List of grandmasters for chess composition

This article gives three lists:

• International Grandmasters for chess composition, for both chess problems and studies, nominated by FIDE through its section for chess composition, the PCCC (Permanent Commission for Chess Composition)
• International Honorary Masters for chess composition
• International Solving Grandmasters

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	Kasparjan, GenrichGenrich Kasparjan (†)	Soviet Union
1972	Loshinskij, LevLev Loshinskij (†)	Soviet Union
1972	Mansfield, CominsComins Mansfield (†)	United Kingdom
1972	Visserman, EeltjeEeltje Visserman (†)	Netherlands
1976	Bron, VladimirVladimir Bron (†)	Soviet Union
1976	Fritz, JindrichJindrich Fritz (†)	Czechoslovakia
1976	Korolkov, VladimirVladimir Korolkov (†)	Soviet Union
1976	Pachman, VladimirVladimir Pachman (†)	Czechoslovakia
1976	Paros, GyörgyGyörgy Paros (†)	Hungary
1976	Petrović, NenadNenad Petrović (†)	Croatia
1980	Bakcsi, GyörgyGyörgy Bakcsi	Hungary
1980	Bartolović, HrvojeHrvoje Bartolović (†)	Croatia
1980	Lindgren, BoBo Lindgren	Sweden
1980	Nadareishvili, GiaGia Nadareishvili (†)	Soviet Union
1980	Rudenko, ValentinValentin Rudenko	Ukraine
1984	Goumondy, ClaudeClaude Goumondy	France
1984	Krikheli, IosifIosif Krikheli (†)	Soviet Union
1984	Petkov, PetkoPetko Petkov	Bulgaria
1984	Rehm, Hans PeterHans Peter Rehm	Germany
1984	Bwee, Touw HianTouw Hian Bwee	Indonesia
1988	Goldschmeding, CorCor Goldschmeding (†)	Netherlands
1988	Grin-Guljaev, AlexandrAlexandr Grin-Guljaev (†)	Soviet Union
1988	Pogosjancz, ErnestErnest Pogosjancz (†)	Soviet Union
1988	Vladimirov, JakovJakov Vladimirov	Soviet Union
1988	Vukčević, MilanMilan Vukčević (†)	United States
1989	Ahues, HerbertHerbert Ahues	Germany
1989	Chepizhnij, ViktorViktor Chepizhnij	Soviet Union
1989	Dobrescu, EmilianEmilian Dobrescu	Romania
1990	Gurgenidze, DavidDavid Gurgenidze	Georgia
1990	Haring, JacobusJacobus Haring (†)	Netherlands
1992	Abdurahmanović, FadilFadil Abdurahmanović	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992	Rusinek, JanJan Rusinek	Poland
1993	Alaikov, VenelinVenelin Alaikov (†)	Bulgaria
1993	Caillaud, MichelMichel Caillaud	France
1993	Lobusov, AndrejAndrej Lobusov (†)	Russia
1993	Macleod, NormanNorman Macleod (†)	United Kingdom
1993	Zappas, ByronByron Zappas (†)	Greece
1995	Keller, MichaelMichael Keller	Germany
1995	Kuzovkov, AlexandrAlexandr Kuzovkov	Moldova
1996	Garai, TomaToma Garai	United States
1996	Janevski, ŽivkoŽivko Janevski	Macedonia
2001	Nestorescu, VirgilVirgil Nestorescu	Romania
2004	Heinonen, UntoUnto Heinonen	Finland
2004	Loustau, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Loustau	France
2004	Marandyuk, MikhailMikhail Marandyuk	Ukraine
2004	Tura, WaldemarWaldemar Tura	Poland
2005	Degener, UdoUdo Degener	Germany
2005	Kralin, NikolaiNikolai Kralin	Russia
2005	Pachl, FranzFranz Pachl	Germany
2005	Pervakov, OlegOleg Pervakov	Russia
2007	Feoktistov, AlexandrAlexandr Feoktistov	Russia
2007	Cheylan, YvesYves Cheylan	France
2007	Kovačević, MarjanMarjan Kovačević	Serbia
2007	Mladenović, MiodragMiodrag Mladenović	Serbia
2007	Shanshin, ValeryValery Shanshin	Russia
2007	Shavyrin, ValeryValery Shavyrin	Russia
2007	Slesarenko, AnatolyAnatoly Slesarenko	Russia
2009	Avner, UriUri Avner	Israel
2009	Selivanov, AndrejAndrej Selivanov	Russia
2009	Gamnitzer, CamilloCamillo Gamnitzer	Austria

