World Championship of Chess Composition

The World Championship of Chess Composition is a triennial competition for composers of chess problems and studies, organised by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC). The official title is World Championship in Composing for Individuals.

The championship is divided into eight sections:

A)  Twomovers (checkmate in two moves)
B)  Threemovers (checkmate in three moves)
C)  Moremovers (checkmate in more than three moves)
D)  Studies
E)  Helpmates
F)  Selfmates
G)  Fairies (using elements of fairy chess)
H)  Retros (retrograde analysis)

Composers wishing to participate in any given section are expected to submit at most six of their compositions, published in the relevant three-year period and fulfilling the requirements of the section. The problems submitted are then evaluated by a commission of three Judges, and the best four of them count for the final result in the section. (More on rules is at the official PCCC page.)

Three championships have been held up to 2006 for the relevant three-year periods: 1998-2000, 2001-2003 and 2004-2006. The most successful composer so far is Mikhail Marandyuk of Ukraine, who won eight gold medals and two silver medals.

Medalists

1998 - 2000

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Twomovers	Viktor Chepizhny	Marjan Kovačević	Anatoly Slesarenko
Threemovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Wieland Bruch	Martin Wessels
Moremovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Michael Herzberg	Alexandr Kuzovkov
Studies	David Gurgenidze	Nikolay Kralin	Andrej Vysokosov
Helpmates	Živko Janevski	Valery Gurov	Fadil Abdurahmanović
Selfmates	Petko Petkov	Andrey Selivanov	Alexandr Azhusin
Fairies	Petko Petkov	Reto Aschwanden	Tadashi Wakashima
Retros	Alexandr Kisljak	Thierry Le Gleuher	Alexandr Zolotarev

2001 - 2003

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Twomovers	Marjan Kovačević	Anatoly Slesarenko	Vasyl Dyachuk
Threemovers	Valery Shavirin	Mikhail Marandyuk	Juri Marker
Moremovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Valery Shavirin	Alexandr Feoktistov
Studies	Andrej Vysokosov	Oleg Pervakov	David Gurgenidze
Helpmates	Valery Gurov	Mario Parrinello	Franz Pachl
Selfmates	Andrey Selivanov	Alexandr Feoktistov	Živko Janevski
Fairies	Reto Aschwanden	Klaus Wenda	Juraj Lörinc
Retros	Thierry Le Gleuher	Alexandr Kisljak	Reto Aschwanden

2004 - 2006

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Twomovers	Vasyl Dyachuk	Marjan Kovačević	Wieland Bruch
Threemovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Valery Shavirin	Alexandr Bakharev
Moremovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Juri Marker	Alexandr Feoktistov
Studies	Oleg Pervakov	Alexej Sochniev	David Gurgenidze
Helpmates	Viktor Chepizhny	Valery Gurov	Michal Dragoun  Živko Janevski
Selfmates	Andrey Selivanov	Uri Avner	Živko Janevski
Fairies	Michal Dragoun	Juraj Lörinc	Klaus Wenda
Retros	Reto Aschwanden	Thierry Le Gleuher	Dmitry Baibikov

2007 - 2009

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Twomovers	Marjan Kovačević	Peter Gvozdják	Vasyl Dyachuk
Threemovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Peter Gvozdják	Alexandr Kuzovkov
Moremovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Alexandr Kuzovkov	Alexandr Feoktistov
Studies	Oleg Pervakov	Sergiy Didukh	Yuri Bazlov
Helpmates	Alexandr Semenenko	Viktor Chepizhny	Valery Gurov
Selfmates	Andrey Selivanov	Ivan Soroka	Alexandr Feoktistov
Fairies	Petko Petkov	Peter Gvozdják	Klaus Wenda
Retros	Dmitry Baibikov	Dragan Lj. Petrović	Nicolas Dupont

2010 - 2012

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Twomovers	Marjan Kovačević	Vasyl Dyachuk	Valery Shanshin
Threemovers	Alexandr Feoktistov	Mikhail Marandyuk	Alexandr Kuzovkov
Moremovers	Mikhail Marandyuk	Alexandr Kuzovkov	Alexandr Feoktistov
Studies	Sergiy Didukh	Richard Becker	Oleg Pervakov
Helpmates	Michal Dragoun	Alexandr Semenenko	Viktor Chepizhny
Selfmates	Andrey Selivanov	Torsten Linss	Diyan Kostadinov
Fairies	Petko Petkov	Vlaicu Crisan	Peter Gvozdják
Retros	Dmitry Baibikov	Nikolai Beluhov	Nicolas Dupont

• Composing competitions of WFCC