World Congress of Chess Composition - Belgrade 2016 (Part 1)

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World Congress of Chess Composition - Belgrade 2016 (Part 1)

(04.08.2016) The World Congress of Chess composition and the 40th World Chess Solving championship are held in Belgrade (Serbia) between 30.07 and 06.08.2016. Here I will present you an information and photos from yesterday attractive Solving Show Machine Gun U18 and chess OTB match Serbia vs World.

Solving Show Machine Gun U18

A very attractive solving tourney - show for uder 18 years old solvers. 10 participants - one of the best U18 solvers in the world solved 12 twomovers which was presented one by one for 60 sec on a big screan. Each correct solution gives 1 point and each wrong was -0,9. After this round the top 4 solvers was continued in two couples in the semifinals for 2 of 3 points (solved problems). The best two solvers on the final was Marko Lozajic (Serbia) and Danila Pavlov (Russia). Danila won the final which was for 3 out of 5 points. Congratulations!

It was very attractive event and so many visitors was happy at the hall.

Here are some photos:

The winner - Danila Pavlov

After the solving competition we saw a very interesting OTB match between the team of Serbia and the rest of the worls (participants in the congress). Both teams was with 4 chess grandmasters and they played 2 rapid chess games. The team of the world won the match with 5 to 3 points. Here are some photos:

The two teams and the judges. The team of Serbia is in red, the team of the world in dark red

The results of the games

This evening will be the Solving show and tomorrow is the Prize giving ceremony and also the Closing banquet, so waiting for more photos and info soon.