/Windows Graphical User Interface for Popeye and Chest; Fancy by Marek Kwiatkowski: Windows Graphical User Interface for Popeye and Stockfish; APwin by Paul H. Wiereyn: Windows Graphical User Interface for ...