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HANDBOOK OFCHESS COMPOSITION

4th EDITION

Hannu Harkola

Helsinki, October 2007

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Contents

Foreword .................................................................................................... 3

CommissionMeetings ........................................................................................ 4Members ....................................................................................... 5Presidents ...................................................................................... 6

RulesStatutes .......................................................................................... 7Solver's rating .............................................................................. 13Rules for rating calculation .......................................................... 13Criteria for acceptability of the tournaments at which ratingsand norms can be gained ............................................................. 14Criteria for gaining norms ............................................................ 14Criteria for gaining titles .............................................................. 15Rating list of solvers .................................................................... 15Rules of the WCSC ..................................................................... 19Rules of the ECSC ...................................................................... 21Codex .......................................................................................... 24

TitlesGrandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions ................... 31International Masters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions ....... 31FIDE Masters for Chess Compositions ....................................... 33Honorary Masters of Chess Composition ................................... 34International Judges for Chess Compositions .............................. 35International Solving Grandmasters ............................................. 40International Solving Masters ...................................................... 40FIDE Solving Masters ................................................................. 40International Titles ....................................................................... 42

CompetitionsWorld Chess Solving Championship Tourneys ............................ 53European Chess Solving Championship Tourneys ...................... 53The International Team-Matches for Chess-Compositionand the World Chess Composition Tournaments of the FIDE .... 54World Championship in Composing ............................................. 54

FIDE-AlbumsFIDE-Albums .............................................................................. 54FIDE-Album points 1914-2000, point order ................................. 55FIDE-Album points 1914-2000, alphabetical order ..................... 56

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FOREWORD

This leaflet started from the work of mr. Pieterten Cate in 1971 and Suomen Shakki nr. 4a/1979,which was published for the Hyvinkää meeting ofthe Permanent Commission of the FIDE for ChessCompositions (PCCC). The material has been col-lected during my 36 Commission meetings since1969. During that period I have been the Secretaryof the Commission for 12 years and the 1st Vice-President in 1994–98 and 2002–. Dr. Klaus Wendaand Helmut Zajic have helped in completing theofficial part since 1989.

The FIDE-Album statistics have been computedfrom a database containing the registers of all 19Albums with 1995 composers and 18751 composi-tions.

The detailed results of the first 20 WCSC tourneys(and problems with solutions) have been publishedin my book "World Chess Solving Championship1977–1996" in 1997. An updated edition ""World

Chess Solving Championship 1977–2006" byĽubomír Širáň will be published in October 2007.

The first version of this booklet with the title "Prob-lem Chess Lists" was published in August 1989, thesecond edition in August 1993 and the third editionin July 1998. I have received a lot of correctionsand I want to thank all those who have helped me.Dr. Bedrich Formánek has checked and correctedthe writing of names. The new title for the fourthedition was suggested by John Rice

Most of this material is available also on the PCCCweb site at http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc and thelatest amendments can be found there.

Please, inform about any errors to the following ad-dress: Hannu Harkola, Ampujantie 18, FI-00700Helsinki, Finland or by e-mail to [email protected].

Editor and publisher:© Hannu HarkolaAmpujantie 18, FI-00700 Helsinki, Finlande-mail: [email protected]

Helsinki 2007

http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc

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MEETINGS OF THE PERMANENT COMMISSION OF THE F.I.D.E.FOR CHESS COMPOSITIONS

Place Year Delegates PresidentBudapest, Hungary ......................................1956 ................ 4 ................ NeukommVienna, Austria ............................................1957 ................ 6 ................ - ¨ -PIRAN, Yugoslavia .....................................1958 .............. 11 ................ PetrovićWiesbaden, FR Germany .............................1959 .............. 12 ................ - ¨ -Leipzig, GDR ...............................................1960 .............. 10 ................ - ¨ -Moscow, USSR ...........................................1961 .............. 10 ................ - ¨ -SOLOTURN, Switzerland ...........................1962 ................ 8 ................ - ¨ -Tel Aviv, Israel ............................................1964 ................ 6 ................ MansfieldReading, Great Britain .................................1965 .............. 11 ................ - ¨ -BARCELONA, Spain ..................................1966 .............. 12 ................ - ¨ -Tampere, Finland .........................................1967 .............. 13 ................ - ¨ -Arcachon, France .........................................1968 .............. 15 ................ - ¨ -Varna, Bulgaria ............................................1969 .............. 14 ................ - ¨ -The HAGUE, Netherlands ...........................1971 .............. 14 ................ - ¨ -Pula, Yugoslavia ..........................................1972 .............. 15 ................ JenschImola, Italy ..................................................1973 .............. 13 ................ - ¨ -WIESBADEN, FR Germany .......................1974 .............. 21 ................ - ¨ -Tbilisi, USSR ...............................................1975 .............. 16 ................ HanneliusRibe, Denmark .............................................1976 .............. 18 ................ - ¨ -Malinska, Yugoslavia ...................................1977 .............. 18 ................ - ¨ -CANTERBURY, Great Britain....................1978 .............. 19 ................ - ¨ -Hyvinkää, Finland ........................................1979 .............. 17 ................ - ¨ -Wiener Neustadt, Austria .............................1980 .............. 21 ................ - ¨ -Arnhem, Netherlands ...................................1981 .............. 18 ................ - ¨ -VARNA, Bulgaria ........................................1982 .............. 17 ................ - ¨ -Bat-Yam, Israel ............................................1983 .............. 13 ................ - ¨ -Sarajevo, Yugoslavia ...................................1984 .............. 16 ................ - ¨ -Riccione, Italy ..............................................1985 .............. 19 ................ - ¨ -FONTENAY-SOUS-BOIS, France .............1986 .............. 19 ................ - ¨ -Graz, Austria ................................................1987 .............. 20 ................ WendaBudapest, Hungary ......................................1988 .............. 22 ................ - ¨ -Bournemouth, Great Britain.........................1989 .............. 23 ................ - ¨ -BENIDORM, Spain .....................................1990 .............. 22 ................ - ¨ -Rotterdam, Netherlands ...............................1991 .............. 23 ................ - ¨ -Bonn, Germany ...........................................1992 .............. 23 ................ - ¨ -Bratislava, Slovakia ......................................1993 .............. 25 ................ - ¨ -BELFORT, France ......................................1994 .............. 23 ................ - ¨ -Turku, Finland .............................................1995 .............. 26 ................ FormánekTel Aviv, Israel ............................................1996 .............. 27 ................ - ¨ -Pula, Croatia ................................................1997 .............. 28 ................ - ¨ -ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Fed. ..............1998 .............. 30 ................ - ¨ -Netanya, Israel .............................................1999 .............. 27 ................ - ¨ -Pula, Croatia ................................................2000 .............. 26 ................ - ¨ -Wageningen, Netherlands ............................2001 .............. 29 ................ - ¨ -PORTOROŽ, Slovenia ................................2002 .............. 29 ................ - ¨ -Moscow, Russia ...........................................2003 .............. 29 ................ RiceHalkidiki, Greece .........................................2004 .............. 31 ................ - ¨ -Eretria, Greece .............................................2005 .............. 30 ................ - ¨ -WAGENINGEN, Netherlands .....................2006 .............. 31 ................ - ¨ -Rhodes, Greece............................................2007 .................................... Avner

Meetings

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PERMANENT COMMISSION OF THE F.I.D.E.FOR CHESS COMPOSITIONS

Members:Austria Helmut ZajicAzerbaijan Agshin MasimovBelarus Alexandr MikholapBelgium Luc PalmansBosnia-Hercegovina Fadil AbdurahmanovićBrazilBulgaria Petko PetkovCroatia Zvonimir HernitzCzechia Michal DragounDenmark Björn EnemarkEstonia Indrek AunverFinland Hannu Harkola 1. Vice-PresidentFrance Michel CaillaudGeorgia David GurgenidzeGermany Bernd EllinghovenGreat Britain Paul ValoisGreece Harry FougiaxisHungary Zoltán LaborcziIsrael Uri Avner PresidentItaly Francesco SimoniJapan Tadashi WakashimaKazakhstan Kir SivertsevLatvia Ilya KetrisLithuania Vidmantas SatkusMacedonia Nikola StolevMoldova Albert IvanovMongolia Sonomun Chimedtzerenthe Netherlands Henk le GrandPoland Tadeusz LehmannRumania Ioan NiculaRussian Federation Andrei SelivanovSerbia Marjan KovačevićSlovakia Bedrich FormánekSlovenia Marko Klasinc 2. Vice-PresidentSpainSweden Kjell Widlert 3. Vice-PresidentSwitzerland Thomas MaederUkraine Yevgen ReytsenU.S.A. Mike Prcic

39 members

Honorary Presidents:Jan Hannelius Finland (+)Klaus Wenda AustriaBedrich Formánek SlovakiaJohn Rice Great Britain

Commission

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Honorary Members:Antonio F. Argüelles (+) SpainBarry P. Barnes BritainAttila Benedek HungaryViktor Chepizhny Russian FederationNewman Guttman USAAlexandr Kazancev (+) Russian FederationLászló Lindner (+) HungaryGiorgio Mirri (+) ItalyJan Mortensen (+) DenmarkByron Zappas Greece

Secretary:Günter Büsing Germany

PRESIDENTS OF PCCC

Gyula Neukomm (+) Hungary 1956 – 1958Nenad Petrović (+) Yugoslavia 1958 – 1964Comins Mansfield (+) Great Britain 1964 – 1972Gerhard Jensch (+) Germany 1972 – 1974Jan Hannelius (+) Finland 1974 – 1986Klaus Wenda Austria 1986 – 1994Bedrich Formánek Slovakia 1994 – 2002John Rice Great Britain 2002 – 2006Uri Avner Israel 2006 –

Presidents

AvnerRice Formánek

7.Statutes

§STATUTES OF THE PERMANENT FIDE-COMMISSION FOR CHESS COMPOSITIONS

(Version Wageningen 2001)

§ I. The Commission

1. The Permanent Commission for Chess Compositions(PCCC) operates by definition under a mandate fromthe FIDE (see Annex V, Section 1 - Status, Principlesand Aims of FIDE).To the Commission currently belong the chess fed-erations/chess problem societies of those countrieslisted in Annex I, each of which has the right to nomi-nate a delegate. These delegates together, as "ordi-nary Members" constitute the Commission. They arehereinafter referred to simply as "Members".

