49th World Chess Solving Championship 2026 (Germany, Magdeburg 11.08./12.08.2026)

Rank Name Cat.   Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 20' Round  2 - 60' Round  3 - 100' Round  4 - 50' Round  5 - 80' Round  6 - 50' Total - 360 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #2 #2 ⏱ #3 #3 #3 ⏱ + + = ⏱ H#2 H#3 H#4 ⏱ #4 #5 #7 ⏱ S#2 S#3 S#5 ⏱ Points ⏱
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 90
1 Danila Pavlov       FID 2830.17 1 GM 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 26 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 73 5 5 5 50 90 279 2830.17 0.00
2 Piotr Murdzia       POL 2731.07 3 GM 5 5 5 17 5 5 5 38 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 38 2.5 5 5 80 5 5 3.5 50 86 323 2751.24 4.08
3 Arno Zude   s   GER 2511.53 23 GM 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 39 5 5 5 68 5 2.5 5 50 3 5 5 80 5 5 3.5 50 84 302 2711.77 40.60
4 Ural Khasanov   j   FID 2718.33 4 GM 5 5 5 13 5 5 5 30 5 0 5 100 5 5 5 17 3 5 5 80 5 5 5 50 83 290 2692.03 -5.32
5 Mihnea Costachi       ROU 2495.90 26 IM 5 5 5 14 5 5 5 52 3 5 5 57 5 5 5 50 5 5 5 80 4 5 0 50 82 303 2672.30 35.76
6 Ulrich Voigt       GER 2570.25 12 IM 5 5 5 12 5 5 5 32 5 5 5 57 5 5 2.5 50 5 5 5 74 4 5 0 50 81.5 275 2662.43 18.68
7 Eddy Van Beers       BEL 2639.66 5 GM 5 5 5 16 5 5 5 37 5 0 5 100 5 5 5 42 3 5 5 80 5 5 3.5 50 81.5 325 2662.43 4.60
8 Martynas Limontas       LTU 2612.28 7 GM 5 5 5 20 5 5 4 46 5 5 5 98 5 5 5 50 0 5 5 80 4 5 3.5 50 81.5 344 2662.43 10.16
9 Kacper Piorun       POL 2762.00 2 GM 5 5 5 12 5 5 5 33 5 5 5 84 5 2.5 5 50 3 5 5 80 5 5 0 50 80.5 309 2642.70 -24.20
10 Nikos Sidiropoulos       GRE 2551.91 18 IM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 46 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 36 0 5 5 80 5 5 0 50 80 332 2632.83 16.40
11 Ekaterina Shestakova   jw   FID 2282.29 74 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 42 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 47 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 80 339 2632.83 71.04
12 Taras Rudenko   j   UKR 2367.35 50 - 5 5 5 18 5 5 5 43 5 0 5 100 3.5 2.5 5 50 5 5 5 79 4 5 5 50 80 340 2632.83 53.80
13 Boris Tummes       GER 2528.68 22 GM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 56 5 5 5 98 5 5 5 38 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 80 342 2632.83 21.12
14 Kevinas Kuznecovas   j   LTU 2577.52 10 IM 5 5 5 18 5 5 5 48 5 5 5 96 5 2.5 5 50 3 3.75 5 80 4 5 1.5 50 79.75 342 2627.90 10.20
15 Oleksiy Solovchuk       UKR 2434.32 34 GM 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 44 5 5 5 88 5 2.5 2.5 50 3 5 5 68 5 5 1.5 50 79.5 306 2622.97 38.24
16 Darya Efimova   jw   FID 1980.69 195 - 5 5 5 17 5 5 5 45 5 2 5 100 5 2.5 5 50 2.5 5 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 78.5 342 2603.23 126.20
17 Kari Karhunen   s   FIN 2358.40 51 IM 5 5 5 20 5 4 5 60 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 4 0 50 78 360 2593.37 47.64
18 Piotr Górski       POL 2498.72 25 GM 5 5 5 16 5 5 5 51 5 5 5 100 5 5 5 40 2.5 5 0 80 5 5 0 50 77.5 337 2583.50 17.20
