World Chess Solving Championship

Format

• Round 1 – 3 twomovers 20 minutes solving time
• Round 2 – 3 threemovers 60 minutes solving time
• Round 3 – 3 endgame studies 100 minutes solving time
• Round 4 – 3 helpmates 50 minutes solving time
• Round 5 – 3 moremovers 80 minutes solving time
• Round 6 – 3 selfmates 50 minutes solving time

  Sections

• Team Championship – To qualify as an official team world championship, there must be at least seven teams from seven countries present. This section has grown from nine teams in 1977 to now averaging 20.
• Individual – Likewise, for an official individual world championship to take place, 30 solvers from at least 10 countries must participate. This number too has grown from 18 in 1977 to well over 70 in the past six years.
• Women and Juniors – This event only requires 10 solvers from at least seven countries.

  Rating

Formulas

• Provisional Rating = x

• New Rating = + x

Current rating list

1. GM Georgy Evseev 2785
2. GM Kacper Piorun 2744
3. GM Piotr Murdzia 2742
4. GM John Nunn 2716
5. GM Ram Soffer 2667
6. GM Eddy Van Beers 2632
7. GM Anatoly Mukoseev 2631
8. GM Arno Zude 2626
9. GM Jonathan Mestel 2595
10. GM Ofer Comay 2594

    Winners

Team competition

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  Individual competition

• 1983 – Roland Baier
• 1984 – Kari Valtonen
• 1985 – Ofer Comay
• 1986 – Pauli Perkonoja
• 1987 – Michel Caillaud
• 1988 – Michael Pfannkuche
• 1989 – Georgy Evseev
• 1990 – Georgy Evseev
• 1991 – Georgy Evseev
• 1992 – Pauli Perkonoja
• 1993 – Michael Pfannkuche
• 1994 – Arno Zude
• 1995 – Pauli Perkonoja
• 1996 – Noam Elkies
• 1997 – Jonathan Mestel
• 1998 – Georgy Evseev
• 1999 – Ofer Comay
• 2000 – Michel Caillaud
• 2001 – Jorma Paavilainen
• 2002 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2003 – Andrey Selivanov
• 2004 – John Nunn
• 2005 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2006 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2007 – John Nunn
• 2008 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2009 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2010 – John Nunn
• 2011 – Kacper Piorun
• 2012 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2013 – Piotr Murdzia
• 2014 – Kacper Piorun
• 2015 – Kacper Piorun
• 2016 – Kacper Piorun
• 2017 – Kacper Piorun
• 2018 – Piotr Murdzia