2. The Commission is entitled to appoint experts for cer-tain fields as extraordinary Members with a simplemajority. These experts are named in Annex II. It istheir task to support the Commission in all mattersconnected with their respective fields. They have thevoting right in all questions belonging to their fieldsof expertise additionally to the ordinary Members.They have to be invited to all meetings of the Com-mission.

3. The task of the Commission is to pay attention to allmatters of international interest in problem chess andstudies within the framework of the FIDE.

In particular, its duties include:a) The dissemination and encouragement of chesscomposition throughout the world.b) The formulation of rules and guide-lines in allspheres of chess composition.c) The arrangement of official international compos-ing and solving tourneys.d) The initiation of the publication of collections ofgeneral interest, etc.e) The award of titles to especially deserving repre-sentatives of chess composition including solvers,subject to the approval of the FIDE.

4. The Commission decides with a two-thirds majorityon applications for admission submitted by chessfederations. It may also decide, by the same majority,that a chess federation shall be expelled. The moredetailed conditions of admission and expulsion arelaid down in Annex IV.

5. The Commission has power by a simple resolution ofthe membership to appoint specially deserving retir-ing Members to honorary membership for life. Honor-ary Members enjoy all the rights of ordinary member-ship except for the right to vote and the rights to elector be elected. Similarly, the Commission can accordthe title of Honorary President to a President on theexpiry of his term of office (Arnhem 1981).

§ II. The Commission's meeting

1. Once every year the President calls an ordinary meet-ing which shall be organized each time by a member-country. If no member-country is prepared to under-take the organization, the President may postpone themeeting for one year. If in that following year no or-ganizer can be found, the President shall organize ithimself as he sees fit.

2. An ordinary meeting shall consist of several sessionsand shall occupy at least (four) 4 and not more than(eight) 8 days of session.

3. In cases of emergency, the President in consultationwith the Vice-Presidents may call an extraordinarymeeting, even between two ordinary meetings, at anyplace that seems suitable to him. The President is alsoentitled to invite the Vice-Presidents to a Presidiummeeting for good reason.

4. The President shall invite in writing to every meetingall the member-federations listed in Annex I. A per-sonal invitation shall be sent to Honorary Presidents,Honorary Members and experts in accordance withAnnex II.

5. Every member-federation shall be represented at themeetings by the delegate nominated by it in accord-ance with paragraph I.1. The delegate may send adeputy in his place to individual meetings who shallthen assume the same rights and duties as the del-egate Member himself. Delegates and deputies mustbe either nationals of or habitually resident in thenominating country. No one person may simultane-ously represent more than one country.

6. The name of the deputy shall be notified to the Presi-dent at least three weeks before the start of the meet-ing. If any member-federation is quite unable to senda delegate or a deputy, the President shall be informedwithout delay.

7. A quorum at any meeting shall consist of at least one-third (1/3) of the member-federations listed in Annex I,represented by the presence of Members. An altera-tion of the Statutes is nevertheless only permissiblewith the presence of Members from at least half (1/2)of the member-federations listed in Annex I.

8. The meetings shall, in principle, be held in public.However, at the request of a Member, the Commis-sion may at any time decide by voting whether thepublic shall be excluded from individual sessions. Atsuch closed sessions only Members, Honorary Presi-dents, Honorary Members and the Secretary of theCommission may be present.

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§§ III. Officers of the Commission

1. The President is the head of the Commission. His taskshall be to call meetings of the Commission, to drawup the Agenda, to take the chair at sessions, to recordthe minutes of the whole meeting, and to ensure thatthe decisions of the Commission are put into effect.

2. The President is also responsible for all contact be-tween the Commission and the President and the Gen-eral Secretariat of the FIDE. He represents the Com-mission in all external matters, and he is in particularthe Commission's representative at General Assem-blies of the FIDE.

3. In cases where the President is unable to dischargethe duties defined in paragraph III.2. above, he maydelegate these duties to a Member of the Commis-sion.

4. The functions of the President given in paragraphIII.1. above shall in principle be discharged by himpersonally. Only in the event of an impediment mayhe delegate them to a Vice-President.

5. To carry out his organisational duties, the Presidentmay avail himself of the help of his Secretary. TheSecretary is entitled to take part in all sessions of theCommission.

6. To support and assist the president and to representhim in the event of a temporary impediment or at hisspecial request, three(3) Vice-Presidents shall beelected. If a President should die or resign during histerm of office, the 1st Vice-President shall take over allhis functions until the expiry of the term of office. Inthe event of the 1st Vice-President's being unavail-able the President's functions shall devolve on the2nd Vice-President, and subsequently in to the 3rdVice-President, and then finally on to the Membermost senior in service in the Commission.

§ IV. Election of Officers

1. Elections to the Praesidium shall be held at everyfourth meeting of the Commission. Voting shall takeplace for all four posts in the same year. However, if aPraesidium post falls permanently vacant during theterm of office, a special election may be held for therelevant post, if the commission deems this appropri-ate, but the candidate elected shall serve only for theremainder of the original four-year period.

2. In an election year a special meeting of the Commis-sion shall be arranged for the purpose of voting, notlater than the penultimate day of the Congress, and atno later than 21.00 on that day.

3. At the opening session of the Commission in an elec-tion year, the President shall nominate a workingparty of three persons from different countries to su-

pervise the elections. One of the three should nor-mally be the Secretary. No current delegate or deputymay be a member of this working party.

4. A delegate wishing to stand for election to thePraesidium shall give his name on paper to the work-ing party by 22.00 on the day before the elections areto be held. The paper must show clearly the post orposts for which the delegate wishes to stand.

5. The working party shall display a list of the candi-dates for each post by 9.00 on the day of the elec-tions. No additions shall then be made to this list,except as provided for in para. 7 below. Withdrawals,however, will be permitted.

6. The election shall be held in a closed session of theCommission. One member of the working party (notthe Secretary) shall take the chair. Each post shall bedealt with separately, starting with the President andcontinuing through the Vice-Presidents in order. Thechairman shall read out the names of the candidatesfor the Presidency. At this point each of these candi-dates may, if he so wishes, address the Commissionfor a maximum of 10 minutes. This may be followed bya discussion. The chairman shall then invite del-egates to record in secret their vote for one of thesecandidates, on paper provided for the purpose. Anycandidate obtaining a majority of the votes cast shallbe declared elected. Otherwise delegates will voteagain between the two candidates gaining the mostvotes in the first round. In the event of a tie in thesecond round, the chairman shall call a recess of notmore than 10 minutes, after which the vote shall betaken again. If the result is again a tie, the chairmanshall determine the outcome by selecting one of twofolded slips of paper each bearing the name of onecandidate.

7. Any candidate defeated in the vote for the Presi-dency may now declare his candidature for any or allof the posts of Vice-President, if he has not alreadydone so. The chairman shall read out the names ofcandidates for the post of 1st Vice-President. Anycandidate may address the Commission for not morethan 10 minutes, provided he has not already spoken.

8. In the event of a tie, the same procedure shall beadopted as for the Presidency.

9. The posts of 2nd and 3rd Vice-President shall be dealtwith in exactly the same way, with previously de-feated candidates being entitled to stand, and candi-dates having the same right to address the Commis-sion for a maximum of 10 minutes.

10. All the voting shall take place within the same ses-sion.

11. The duties of the working party shall cease as soon asthe new Praesidium has been elected in its entirety.

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§§ V. Agenda at meetings

1. An Agenda shall be drawn up for every ordinarymeeting of the Commission, and shall be communi-cated to all Members at least six (6) weeks before thestart of the meeting.

2. Each Agenda shall contain in particular the followingitems:

a) Verification of attendance and voting-rights.b) Agreement of the minutes of the previous meet-ing.c) Any elections which may fall due.d) Proposals by member-countries.e) Announcement of place for the next meeting.f) Any other business.

§ VI. Proposals by Member-Countries

1. Any proposals by member-countries to be dealt withon the Agenda in accordance with paragraph V.2dabove must reach the President at least ten (10) weeksbefore the start of the meeting. Any proposals re-ceived later, together with proposals made by Mem-bers during a session of the Commission, may bedealt with only under Any other Business paragraphV2f as far as the remaining programme for the meetingpermits.

2. However a Member has the right to propose that amatter seeming to him to be urgent shall be dealt withby the Commission out of turn. The Commission shallthen immediately decide on this proposal by astraight majority vote.