19 Anton Nasyrov   j   FID 2383.35 44 - 5 5 5 17 5 5 5 43 5 5 5 100 5 2.5 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 0 50 77.5 340 2583.50 40.56
20 Jakub Marciniszyn       POL 2507.80 24 IM 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 51 5 5 5 100 3.5 5 5 45 0 5 5 80 4 5 0 50 77.5 341 2583.50 15.36
21 Vidmantas Satkus       LTU 2373.15 48 IM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 60 5 5 5 100 5 5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 0 50 77.5 360 2583.50 42.64
22 Dolf Wissmann   s   NED 2286.85 70 GM 5 5 5 18 5 5 5 57 5 5 5 99 3.5 2.5 5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 76.25 354 2558.83 55.12
23 Ilija Serafimović   j   SRB 2554.43 16 IM 5 5 5 17 5 5 5 43 5 0 0 100 5 5 5 49 2 5 5 80 4 5 5 50 76 339 2553.90 -0.12
24 Jonathan Mestel   s   GBR 2484.73 28 GM 5 5 5 12 5 5 5 52 5 5 5 90 5 2.5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 75 334 2534.17 10.04
25 Joost Michielsen       NED 2407.93 39 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 46 5 2 5 100 3.5 2.5 2.5 50 2.5 3.75 5 80 5 4 3.5 50 74.25 346 2519.37 22.60
26 Jorma Paavilainen   s   FIN 2448.63 32 GM 5 5 5 20 5 5 3.5 45 5 5 5 60 5 2.5 5 50 0 5 5 80 4 4 0 50 74 305 2514.43 13.32
27 Ladislav Salai   s   SVK 2612.54 na - GM 5 5 5 13 4 5 5 33 5 2 5 100 3.5 2.5 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 4 1.5 50 72.5 326 2484.83 -25.88
28 Tomáš Peitl       SVK 2554.24 17 IM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 46 5 5 5 84 5 2.5 5 50 0 5 0 80 5 5 0 50 72.5 330 2484.83 -14.08
29 Viktoriya Kharitonova   jw   FID 2084.04 152 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 55 3 0 5 100 5 5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 72 355 2474.97 79.24
30 Abdelaziz Onkoud       FRA 2384.80 42 FM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 41 5 0 5 100 5 5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 4 5 0 50 71.5 341 2465.10 16.28
31 Grigorii Filin   j   FID 2107.23 140 - 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 45 5 5 5 88 3.5 2.5 - 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 4 1.5 50 70.25 332 2440.43 67.56
32 Andrey Selivanov       FID 2273.11 78 GM 5 5 5 19 5 5 4 33 2 0 5 91 5 5 5 30 0 5 5 74 5 4 0 50 70 297 2435.50 32.92
33 Chinguun Sumiya   j   MGL 2277.74 76 - 5 5 5 14 5 5 5 44 5 5 5 69 3.5 5 2.5 50 0 3.75 - 80 5 5 - 50 69.75 307 2430.57 30.96
34 Ronald Schäfer   s   GER 2264.00 82 FM 5 5 5 14 5 5 5 42 5 2 5 98 5 2.5 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 4 5 - 50 69.75 334 2430.57 33.76
35 Stasys Steponavičius       LTU 2243.73 86 - 0 5 5 20 5 5 4 45 5 5 5 100 5 2.5 - 50 0 3.75 5 80 4 5 5 50 69.25 345 2420.70 35.88
36 Maksim Kharitonov   j   FID 2555.62 13 IM 5 5 5 16 5 5 3 29 5 0 5 100 5 0 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 4 1.5 50 68.5 325 2405.90 -30.36
37 Marjan Kovačević   s   SRB 2471.95 29 GM 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 45 3 0 5 100 5 - 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 68 340 2396.03 -15.40
38 Joose Norri       FIN 2312.12 65 FM 5 5 5 13 5 5 5 53 2 5 5 99 5 2.5 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 78 4 3 - 50 67.75 343 2391.10 16.00
