60. WCCC / 41. WCSC – News

Monday, 18 June 2018

Tuesday, 09 January 2018

Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Sunday, 10 September 2017

Thursday, 07 September 2017

  • The third edition of the WCCC bulletin (150 pages!) has been published.

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Monday, 21 August 2017

  • You may download the WCCC bulletin plus appendix (124 plus 23 pages) with all composing and solving results, list of participants etc.  Enjoy reading!

Thursday, 17 August 2017

  • The award of the one-week composing s# tourney has been published.

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

  • Additional prize giving photos by Bogdan Stawarz — thank you very much, Bogdan!
  • The awards of some unofficial composing tourneys have been published in the MatPlus.net forum.
  • The retro solving result is final.

Monday, 14 August 2017

  • Some additional photos from banquet and prize giving — sent by Karsten!
  • Web-article of Deutsche Schachbund on Dresden with a small interview with Schwalbe president and vice president.

Sunday, 13 August 2017

  • Photos from banquet and prize givingFranziska and Karsten, thank you so much!

Saturday, 12 August 2017

Thank you all for attending 60. WCCC, hope you enjoyed the days in Dresden.
Have a good trip home, see you at 61. WCCC in Macedonia 2018.

Friday, 11 August 2017

  • Axel Steinbrink provides some statistics on WCSC.
  • The ranking of the one-week composing tourneys have been published.
  • Some photos from prize giving — by whom? Yes, by Franziska. Again: Thanks a lot!
  • A small note on WCSC in Sächsische Zeitung.
  • Final team and individual results of WCSC had to be slightly corrected.
  • Problems, solutions, and preliminary result of the retro solving tourney have been published.
  • Some photo impressions from the excursion — thank you, Franziska!
  • Photos from the retro solving tourney — Franziska, thank you again!

Thursday, 10 August 2017

  • Final results of the WCSC can be downloaded.
    Teams: 1. Poland 2. Great Britain, 3. Germany
    Individuals: 1. Kacper Piorun, 2. Martynas Limontas, 3. Marko Filipović
  • A few additional prize giving photos, again by Franziska.
  • The h#2 award of the quick composing tourneys has been updated.
  • You may download problemssolutions, and preliminary results of the fairy solving tourney.

Wednesday, 09 August 2017

  • Additional photos (prize giving, fairy solving) again by Karsten.
  • Preliminary results of the WCSC can be downloaded.
    Teams: 1. Poland 2. Great Britain, 3. Germany
    Individuals: 1. Kacper Piorun, 2. Martynas Limontas, 3. Marko Filipović
  • You may download the WCSC problems.
  • WCSC second day photos: again by Franziska, again thanks a lot!
  • The excursion on Thursday (10 August 2017) will start at 09:45 in / in front of the lobby.
  • The awards of the quick composing tourneys have been published.
  • Find additional photos taken at the WCSC first day, fairy blitz, and prize giving (again: thank you, Karsten).

Tuesday, 08 August 2017

  • Find additional photos taken at the WCSC first day, subcommissions, and fairy blitz (thanks again to Franziska).
  • Find preliminary results of the WCSC (1st day) here.
  • Find final results of the 2nd harmonie-open (Open Solving Tourney) here.
  • The fairy blitz (Annan chess) was great fun — here you find the final result.
  • At 15:00 the WFCC subcommission sessions will start.
  • Some photos taken at the WCSC, first day added (thanks a lot to Karsten Wieland).

Monday, 07 August 2017

  • Some photos taken at the WFCC session added (thanks a lot to Marco Bonavoglia).
  • Find problems and solutions of the 2nd harmonie-open (Open Solving Tourney) here.
  • Some photos from the Open Solving Tourney added (again ‘thank you’ to Franziska).
  • Some photos taken at the City Hall reception added (thanks a lot to Franziska Iseli).
  • This Monday at 09:00 the 2nd harmonie open, the Open Solving Tourney will start at the main hall.

Sunday, 06 August 2017

  • The award of the longterm composing tourney has been published; click here to download.
    The winner is Michael Barth — congratulations!
  • The first session of the WCCC assembly took place this afternoon with 31 delegates present.
  • Remember the four hours quick composing tourneys (#2 and h#2) starting this night at 20:00. Announcements will be published at the lobby; closing date is 24:00 this night.

Saturday, 05 August 2017

  • The one-week and 6 days tourneys have been announced in a booklet with additional useful information. Click here for download.
  • Registration at the hotel commences on Saturday, 15:00. At the same time announcements of all 6-days tourneys will be published on the congress web site (competitions -> composing).
  • For the receiption at the City Hall gather in front of the hotel on Sunday at 15:50.

Friday, 04 August 2017

  • If you are arriving late in the evening or night please inform the hotel (info@wyndhamgardendresden.com) and us (60wccc2017@dieschwalbe.de).
  • In case you are not able to attend the congress (no matter for what reasons) please inform us instantly. And don’t forget to cancel your hotel bookings in order to avoid penalties.
  • Information on public transport in Dresden is available on the congress web site (information -> Dresden transport).
  • The 2010-2012 FIDE-Album is available at a price of 45 EUR from Peter Gvozdjak (peter.gvozdjak@gmail.com) who will deliver books to Dresden.
  • Popeye 4.79 (download here) can test Partial Paralysis for the Sake-Tourney.

 

Waiting for you…

The WCCC organising committee (from left to right: Dirk Jordan, Silvio Baier, Torsten Linß, Sven Trommler and Frank Reinhold)