§ VII. Sessions

1. The sessions shall serve the discussion and consid-eration of the items of the Agenda, along with thepassing of resolutions by the Commission. The chairshall be taken by the President himself or his repre-sentative appointed in accordance with paragraphIII.4.

2. Every Member is entitled to signify his desire tospeak at any time during the meeting. The Chairmanshall accord this right in the order in which he re-ceives the requests to speak. He also has the right tolimit the time allowed to any speaker when severalhave requested to speak.

3. The Chairman is also entitled to interrupt a session forgood reason.

4. As soon as the Commission has decided on the termi-nation of a discussion, only one further speaker eachfor and against a motion may be allowed. Further re-quests to speak shall be refused by the Chairman asbeing too late.

5. All spoken contributions by Member at meetingsshall be made in one of the official FIDE languages. Atthe request of a Member, the speeches shall as far aspossible be translated by interpreters into other FIDElanguages.

§ VIII. Sub-Committees

1. The Commission shall either decide immediately on aproposal under discussion or, if the nature and scopeof the matter demand it, shall appoint a sub-committeeof two to five (2-5) persons to deal with the matteroutside the sessions.

2. A sub-committee of this sort shall gather together forthe Commission all important facts for the clarificationof the matter in hand and the creation of a basis for adecision by the Commission. A sub-committee shallreport on its work within the appointed time, and mayalso put forward its own proposal(s).

3. The President has the right, without any specific deci-sion by the Commission, to work in all sub-commit-tees of this sort.

§ IX. Standing Sub-Committees

1. For fields of work that require lengthy preparationand activity above and beyond Commission meet-ings, the Commission is empowered to appoint stand-ing sub-committees.

2. The task of a sub-committee of this sort is to go intothe subject thoroughly and to present to theCommision concrete results and proposals for theCommission to decide on. Each subcommittee shallfor this purpose choose a spokesman from among itsmembers, and convey his or her name to the Presi-dent.

3. After the fulfilment of its task or for other importantreasons sub-committees appointed in accordancewith paragraph VIII. or IX. may be wound up by asimple majority vote of the Commission.

§ X. Award of titles

1. It is a fundamental task of the Commission, in con-junction with the FIDE, to award for life the titles of:a) Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Compositions,b) International Master of the FIDE for Chess Com-positions,c) FIDE Master for Chess Compositions (Bourne-mouth 1989),d) International Judge of the FIDE for Chess Com-positions,e) International Solving Grandmaster of the FIDE,f) International Solving Master of the FIDE,g) FIDE Solving Master (Tel Aviv 1996),h) Honorary Master of Chess Composition (Fon-

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§tenay sous Bois 1986).

2. The Commission also decides by a two-thirds (2/3)majority on the conditions under which these titlesmay be awarded.

3. The Commission may also decide by a two-thirds (2/3) majority to introduce new titles and determine thenecessary conditions.

4. A standing Qualifications Committee appointed inaccordance with paragraph IX. 1., consisting of five(5) Commission Members has to decide with simplemajority, whether a candidate fulfils the qualificationsfor one of the above mentioned titles. The committeeneeds a quorum of four (4) persons for a valid deci-sion.

5. Concerning the more detailed qualifications for theacquisition of titles according to this paragraph, theCommission shall decide on a set of conditions, at-tached to these Statutes as Annex III.

§ XI. Requirements for a majority

1. The Commission shall decide with a straight majorityexcept in cases where the statutes expressly require atwo-thirds (2/3) majority.

2. The majority shall be determined from the respectivenumber of Members present at and taking part in thevoting.In all cases where a two-thirds (2/3) majority is re-quired abstention counts as a vote against.

3. The President's vote counts equal to that of the otherMember.

§ XII. Concluding clauses

1. These Statutes came into force for the first time at themeeting in Pula on 18.9.1972. In the present form in-corporating some additions and alterations they werere-confirmed at the meeting in Budapest on 26.8.1988and came into force in this new version on 27.8.1988.

2. These Statutes are published 1972 in their originalform in the German language. The reconfirmed formwas published in the English language and has in thisform sole validity in cases of dispute.

3. Any alteration to these Statutes may only be carriedout if approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority.

4. Further additions and alterations:- § X 1c, Annex III 1c, 1f (Bournemouth 1989)- Annex I (Rotterdam 1991, Bonn 1992, Bratislava

1993, Belfort 1994, Turku 1995, Tel Aviv 1996, Pula1997)

- Annex III. 1.d (Rotterdam 1991)- Annex II (Bonn 1992)

- § II 5, XI 1 (Turku 1995)- § X 1g (Tel Aviv 1996)- Annex III. (Tel Aviv 1996)- § III 6, § IV, Annex III. 1. h (Wageningen 2001)- Annex III 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4 (Eretria 2005)- Annex III 1.3 (Wageningen 2006)

ANNEX I

Re paragraph I. 1.

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia &Hercegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Repub-lic, Denmark, Estonia, Former Yug. Republic of Mac-edonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Geor-gia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan,Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands,Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Ukraine, United States of America (39 members).

ANNEX II

Presently no experts (paragraph I.2) are appointed.(Bonn 1992)

ANNEX III

Re paragraph X.5.

1. For the award of FIDE-titles, the following conditionsmust be fulfilled:

1.1 TITLES FOR COMPOSERS

a) "Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composi-tions"

A problem Composer must have at least 70 prob-lems in the FIDE Albums. For a study composer thecorresponding minimum number of studies requiredin Albums is 42. (Tbilisi 1975)

b) "International Master of the FIDE for ChessCompositions"

A problem composer must have at least 25 prob-lems in the FIDE Albums. For a study composer thecorresponding minimum number of studies requiredin Albums is 15. (Tbilisi 1975)

c) "FIDE Master for Chess Compositions"A problem composer must have at least 12 prob-

lems in the FIDE Albums. For a study composer thecorresponding minimum number of studies requiredin Albums is 8 (Bournemouth 1989).

In counting the points, for the mentioned mastertitles the value of a joint composition will be dividedby the number of composers collaborating. If a com-

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§poser competes with problems as well as studies then1 study = 1 2/3 problems.

1.2 TITLES FOR JUDGES

"International Judge of the FIDE for Chess Compo-sitions"

Only national chess federations, national associa-tions for chess compositions as well as the membersof the Commission have the right to propose a mem-ber of their chess federation as a candidate for the title"International Judge".

The standing Qualifications Committee examinesthe proposal in the Commission. The candidate has tofulfil the following qualifications:

a) First application for the title InternationalJudge in one section: 6 awards among them at least 4awards in the section applied for and among them twopublished abroad are needed.

b) First application for the title InternationalJudge in more than one section: 4 awards (amongthem two published abroad) in one section whichmust be signified as first section and 3 awards in eachother section are needed. (This means that a candi-date for 2 sections must present at least 7 awards andfor 3 sections at least 10 awards).

c) Application for extension of the previouslygranted titles to other sections: 3 awards in each ofthose sections.

The sections to apply for are: 2#, 3#, n#, s#, h#,fairies, endgames, retros and mathematics.

All applications must be in written form. Theyshould be addressed to the Spokesman of the Qualifi-cations Committee or to the President and must besigned by the Chess federation, the national associa-tion for chess compositions or the delegate of theapplying country.

(Rotterdam 1991).

1.3 TITLES FOR SOLVERS

Norms for titles can be gained at the World ChessSolving Championship (WCSC), at the EuropeanChess Solving Championship (ECSC), at an WCCC-Open or any other tournament that fulfils the definedcriteria. This Annex contains guide-lines only, how-ever the Commission shall decide by a two-thirds (2/3) majority on special descriptions for solver´s ratingand criteria for gaining norms and titles as well as oncriteria for acceptability of the tournaments at whichratings and norms can be gained. These rules will beregarded as a part of the Statutes. (Wageningen2006)

a) "International Solving Grandmaster of theFIDE"

In order to obtain the title, a solver must gain anorm 3 times in any tournament that fulfils certain cri-teria, defined by the Commission, but at least once atthe WCSC or ECSC, achieving a minimum perform-

ance rating of 2650.Furthermore a general rating of 2600 is obligatory

(Wageningen 2006)

b) "International Solving Master of the FIDE"In order to obtain the title a solver must gain a

norm twice at any tournament that fulfils certain crite-ria, defined by the Commission, achieving a minimumperformance rating of 2550. Furthermore a generalrating of 2500 is obligatory (Wageningen 2006).

c) "FIDE Solving Master"In order to obtain the title a solver must gain a

norm twice at any tournament, that fulfils certain cri-teria, defined by the Commission achieving a mini-mum performance rating of 2450. Furthermore a gen-eral rating of 2400 is obligatory (Wageningen 2006).

1.4 HONORARY TITLES

"Honorary Master of Chess Composition"This title can be granted to problemists aged more

than 70 years, having great merits in problem chess,who did not succeed in getting one of the master titlesmentioned above (Fontenay sous Bois 1986,Wageningen 2001).

2. In all cases the President has to inform the GeneralSecretariat of the FIDE in writing about title awards.At the same time he has to request the confirmation ofthese titles by the next General Assembly of the FIDE.

ANNEX IV

Basic requirements for the admission and expulsion ofchess federations.

1. A chess federation applying for admission must be amember of the FIDE.

2. Visible activity in the composing and solving ofchess problems or studies must exist in the country inquestion.

3. The application must be addressed in writing by thechess federation to the President of the Commission.It must be accompanied by the undertaking that thecountry in question will actively participate in thetasks and the pursuit of aims of the Commission.