39 Mordechay Chovnik   s   ISR 2165.03 110 FM 0 5 5 20 5 5 5 60 5 5 5 100 5 2.5 - 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 0 50 67.5 360 2386.16 44.84
40 Igor Yarmonov       SUI 2221.75 92 - 5 5 5 19 4 5 3.5 44 5 0 5 92 3.5 2.5 2.5 50 - 5 5 76 4 5 1.5 50 66.5 331 2366.43 29.32
41 Roland Ott   s   SUI 2292.62 68 - 5 5 5 18 5 5 5 60 5 3 1 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 66.5 358 2366.43 14.96
42 Hans Uitenbroek   s   NED 2276.18 77 IM 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 34 5 0 5 100 3.5 2.5 0 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 66 333 2356.56 16.28
43 Roland Baier   s   SUI 2467.75 30 GM 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 31 2 0 5 100 3.5 2.5 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 65.75 326 2351.63 -23.52
44 Bilguun Sumiya       MGL 2571.03 11 IM 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 33 5 5 5 100 - - 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 3 5 0 50 65.5 322 2346.70 -45.48
45 Ofer Comay   s   ISR 2542.04 20 GM 5 0 5 15 5 5 5 36 5 0 5 100 5 2.5 5 50 2 5 0 80 5 5 0 50 64.5 331 2326.96 -43.60
46 Anastasiya Chekina   jw   FID 2019.88 182 - 5 0 5 20 5 5 5 60 5 0 5 100 3.5 5 5 50 0 5 0 80 5 4 1.5 50 64 360 2317.10 60.24
47 Audrey Kueh   w   GBR 2242.44 87 WFM 5 0 5 16 5 4 5 44 5 0 5 100 5 5 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 3 0 50 63.25 340 2302.30 12.12
48 Dmitrijus Chocenka       LTU 2265.17 80 - 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 60 5 0 5 100 5 5 2.5 50 - 3.75 0 80 3 4 0 50 63.25 359 2302.30 7.52
49 Bojan Vučković       SRB 2600.55 8 GM 0 5 0 20 5 5 4 30 5 5 5 99 3.5 2.5 - 50 3 3.75 5 80 4 5 1.5 50 62.25 329 2282.56 -64.44
50 Michael Pfannkuche   s   GER 2230.28 88 GM 5 5 5 18 5 5 4 37 3 0 5 100 5 2.5 - 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 4 - 50 62.25 335 2282.56 10.60
51 Mark Erenburg   s   ISR 2286.34 71 IM 0 5 5 20 5 4 5 50 5 0 5 100 5 2.5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 4 4 - 50 62 350 2277.63 -1.76
52 David Hodge       GBR 2547.13 19 IM 5 0 5 17 5 5 5 51 5 0 5 94 3.5 - - 50 3 3.75 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 61.75 342 2272.70 -55.64
53 Jacques Rotenberg   s   ISR 2322.73 62 IM 0 5 5 20 5 5 5 42 1 0 5 100 5 - 5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 61.25 342 2262.83 -12.16
54 Andy Ooms       BEL 2284.33 72 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 4 60 5 0 5 100 5 2.5 5 50 0 0 0 80 5 4 - 50 60.5 360 2248.03 -7.36
55 Jakob Leck       GER 2090.94 147 - 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 58 5 0 0 95 1.5 2.5 5 50 1 5 5 80 5 0 - 50 60 352 2238.16 29.84
56 Alexandru Mihălcescu   j   ROU 2061.53 161 - 5 0 5 20 5 5 5 59 5 2 5 100 5 0 - 50 0 5 5 80 5 3 0 50 60 359 2238.16 35.80
57 Marek Kolčák   s   SVK 2263.63 83 IM 5 5 5 17 5 5 0 60 3 5 0 100 5 0 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 5 - 50 59.25 357 2223.36 -8.16
58 Frank Richter   s   GER 2332.75 59 FM 0 5 0 20 4 5 5 38 3 0 2 95 5 2.5 5 50 0 5 5 80 5 5 1.5 50 58 333 2198.70 -27.16
