List of grandmasters for chess composition
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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
[edit]Note: deceased Grandmasters are indicated with (†) – Nationality is that of the year when the title was awarded.
International Honorary Masters for chess composition
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of chess grandmasters
- FIDE Album It explains the scoring required to become a master in composition.