World Champions of Chess Solving

Pauli Perkonoja (FIN), Jonathan Mestel (GBR), Arno Zude (GER),
Georgy Evseev (RUS), Michael Pfannkuche (GER), Kari Valtonen (FIN),
Roland Baier (SUI), Michel Caillaud (FRA), Noam Elkies (ISR),
Ofer Comay (ISR), Jorma Paavilainen (FIN), Piotr Murdzia (POL),
Andrej Selivanov (RUS), John Nunn (GBR).
Championship
Team
Number of
teams
Individual
Number of
solvers
1st  WCSC - Malinska (YUG)
September 9 - 10, 1977
Finland
9
-
18
2nd  WCSC - Canterbury (GBR)
September 3 - 4, 1978
Finland
13
-
26
3rd  WCSC - Hyvinkaa (FIN)
July 12 - 13, 1979
FR Germany
9
-
18
4th  WCSC - Bled (YUG)
September 3 - 4, 1980
Israel
10
-
20
5th  WCSC - Arnhem (NED)
August 11 - 12, 1981
Finland
13
-
26
6th  WCSC - Varna (BUL)
September 10 - 11, 1982
Yugoslavia
9
-
25
7th  WCSC - Bat Yam (ISR)
September 1 - 2, 1983
Finland
8
Roland Baier
(SUI)
23
8th  WCSC - Sarajevo (YUG)
August 22 - 23, 1984
Finland
8
Kari Valtonen
(FIN)
22
9th  WCSC - Riccione (ITA)
September 18 - 19, 1985
Finland
10
Ofer Comay
(ISR)
31
10th  WCSC - Fontenay-Sous-Bois (FRA)
July 11 - 12, 1986
Great Britain
8
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
28
11th  WCSC - Graz (AUT)
August 25 - 26, 1987
FR Germany
11
Michel Caillaud
(FRA)
34
12th  WCSC - Budapest (HUN)
August 27 - 28, 1988
FR Germany
12
Michael Pfannkuche
(FRG)
42
13th  WCSC - Bournemouth (GBR)
September 22 - 23, 1989
USSR
13
Georgy Evseev
(USR)
48
14th  WCSC - Bemidorm (SPA)
September 25 - 26, 1990
Great Britain, USSR
10
Georgy Evseev
(USR)
38
15th  WCSC - Rotterdam (NED)
August 6 - 7, 1991
USSR
11
Georgy Evseev
(USR)
40
16th  WCSC - Bonn (GER)
August 25 - 26, 1992
Russia
12
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
49
17th  WCSC - Bratislava (SVK)
August 31 - September 1, 1993
Germany
18
Michael Pfannkuche
(GER)
74
18th  WCSC - Belfort (FRA)
July 26 - 27, 1994
Germany
16
Arno Zude
(GER)
57
19th  WCSC - Turku (FIN)
July 25 - 26, 1995
Finland
14
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
59
20th  WCSC - Tel Aviv (ISR)
October 15 - 16, 1996
Israel
14
Noam Elkies
(ISR)
50
21st  WCSC - Pula (CRO)
September 9 - 10, 1997
Israel
19
Jonathan Mestel
(GBR)
68
22nd  WCSC - St. Petersburg (RUS)
July 28 - 29, 1998
Israel
19
Georgy Evseev
(RUS)
70
23rd  WCSC - Netanya (ISR)
October 26 - 27, 1999
Russia
21
Ofer Comay
(ISR)
68
24th  WCSC - Pula (CRO)
September 5 - 6, 2000
Germany
17
Michel Caillaud
(FRA)
63
25th  WCSC - Wageningen (NED)
July 31 - August 1, 2001
Israel
19
Jorma Paavilainen
(FIN)
74
26th  WCSC - Portoroz (SLO)
September 3 - 4, 2002
Germany
20
Piotr Murdzia
(POL)
76
27th  WCSC - Moscow (RUS)
July 29 - 30, 2003
Russia
22
Andrej Selivanov
(RUS)
76
28th  WCSC - Halkidiki (GRE)
September 7 - 8, 2004
Israel
22
John Nunn
(GBR)
85
29th  WCSC - Eretria (GRE)
September 6 - 7, 2005
Great Britain
20
Piotr Murdzia
(POL)
72
30th  WCSC - Wageningen (NED)
August 1 - 2, 2006
Great Britain
20
Piotr Murdzia
(POL)
71
31st  WCSC - Rhodes (GRE)
October 16 - 17, 2007
Great Britain
24
John Nunn
(GBR)
82


The best individual result
1977
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
1978
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
1979
Kosta Angelov
(BUL)
1980
Ofer Comay
(ISR)
1981
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
1982
Pauli Perkonoja
(FIN)
Unofficial World Champions of Chess Solving

Pauli Perkonoja (FIN),
Kosta Angelov (BUL),
Ofer Comay (ISR)


Last update  22-X-07


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