59 Valery Kopyl   s   UKR 2211.92 95 IM 0 5 5 20 5 5 5 49 5 0 0 100 5 0 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 4 5 1.5 50 58 349 2198.70 -2.68
60 Johan de Boer   s   NED 2133.75 129 FM 5 5 5 20 5 5 0 60 5 0 0 99 5 5 5 43 - 5 0 80 3 5 - 50 58 352 2198.70 13.16
61 Mikalai Sihnevich   s   FID 2048.59 164 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 58 5 0 2 96 3.5 2.5 2.5 50 0 2.5 0 80 5 5 0 50 58 354 2198.70 30.44
62 Tadashi Wakashima   s   JPN 2378.06 46 IM 5 5 5 14 5 5 5 40 1 2 5 100 5 2.5 2.5 50 - - 0 80 5 4 - 50 57 334 2178.96 -40.36
63 Christian Glöckler   j   GER 2087.03 150 - 5 5 5 13 5 5 5 55 5 2 5 98 1.5 - - 50 0 5 5 80 3 0 0 50 56.5 346 2169.10 16.64
64-65 Szymon Boryna   j   POL 1661.65 495 - 5 5 5 20 5 4 5 60 5 2 5 100 3.5 - 2.5 50 - 1.25 5 80 3 0 - 50 56.25 360 2164.16 101.84
64-65 Richard Dobiáš       SVK 2190.89 105 - 5 5 5 20 5 0 4 60 5 2 0 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 4 - 50 56.25 360 2164.16 -5.40
66 Alexander Nosák   j   SVK 2062.07 h - - 5 5 5 20 5 5 3.5 60 5 0 5 100 5 - 0 50 0 0 5 80 4 3 0 50 55.5 360 2149.36 -
67 Stanislav Vasyliv       UKR 2162.18 113 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 60 3 0 0 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 0 5 80 4 5 0 50 54.5 360 2129.63 -6.60
68 Dmitry Pletnev   s   FID 2328.01 61 IM 5 5 5 19 5 5 0 59 2 0 0 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 4 0 50 53.5 358 2109.89 -44.20
69 Dirk Borst   s   NED 2198.84 99 - 0 5 5 20 5 4 0 60 5 0 5 100 1.5 2.5 2.5 50 0 1.25 5 80 5 5 0 50 51.75 360 2075.36 -25.04
70 Vasil Markovcij       CZE 2175.48 109 - 5 0 5 9 5 5 0 60 1 0 5 99 5 - 0 50 0 5 5 80 5 4 - 50 50 348 2040.83 -27.28
71 Nika Riabenko   jw   UKR 1815.99 326 - 5 0 5 20 5 2 2 60 1 0 4 100 5 2.5 - 50 0 5 5 80 5 2.5 - 50 49 360 2021.09 41.56
72 Marcel Van Herck   s   BEL 1899.61 254 - 0 5 5 19 5 5 - 60 5 5 5 74 1.5 - - 50 - 2.5 0 80 4 5 - 50 48 333 2001.36 20.64
73 Kobe Bleuzé       BEL 1794.55 341 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 51 3 0 0 100 - 0 - 50 - 3.75 0 80 5 5 0 50 46.75 351 1976.69 36.92
74 Thomas Maeder       SUI 2252.37 85 IM 5 0 5 17 5 5 5 60 1 0 2 100 3.5 - - 50 0 5 0 80 5 5 - 50 46.5 357 1971.76 -56.88
75 Branko Udovčić       CRO 1968.75 na - - 5 0 5 20 0 4 5 60 5 3 5 100 1.5 - - 50 0 0 5 80 4 3 - 50 45.5 360 1952.03 -3.40
76 Claus Czeremin   s   GER 2104.92 142 - 0 5 5 20 5 5 2 60 3 0 1 100 3.5 2.5 - 50 0 3.75 0 80 4 5 0 50 44.75 360 1937.23 -34.00
77 Dinu-Ioan Nicula       ROU 2224.02 90 FM 0 0 0 20 5 4 3 60 2 0 2 100 5 2.5 2.5 50 0 5 5 80 5 2.5 - 50 43.5 360 1912.56 -63.12
78 Andreas Rein   s   GER 2140.52 125 - 0 0 0 20 5 4 0 60 3 5 5 97 3.5 2.5 - 50 0 3.75 5 80 5 0 - 50 41.75 357 1878.03 -53.20
79 Wilfried Neef   s   GER 1924.77 234 FM 0 5 5 20 5 3 0 60 2 0 0 98 - - 5 50 0 3.75 5 76 4 2.5 - 50 40.25 354 1848.43 -15.48
80 Swati Mohota   w   IND 1868.07 283 - 5 0 5 20 5 4 0 60 5 0 0 100 3.5 0 2.5 50 1 0 0 80 4 2.5 - 50 37.5 360 1794.16 -15.00
81 Dejan Glišić       CRO 1919.08 na - - 0 5 5 20 5 3 0 60 1 2 0 62 3.5 - 2.5 50 0 0 0 80 5 4 - 48 36 320 1764.56 -31.32
