Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions

Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition, mandated by FIDE.

Currently 39 countries are represented in the PCCC.

Main duties of the Commission include:
*the dissemination and encouragement of chess composition throughout the world,
*the formulation of rules and guidelines in all spheres of chess composition,
*the arrangement of official international composing and solving tourneys,
**World Chess Solving Championship,
**World Championship in Composing for Individuals,
**World Chess Composition Tourney - in fact world championship of teams,
*the initiation of the publication of collections of general interest,
**FIDE Albums,
*the award of titles to especially deserving representatives of chess composition including both solvers and composers, subject to the approval of the FIDE,
**International Judge of Chess Compositions,
**International Grandmaster,
**International Master,
**FIDE Master.

The Commission is lead by its President, currently by Uri Avner, previously by John Rice, Bedrich Formánek, Klaus Wenda, Jan Hannelius.

Commission members are nominated by national problem societies and chess problem specialists. [
page=352] The commission was created in 1956, with the first meeting at Budapest in 1956.Subsequently the commission has met every year except 1963 and 1970.The 50th anniversery meeting was at Rhodes in 2007. [citation
last=Wenda | first=Klaus
title=The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Permanent Commission of the FIDÉ for Chess Composition (PCCC)
url=http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/pccc50.htm
date=September 2007
location=Vienna
accessdate=2007-12-29]

Meetings

Locations and number of delegates for meetings of the PCCC: [ [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/pcmeet.htm Meetings of the PCCC ] ] :

References

External links

* http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/general.htm