Further and updated infos will be published here permanently
08. June 2026
Special hotel rate extended until Fri 19. June 2026.
29. May 2026
See the announcement of the 9. Murfatlar Theme Tourney.
28. May 2026
See the announcement of the 10. Youth Chess Composing Challenge.
22. May 2026
Please inform the organizing committee about the announcement of unofficial WCCC2026 related composing tourneys.
19. May 2026
Update concerning the excursion at 13. August 2026.
14. May 2026
More than 100 registrations till now. Please remember: The special WCCC registration rates are valid until Sun, 7 June 2026.
16. February 2026
Announcement of the Long Term Composing Tourney.
13. February 2026
List of participants is online. (updated once a week)
11. February 2026
The registration process for the WCCC and the hotel is open.
Invitation
10. February 2026
Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V., and the local organizing committee have the honour to invite national representatives of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national chess solving teams, individual solvers and composers and everybody interested in problem chess, to attend the 68th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 49th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).
The congress will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, from Saturday, 8 August 2026 (arrival), to Saturday, 15 August (departure). The Open Solving will take place on Monday, 10 August 2026, and the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, 11-12 August 2026.
WCSC will be part of the WFCC & Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-2026.
You will find the detailed invitation here for download.
Magdeburg, 10. February 2026
102nd Anniversary of “Schwalbe, deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V.”
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Magdeburg!
Organizing committee (info@wccc2026.de)
Thomas Brand
Rainer Kuhn
Torsten Linß
Frank Reinhold
Axel & Dagmar Steinbrink