International Honorary Masters for chess composition

Year	Name	Country
1986	Arguelles, AntonioAntonio Arguelles (†)	Spain
1986	Niemann, JohnJohn Niemann (†)	Germany
1986	Piatesi, AntonioAntonio Piatesi (†)	Italy
1987	Klüver, HansHans Klüver (†)	Germany
1987	Grzeban, GregorzGregorz Grzeban (†)	Poland
1988	Pituk, AlexanderAlexander Pituk (†)	Slovakia
1988	Kiss, JanosJanos Kiss (†)	Hungary
1988	Fleck, FerencFerenc Fleck (†)	Hungary
1989	Mentasti, GinoGino Mentasti (†)	Italy
1991	Koldijk, AlbertAlbert Koldijk (†)	Netherlands
1991	Zeller, JeanJean Zeller (†)	France
1992	Vaughan, ColinColin Vaughan (†)	United Kingdom
1994	Smulders, KurtKurt Smulders (†)	Belgium
1998	Fasher, EliahuEliahu Fasher (†)	Israel
1999	Mirri, GiorgioGiorgio Mirri (†)	Italy
1999	Zlatič, SavoSavo Zlatič (†)	Croatia
2000	Nascimento, RuiRui Nascimento	Portugal
2006	Morse, JeremyJeremy Morse	United Kingdom
2007	Chimedtseren, SonomunSonomun Chimedtseren (†)	Mongolia
2007	Vollenweider, OdetteOdette Vollenweider	Switzerland

International Solving Grandmasters

Year	Name	Country
1982	Perkonoja, PauliPauli Perkonoja	Finland
1984	Valtonen, KariKari Valtonen	Finland
1984	Velimirović, MilanMilan Velimirović	Yugoslavia
1985	Comay, OferOfer Comay	Israel
1988	Baier, RolandRoland Baier	Switzerland
1988	Kovačević, MarjanMarjan Kovačević	Yugoslavia
1988	Zude, ArnoArno Zude	Germany
1991	Evsejev, GeorgiGeorgi Evsejev	Russia
1993	Pfannkuche, MichaelMichael Pfannkuche	Germany
1997	Mestel, JonathanJonathan Mestel	United Kingdom
1997	Rumyantsev, SergejSergej Rumyantsev	Russia
1998	Soffer, RamRam Soffer	Israel
1999	Paavilainen, JormaJorma Paavilainen	Finland
2000	Tummes, BorisBoris Tummes	Germany
2001	Elkies, NoamNoam Elkies	United States
2002	Caillaud, MichelMichel Caillaud	France
2002	Lee, GrahamGraham Lee	United Kingdom
2002	Murdzia, PiotrPiotr Murdzia	Poland
2004	Nunn, JohnJohn Nunn	United Kingdom
2004	Wissmann, DolfDolf Wissmann	Netherlands
2007	Azhusin, AlexandrAlexandr Azhusin	Russia
2008	Mladenović, MiodragMiodrag Mladenović	Serbia
2008	Selivanov, AndreyAndrey Selivanov	Russia
2008	Vučković, BojanBojan Vučković	Serbia
2008	van Beers, EddyEddy van Beers	Belgium
2008	Podinić, VladimirVladimir Podinić	Serbia

External links

• http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/titles.htm

See also

• List of chess grandmasters