World Federation for Chess Composition
Year City Country Delegates
1956 Budapest Hungary 4
1957 Vienna Austria 6
1958 Piran Yugoslavia 11
1959 Wiesbaden West Germany 12
1960 Leipzig East Germany 10
1961 Moscow Soviet Union 10
1962 Solothurn Switzerland 8
1964 Tel Aviv Israel 6
1965 Reading Great Britain 11
1966 Barcelona Spain 12
1967 Tampere Finland 13
1968 Arcachon France 15
1969 Varna Bulgaria 14
1971 The Hague Netherlands 14
1972 Pula Yugoslavia 15
1973 Imola Italy 13
1974 Wiesbaden West Germany 21
1975 Tbilisi Soviet Union 16
1976 Ribe Denmark 18
1977 Malinska Yugoslavia 18
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition. It was known as the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) from its inception in 1956 until October 2010. It is now independent from FIDE, but both organisations are cooperating. Currently 40 countries are represented in the WFCC. The principal goal and activities of the WFCC include:
The WFCC is led by its President, currently Harry Fougiaxis, previously by Uri Avner, John Rice, Bedrich Formánek, Klaus Wenda, Jan Hannelius, Gerhard Jensch, Comins Mansfield, Nenad Petrović and Gyula Neukomm. The WFCC delegates are nominated by national problem societies and chess problem specialists. The original PCCC 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 anniversary meeting was at Rhodes in 2007.