4. The delegate nominated by the chess federation(Paragraph I.1. of the statutes) must orally present hisfederation's application at an ordinary meeting of theCommission (Paragraph II.1. of the statutes). Onlythen may a decision on the application be reached.

5. If a Member is entirely absent from three successiveordinary meetings of the Commission, the latter is en-titled to decide, in ordinary session, to expel the chess

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§federation which has nominated this member. Thechess federation in question must first have the op-portunity to make written representations on the mat-ter. Provided that the due conditions are fulfilled, aresumption of representation at a later ordinary meet-ing is permissible.

6. When a federation is admitted or expelled, the list inAnnex I must be amended by decision of the Commis-sion.

ANNEX V

GENS UNA SUMUS The moral strength of FIDEis manifested by the disci-pline of its members.

STATUTES OF THE WORLD CHESS FEDERATION -FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ECHECS(FIDE)

Approved on June 25, 1974;Amended on November 6, 1976,November 7, 8 and 10, 1978,December 3 and 6, 1980,July 29, 1981,November 10 and 15, 1982,October 5-8, 1983,November 28 to December 1, 1986,7-9 August 1989,30 November to 3 December 1990,21-23 June 1992,22-24 November 1993.

CHAPTER 1 - Status, principles and aims of FIDE

1.1 The World Chess Federation (Federation Inter-nationale des Echecs, referred to in the ensuing textas FIDE for short), is the international overall organi-zation in the domain of chess, which was founded onJuly 20, 1924 in Paris.FIDE unites national chess federations and directsthe chess world.

1.2 FIDE is concerned exclusively with chess activities.FIDE is democratically established and bases itself onthe principles of equal rights of its members.It rejects discriminatory treatment for national, politi-cal, racial, social or religious reasons or on account ofsex.

1.3 Chess is one of the most ancient, intellectual and cul-tural games. It is a combination of a sport, of scientificthinking and of the elements of art.The purpose and aim of FIDE are therefore the diffu-sion and development of chess among all nations ofthe world, as well as the raising of the level of chessculture and knowledge on a scientific, creative and

cultural basis. FIDE supports a close internationalcooperation of the chess devotees in all fields ofchess activity, thereby also aiming to improvefriendly harmony among peoples.

1.4.FIDE issues the rules of chess and the provisionspertaining to the organisation of the World Champi-onships and all other FIDE chess competitions. Itawards the international chess titles.

1.5.To facilitate the administrative work in FIDE, zonesare created, if possible according to regional points ofview. Each member-federation is assigned to a zone.

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Rules for rating calculation

The basis for calculating ratings at a solving tournamentis the average of ratings of all solvers with ratings(AveRat) and the average of achieved results of thosesolvers (AveRes).

AveRat = average rating of all solvers with ratings (sub-tracting by 1600)AveRes = average result of all solvers with ratings

A rating for a solver without a rating:

It is calculated as a performance rating (PerfRat), i.e. atemporary rating achieved by a solver at a tournamentupon the formula:

PerfRat = AveRat × Res / AveRes

Res = result of a solver achieved at a tournament

Solver’s first rating is called half-rating. At his next tour-nament he gets another half-rating. The average of allhalf-ratings is calculated and put to the rating list.

Change of a rating for a solver with a rating:

The expected result (ExpRes) is calculated for all solverswith ratings upon the formula:

ExpRes = AveRes × Rat / AveRat

Rat = rating of a solver from the last rating list

The expected result might exceed 100% of the winner’sresult. In such case the corrections (CorrExpRes andCorrPerfRat) are made upon the formulas:

CorrExpRes = AveRes + (ExpRes - AveRes) × (MaxRes -AveRes) / ( MaxExpRes - AveRes)

CorrExpRes = corrected expected result (cannot exceed100% of the winner’s result)MaxRes = result of the winnerMaxExpRes = the highest expected result before correc-tion (higher than the winner’s result)

CorrPerfRat = AveRat + (PerfRat – AveRat) /(MaxPerfRat – AveRat) * (MaxRes * MaxRat /MaxCorrExpRes – AveRat)

CorrPerfRat = corrected performance ratingMaxRat = the highest solver’s ratingMaxPerfRat = performance rating of the winnerMaxCorrExpRes = the highest corrected expected result

A change of a rating (ChOfRat) is calculated from thedifference between the expected result and the achievedresult upon the formula:

ChOfRat = KT × (Res - ExpRes)or in a case of correction:ChOfRat = KT × (Res - CorrExpRes)

KT = tournament coefficient (from 1 to 4)

If the problems at the tournament are not given 5 pointseach the KT is corrected upon the formula:

CorrKT = KT × 5 × N / AbsMaxResCorrKT = corrected tournament coefficientN = number of problems at the tournamentAbsMaxRes = theoretical MaxRes at the tournament

New rating is calculated upon the formula:

NewRat = Rat + ChOfRat

If NewRat is negative it is corrected to zero. All calcula-tions are made to the second decimal place. Ratings arepublished as integers. For publishing use the ratings areincreased by 1600.

After five years of non-participating at the rated tourna-ments a solver is expelled from the rating (half-rating) list.For the further participation his original rating (but nothalf-rating) is accepted.

Ratings are calculated after each tournament. An up-dated rating list is published twice a year (at 1st Januaryand 1st July).

SOLVERS’ RATING

A rating is a numerical value which shows a solvingstrength of a solver. A solver gains it by solving at twoapproved / rated tournaments.

A rating can be gained at the WCSC, ECSC, WCCC-Open, or other tournaments which fulfil definite criteria.

Ratings are calculated after each tournament. A rating list

is published twice a year. It is calculated on the basis ofthe results of solving tournaments completed (includingthe report) by the end of June and the end of December.

The PCCC gives authority to a person(s) or a commissionresponsible for calculating ratings according to the ap-proved formulas.

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ANNEX

Tournament coefficientA frame for coefficients for tournaments organised according to the WCSC rules:

Coefficient Criteria for tournament4.0 WCSC, ECSC3.0 WCSC-type tournament for norms2.5 participation at least 5 solvers with rating 2300 or higher2.0 participation at least 5 solvers with rating 2200 or higher1.5 participation at least 5 solvers with rating 2100 or higher1.0 Others tournaments organised according to the WCSC rules

A frame for coefficients for tournaments organised according to others rules:

Coefficient Criteria for tournament2.0 WCCC-Open1.5 ISC, not-WCSC-type tournament for norms1.0 Others tournaments

The representative (commission) has the right to confirm or not the acceptability of the tournament and determines thetournament coefficient.

This version of the rules was accepted at the PCCC Congress in Wageningen 2006.

Criteria for acceptability of the tournaments at which ratings and norms can be gained

At the tournament at least 10 solvers with ratings from atleast 2 countries (15 from at least 3 countries for gainingnorms) should compete.

The selected problems should be originals or alterna-tively unknown published problems. The selected prob-lems should show a clear theme and a good level of qual-ity and difficulty and should represent different styles.

For tournaments organised according to the WCSC rules,the full coefficient may be used to calculate ratings.

For other tournaments at most one half of the normal co-efficient is used to calculate ratings. In those tourna-ments there should be at least 12 problems of differenttypes to solve. Problems for solving can be chosen fromseven groups: twomovers, threemovers, moremovers,endgames, helpmates, selfmates and fairy problems. Atthe tournament at least 5 groups with at least 2 problemsmust be represented. No group can be represented with

more than 3 problems. The tournament could be dividedinto several rounds and/or days. If all problems are notgiven the 5 points each the tournament coefficient is cor-rected for calculating ratings. When fairy problems areincluded at the tournament it is recommended that thecorresponding fairy conditions are announced at leasttwo months beforehand. This is obligatory for the WCCCOpen and it must be announced on the PCCC-site and onthe WCCC organiser’s web-site if it exists.

All tournament documentation (problems with solutions,complete list with the results and ratings, judge’s state-ment on the competition acceptability and possible com-plaints, etc) should be sent to the responsible PCCC rep-resentative (commission) within 30 days after the end ofthe competition. The representative (commission) hasthe right to confirm or not the acceptability of the tourna-ment and determines the tournament coefficient. The fi-nal decision is approved by the PCCC.

Criteria for gaining norms

A norm for the title of GM / IM / FM:To obtain a norm a solver must achieve a minimum per-formance rating 2650 / 2550 / 2450. He must be placedwithin the number of solvers with the qualifying rating2600 / 2500 / 2400 not counting his own rating (i.e. at leastsixth place when there are six solvers with rating min. 2600/ 2500 / 2400, but at least fifth place if he is one of them).

Norms for the titles International Solving Grandmaster ofthe FIDE (GM), International Solving Master of the FIDE(IM), FIDE Solving Master (FM) can be gained if at least5 title holders with ratings GM 2550 / IM 2450 / FM 2350and other solvers with the obligatory qualifying rating -2600 for GM / 2500 for IM / 2400 for FM altogether com-pete at the tournament.

