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Marjan Kovacevic re-elected as WFCC President; Germany wins gold at the 49th World Chess Solving Championship

Marjan Kovacevic was re-elected President of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), continuing in the role he has held since 2022, as Germany won gold at the 49th World Chess Solving Championship.

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1 min readPublished Aug 15, 2026

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The result confirms continuity in WFCC leadership and names the newly re-elected Presidium.

Marjan Kovacevic was re-elected President of the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC). Kovacevic has held the role since his election at the 64th World Congress in Fujairah in 2022. Germany won gold at the 49th World Chess Solving Championship. The new WFCC Presidium includes Abdulla Ali AalBarket (1st Vice-President, UAE), Marco Guida (2nd Vice-President, Italy), Julia Vysotska (3rd Vice-President, Latvia), and Mohammad Alhallak (Secretary, UAE).

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