The World Championship of Chess Composition is a triennial competition for composers of chess problems and studies, organised by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC). The official title is World Championship in Composing for Individuals.
The championship is divided into eight sections:
A) Twomovers (checkmate in two moves)
B) Threemovers (checkmate in three moves)
C) Moremovers (checkmate in more than three moves)
D) Studies
E) Helpmates
F) Selfmates
G) Fairies (using elements of fairy chess)
H) Retros (retrograde analysis)
Composers wishing to participate in any given section are expected to submit at most six of their compositions, published in the relevant three-year period and fulfilling the requirements of the section. The problems submitted are then evaluated by a commission of three Judges, and the best four of them count for the final result in the section. (More on rules is at the official PCCC page.)
Three championships have been held up to 2006 for the relevant three-year periods: 1998-2000, 2001–2003 and 2004-2006. The most successful composer so far is Mikhail Marandyuk of Ukraine, who won five gold medals and one silver.
Contents |
Section | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Twomovers | Viktor Chepizny | Marjan Kovačević | Anatoly Slesarenko |
Threemovers | Mikhail Marandyuk | Wieland Bruch | Martin Wessels |
Moremovers | Mikhail Marandyuk | Michael Herzberg | Alexandr Kuzovkov |
Studies | David Gurgenidze | Nikolay Kralin | Andrej Vysokosov |
Helpmates | Živko Janevski | Valery Gurov | Fadil Abdurahmanović |
Selfmates | Petko Petkov | Andrey Selivanov | Alexandr Azhusin |
Fairies | Petko Petkov | Reto Aschwanden | Tadashi Wakashima |
Retros | Alexandr Kisljak | Thierry Le Gleuher | Alexandr Zolotarev |
Section | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Twomovers | Marjan Kovačević | Anatoly Slesarenko | Vasyl Dyachuk |
Threemovers | Valery Shavirin | Mikhail Marandyuk | Juri Marker |
Moremovers | Mikhail Marandyuk | Valery Shavirin | Alexandr Feoktistov |
Studies | Andrej Vysokosov | Oleg Pervakov | David Gurgenidze |
Helpmates | Valery Gurov | Mario Parrinello | Franz Pachl |
Selfmates | Andrey Selivanov | Alexandr Feoktistov | Živko Janevski |
Fairies | Reto Aschwanden | Klaus Wenda | Juraj Lörinc |
Retros | Thierry Le Gleuher | Alexandr Kisljak | Reto Aschwanden |
Section | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Twomovers | Vasyl Dyachuk | Marjan Kovačević | Wieland Bruch |
Threemovers | Mikhail Marandyuk | Valery Shavirin | Alexandr Bakharev |
Moremovers | Mikhail Marandyuk | Juri Marker | Alexandr Feoktistov |
Studies | Oleg Pervakov | Alexej Sochniev | David Gurgenidze |
Helpmates | Viktor Chepizny | Valery Gurov | Michal Dragoun Živko Janevski |
Selfmates | Andrey Selivanov | Uri Avner | Živko Janevski |
Fairies | Michal Dragoun | Juraj Lörinc | Klaus Wenda |
Retros | Reto Aschwanden | Thierry Le Gleuher | Dmitry Baibikov |