List of grandmasters for chess composition
This article lists:
- International Grandmasters for chess composition, for both chess problems and studies[1]
- International Honorary Masters for chess composition[2]
- International Solving Grandmasters[3]
Such awards were formerly managed by FIDE through its section for chess composition, the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition, and now awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition, an independent body that co-operates with FIDE.[4]
International Grandmasters for chess compositions
Note: deceased Grandmasters are indicated with (†) – Nationality is that of the year when the title was awarded.
Year Name Country 1972 Genrich Kasparjan (†) Soviet Union
1972 Lev Loshinskij [de] (†) Soviet Union
1972 Comins Mansfield (†) United Kingdom
1972 Eeltje Visserman [de] (†) Netherlands
1976 Vladimir Bron (†) Soviet Union
1976 Jindrich Fritz [de] (†) Czechoslovakia
1976 Vladimir Korolkov [de] (†) Soviet Union
1976 Vladimir Pachman [de] (†) Czechoslovakia
1976 György Paros [de] (†) Hungary
1976 Nenad Petrović (†) Yugoslavia
1980 György Bakcsi [de] Hungary
1980 Hrvoje Bartolović (†) Yugoslavia
1980 Bo Lindgren (†) Sweden
1980 Gia Nadareishvili (†) Soviet Union
1980 Valentin Rudenko [de] (†) Soviet Union
1984 Claude Goumondy [de] France
1984 Iosif Krikheli [de] (†) Soviet Union
1984 Petko Petkov [de] Bulgaria
1984 Hans Peter Rehm [de] West Germany
1984 Touw Hian Bwee [de] Indonesia
1988 Cor Goldschmeding [de] (†) Netherlands
1988 Alexandr Grin-Guljaev [de] (†) Soviet Union
1988 Ernest Pogosjancz (†) Soviet Union
1988 Jakov Vladimirov [de] Soviet Union
1988 Milan Vukčević (†) United States
1989 Herbert Ahues [de] (†) West Germany
1989 Viktor Chepizhnij [de] Soviet Union
1989 Emilian Dobrescu Romania
1990 David Gurgenidze [de] Soviet Union
1990 Jacobus Haring [de] (†) Netherlands
1992 Fadil Abdurahmanović [de] Yugoslavia
1992 Jan Rusinek Poland
1993 Venelin Alaikov [de] (†) Bulgaria
1993 Michel Caillaud France
1993 Andrej Lobusov [de] (†) Russia
1993 Norman Macleod (†) United Kingdom
1993 Byron Zappas [de] (†) Greece
1995 Michael Keller [de] Germany
1995 Alexandr Kuzovkov [de] Moldova
1996 Toma Garai [de] (†) United States
1996 Živko Janevski [it] North Macedonia
2001 Virgil Nestorescu [de] Romania
2004 Unto Heinonen [it] Finland
2004 Jean-Marc Loustau [de] France
2004 Mikhail Marandyuk [de] Ukraine
2004 Waldemar Tura [de] Poland
2005 Udo Degener [de] Germany
2005 Nikolai Kralin [de] Russia
2005 Franz Pachl Germany
2005 Oleg Pervakov [de] Russia
2007 Alexandr Feoktistov [de] Russia
2007 Yves Cheylan [it] France
2007 Marjan Kovačević Serbia
2007 Miodrag Mladenović [de] Serbia
2007 Valery Shanshin [de] Russia
2007 Valery Shavyrin [de] Russia
2007 Anatoly Slesarenko Russia
2009 Uri Avner [de] (†) Israel
2009 Andrey Selivanov Russia
2010 Reto Aschwanden Switzerland
2010 Wieland Bruch [de] Germany
2010 Vasyl Dyachuk [lv] Ukraine
2010 Camillo Gamnitzer [de] Austria
2010 Matti Myllyniemi (†) Finland
2010 Marcel Tribowski [de] Germany
2010 Milan Velimirović (†) Serbia
2010 Klaus Wenda [it] Austria
2012 Evgeny Bogdanov [de] (†) Ukraine
2012 Michal Dragoun [it] Czech Republic
2012 Valery Gurov Russia
2012 Peter Gvozdjak Slovakia
2012 Miroslav Havel [de] (†) Czech Republic
2012 Christopher Jones [it] United Kingdom
2012 Artur Mandler [de] (†) Czech Republic
2012 Mario Parrinello [it] Italy
2012 Ivan Soroka Ukraine
2013 Alexandr Azhusin Russia
2013 Anatoly Styopochkin Russia
2015 Yochanan Afek Israel
2015 Hubert Gockel Germany
2015 John Rice [de] United Kingdom
2015 Aleksey Sochnev Russia
2017 Richard Becker United States
2023 Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen Denmark
International Honorary Masters for chess composition
Year Name Country 1986 Antonio Arguelles (†) Spain
1986 John Niemann (†) West Germany
1986 Antonio Piatesi (†) Italy
1987 Hans Klüver (†) West Germany
1987 Grzegorz Grzeban (†) Poland
1988 Alexander Pituk (†) Czechoslovakia
1988 Janos Kiss (†) Hungary
1988 Ferenc Fleck (†) Hungary
1989 Gino Mentasti (†) Italy
1991 Albert Koldijk (†) Netherlands
1991 Jean Zeller (†) France
1992 Colin Vaughan (†) United Kingdom
1994 Kurt Smulders (†) Belgium
1998 Eliahu Fasher (†) Israel
1999 Giorgio Mirri (†) Italy
1999 Savo Zlatić (†) Croatia
2000 Rui Nascimento (†) Portugal
2006 Jeremy Morse (†) United Kingdom
2007 Sonomun Chimedtseren (†) Mongolia
2007 Odette Vollenweider Switzerland
2012 Hermann Weissauer (†) Germany
2015 Hannu Harkola Finland
International Solving Grandmasters
See also
- List of chess grandmasters
- FIDE Album It explains the scoring required to become a master in composition.
References
External links
- Titles