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Rating list of solvers 1.7.2007

1. ............. GM .Murdzia Piotr .......................... POL 2851,482. ............. GM .Evseev Grigorij ....................... RUS 2800,583. ............. GM .Nunn John ............................... GBR 2731,284. ............. GM .Zude Arno .............................. GER 2708,355. ............. GM .Soffer Ram ............................. ISR 2691,676. ............. GM .Elkies Noam ........................... ISR 2684,837. ............. GM .Perkonoja Pauli ....................... FIN 2681,588. ............. GM .Paavilainen Jorma ................... FIN 2674,359. ............. GM .Mestel Jonathan ..................... GBR 2668,0210. ........... GM .Tummes Boris ........................ GER 2640,2911. ........... IM ...Mladenović Miodrag ............... SRB 2605,3412. ........... GM .Comay Ofer ............................ ISR 2604,5013. ........... GM .Caillaud Michel ....................... FRA 2604,1514. ........... GM .Wissmann Dolf ....................... NED 2597,1715. ........... GM .Kovačević Marjan .................. SRB 2596,0616. ........... GM .Rumjancev Sergej ................... RUS 2593,3117. ........... IM ...Salai Ladislav jr. ..................... SVK 2588,6918. ........... GM .Pfannkuche Michael ............... GER 2585,8519. ........... FM ..Crisan Vlaicu .......................... ROM 2548,7020. ........... IM ...Wakashima Tadashi ............... JAP 2547,1121. ........... FM ..Vučković Bojan ...................... SRB 2533,1622. ........... IM ...Dragoun Michal ...................... CZE 2530,6523. ........... IM ... van Beers Eddy ...................... BEL 2529,1424. ........... GM .Baier Roland ........................... SUI 2528,6625. ........... IM ...Podinic Vladimir ..................... SRB 2522,8526. ........... FM .. Mukoseev Anatolij .................. RUS 2520,6127. ........... IM ...Erenburg Mark ....................... ISR 2503,0628. ........... GM .Velimirović Milan ................... SRB 2499,3229. ........... IM ...Rotenberg Jacques ................. ISR 2495,6930. ........... IM ... van den Heuvel Peter ............. NED 2492,3031. ........... IM ...Hurme Harri ........................... FIN 2484,5432. ........... IM ...Azhusin Alexandr ................... RUS 2482,7333. ........... IM ...Piliczewski Bogusz ................. POL 2482,1634. ........... IM ...Selivanov Andrej .................... RUS 2463,3735. ........... FM ..Karhunen Kari ........................ FIN 2462,8136. ........... IM ...Huber Eric .............................. ROM 2461,4937. ........... FM .. Gurgenidze David ................... GEO 2439,4038. ........... GM .Lee Graham ............................ GBR 2439,1339. ........... IM ...Friedgood David ..................... GBR 2438,2040. ........... FM ..Feoktistov Alexander .............. RUS 2435,5441. ........... FM ..Ukmar Mitja ........................... SLO 2427,7942. ....................Voráček Miroslav ................... CZE 2426,7943. ........... FM ..Kolčák Marek ......................... SVK 2425,0044. ........... FM ..Lebedev Alexej ...................... RUS 2424,8445. ........... IM ...Pogorelov Vladimir ................. UKR 2424,4346. ....................Vanka Miloslav ....................... CZE 2421,8447. ........... FM ..McNab Colin .......................... GBR 2419,13

GM-limit

IM-limit

48. ....................Villeneuve Alain ..................... FRA 2418,4749. ....................Kupper Josef .......................... SUI 2417,1350. ........... IM ...Prentos Kostas ....................... GRE 2414,0651. ........... IM ...Axt Hemmo ............................ GER 2409,6552. ....................Satkus Vidmantas ................... LTU 2407,2653. ........... FM .. Pletnev Dmitrij ........................ RUS 2401,0154. ........... IM ...Tanner Henry ......................... FIN 2398,8055. ....................Bulavka Alexandr ................... BLR 2396,0056. ........... IM ...Kopyl Valerij ........................... UKR 2390,8357. ........... FM ..Uitenbroek Hans .................... NED 2388,2358. ........... FM ..Yamada Kohei ........................ JAP 2385,6959. ........... FM ..Leontjev Alexandr .................. RUS 2381,0360. ........... FM ..Širáň Ľubomír ......................... SVK 2366,3761. ....................Kozyrev Alexandr .................. RUS 2366,1162. ........... FM ..Stopa Jacek ............................ POL 2365,7063. ....................Marlo (Jaatinen) Terho ........... FIN 2365,0664. ....................Gulke Volker ........................... GER 2363,5565. ........... FM .. Steinbrink Axel ....................... GER 2363,3566. ........... FM ..McDowell Michael ................. GBR 2363,2867. ........... IM ...Maeder Thomas ..................... SUI 2356,0168. ....................Almamedov Araz ................... AZB 2355,8369. ........... FM .. Szczep Zbigniew ..................... POL 2353,4570. ....................Borodavkin Sergej .................. UKR 2349,7471. ....................Richter Frank .......................... GER 2346,6772. ....................Larin Rudolf ............................ RUS 2345,9173. ........... FM ..Klemanic Emil ........................ SVK 2344,1674. ........... FM ..Blochin Vladimir ..................... RUS 2344,1075. ....................Solovchuk Alexej .................... UKR 2338,7676. ........... FM ..Pervakov Oleg ........................ RUS 2338,1677. ....................Delander Adolf ....................... GER 2334,6378. ....................Pernaric Josip ......................... CRO 2329,6979. ........... FM ..Lipovskij Vladimir ................... RUS 2329,5780. ....................Djachuk Vasyl ........................ UKR 2317,1081. .................... Janevski Živko ........................ MAC 2314,0582. ....................Czeremin Claus ...................... GER 2312,4783. ....................Borst Dirk ............................... NED 2309,1584. ....................Morvay Miklós ........................ HUN 2303,6985. ........... FM ..Afek Yochanan ...................... ISR 2301,9086. ....................Mihalčo Oto ............................ SVK 2301,2687. ....................Papastavropoulos Andreas ..... GRE 2300,1288. ........... FM ..Gvozdják Peter ....................... SVK 2299,6489. ........... FM ..Klasinc Marko ........................ SLO 2299,2590. ........... FM ..Schafer Ronald ....................... GER 2292,6691. ....................Abdurahmanović Fadil ............ BIH 2290,8092. ....................Gershinskij Michail ................. UKR 2289,1693. ........... FM ..Semenenko Valerij ................. UKR 2288,2294. ........... FM ..Norri Joose ............................. FIN 2286,67

Rank Title Solver Country Rating (surname, name)

FM-limit


Criteria for gaining titles

International Solving Grandmaster of the FIDE: A solvermust gain a norm 3 times (at least once at the WCSC orECSC) and achieve a rating 2600.

International Solving Master of the FIDE: A solver mustgain a norm twice and achieve a rating 2500.

FIDE Solving Master: A solver must gain a norm twice

and achieve a rating 2400.

The obligatory rating may be achieved anytime (i.e. atany official rating list or as a current rating after a tourna-ment).

This version of the criteria was accepted at the PCCCCongress in Wageningen 2006.

16.Solvers rating



95. ....................Costeff Gady .......................... ISR 2282,5696. ....................Watson Ian ............................. GBR 2282,4797. ....................Stepak Yedael ........................ ISR 2281,7298. ....................Gabeskiria Mikheel ................. GEO 2281,1899. ....................Djurašević Branislav ............... SRB 2280,84100. .................. Kochli Klaus ........................... SUI 2280,52101. .................. Ahmels Christian .................... GER 2280,09102. .................. Predrag Nikola ....................... CRO 2277,49103. ......... FM .. Gusev Boris + ......................... RUS 2277,19104. .................. Ravins Modris ......................... LAT 2272,77105. ......... FM .. Radović Srečko....................... SRB 2272,25106. .................. Le Grand Henk ....................... NED 2271,73107. .................. Aloni Yoel ............................... ISR 2270,56108. .................. Markovcij Vasyl ..................... UKR 2261,24109. .................. Einat Paz ................................ ISR 2260,34110. .................. Mendrinos Nikos .................... GRE 2257,53111. .................. Vaulin Evgenij ........................ RUS 2255,71112. .................. Paradzinskij Oleg .................... UKR 2254,56113. ......... FM .. Krivenko Valerij ..................... UKR 2251,73114. .................. Zoltán László .......................... HUN 2249,88115. ......... FM .. de Boer Johann....................... NED 2249,13116. .................. Cebanov Nikolai ..................... MLD 2244,77117. .................. Bender Ivan ............................ CRO 2232,06118. .................. Minkin Michael ....................... RUS 2231,83119. .................. Sivić Klemen ........................... SLO 2230,79120. .................. Hoffmann Martin .................... SUI 2227,99121. .................. Beugelsdijk Ruud .................... NED 2221,63122. .................. Rothwell Stephen .................... GER 2221,01123.-124. .......... Spirić Igor ............................... SRB 2213,19123.-124. .......... Rein Andreas .......................... GER 2213,19125. .................. Chandurin Anatolij .................. UKR 2212,20126. .................. Petrov Andrej ......................... RUS 2206,24127. .................. Viktorov Evgenij ..................... RUS 2205,87128. .................. Lörinc Juraj ............................. SVK 2204,36129. .................. Masimov Agshin ..................... AZB 2203,82130. .................. Krolikowski Ryszard ............... POL 2200,63131. .................. Melnichenko Viktor ................ UKR 2199,92132. .................. Mikholap Alexandr ................. BLR 2199,38133. .................. Gorski Piotr ............................. POL 2198,12134. .................. Stanković Hamza .................... BIH 2190,99135. .................. Gottstein Claudius ................... GER 2188,30136. .................. Weemaes Ronny .................... BEL 2188,27137. .................. Maximenko Igor ..................... UKR 2187,87138. .................. Bakker Peter .......................... NED 2186,01139. .................. Zajcev Viktor .......................... BLR 2185,96140. .................. Wassong Pascal ..................... FRA 2185,05141. .................. Molnár Jószef ......................... HUN 2182,17142. .................. Libiš Zdeněk ........................... CZE 2180,77143. .................. Sabol František ....................... CZE 2179,30144. .................. Valois Paul ............................. GBR 2179,12145. .................. Karamanits Anatolij ................ UKR 2177,95146. .................. Degenkolbe Mirko .................. GER 2175,77147. .................. Limontas Martynas ................. LTU 2173,59148. .................. Semenenko Alexander ............ UKR 2173,34149. .................. Todorović Goran ..................... SRB 2172,74150. .................. Moravčik Bohumil .................. SVK 2169,57151. .................. Galiantsshpigel Lev ................. ISR 2169,10152. ......... FM .. Neef Wilfried .......................... GER 2165,52153. .................. Nicula Dinu-Ioan .................... ROM 2161,13154. .................. Gazarek Danko ....................... CRO 2156,58155. .................. Karabanov Andrej .................. UKR 2154,48156. .................. Versmissen Koen ................... NED 2152,37157. .................. Radomirović Miodrag ............. SRB 2151,17158. .................. Manolescu Mircea +............... ROM 2151,05159. .................. Van Herck Marcel ................. BEL 2149,84