82-83 Axel Gilbert       FRA 2028.58 172 - 0 0 0 20 5 0 4 60 2 0 2 100 5 - 2.5 50 - 3.75 5 80 5 1 - 50 35.25 360 1749.76 -56.52
82-83 Anna Ličková   jw   CZE 1885.16 270 - 5 0 5 20 5 5 5 60 2 0 0 100 0 - - 50 0 1.25 - 80 3 4 - 50 35.25 360 1749.76 -27.44
84 Ștefan-Marius Sandu       ROU 1795.19 340 - 5 0 5 20 5 3 0 60 2 0 5 100 3.5 - - 50 0 2.5 0 80 4 - 0 50 35 360 1744.82 -10.20
85 Vilimantas Satkus   s   LTU 1996.31 186 - 0 0 0 20 5 1 5 60 2 0 0 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 2.5 0 80 5 5 0 50 33 360 1705.36 -58.96
86 Nikola Petković       SRB 2094.65 146 - 0 0 0 20 5 5 0 60 5 0 5 100 5 - - 50 0 0 0 80 5 2.5 0 50 32.5 360 1695.49 -80.92
87 John Gemmell   s   GBR 1928.82 230 - 0 0 5 20 5 3 3 60 1 0 0 100 5 - 2.5 50 0 0 0 80 4 3 - 50 31.5 360 1675.76 -51.28
88 Zdeněk Libiš   s   CZE 1954.17 207 - 0 5 0 20 0 5 3.5 60 1 0 0 100 3.5 - 2.5 50 - 0 0 80 4 5 0 50 29.5 360 1636.29 -64.44
89 Andreas Nievergelt   s   SUI 1888.08 268 - 5 0 0 20 5 4 0 60 1 2 0 100 3.5 - 2.5 50 0 1.25 0 80 5 0 - 50 29.25 360 1631.36 -52.04
90 Joachim Hambros   j   AUT 1830.97 315 - 5 0 0 20 5 5 1.5 60 2 0 0 100 0 - 2.5 50 - 2.5 0 80 5 0 - 50 28.5 360 1616.56 -43.48
91 Britta Leib   sw   GER 1614.18 553 - 5 0 0 20 5 4 0 60 4 3 2 99 3.5 - 0 50 0 - 0 80 0 - 0 50 26.5 359 1577.09 -7.52
92 Oleksandr Veksler   j   UKR 1605.08 576 - 0 5 5 11 5 - - 43 1 0 1 30 5 - - 50 0 - - 80 3 1 - 50 26 264 1567.22 -7.68
93 Andrei-Stefan Sandu   j   ROU 1611.16 558 - 0 0 0 20 4 4 0 60 2 2 0 100 1.5 0 - 50 0 0 0 80 4 2.5 0 50 20 360 1448.82 -32.92
94 Lorela-Daniela Ardelean   w   ROU 1648.45 504 - 0 0 0 20 5 5 0 60 1 2 1 73 - 0 2.5 50 - 0 0 80 3 - 0 50 19.5 333 1438.95 -42.48
95 Narayan Shankar Ram   s   IND 1757.20 383 - 5 0 - 20 5 0 - 60 1 0 0 61 1.5 - - 50 0 0 - 80 5 1 - 50 18.5 321 1419.22 -68.52
96 Davganamdag Tugsbilguun   j   MGL - - - 0 0 5 17 2 1 1 60 5 0 2 100 - - 0 50 0 0 0 80 2 0 - 50 18 357 1409.35 -
97 Ľubomír Ličko       CZE 1446.69 793 - 0 5 0 20 0 - - 60 1 1 0 100 0 - - 50 0 - 0 80 2 - 0 50 9 360 1231.75 -43.56
98 Nada Khalaf   jw   ISR - - - 5 0 0 19 0 1 0 60 1 0 1 100 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 50 8 359 1212.02 -
99 Ajuna Soerjadi   w   NED 1459.80 792 - 0 0 0 20 0 - - 60 1 1 0 100 0 - - 50 - - - 80 0 - - 50 2 360 1093.62 -74.24
  Wouter van Rijn*       NED 2108.20 139 - 5 5 5 17 5 4 3 60 3 5 5 87 5 - 2.5 50 0 3.75 5 80 4 0 0 50 60.25 344 - -
  Arvydas Mockus*       LTU 2089.14 148 - - - 5 20 5 5 3 59 5 2 3 100 3.5 - - 50 - 0 5 80 5 5 0 50 46.5 359 - -
  Viktoras Paliulionis*   s   LTU 2021.38 181 - 0 0 5 20 5 5 0 60 1 0 0 100 5 2.5 2.5 50 - 3.75 5 80 5 2.5 - 50 42.25 360 - -
  Koen Versmissen*   s   NED 1903.56 252 - 5 0 0 20 5 4 0 60 5 0 0 100 1.5 - 2.5 50 - 3.75 0 80 3 0 - 50 29.75 360 - -
  Ovidiu Crăciun*       ROU 1816.98 325 - 0 - 0 20 4 4 - 60 3 5 2 99 1.5 - - 50 0 - - 80 4 0 - 50 23.5 359 - -
  Clemens Richter*       GER - - - 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 60 1 0 0 96 0 - 0 50 0 0 0 80 - - - 50 1 356 - -
Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink          Assistant: Luc Palmans          Problems Selected by: Paz Einat         (* Unofficial)

