Solution tournament (chess)

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A solving tournament is a competition in solving chess problems . The winner is whoever solves the given problems best and fastest. In a modified form, it is also understood to mean the competition for a solution from a chess magazine . The winner is the one who sends in correct and complete solutions within a certain period and has achieved most of the points awarded after a predetermined time.

In 1977, FIDE introduced annual world championships for national teams. Since 1982 the best single solver has been awarded the world title for a year. Analogous to tournament chess , the World Federation for Chess Composition (until 2010: Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions ) awards the titles Grand Master (GM), International Master (IM) and FIDE Master (FM) to solvers . The GM and IM titles were first awarded in 1982, and the FM title in 1997.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Borik: Meyer's chess dictionary. 1993, p. 177.
  2. ↑ Overview of the title awards at the WFCC (English)

literature

  • Otto Borik , Meyers Lexikonredaktion (Hrsg.): Meyers Schachlexikon. Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-411-08811-7 , p. 177 (entry "Solution tournament").
  • David Hooper , Kenneth Whyld : The Oxford Companion to Chess . Second edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 1992, ISBN 0-19-866164-9 , p. 378 (entry “solving tourney”).