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
  • 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

The WFCC is led by its President, currently Harry Fougiaxis, previously by Uri Avner, John Rice, Bedrich Formánek, Klaus Wenda, Jan Hannelius, Gerhard Jensch, Comins Mansfield, Nenad Petrović and Gyula Neukomm.

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
1990 PCCC meeting (from left to right): John Roycroft, Gia Nadareishvili, Virgil Nestorescu and Jan Mortensen

Locations and number of delegates for meetings of the PCCC/WFCC:[4]

YearCityCountryDelegates
1956Budapest Hungary4
1957Vienna Austria6
1958Piran Yugoslavia11
1959Wiesbaden West Germany12
1960Leipzig East Germany10
1961Moscow Soviet Union10
1962Solothurn  Switzerland8
1964Tel Aviv Israel6
1965Reading Great Britain11
1966Barcelona Spain12
1967Tampere Finland13
1968Arcachon France15
1969Varna Bulgaria14
1971The Hague Netherlands14
1972Pula Yugoslavia15
1973Imola Italy13
1974Wiesbaden West Germany21
1975Tbilisi Soviet Union16
1976Ribe Denmark18
1977Malinska Yugoslavia18
1978Canterbury Great Britain19
1979Hyvinkää Finland17
1980Wiener Neustadt Austria21
1981Arnhem Netherlands18
1982Varna Bulgaria17
1983Bat-Yam Israel13
1984Sarajevo Yugoslavia16
1985Riccione Italy19
1986Fontenay-sous-Bois France19
1987Graz Austria20
1988Budapest Hungary22
1989Bournemouth Great Britain23
1990Benidorm Spain22
1991Rotterdam Netherlands23
1992Bonn Germany23
1993Bratislava Slovakia25
1994Belfort France23
1995Turku Finland26
1996Tel Aviv Israel27
1997Pula Croatia28
1998St. Petersburg Russia30
1999Netanya Israel27
2000Pula Croatia26
2001Wageningen Netherlands29
2002Portorož Slovenia29
2003Moscow Russia29
2004Halkidiki Greece31
2005Eretria Greece30
2006Wageningen Netherlands31
2007Rhodes Greece29
2008Jūrmala Latvia28
2009Rio de Janeiro Brazil26
2010Crete Greece31
2011Jesi Italy32
2012Kobe Japan28
2013Batumi Georgia27
2014Bern  Switzerland27
2015Ostróda Poland26
2016Belgrade Serbia
2017Dresden Germany
2018 Ohrid Republic of Macedonia 182
2019 Vilnius Lithuania

References
  1. WFCC
  2. Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 352, LCCN 78106371
  3. Wenda, Klaus (September 2007), The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Permanent Commission of the FIDÉ for Chess Composition (PCCC), Vienna, retrieved 2007-12-29
  4. Meetings of the PCCC/WFCC
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