Rank Name   Country Round  1 Round  2 Round  3 Round  4 Round  5 Round  6 Total
Points ⏱ Points ⏱ Points ⏱ Points ⏱ Points ⏱ Points ⏱ Points ⏱
30 40 30 120 30 200 30 100 30 160 30 100 180 720
1 Germany 1 GER 30 27 30 71 30 125 27.5 88 28 154 23.5 100 169 565
  Arno Zude   GER 15 15 15 39 15 68 12.5 50 13 80 13.5 50 84 302
  Ulrich Voigt   GER 15 12 15 32 15 57 12.5 50 15 74 9 50 81.5 275
  Boris Tummes   GER 15 20 15 56 15 98 15 38 10 80 10 50 80 342
2 Poland POL 30 28 30 71 30 184 30 78 25.5 160 23.5 100 169 621
  Piotr Murdzia   POL 15 17 15 38 15 100 15 38 12.5 80 13.5 50 86 323
  Kacper Piorun   POL 15 12 15 33 15 84 12.5 50 13 80 10 50 80.5 309
  Piotr Górski   POL 15 16 15 51 15 100 15 40 7.5 80 10 50 77.5 337
3 Lithuania LTU 30 37 30 108 30 194 27.5 100 21.75 160 23 100 162.25 699
  Martynas Limontas   LTU 15 20 14 46 15 98 15 50 10 80 12.5 50 81.5 344
  Kevinas Kuznecovas   LTU 15 18 15 48 15 96 12.5 50 11.75 80 10.5 50 79.75 342
  Dmitrijus Chocenka   LTU 15 19 15 60 10 100 12.5 50 3.75 80 7 50 63.25 359
4 Ukraine UKR 30 24 30 87 25 188 21 100 28 147 25.5 100 159.5 646
  Taras Rudenko   UKR 15 18 15 43 10 100 11 50 15 79 14 50 80 340
  Oleksiy Solovchuk   UKR 15 6 15 44 15 88 10 50 13 68 11.5 50 79.5 306
  Valery Kopyl   UKR 10 20 15 49 5 100 7.5 50 10 80 10.5 50 58 349
5 Serbia SRB 30 32 30 88 23 199 25 99 23.75 160 24.5 100 156.25 678
  Ilija Serafimović   SRB 15 17 15 43 5 100 15 49 12 80 14 50 76 339
  Marjan Kovačević   SRB 15 15 15 45 8 100 10 50 10 80 10 50 68 340
  Bojan Vučković   SRB 5 20 14 30 15 99 6 50 11.75 80 10.5 50 62.25 329
6 Finland FIN 30 33 29 113 30 160 27.5 100 20 160 17 100 153.5 666
  Kari Karhunen   FIN 15 20 14 60 15 100 15 50 10 80 9 50 78 360
  Jorma Paavilainen   FIN 15 20 13.5 45 15 60 12.5 50 10 80 8 50 74 305
  Joose Norri   FIN 15 13 15 53 12 99 10 50 8.75 78 7 50 67.75 343
7 Netherlands NED 30 37 30 80 27 199 19.5 100 21.25 160 24 100 151.75 676
  Dolf Wissmann   NED 15 18 15 57 15 99 11 50 8.75 80 11.5 50 76.25 354
  Joost Michielsen   NED 15 20 15 46 12 100 8.5 50 11.25 80 12.5 50 74.25 346
  Hans Uitenbroek   NED 15 19 15 34 10 100 6 50 10 80 10 50 66 333
8 Slovakia SVK 30 30 29 79 27 184 23.5 100 18.75 160 20.5 100 148.75 653
  Ladislav Salai   SVK 15 13 14 33 12 100 11 50 10 80 10.5 50 72.5 326
  Tomáš Peitl   SVK 15 20 15 46 15 84 12.5 50 5 80 10 50 72.5 330
  Marek Kolčák   SVK 15 17 10 60 8 100 7.5 50 8.75 80 10 50 59.25 357
9 Belgium BEL 30 36 30 88 20 200 27.5 92 16.75 160 23.5 100 147.75 676
  Eddy Van Beers   BEL 15 16 15 37 10 100 15 42 13 80 13.5 50 81.5 325
  Andy Ooms   BEL 15 20 14 60 10 100 12.5 50 0 80 9 50 60.5 360
  Kobe Bleuzé   BEL 15 20 15 51 3 100 0 50 3.75 80 10 50 46.75 351
10 Romania ROU 25 34 30 111 25 157 25 100 25 160 17 100 147 662
  Mihnea Costachi   ROU 15 14 15 52 13 57 15 50 15 80 9 50 82 303
  Alexandru Mihălcescu   ROU 10 20 15 59 12 100 5 50 10 80 8 50 60 359
  Dinu-Ioan Nicula   ROU 0 20 12 60 4 100 10 50 10 80 7.5 50 43.5 360
11 Great Britain GBR 25 28 30 103 25 184 22.5 100 21.75 160 21.5 100 145.75 675
  Jonathan Mestel   GBR 15 12 15 52 15 90 10 50 10 80 10 50 75 334
