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[]
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