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{{Short description|Triennial competition for composers of chess problems and studies}}{{Update|date=February 2025|reason=winners not up to date?}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2021}}
The '''World Championship of Chess Composition''' is a triennial competition for composers of [[chess problem]]s and [[chess study|studies]]. Organised in the past by [[FIDE]] via the [[Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions]] (PCCC), it is currently held by the [[World Federation for Chess Composition]] (WFCC). The official title is '''World Championship in Composing for Individuals''' (WCCI).

The championship is divided into eight sections:

A)  [[Glossary of chess problems#T|Twomovers]] ([[checkmate]] in two moves) 
B)  [[Glossary of chess problems#T|Threemovers]] (checkmate in three moves) 
C)  [[Glossary of chess problems#M|Moremovers]] (checkmate in more than three moves) 
D)  [[Chess study|Studies]] 
E)  [[Helpmate]]s 
F)  [[Selfmate]]s 
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 [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/wcci.htm 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 ten gold medals and two silver medals.

==Medalists==
===1998–2000===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 (chess composer)|Petko Petkov]]
| [[Andrey Selivanov (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Alexandr Azhusin]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Petko Petkov (chess composer)|Petko Petkov]]
| [[Reto Aschwanden]]
| [[Tadashi Wakashima]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Alexandr Kisljak]]
| [[Thierry Le Gleuher]]
| [[Alexandr Zolotarev]]
|}

===2001–2003===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Alexandr Feoktistov]]  
| [[Živko Janevski]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Reto Aschwanden]]
| [[Klaus Wenda]]
| [[Juraj Lörinc]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Thierry Le Gleuher]]
| [[Alexandr Kisljak]]
| [[Reto Aschwanden]]
|}

===2004–2006===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 (chess problemist)|Michal Dragoun]]  [[Živko Janevski]]
|-
| Selfmates
| [[Andrey Selivanov (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Uri Avner]]
| [[Živko Janevski]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Michal Dragoun (chess problemist)|Michal Dragoun]]
| [[Juraj Lörinc]]
| [[Klaus Wenda]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Reto Aschwanden]]  
| [[Thierry Le Gleuher]]
| [[Dmitry Baibikov]]
|}

===2007–2009===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Ivan Soroka]]
| [[Alexandr Feoktistov]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Petko Petkov (chess composer)|Petko Petkov]]
| [[Peter Gvozdják]]
| [[Klaus Wenda]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Dmitry Baibikov]]
| [[Dragan Lj. Petrović]]
| [[Nicolas Dupont (chess composer)|Nicolas Dupont]]
|}

===2010–2012===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 (chess composer)|Richard Becker]]
| [[Oleg Pervakov]]
|-
| Helpmates
| [[Michal Dragoun (chess problemist)|Michal Dragoun]]
| [[Alexandr Semenenko]]
| [[Viktor Chepizhny]]
|-
| Selfmates
| [[Andrey Selivanov (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Torsten Linss]]
| [[Diyan Kostadinov]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Petko Petkov (chess composer)|Petko Petkov]]
| [[Vlaicu Crisan]]
| [[Peter Gvozdják]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Dmitry Baibikov]]
| [[Nikolai Beluhov]]
| [[Nicolas Dupont (chess composer)|Nicolas Dupont]]
|}

===2013–2015===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Section
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
|-
| Twomovers
| [[Marjan Kovačević]]
| [[Vasyl Dyachuk]]
| [[Peter Gvozdják]]
|-
| Threemovers  
| [[Mikhail Marandyuk]]
| [[Aleksandr Kuzovkov]]
| [[Aleksandr Feoktistov]]
|-
| Moremovers
| [[Mikhail Marandyuk]]
| [[Aleksandr Kuzovkov]]
| [[Fedor Davidenko]]
|-
| Studies
| [[Oleg Pervakov]]
| [[Yuri Bazlov]]
| [[Pavel Arestov]]
|-
| Helpmates
| [[Aleksandr Semenenko]]
| [[Vasil Krizhanivskyi]]
| [[Valery Gurov]]
|-
| Selfmates
| [[Andrey Selivanov (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Aleksandr Feoktistov]]
| [[Mark Erenburg]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Vasyl Dyachuk]]
| [[Juraj Lörinc]]
| [[Ofer Comay]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Dmitrij Baibikov]]
| [[Silvio Baier]]
| [[Nicolas Dupont (chess composer)|Nicolas Dupont]]
|}

===2016–2018===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Section
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
|-
| Twomovers
| [[Vasyl Dyachuk]]
| [[Marjan Kovačević]]
| [[Valery Shanshin]]
|-
| Threemovers  
| [[Aleksandr Feoktistov]]
| [[Aleksandr Kuzovkov]]
| [[Valery Shavyrin]]
|-
| Moremovers
| [[Mikhail Marandyuk]]
| [[Aleksandr Kuzovkov]]
| [[Fedor Davidenko]]
|-
| Studies
| [[Oleg Pervakov]]
| [[Martin Minski]]
| [[Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen]]
|-
| Helpmates
| [[Vasil Krizhanivskyi]]
| [[Aleksandr Semenenko]]
| [[Fadil Abdurahmanović]]
|-
| Selfmates
| [[Andrey Selivanov (chess player)|Andrey Selivanov]]
| [[Zoran Gavrilovski]]
| [[Aleksandr Kuzovkov]]
|-
| Fairies
| [[Vlaicu Crișan]]
| [[Petko Petkov (chess composer)|Petko Petkov]]
| [[Lev Grolman]]/[[Borislav Gadjanski]]
|-
| Retros
| [[Silvio Baier]]
| [[Dmitrij Baibikov]]
| [[Nicolas Dupont (chess composer)|Nicolas Dupont]]
|}

==External links==
* [https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/composing/ Composing competitions of WFCC]

{{Chess international championships}}
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[[Category:World championships in chess|Composition]]
[[Category:Chess problems]]

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