  Audrey Kueh   GBR 10 16 14 44 10 100 12.5 50 8.75 80 8 50 63.25 340
  David Hodge   GBR 10 17 15 51 10 94 3.5 50 11.75 80 11.5 50 61.75 342
12 Israel ISR 20 35 30 96 25 200 22.5 100 20 160 20 100 137.5 691
  Mordechay Chovnik   ISR 10 20 15 60 15 100 7.5 50 10 80 10 50 67.5 360
  Ofer Comay   ISR 10 15 15 36 10 100 12.5 50 7 80 10 50 64.5 331
  Mark Erenburg   ISR 10 20 14 50 10 100 10 50 10 80 8 50 62 350
13 Mongolia MGL 30 23 30 77 30 169 13.5 100 13.75 160 18 100 135.25 629
  Chinguun Sumiya   MGL 15 14 15 44 15 69 11 50 3.75 80 10 50 69.75 307
  Bilguun Sumiya   MGL 15 9 15 33 15 100 2.5 50 10 80 8 50 65.5 322
  Davganamdag Tugsbilguun   MGL 5 17 4 60 7 100 0 50 0 80 2 50 18 357
14 Switzerland SUI 30 33 30 91 16 200 16 100 18.75 160 21.5 100 132.25 684
  Roland Ott   SUI 15 18 15 60 9 100 7.5 50 10 80 10 50 66.5 358
  Roland Baier   SUI 15 15 15 31 7 100 8.5 50 8.75 80 11.5 50 65.75 326
  Thomas Maeder   SUI 10 17 15 60 3 100 3.5 50 5 80 10 50 46.5 357
15 Germany 2 GER 25 38 26 97 21 197 13.5 100 17.5 160 18 100 121 692
  Michael Pfannkuche   GER 15 18 14 37 8 100 7.5 50 8.75 80 9 50 62.25 335
  Claus Czeremin   GER 10 20 12 60 4 100 6 50 3.75 80 9 50 44.75 360
  Andreas Rein   GER 0 20 9 60 13 97 6 50 8.75 80 5 50 41.75 357
16 France FRA 15 40 24 101 14 200 20 100 18.75 160 15 100 106.75 701
  Abdelaziz Onkoud   FRA 15 20 15 41 10 100 12.5 50 10 80 9 50 71.5 341
  Axel Gilbert   FRA 0 20 9 60 4 100 7.5 50 8.75 80 6 50 35.25 360
17 Czechia CZE 20 29 25 120 8 199 11 100 11.25 160 18 100 93.25 708
  Vasil Markovcij   CZE 10 9 10 60 6 99 5 50 10 80 9 50 50 348
  Anna Ličková   CZE 10 20 15 60 2 100 0 50 1.25 80 7 50 35.25 360
  Zdeněk Libiš   CZE 5 20 8.5 60 1 100 6 50 0 80 9 50 29.5 360
18 Germany 3 GER 20 33 24 115 21 197 5 100 10 160 3 100 83 705
  Christian Glöckler   GER 15 13 15 55 12 98 1.5 50 10 80 3 50 56.5 346
  Britta Leib   GER 5 20 9 60 9 99 3.5 50 0 80 0 50 26.5 359
19 Croatia CRO 20 40 17 120 16 162 7.5 100 5 160 16 98 81.5 680
  Branko Udovčić   CRO 10 20 9 60 13 100 1.5 50 5 80 7 50 45.5 360
  Dejan Glišić   CRO 10 20 8 60 3 62 6 50 0 80 9 48 36 320
20 India IND 15 40 14 120 6 161 7.5 100 1 160 12.5 100 56 681
  Swati Mohota   IND 10 20 9 60 5 100 6 50 1 80 6.5 50 37.5 360
  Narayan Shankar Ram   IND 5 20 5 60 1 61 1.5 50 0 80 6 50 18.5 321
Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink            Assistant: Luc Palmans            Problems Selected by: Paz Einat

Norms
Name Country Norm
Mihnea Costachi ROU  GM            -
Ulrich Voigt GER  GM            -
Darya Efimova RUS       IM   FM   WGM   WIM   WFM 
Ekaterina Shestakova RUS       IM   FM   WGM   WIM   WFM 
Anton Nasyrov RUS       IM   FM  -
Taras Rudenko UKR       IM   FM  -
Viktoriya Kharitonova RUS            FM        WIM   WFM 
Joost Michielsen NED            FM  -

Titles Gained
Name Country Title
Ekaterina Shestakova RUS FM/WIM
Tomáš Peitl SVK GM
Taras Rudenko UKR IM

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
13 #4 878 0.61 4 16 67 12
18 S#5 866 0.67 5 21 36 37
8 + 612 1.94 31 18 50 0
11 H#3 590 2.05 23 35 9 32
12 H#4 474 2.63 34 36 6 23
