Sunday, August 31, 2014

A lifetime achievement

Your not-so-humble blogger has received his first official title!
http://www.wfcc.ch/57wccc-38wcsc-news/

Congratulations also to everyone else who received a new title, be it solvers, composers or judges!

EDIT, 1 September 2014:
A complete list is online now. Since under German law this list should have no copyright, it is fully reproduced here:

New GM in solving:
Anatoly Mukoseev (RUS)
Martynas Limontas (LTU)

New IM in solving:
Aleksandr Feoktistov (RUS)
Hans Uitenbroek (NED)
Michael McDowell (GBR)
Dmitry Pletnev (RUS)
Vidmantas Satkus (LTU)
Klemen Sivic (SLO)
Alain Villeneuve (FRA)
Evgeny Fomichev (RUS)
Ramil Javadov (AZE)
Araz Almammadov (AZE)
New FM in solving:
Vasyl Dyachuk(UKR)
Mikhael Gabeskiria (GEO)
Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE)
Nikos Mendrinos (GRE)
Dinu-Ioan Nicula (ROU)

New IM in composing:
Evgeni Bourd (ISR)
Arieh Grinblat (ISR)
Valery Kopyl (UKR)
Christian Poisson (FRA)
Aleksandr Sygurov (RUS)
Viktor Volchek (BLR)
New FM in composing:
Nikolaï Belukhov(BUL)
Uwe Karbowiak (GER)
Ferhat Karmil (TUR)
Rupert Munz (GER)
Felix Rossomakho (RUS)

New titles International Judge of the FIDE for Chess Compositions:
Viktor Volchek (BLR)
Thierry le Gleuher (FRA)
Valery Gurov (RUS)
Siegfried Hornecker (GER)

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