The Fujairah chess & culture club (FCCC) has the honour to invite all delegates of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), national teams and individual solvers, chess composers and all those interested and involved in chess solving & composing, to attend the 64th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 45th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC).
The congress will be held from Saturday, November 12th (arrival) to Saturday, November 19th, 2022 (departure) at the “Novotel Hotel” **** in Fujairah (UAE), with the WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15th and 16th. The WCSC director is Ivan Denkovski.
The WCSC (ECSC) is a competition for national teams and individual solvers. It consists of 6 rounds over two days, with 3 rounds each day according to the following table:
| Round 1 | 3 twomovers | 20 minutes solving time |
| Round 2 | 3 threemovers | 60 minutes solving time |
| Round 3 | 3 endgames | 100 minutes solving time |
| Round 4 | 3 helpmates (h#2, h#3, h# >3) | 50 minutes solving time |
| Round 5 | 3 moremovers (at least one 4# and one >4#) | 80 minutes solving time |
| Round 6 | 3 selfmates (s#2, s#3, s# >3) | 50 minutes solving time |
The teams consist of three (four at ECSC) solvers and the team-leader who may be one of the solvers. Teams consisting of only two (two or three at ECSC) solvers are also permitted. The members of the teams simultaneously compete in the individual championship.
All countries are entitled to enter one team, the organising country two teams. A country participating with a team(s) is allowed to nominate one further solver for the individual championship.