160. ..................Banaszek Marcin .................... GER 2149,45161. .................. Jeliazkov Kiril ......................... BLG 2148,86162. ..................Prcic Mike .............................. BIH 2146,40163. .................. le Grand Piet ........................... NED 2145,11164. ..................Paliulionis Viktoras ................. LTU 2143,98165. ..................Gadjanski Borislav .................. SRB 2141,34166. ..................Simić Milan ............................. SRB 2126,31167. ..................Bunka Vladislav ..................... CZE 2124,86168. ..................Milanović Mihajlo ................... SRB 2123,99169. ..................Kikuta Yuji ............................. JAP 2123,53170. ..................Fougiaxis Harry ...................... GRE 2123,41171. ..................Beuster Michael ..................... GER 2122,12172. ..................Chocenka Dmitrijus ................ LTU 2118,45173. ..................Quah James ............................ SIN 2117,92174. ..................Gavrilovski Zoran ................... MAC 2116,40175. ..................Sööt Margus ........................... EST 2114,47176. ..................Satkus Vilimantas ................... LTU 2111,49177. ..................Skoba Ivan .............................. CZE 2110,46178. ..................Alexandrov Dmitry ................. RUS 2109,75179. ..................Sihnievich Mikalai ................... BLR 2109,24180. ..................Parchomenko Nikolaj ............. UKR 2109,09181. ..................Nievergelt Andreas ................ SUI 2108,74182. ..................Zajic Helmut ........................... AUT 2107,27183. ..................Ooms Andy ............................ BEL 2106,83184. ..................Labai Zoltán ............................ SVK 2104,85185. ..................Cumbers Paul ......................... GBR 2103,28186. ..................Khramtsevich Michail ............. BLR 2102,25187. ..................Vokál Stanislav ....................... SVK 2101,35188. ..................Parzuch Stefan ....................... POL 2099,84189. ..................Miletić Dean ........................... SRB 2097,94190. .................. Jakunin Nikolaj ....................... RUS 2096,25191. ..................Stawarz Pavel ......................... POL 2095,55192. ..................Evstigneev Roman .................. UKR 2095,32193. ..................Malyshkin Jurij ........................ RUS 2094,86194. ..................Ugren Ljubomir ...................... SLO 2094,80195. ..................Piorun Kacper ........................ POL 2094,58196. ..................Gordian Jurij ............................ UKR 2091,13197. ..................Svrček Milan ........................... SVK 2090,29198. ..................Messing Hrvoje ...................... CRO 2088,50199. ..................Retter Yosi ............................. ISR 2085,67200. ..................Petri Peter .............................. BEL 2085,16201. ..................Ostruh Boris ........................... SLO 2084,97202. ..................Schenkerik Csaba ................... HUN 2083,19203. ..................Kaufhold Thomas ................... GER 2082,05204. ..................Walther Thomas ..................... GER 2081,83205. ..................Henrych Miroslav ................... CZE 2077,85206. ..................Postnikov Alexandr ................ UKR 2073,42207. ..................Sibinović Zoran ....................... SRB 2072,64208. ..................Rjabcev Vladimir .................... UKR 2070,24209. ..................De Heer Jost .......................... NED 2068,04210. ..................Bamford Andrew ................... GBR 2065,74211. ..................Petković Nikola ...................... SRB 2065,27212. ..................Kosiorek Marek ..................... POL 2064,34213. ..................Lucenti Giorgio ....................... ITA 2064,29214. ..................Gemmell John ......................... GBR 2059,51215. ..................Horstmann Bernd ................... GER 2057,99216. .................. Johnston Dafydd ..................... GBR 2057,37217. ..................Clark Bill ................................. GBR 2056,01218. ..................Bartosh Vladimir .................... BLR 2052,37219. ..................Gurr Lyndon ........................... GBR 2050,88220. ..................Basistyj Mark ......................... UKR 2048,89221. ..................Siwik Rafal ............................. POL 2046,70222. ..................Kostouros Alexis .................... GRE 2046,66223. ..................Petras Milan ........................... CZE 2044,60224. ..................Muth Josef .............................. GER 2042,33

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225. ..................Rosolak Wladyslaw + ............. POL 2041,96226. ..................Kolesnik Nikolaj ..................... UKR 2034,96227. ..................Ranković Srdan ...................... SRB 2032,45228. ..................Seeck Klaus ............................ GER 2031,30229. ..................Beije Johan ............................. NED 2031,13230. ..................Uta Matei ............................... ROM 2030,89231. ..................Hernitz Zvonimir ..................... CRO 2027,64232. ..................Orton Stephen ......................... GBR 2027,56233. ..................Knjazev Alexej ....................... UKR 2026,41234. ..................Schmidt Peter ......................... GER 2024,97235. ..................Denkovski Ivan ....................... MAC 2024,92236. ..................Szymanski Marcin .................. POL 2024,11237. ..................Fedchenko Vladimir ................ UKR 2019,49238. ..................Stephenson Brian .................... GBR 2018,74239. ..................Harkola Hannu ....................... FIN 2015,49240. ..................Sluzhilov A. ............................. RUS 2015,41241. ..................Lebouil Jean-Louis ................. FRA 2013,36242. ..................Bieganowski Roman ............... POL 2011,88243. ..................Soskic Bozidar ........................ SRB 2011,19244. ..................Gorbunov Valerij .................... UKR 2010,51245. ..................Kameník Pavel ....................... CZE 2009,30246. ..................Wysockij Michal ..................... POL 2006,03247. ..................Skrzek Janusz ......................... POL 2005,64248. ..................Konidaris Panagiotis ............... GRE 2003,35249. ..................Steponavicius Stasys ............... LTU 2000,30250. ..................Gabeskiria Amirian ................. GEO 1996,98251. ..................Fomichev Evgenij ................... RUS 1996,47252. ..................Kayser Ami ............................ ISR 1995,00253. ..................Volkov Leonid ........................ UKR 1990,83254. ..................Belokon Jurij ........................... UKR 1990,74255. ..................Gurov Valerij .......................... RUS 1990,07256. ..................Syväniemi Janne ..................... FIN 1988,40257. ..................Palmans Luc ........................... BEL 1986,06258. .................. de Vos Nils ............................. BEL 1983,64259. ..................Ursta Lubomir ........................ CZE 1982,51260. ..................Zhezhurin Bogdan ................... UKR 1979,09261. .................. Jelínek Jiří ............................... CZE 1974,82262. ..................Volchek Viktor ....................... BLR 1973,26263. ..................Sklavounos Panagis ................ GRE 1972,38264. ..................Dupin Jacques ........................ FRA 1971,79265. ..................Bubanja Bojan ........................ MNE 1971,14266. ..................Brjuchanov Ivan ..................... UKR 1969,55267. ..................Damjanović Mato ................... CRO 1968,17268. .................. Ilandzis Spyridon ..................... GRE 1967,55269. ..................Kurilenko Vladimir ................. UKR 1964,43270. ..................Dobiáš Richard ....................... SVK 1959,48271. ..................Clarke Peter H ....................... GBR 1958,68272. ..................Vinogradov Alexej .................. RUS 1955,18273. ..................Raican Paul ............................ ROM 1953,66274. ..................Chervonjuk Jurij ...................... UKR 1953,65275. ..................Lawrence John ....................... GBR 1953,56276. ..................Blackstock Les ....................... GBR 1953,21277. ..................Sutherland Neil A ................... GBR 1952,72278. ..................Kozhokar Vjacheslav ............. MLD 1952,56279. ..................Gajevskis Antons .................... LAT 1947,32280. ..................Kasár Miroslav ....................... SVK 1945,59281. ..................Vink Wim ............................... NED 1940,48282. .................. Ivanov Albert .......................... MLD 1937,98283. ..................Paronen Petteri ....................... FIN 1935,97284. ..................Emmerson Stephen ................. GBR 1934,54285. ..................Kwiatkowski Andrzej ............. POL 1929,42286. ..................Riguet Laurent ........................ FRA 1928,84287. .................. Jasik Andrzej .......................... POL 1927,61288. ..................Reytsen Yevgeny ................... UKR 1926,85289. ..................Beckers Jurgen ....................... BEL 1926,42

