{"id":46467,"date":"2026-05-19T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=46467"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:30:40","slug":"2nd-world-youth-chess-solving-championship-registration-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/2nd-world-youth-chess-solving-championship-registration-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd World Youth Chess Solving Championship: Registration now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46467\" class=\"elementor elementor-46467\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4bb05 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c4bb05\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96371fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96371fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WYSC-2026-FRONT.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-46468\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WYSC-2026-FRONT.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WYSC-2026-FRONT-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WYSC-2026-FRONT-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8d0f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d8d0f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), together with the Italian Chess Federation and UniChess, are pleased to announce the 2nd World Youth Chess Solving Championship 2026. The event will be held in Montesilvano, Italy, on June 16, 2026, starting at 10:00 local time.<\/p><p>The competition will take place between the 1st and 2nd rounds of the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) 2026, sharing the same age categories as the over-the-board tournaments: under 14, under 16 and under 18.<\/p><p>There will be separate rankings for Open and Girls. Girls may choose to compete in the Open category by notifying the organizers before the tournament.<\/p><p><strong>Solving format<\/strong><\/p><p>Each category will solve a different set of 8 problems, including:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 problems in 2 moves<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 problems in 3 moves<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 problem in 4 moves<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 endgames<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>Time allowed: 90 minutes<\/p><p><strong>Official information<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: June 16, 2026<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Montesilvano, Italy (venue same as WYCC-2026)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/REGULATIONS_2nd_World_Youth-Chess_Solving_Championship_Montesilvano_2026.pdf\">Regulations (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Registration form<\/strong>: <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/FCCC\/WYSC-2026\">https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/FCCC\/WYSC-2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Participation fee<\/strong>: \u20ac25 per person<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>Additional info: Marjan KOVAC\u030cEVIC\u0301 WFC President, +381621792972<\/p><p>E-mail: <strong><a href=\"mailto:president@wfcc.ch\">president@wfcc.ch<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Official website: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chessworldyouth.com\/world-youth-chess-solving-championships\/\">https:\/\/www.chessworldyouth.com\/world-youth-chess-solving-championships\/<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIDE and the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), together with the Italian Chess Federation and UniChess, are pleased to announce the 2nd World Youth Chess Solving Championship 2026. The event will be held in Montesilvano, Italy, on June 16, 2026, starting at 10:00 local time. The competition will take place between the 1st and 2nd rounds of the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) 2026, sharing the same age categories as the over-the-board tournaments: under 14, under 16 and under 18. There will be separate rankings for Open and Girls. Girls may choose to compete in the Open category by notifying the organizers before the tournament. Solving format Each category will solve a different set of 8 problems, including: 3 problems in 2 moves 2 problems in 3 moves 1 problem in 4 moves 2 endgames Time allowed: 90 minutes Official information: Date: June 16, 2026 Location: Montesilvano, Italy (venue same as WYCC-2026) Regulations (PDF) Registration form: https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/FCCC\/WYSC-2026 Participation fee: \u20ac25 per person Additional info: Marjan KOVAC\u030cEVIC\u0301 WFC President, +381621792972 E-mail: president@wfcc.ch Official website: https:\/\/www.chessworldyouth.com\/world-youth-chess-solving-championships\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[79,362],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-46467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-composition-and-solving","tag-worldyouthchampionship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46467"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46472,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46467\/revisions\/46472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46467"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=46467"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=46467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}