Solving

41st WCSC (World Chess Solving Championship)

08 & 09 August 2017:

  • Director: Axel Steinbrink (GER)
  • WFCC-rules for WCSC apply
  • Registration: by national team captains on Sunday, 6 August 2017

11 August 2017: Final team and individual results had to be slightly corrected.

Download final WCSC team results.
1. Poland 2. Great Britain, 3. Germany
Download final WCSC individual results.
1. Kacper Piorun, 2. Martynas Limontas, 3. Marko Filipović

Download WCSC problems without solutions.
Download WCSC problems with solutions.

Download preliminary  individual results 1st day.
Download preliminary  team results 1st day.

Download some WCSC statistics.

Open Solving 07 August 2017:

  • Director: Luc Palmans (BEL)
  • Twelve problems (#2, #3, #n, +-, h#, s#) to be solved in two rounds of 90 min
  • Registration: on spot by Sunday, 6 August, 22.00
  • Registered participants (as of 22 July 2017)

Download problems and solutions.
Download preliminary results.
Download final results: (1. Piotr Murdzia, 2. John Nunn, 3. Vladimir Podinić)

Fairy solving

  • Director: Pavel Kamenik (CZ)
  • Nine fairy problems to be solved in 120 min
  • Fairy pieces and conditions that may feature in the tourney:
    Grasshopper family (Grasshopper, Rookhopper, Bishophopper), Chinesse pieces family (Leo, Pao, Vao), Nightrider, Rose, Circe, Madrasi, Patrol chess (Patrouille), Maximummer, Take&Make, cylindric and ring boards, series helpmate or helpstalemate.
  • Registration: on spot by Wednesday, 9 August, 18.00
  • Download problems and solutions.
  • Download preliminary results.

Retro solving

  • Director: Thomas Brand (GER)
  • Nine orthodox retro problems (illegal cluster, resolve the position, proof games, retractors, …) to be solved in 120 min
  • Registration: on spot by Thursday, 10 August, 22.00
  • Download prelininary results:
    1. Michel Caillaud, 2. Georgy Evseev, 3. Peter van den Heuvel
    Find here the (unchanged) final result.
  • Download problems and solutions — attention, no 1, 3 and 8 found to be incorrect!