290. ..................Sobrecases Guy ...................... FRA 1921,98291. ..................Garoufalidis Ioannis ................ GRE 1921,85292. ..................Glišić Dejan ............................ CRO 1919,08293. ..................Rimkus Miečislovas ................ LTU 1918,87294. ..................Starčević Kresimir .................. CRO 1915,37295. ..................Skyrianoglou Dimitris .............. GRE 1915,10296. ..................Privrediev Anatolij .................. AZB 1914,70297. ..................Piven Nikolaj ........................... UKR 1910,23298. ..................Taylor Stephen ....................... GBR 1910,15299. ..................Przedmojski Rafal ................... POL 1908,06300. ..................Miljanić Mirko ........................ SRB 1905,22301. ..................Van Namen Ton ..................... NED 1904,93302. ..................Müller Winus .......................... GER 1900,38303. ..................Kirzenstein Adam ................... POL 1899,13304. ..................Gluszko Krzystof .................... POL 1898,66305. ..................Vandemeulebroucke Mark ..... BEL 1898,30306. ..................Thoma Andreas ...................... GER 1897,76307. ..................Ejlazjan Eduard ....................... UKR 1897,60308. ..................Vandemeulebroucke I. ........... BEL 1897,07309. ..................Burda Josef ............................ CZE 1896,86310. ..................Anemodouras Leokratis ......... GRE 1895,52311. ..................Snížek Květoslav .................... CZE 1889,22312. ..................Penrose Oliver ........................ GBR 1883,16313. ..................Yanami Hitoshi ....................... JAP 1882,06314. ..................Montaruli Roberto ................... ITA 1880,04315. ......... w ....Rybak-Murdzia Agnieszka ..... POL 1876,82316. ..................Capron Daniel ......................... FRA 1874,23317. ..................Makhatadze Dzhemal ............. GEO 1872,08318. ..................Ralík Oliver ............................. SVK 1868,33319. ..................Coward John R ....................... GBR 1867,92320. ..................Abubekerov Oleg ................... RUS 1867,16321. ..................Speer Dominik ........................ GER 1864,23322. ..................Ketris Ilja ................................ LAT 1863,77323. ..................Lehmann Tadeusz .................. POL 1862,04324. ..................Smolen Ján ............................. SVK 1858,19325. ..................Chizhikov Vladislav ................ RUS 1850,02326. ..................Ljubchenko Vladimir ............... UKR 1839,92327. ..................Dewhurst Ken ........................ GBR 1839,43328. ..................Clarke Peter C ....................... GBR 1838,91329. ..................Rmus Anto ............................. SRB 1838,55330. ..................Guca Krzystof ........................ POL 1835,20331. ..................Sitar Darko ............................. SLO 1834,26332. ..................Földesi Marek ......................... SVK 1831,31333. ..................Krohmalnik Andrei ................. ISR 1830,38334. ..................Perfilov Viktor ........................ RUS 1829,12335. ..................Radchenko Alexandr .............. RUS 1825,45336. ..................Grewatt Jim ............................ GBR 1823,75337. ..................Trifunović Bogoljub ................ SRB 1820,29338. ..................Chovan Olexandr .................... UKR 1819,99339.-340. ..........Lantta Tommi ......................... FIN 1816,22339.-340. ..........Besancon Remy ..................... FRA 1816,22341. ..................Marszalek Maciej ................... POL 1814,34342. ..................Luch Michal ............................ POL 1811,34343. ..................Nguyen Piotr ........................... POL 1809,08344. ......... w ....Szewczak Anna ...................... POL 1804,92345. ..................Fica Alexander ....................... CZE 1803,71346. ..................Temes Chaim ......................... ISR 1801,38347. ..................Griwa Nikolaj .......................... UKR 1795,48348. ..................Vlček Dalibor ......................... CZE 1793,30349. ..................Roycroft John ......................... GBR 1789,52350. ..................Van der Heijden Harold ......... NED 1785,96351. ..................Sieberg Rolf ............................ GER 1785,78352. ..................Bonavoglia Marco .................. ITA 1780,86353. ..................Solochin Sergej ....................... RUS 1780,22354. ..................Belov Alexandr ....................... UKR 1775,36

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355. ..................Kalinins Andrej ....................... LAT 1773,16356. ..................Van Espen Eddy ..................... BEL 1771,82357. ..................Franks Joe .............................. GBR 1770,22358. ..................Smith Graham ......................... GBR 1768,28359. ..................Novomeský Daniel ................. SVK 1765,04360. ..................Vasilenko Anatoly .................. UKR 1764,21361. ..................Berger Harm .......................... NED 1762,81362. .................. van Oosterhout Ton ................ NED 1760,38363. ..................Alexandrou Anastasios ........... GRE 1759,77364. ..................Perković Josip ........................ BIH 1759,40365. ..................Srol Pavel ............................... CZE 1759,18366. ..................Argirakopoulos Themist. ........ GRE 1757,95367. ..................Pribula Nandor ....................... HUN 1750,70368. ..................Provalskij Sergej ..................... UKR 1749,62369. ..................Szewczak Andrzej .................. POL 1742,96370. ..................Thwaites Quentin ................... GBR 1740,97371. ..................Petrauskas Steponas ............... LTU 1732,15372. ......... w ....Zych Kinga ............................. POL 1731,80373. ..................Craig Joe ................................ GBR 1731,24374. ..................Koludrović Branko ................. CRO 1729,79375. ..................Tucakov Joza .......................... SRB 1728,19376. ..................Nastran Janez ......................... SLO 1723,35377. ..................Stojanović Sasa ....................... SRB 1721,17378. ..................Gudelionis Vytautas ................ LTU 1716,48379. ..................Gorodiskij Oleg ....................... UKR 1714,10380. ..................Stojnić Dragan ........................ SRB 1713,44381. ..................Andrusenko Pavel .................. UKR 1703,68382. ..................Křivánek Vladimír .................. CZE 1692,17383. ..................Bokan Stevan ......................... SRB 1689,07384. ......... w ....Vitová Jana ............................. CZE 1688,79385. ..................Mitsakis Kostats ..................... GRE 1687,44386. ......... w ....Kopylova Valeria .................... UKR 1687,37387. ......... w ....Duca Delia Monica ................ ROM 1679,30388. ..................Zlatarov Vladimir .................... SRB 1678,85389. ..................Zujkov Oleg ............................ UKR 1675,94390.-392. ..........Binyaminy Binyammin ............ ISR 1673,12390.-392. ..........Bellini Stefano ........................ ITA 1673,12390.-392. . w ....Popović Mladenka .................. SRB 1673,12393. ......... w ....Warakomska Anna ................. POL 1671,46394. ..................Kanivec Sergej ....................... UKR 1670,40395. ..................Černohous Josef ..................... CZE 1668,28396. ..................Barej Stanislav ........................ SVK 1667,27

397. ..................Cushko Vladimir ..................... UKR 1666,94398. ..................Olijnyk Nikolaj ........................ UKR 1665,39399. ..................Pozdnak Oleg ......................... UKR 1664,13400. ..................Vermeulen Danny .................. BEL 1663,63401. ..................Granauskis Stasis .................... LAT 1662,69402. ..................Kyšela Štefan ......................... SVK 1659,87403. ..................Hitin Zeev ............................... ISR 1656,62404. ..................Aunver Indrek ........................ EST 1655,54405. ..................Strasman Nery ........................ ISR 1650,97406. .................. de Herdt Robert ..................... BEL 1649,34407. ..................Ogbeide Gerhardt ................... GBR 1647,30408. ..................Baete Guy ............................... BEL 1645,85409. ..................Hill Mike ................................. GBR 1644,98410. ..................Skowron Jaroslaw + ............... POL 1644,59411. ..................Zadro Boris ............................. CRO 1644,43412. ..................Zujkov Vladimir ...................... UKR 1643,39413. ..................Enemark Bjørn ....................... DEN 1641,47414. ..................Verheyden Jonas .................... BEL 1639,48415. ..................Karijo Borivoje ....................... SRB 1638,12416. ..................Summers Alastair ................... GBR 1633,49417. ..................Mikitenko Nikolaj .................... UKR 1630,28418. ..................Skobcov Boris ......................... UKR 1628,22419. ..................Kellner Sylvain ....................... BEL 1627,08420. ..................Bobisud František ................... CZE 1617,71421. ..................Ocokoljić Zoran ...................... SRB 1616,71422.-423. ..........Stecenko Boris ....................... UKR 1613,23422.-423. ..........Majstrenko Vitalij ................... UKR 1613,23424. ..................Djokić Dragoljub ..................... SRB 1611,22425. ..................Wozniak Tadeusz ................... POL 1609,72426. .................. Jacob Sydney .......................... GBR 1603,60427. ..................Staessens Giovanni ................. BEL 1603,20428. ..................Dubina Andrej ........................ UKR 1602,65429. ..................De Meyer David .................... BEL 1602,59430.-437. . w ....Kohoutová Martina ................. CZE 1600,00430.-437. ..........Witdoeck Luc ......................... BEL 1600,00430.-437. ..........Šulc Jan .................................. CZE 1600,00430.-437. ..........Gluszko Monika ...................... POL 1600,00430.-437. ..........Kruzinski Lukasz .................... POL 1600,00430.-437. ..........Zalewski Daniel ...................... POL 1600,00430.-437. .......... van Hentenryck Alain ............. BEL 1600,00430.-437. ..........Yeremenko Georgij ................ UKR 1600,00

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WCSC

Rules for the World Championship in Solving of Chess Problems (WCSC)

1.1. The WCSC is a competition for national teams andindividual solvers.

1.2. It consists of 6 rounds over two days, with 3 roundseach day according to the following table:

Round 1: 3 twomovers 20 minutes solving timeRound 2: 3 threemovers 60 minutes solving timeRound 3: 3 endgames 100 minutes solving timeRound 4: 3 helpmates (h#2, h#3, h# > 3) 50 minutes solving timeRound 5: 3 moremovers (at least one 4# and one 5#) 80 minutes solving timeRound 6: 3 selfmates (s#2, s#3, s# > 3) 50 minutes solving time

Round 4 and Round 6 may be exchanged.The break between each round is at least 15 minutes.

