2-year cycle of four chess solving competitions, 2025-2026,
with the final competition to be held in Fujairah, 27–30 November 2026
2-year cycle of four chess solving competitions, 2025-2026,
with the final competition to be held in Fujairah, 27–30 November 2026

Grand Prix Final

The prize fund for solvers is 27,000 €
TOP 12 solvers from the Final Standing
No.SolverCountryGrand Prix
Points
1Piotr MurdziaPOL87
2Danila PavlovFID87
3Kacper PiorunPOL72
4Arno ZudeGER72
5Ural KhasanovFID67
6Eddy Van BeersBEL60
7Martynas LimontasLTU58
8Mihnea CostachiROU54
9Bilguun SumiyaMGL50
10Maksim KharitonovFID35
11Nikos SidiropoulosGRE33
12Tomáš PeitlSVK29
Top 6 solvers from the countries
not included in the TOP 12 list
No.SolverCountryGrand Prix
Points
13David HodgeGBR18
14Ilija SerafimovićSRB17
15Oleksiy SolovchukUKR14
16Ofer ComayISR4
17Jorma PaavilainenFIN2
18Joost MichielsenNED1

The final of Grand Prix 2025-2026
will take place in Fujairah,
in the new building of Fujairah Chess and Culture Club,
27–30 November 2026.

Reserve solvers for TOP 12
No.Reserve SolverCountryGrand Prix Points
1Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisGRE24
2Ulrich VoigtGER23
3Piotr GórskiPOL18
4Anton NasyrovFID14
5Kevinas KuznecovasLTU10
6Chinguun SumiyaMGL2

Grand Prix Final

The prize fund for solvers is 27,000 €
TOP 12 solvers from the Final Standing
No.SolverCountryGrand Prix
Points
1Piotr MurdziaPOL87
2Danila PavlovFID87
3Kacper PiorunPOL72
4Arno ZudeGER72
5Ural KhasanovFID67
6Eddy Van BeersBEL60
7Martynas LimontasLTU58
8Mihnea CostachiROU54
9Bilguun SumiyaMGL50
10Maksim KharitonovFID35
11Nikos SidiropoulosGRE33
12Tomáš PeitlSVK29
Top 6 solvers from the countries
not included in the TOP 12 list
No.SolverCountryGrand Prix
Points
13David HodgeGBR18
14Ilija SerafimovićSRB17
15Oleksiy SolovchukUKR14
16Ofer ComayISR4
17Jorma PaavilainenFIN2
18Joost MichielsenNED1

The final of Grand Prix 2025-2026
will take place in Fujairah,
in the new building of Fujairah Chess and Culture Club,
27–30 November 2026.

Reserve solvers for TOP 12
No.Reserve SolverCountryGrand Prix Points
1Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisGRE24
2Ulrich VoigtGER23
3Piotr GórskiPOL18
4Anton NasyrovFID14
5Kevinas KuznecovasLTU10
6Chinguun SumiyaMGL2

Tournament Format and Rating

  • The Grand Final consists of six rounds over two days, with three rounds on each day, in the WFCC ECSC/WCSC format.
  • The competition shall be conducted in accordance with the official WFCC WCSC rules: https://www.wfcc.ch/rules/wcsc/
  • The Grand Final is a rated solving tournament with rating coefficient 3. As an invitational tournament, it will not form part of the World Solving Cup. Applicable solving title norms may be achieved in accordance with the relevant WFCC regulations.
  • Only original chess compositions, not previously published, by 18 different chess composers will be presented for solving.
RoundProblem TypeProblemsSolving Time
1Two-movers (#2)320 minutes
2Three-movers (#3)360 minutes
3Endgame Studies3100 minutes
4Helpmates (h#2, h#3, h#>3)350 minutes
5Moremovers (#4 and #>4)380 minutes
6Selfmates (s#2, s#3, s#>3)350 minutes

Tournament Format and Rating

  • The Grand Final consists of six rounds over two days, with three rounds on each day, in the WFCC ECSC/WCSC format.
  • The competition shall be conducted in accordance with the official WFCC WCSC rules: https://www.wfcc.ch/rules/wcsc/
  • The Grand Final is a rated solving tournament with rating coefficient 3. As an invitational tournament, it will not form part of the World Solving Cup. Applicable solving title norms may be achieved in accordance with the relevant WFCC regulations.
  • Only original chess compositions, not previously published, by 18 different chess composers will be presented for solving.
RoundProblem TypeProblemsSolving Time
1Two-movers (#2)320 minutes
2Three-movers (#3)360 minutes
3Endgame Studies3100 minutes
4Helpmates (h#2, h#3, h#>3)350 minutes
5Moremovers (#4 and #>4)380 minutes
6Selfmates (s#2, s#3, s#>3)350 minutes

Prizes for solvers

No.PlaceMoney Prize
1Winner€3,800
2Runner-up€2,900
33rd Place€2,400
44th Place€2,100
55th Place€1,800
66th Place€1,500
77th Place€1,300
88th Place€1,200
99th Place€1,150
1010th Place€1,050
1111th-16th Places€800 each
1217th-20th Places€750 each

Prizes for composers

4 qualification tournaments before the Final