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WFCC

Also known as: World Federation for Chess Composition

The world federation for chess composition, covering the creation, solving, regulation, and competition of chess problems and studies.

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Explanation

WFCC stands for World Federation for Chess Composition. Chess composition uses chess pieces and rules as material for a deliberately constructed position with a stated task and an intended solution. The task might, for example, be to find a mate under specified conditions or to solve an endgame study.

WFCC promotes this artistic and competitive branch through international composing and solving events, rules and guidance, solver ratings, and specialized titles. Here, a rating is a numerical estimate of competitive solving strength. Its Codex describes a composition as normally containing a position, a stipulation stating what must be achieved, and the solution that satisfies that task.

The organization began in 1956 as the permanent chess-composition commission of and became independent in 2010. It is not the same as : ICCF governs correspondence games between players, while WFCC deals with positions created for composing or solving.

Usage and context

In composition, the goal is not necessarily to play a complete game. The activity centers on constructing or discovering the solution to a designed position.

Common confusions

ICCF

ICCF organizes correspondence games. WFCC organizes and regulates the creation and solving of designed chess compositions.

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Problem and game

A chess composition normally starts from a constructed position with a stated task. It does not need to come from an actual played game.

Sources

  1. 1.World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), World Federation for Chess Composition
  2. 2.Codex of Chess Compositions, World Federation for Chess Composition
  3. 3.Rating rules, World Federation for Chess Composition

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