2.1. The WCSC is organised by a country which is amember of the FIDE and has been appointed by thePCCC.

2.2. All members of the FIDE are entitled to enter oneteam. The organising country has a right to com-pete with two teams.

2.3. The WCSC is an official team world championshipif teams of at least 7 different countries participate.It is an official individual world championship if atleast 30 solvers from at least 10 countries partici-pate. For juniors (up to 23 years) and women re-quired numbers are 10 solvers from 7 differentcountries.

3.1. The organising country nominates the Director ofthe WCSC, if possible, before the announcementof the tournament. It is recommended that the Di-rector should have a title FIDE Solving Judge or heshould have experiences as a director / judge of atleast two rated solving tournaments.

3.2. If the Director does not belong to the organisingcountry, that country has to nominate an Assist-ant Director to represent the Director in case he isunable to attend the WCSC.

3.3. The Director is responsible for the selection of theproblems to be solved. He makes the diagram cop-ies for the tournament. It is his job to ensure thatthe solvers do not know the problems.

4.1. The teams usually consist of three solvers and theteam-leader who may be one of the solvers. Teamsconsisting of only two solvers are also permitted.The members of the teams simultaneously competein the individual championship.

4.2. A country participating with a team (organisingcountry with two teams) is allowed to nominateone further solver for the individual championship.

4.3. A country may nominate one extra junior and/orwoman out of this quota. For the junior’s / wom-

en’s championship juniors / women from the regu-lar national quota compete as well.

4.4. A country not participating with a team may sendone person for the individual championship.

4.5. The three best solvers of a WCSC are entitled toparticipate in the following WCSC (individual) in-dependently of their qualification for the team andeven if not among the four solvers as definedabove.

5.1. A country must notify the organiser of its intentionto participate not later than three months beforethe tournament; unless in the organiser’s an-nouncement a later date is given.

5.2. The rules for the eligibility of participating solvers(whether team members or individual nominees)shall be the same as for FIDE over-the-board-events.

5.3. Each country must notify the names of all solversparticipating on its behalf in writing to the PCCC(or the person nominated for this purpose by thePCCC) not less than 24 hours before the tourna-ment starts. If required the notification must in-clude all documents according to the FIDE rules forestablishing the eligibility of the participants.

5.4. The PCCC (or the person so nominated) is respon-sible for determining the eligibility of participants.

5.5. Other teams and/or solvers may be admitted at alater time with the discretion of the PCCC.

6.1. The problems to be solved should be originals, or,alternatively, little known published problems.

6.2. The selected problems should show a clear themeand a good level of quality and difficulty. It is rec-ommended that in every round, the three problemsshould represent different styles.

6.3. Fairy conditions and retro problems are not al-lowed. The positions should be legal. All problemsshould have only one solution, except in the help-mate round when more single solutions are espe-

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cially indicated. The problems should be computertested as far as possible.

7.1. The problems to be solved must be presented onprinted diagrams.

7.2. The solver may use the chess board(s) and menmade available by the organiser, or his own set(s).The use of all electronic or technological aidswhich can help in solving is forbidden.

7.3. The solver must write the solutions only on thesheet provided by the Director.

8. The solutions are to be written in the followingway:a) in direct mate problems: all moves in all varia-

tions of full length which defend the threat,including the threat if it is of full length, exceptthe last move of Black and the mating move(i.e. in twomovers only the key; in three-movers all three move variations, includingthe full length threat, up to the second whitemove, etc.);

b) in selfmate problems: all moves except themating move in all variations of full lengthwhich defend the threat, including the threatif it is of full length.

If a threat doesn’t exist or a threat of full length isnot written all variations of full length are to begiven.

c) in helpmate problems: all moves;d) in endgames: all moves up to an obvious win

or draw.

9.1. In helpmate(s) for which more than one single solu-tion is indicated the solver has to give all requestedsingle solutions for a complete solution. In all otherproblems and endgames only one solution is to begiven.

9.2. If a solver believes he has found a cook, he maygive it instead of the solution. In this case, he hasto give the complete moves of the cook accordingto point 8. The correct and complete solution orcook of a problem scores 5 points.

9.3. An incomplete solution scores fewer points. Incor-rect or incomplete variations or single solutionsscore 0 points. If more than the required number ofsolutions for a particular problem is written, it isenough that one of the solutions is incorrect forthe solver to score 0 (zero) points for this problem.

9.4. The Director must determine the distribution ofpoints for a solution (i.e. for different variations,moves or single solutions) before the tournamentstarts. For a helpmate(s) with more single solutions

the distribution of points should be indicated onthe solving sheet.

9.5. If a problem has no solution, 0 points are awardedfor this problem and all solvers get the full timescore in this round.

9.6. Retro problems and problems with fairy conditions(see 6.3.) are treated like problems with no solution.A problem with an illegal position is treated likeone with a legal position.

9.7. If a move is written incorrectly, unclearly or am-biguously, this variation or single solution is re-garded as incorrect. If, however, the Director (orthe jury, pt 13.5) is absolutely sure that the correctmove was intended, this variation or single solu-tion must be regarded as correct.

10.1. During the solving a solver may leave the solvingroom only with a permission of the Director andaccompanied by a controller.

10.2. When a solver hands over the solving sheet a con-troller immediately writes the elapsed time on thesolver’s solving sheet. Elapsed time is rounded upin minutes (i.e. when the last minute starts solversget full time). After handing the solving sheet, thesolver has no right to make any change to the solu-tions. He should leave the room and may not returnuntil the round is ended.

10.3. The Director announces 10 minutes left and the lastminute in each round. After the announcement ofthe last minute all solvers remain sitting to the endof the round. When the end is declared they stopwriting and wait until the controllers collect all thesolving sheets.

11.1. For the team result in each round, the score of thetwo best solvers of a team for this round is taken inconsideration. The points of all rounds will be to-talled, as well as the respective solving time (inminutes).

11.2. For the individual score, the points a solverachieves in the different rounds will be totalled, aswell as the solving time.

11.3. A solver with 0 points in a round scores the fulltime for this round.

11.4. The number of points determines the ranking. Inthe event of a tie on points, the solver or team withthe shorter total solving time will be ranked higher.

12.1. Participants must be informed of the official solu-tions of a round immediately after the end of thatround. The results of the rounds must be an-nounced in written form as soon as possible.

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12.2. If a problem has proved to be incorrect (cooks, du-als, no solution) this must be announced as soonas possible including the respective distribution ofpoints.

13.1. The Director has to publish his reports daily be-tween 8 am and 10 pm. Report after 10 pm is treatedlike at 8am (on the following day). He should an-nounce in advance when the report is to be pub-lished.

13.2. Protests against any announcement must reachthe Director in written form not later than two hoursafter this announcement. He is allowed to acceptprotests out of time. If the Director cannot befound, a protest remark is to be made at the an-nouncement board. Protests have to be given bythe team-leaders or by an individual solver accord-ing to pt 4.2. and 4.3.

13.3. The Director’s task is to deal with such protestsand to settle disputes. His decision with the argu-mentation is to be done in written form. He has tosecure that a solution given by a solver only can beseen by this solver himself, or by the leader orother members of his team.

13.4. Objections to any decision by the Director must bemade in writing and must reach the Director withintwo hours of the announcement of the decision.

13.5. Such objections shall be dealt with by a jury con-sisting of the Director and two neutral personsnominated by the PCCC in consultation with theteam-leaders affected. The majority decision of thejury (in written form with the argumentation) is fi-nal.

14. These Rules should be published on the officialannouncement board at least 24 hours before thestart of the first round.

This version of the Rules was accepted at the PCCCCongress in Wageningen 2006

Recommendations of the PCCC:

Juniors (under 20), seniors (above 60) and/or women mayparticipate unofficially what depends on the organizers ofthe event whether they offer a separate section for them.(Wageningen 2001)

Studies with just one line and a clear conclusion arepreferable. (Moscow 2003)

Helpmates: Multiple solutions are preferable to twins.Some thematic relationship between the single solutions,and a reasonable number of single solutions altogether ina round (max. seven), are recommended. (Halkidiki 2004)

Rules for the European Championship in Solving of Chess Problems (ECSC)

1.1. The ECSC is an independent competition for na-tional teams and individual solvers as well for jun-iors and women.

1.2. It consists of 6 rounds over two days, with 3rounds each day according to the following table:

Round 1: 3 twomovers 20 minutes solving timeRound 1: 3 twomovers 20 minutes solving timeRound 2: 3 threemovers 60 minutes

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