World Federation for Chess Composition
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition. It was known as the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) from its inception in 1956 until October 2010.[1] It is now independent from FIDE, but both organisations are cooperating. Currently 40 countries are represented in the WFCC.
The principal goal and activities of the WFCC include:
- the dissemination and encouragement of chess composition throughout the world,
- the formulation of rules and guidelines in all spheres of chess composition,
- the arrangement of official international composing and solving tourneys
- World Championship in Composing for Individuals (WCCI)
- (WCCT), in fact a world championship of teams
- World Chess Solving Championship
- the initiation of the publication of collections of general interest,
- the award of titles to especially deserving representatives of chess composition, including solvers, composers and judges, namely
- International Judge of Chess Compositions,
- International Grandmaster,
- International Master,
- FIDE Master,
- the holding of the World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC), the annual meeting of the WFCC.
The WFCC is led by its President, currently , previously by , , Bedrich Formánek, , , , Comins Mansfield, Nenad Petrović and .
The WFCC delegates are nominated by national problem societies and chess problem specialists.[2] The original PCCC was created in 1956, with the first meeting at Budapest in 1956. Subsequently, the commission has met every year except 1963 and 1970. The 50th anniversary meeting was at Rhodes in 2007.[3]
Meetings[]
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Locations and number of delegates for meetings of the PCCC / World Congresses of Chess Composition (WCCC):[4]
Year City Country Delegates 1956 Budapest Hungary
4 1957 Vienna Austria
6 1958 Piran Yugoslavia
11 1959 Wiesbaden West Germany
12 1960 Leipzig East Germany
10 1961 Moscow Soviet Union
10 1962 Solothurn Switzerland
8 1964 Tel Aviv Israel
6 1965 Reading Great Britain
11 1966 Barcelona Spain
12 1967 Tampere Finland
13 1968 Arcachon France
15 1969 Varna Bulgaria
14 1971 The Hague Netherlands
14 1972 Pula Yugoslavia
15 1973 Imola Italy
13 1974 Wiesbaden West Germany
21 1975 Tbilisi Soviet Union
16 1976 Ribe Denmark
18 1977 Malinska Yugoslavia
18 1978 Canterbury Great Britain
19 1979 Hyvinkää Finland
17 1980 Wiener Neustadt Austria
21 1981 Arnhem Netherlands
18 1982 Varna Bulgaria
17 1983 Bat-Yam Israel
13 1984 Sarajevo Yugoslavia
16 1985 Riccione Italy
19 1986 Fontenay-sous-Bois France
19 1987 Graz Austria
20 1988 Budapest Hungary
22 1989 Bournemouth Great Britain
23 1990 Benidorm Spain
22 1991 Rotterdam Netherlands
23 1992 Bonn Germany
23 1993 Bratislava Slovakia
25 1994 Belfort France
23 1995 Turku Finland
26 1996 Tel Aviv Israel
27 1997 Pula Croatia
28 1998 St. Petersburg Russia
30 1999 Netanya Israel
27 2000 Pula Croatia
26 2001 Wageningen Netherlands
29 2002 Portorož Slovenia
29 2003 Moscow Russia
29 2004 Halkidiki Greece
31 2005 Eretria Greece
30 2006 Wageningen Netherlands
31 2007 Rhodes Greece
29 2008 Jūrmala Latvia
28 2009 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
26 2010 Crete Greece
31 2011 Jesi Italy
32 2012 Kobe Japan
28 2013 Batumi Georgia
27 2014 Bern Switzerland
27 2015 Ostróda Poland
26 2016 Belgrade Serbia
2017 Dresden Germany
2018 Ohrid North Macedonia
182 2019 Vilnius Lithuania
References[]
- ^ WFCC
- ^ Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 352, LCCN 78106371
- ^ Wenda, Klaus (September 2007), The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Permanent Commission of the FIDÉ for Chess Composition (PCCC), Vienna, retrieved 2007-12-29
- ^ Meetings of the PCCC/WFCC
External links[]
- Chess problems
- 1956 in chess
- Sports organizations established in 1956