59th WCCC




59th World Congress of Chess Composition

40th World Chess Solving Championship

30 July - 6 August, 2016 in Belgrade

World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) is the most important yearly event organized by World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC). Within the annual WFCC Meeting, several traditional competitions have been held, the most important being World Chess Solving Championship (since 1977).

In 2016, Serbia will host WCCC and WCSC for the first time. The Serbian Chess Problem Society is proud about the development of chess composition in our country, and hopes to popularize it even more.

On a wider scene, we aim to present chess composition as a creative pursuit which may be performed on a high level throughout almost the whole life, from 9 to 99 years. To prove this, we shall enrich the traditional WCCC program with new competitions for juniors, both in composing and solving chess problems.

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Opening ceremony, 30 July

Held in Belgrade City Hall, the ceremony included presentation of important chess events in Belgrade, like the matches Yugoslavia - USA (1950), USSR - Rest of the World (1970), and Fischer - Spaski (1970), Investbanka super-tourneys (1987-97), and European Women Championship (2013).
Guests were addressed by Vladimir Pajić, representative of the City, Borislav Gadjanski, the president of the Serbian Chess Problem Society and the president of the 59thWCCC Organizing Committee, and Harry Fougiaxis, the president of the WFCC. Musical parts with national motives were performed by Vladimir Baralić, on pipe, the traditional instrument being very popular in Serbia.
Opening1
Participants and audience in the City Hall
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Tamara Gadjanski and Marko Ložajić opening the program
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Vladimir Baralić performing variations of national motives on pipe
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SCPS president Borislav Gadjanski
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Harry Fougiaxis and Vladimir Pajić playing symbolic moves
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Photo: Andjelko Vasiljević

I N F O

Solving Show

see menu: Solving / Solving Show
Composing Tourneys

   All Awards    

see menu: Composing / YCCC
see menu: Composing / Unofficial CT
see menu: Composing / Official CT
Solving Results

   40th World Solving Championship    

see WCSC Final Results

   Open Solving Tournament    

see Open Solving
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rope
Abdelaziz Onkoud:
"J'irai donc à Belgrade avec une boussole et des cordes" :-)
I will go to Belgrade with a compass and the ropes :-)
"The Rope" is the title of the Composing tourney (4° Azemmour)
"The Compass theme" is the title of the Lecture.
(see PDF document)
"J'ai aussi le plaisir de vous annoncer que je vais assurer une lecture avec comme idée que j'ai baptisé le thème de la Boussole"

Main location
for WCCC & WCSC

MetropolPalace
Belgrade - Metropol Palace Hotel - Frontside

WFCC Meeting, 31 July

Lavender room in the Metropol Palace Hotel. Not many tensed questions this year, but a tensed voting for the ECSC 2017 host: Latvia vs Belgium 13:12...
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Beginning of the WFCC meeting
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Introductory words by the WFCC president
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Guenter Buesing, Hannu Harkola, Harry Fougiaxis and Thomas Maeder
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Photo: Andjelko Vasiljević

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by Milan Velimirović from 2006

Serbian Chess Problem Society

Design: Borislav Gadjanski

WCCC 2015, Ostróda, Pl


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