15 #7 334 3.33 66 0 28 5
9 = 306 3.47 64 13 22 0
14 #5 302 3.49 49 31 14 5
6 #3 280 3.60 59 19 16 5
2 #2 272 3.64 72 0 27 0
1 #2 252 3.74 74 0 25 0
17 S#3 246 3.77 53 33 8 5
7 + 236 3.82 61 38 0 0
10 H#2 224 3.88 58 31 5 5
3 #2 172 4.14 82 0 16 1
5 #3 132 4.34 73 20 3 3
16 S#2 130 4.35 59 37 3 0
4 #3 64 4.68 89 5 5 0

Date 12.08.2026
Top Ten Average Rating 2665,52

Points
Name Country # Points
Danila Pavlov FID 1 46
Piotr Murdzia POL 2 41
Arno Zude GER 3 36
Ural Khasanov FID 4 31
Mihnea Costachi ROU 5 27
Ulrich Voigt GER 6 23
Eddy Van Beers BEL 7 19
Martynas Limontas LTU 8 16
Kacper Piorun POL 9 13
Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 10 10
Ekaterina Shestakova FID 11 8
Taras Rudenko UKR 12 6
Boris Tummes GER 13 4
Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 14 2
Oleksiy Solovchuk UKR 15 1
Darya Efimova FID 16 1
Kari Karhunen FIN 17 1
Piotr Górski POL 18 1
Anton Nasyrov FID 19 1
Jakub Marciniszyn POL 20 1
Vidmantas Satkus LTU 21 1
Dolf Wissmann NED 22 1
Ilija Serafimović SRB 23 1
Jonathan Mestel GBR 24 1

Tournaments
# Code Date Name Top 10 Winners
1 A 27.04.2025 18th European Chess Solving Championship 2025 2588,78 Eddy Van Beers
2 B 09.07.2025 48th World Chess Solving Championship 2025 2586,81 Piotr Murdzia
3 C 10.05.2026 19th European Chess Solving Championship 2026 2640,00 Danila Pavlov
4 D 12.08.2026 49th World Chess Solving Championship 2026 2665,52 Danila Pavlov

Standings
# Name Country Pts. A B C D
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 Danila Pavlov FID 87 1 41 1 46
2 Piotr Murdzia POL 87 2 36 1 46 5 23 2 41
3 Arno Zude GER 72 3 36 3 36
4 Kacper Piorun POL 72 10 8 2 41 3 31 9 13
5 Ural Khasanov FID 67 2 36 4 31
6 Eddy Van Beers BEL 60 1 41 14 2 12 4 7 19
7 Martynas Limontas LTU 58 3 31 5 27 4 27 8 16
8 Mihnea Costachi ROU 54 4 27 11 6 5 27
9 Bilguun Sumiya MGL 50 4 31 6 19
10 Maksim Kharitonov FID 35 7 16 7 19 19 1
11 Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 33 17 1 6 23 10 10
12 Tomáš Peitl SVK 29 6 19 9 10
13 Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis GRE 24 5 23 17 1
14 Ulrich Voigt GER 23 6 23
15 David Hodge GBR 18 9 10 11 8
16 Piotr Górski POL 18 13 2 8 16 18 1
17 Ilija Serafimović SRB 17 20 1 7 16 23 1
18 Jonathan Mestel GBR 14 8 13 24 1
18 Oleksiy Solovchuk UKR 14 8 13 15 1
20 Anton Nasyrov FID 14 9 13 15 1 19 1
21 Boris Tummes GER 14 16 1 10 10 18 1 13 4
22 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 10 17 1 18 1 10 8 14 2
23 Ekaterina Shestakova FID 8 11 8
24 Taras Rudenko UKR 7 16 1 12 6
25 Aleksey Popov FID 6 12 6
25 Bojan Vučković SRB 6 11 6
27 Jakub Marciniszyn POL 5 12 4 14 1 20 1
28 Ofer Comay ISR 4 13 4
29 Jorma Paavilainen FIN 2 13 2
30 Darya Efimova FID 2 24 1 16 1
30 Chinguun Sumiya MGL 2 21 1 20 1
30 Kari Karhunen FIN 2 22 1 17 1
30 Marjan Kovačević SRB 2 17 1 16 1
30 Vidmantas Satkus LTU 2 15 1 21 1
35 Andrey Selivanov FID 1 20 1
35 Anna Shukhman FID 1 15 1
35 Dmitry Pletnev FID 1 19 1
35 Dolf Wissmann NED 1 22 1
35 Joost Michielsen NED 1 19 1
35 Miodrag Mladenović SRB 1 14 1
35 Stasys Steponavičius LTU 1 23 1


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