WCCC 2005 - Home page

Welcome to the 48th World Congress of Chess Composition website!

Organiser: Greek Chess Federation & Composition Committee, Koridallos Chess Club
Venue: Eretria, Evia, Greece, 3-10 September 2005
Hotel: Eretria Village Resort and Conference Centre

Date	News
Sep-25	We conclude the awards of the composing tourneys, organised by congress participants: 5-days long (revised award, the 3rd-4th Prizes are unfortunately anticipated), 3rd Italian Grappa, 3rd Romanian Tzuica, 6th Japanese Sake, Uralsky Problemist and French Champagne. We have also uploaded the booklet with the award of Pantelis Martoudis MT in PDF format, which was given to all congress participants. You may download the file from here; if you need a paper copy, contact the webmaster.
Sept-18	It has been a fabulous week and everybody seems to have enjoyed the congress. Congratulations to the team of Great Britain for their first place in the 29th World Chess Solving Championship and to Piotr Murdzia of Poland for his convincing win! We have also uploaded the results of most of the composing tourneys: Congress Quick #2, Congress Quick H#2, Whisky, 6th Moskovskaya Matreshka, 8th Israeli Sabra, Vodka, 7th Ukrainian Folk Crafts and Metaxa. Refer to the updated composing news page. The rest of the awards will follow soon.
Aug-09	Don't miss the 6th Japanese Sake tourney, organised by Tadashi Wakashima and Yuji Kikuta, which traditionally asks for fairy compositions featuring an exotic new condition.
Aug-03	Michel Caillaud announces the French Champagne 2005 tourney asking for proof games with reciprocal interferences. Refer to the updated composing news page.
July-31	Andrey Selivanov announces the "Uralsky Problemist" and the Russian Vodka tourneys. Details, as usual, in the updated composing news page.
July-26	We updated the composing news page with the announcement of the 7th Ukrainian Folk Crafts TT, organised by Yevgen Reytsen, and of the 3rd Romanian Tzuica TT, organised by Vlaicu Crisan and Eric Huber.
June-29	Peter Gvozdják announces the 17th Spišská Borovička theme tourney. More details can be found in the composing news dedicated page.
June-15	Our best wishes to the Polish Chess Federation and the Chess Club "Miedz" for all success to the 1st European Chess Solving Championship that they organise in Legnica this weekend. Have a look at the official site for further details.
May-25	We have added some details on how you can get from the airport to the hotel.
May-15	We received 85 entries of decent quality for the Pantelis Martoudis Memorial Ty and we expect that the award will be ready by the end of August. The results booklet will also include the award of last year's Halkidiki Internet Ty and it will be given, as a little gift, to all congress participants. On a side note, Pavlos Moutecidis is celebrating his 75 years with a Jubilee Ty, for which he is asking for selfmates in 8 to 20 moves, where all white and black pieces move during the solution. Especially for white pieces only, it is allowed these to be captured during the solution, insted of moving. Please note that there is a total prize fund of 1,000 EUR! Send your compositions either by post to Pavlos Moutecidis, P.O. Box 10604, GR-54110, Thessaloniki, Greece, or via e-mail to Kostas Prentos, by 7th of November (Pavlos' birthday).
May-10	We plan to have a Quick (Solving) Show this year on Tuesday evening, 6th of September, an idea invented by Ivan Jarolín in 2001 that is quite popular mainly in Slovakia. Please check the rules in the solving news page. We are also glad that Petko Petkov will compose all the fairy twomovers for the Fairy Solving Show, like he did last year for the Halkidiki congress. The event is scheduled for Wednesday evening, 7th of September.
Apr-25	We invite all those interested in giving a lecture, to let us know about it. Lectures are scheduled for Monday evening, 5th of September. In the event that all lectures do not fit in a single evening, we will arrange to have a second part on Tuesday evening, 6th of September. Please let us know in advance the topic you wish to present and the expected duration of your lecture. Take also note that the video projector for the Solving Shows will be always available during the congress, so if you feel like preparing a neat Powerpoint presentation, you are more than welcome!
Apr-15	Some participants organize informal composing tourneys during the WCCC's. If you plan such a tourney this year in Eretria, you could send us the theme in advance and we will be glad to include the announcement in the congress material for all participants. Please advise theme, possible example and closing date / time, keeping in mind that the prize giving ceremony is scheduled for Friday afternoon, 9th of September.
Apr-10	We are glad to announce that Brian Stephenson will be the Director of the 29th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC), assisted by Peter Bakker, Christopher Jones and Ward Stoffelen. All four are very well experienced in WCSC's and we will do our best to help them in organising a successful championship. The same team will also arrange the Open Solving Tourney. For further details, please have a look at the solving news dedicated page.
Feb-16	We issued the official announcement of the congress today. Eretria and the island of Evia, in general, is a well-appointed holiday area and the weather during this period is still excellent. The Eretria Village Resort and Conference Centre have a long-standing tradition in domestic and international congresses. The Greek School Chess Championship and the World Chess Championship for visually impaired persons were held at this venue earlier this year. Be reminded that the Halkidiki congress website is still available here!