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 (†) Soviet Union 1972 Comins Mansfield (†) 
United Kingdom 1972 Eeltje Visserman (†) 
Netherlands 1976 Vladimir Bron (†) Soviet Union 1976 Jindrich Fritz (†) 
Czechoslovakia 1976 Vladimir Korolkov (†) Soviet Union 1976 Vladimir Pachman (†) Czechoslovakia 1976 György Paros (†) 
Hungary 1976 Nenad Petrović (†) .svg.png)
Yugoslavia 1980 György Bakcsi (†) Hungary 1980 Hrvoje Bartolović (†) Yugoslavia 1980 Bo Lindgren (†) 
Sweden 1980 Gia Nadareishvili (†) Soviet Union 1980 Valentin Rudenko (†) Soviet Union 1984 Claude Goumondy 
France 1984 Iosif Krikheli (†) Soviet Union 1984 Petko Petkov .svg.png)
Bulgaria 1984 Hans Peter Rehm 
West Germany 1984 Touw Hian Bwee 
Indonesia 1988 Cor Goldschmeding (†) Netherlands 1988 Alexandr Grin-Guljaev (†) Soviet Union 1988 Ernest Pogosjancz (†) Soviet Union 1988 Jakov Vladimirov Soviet Union 1988 Milan Vukčević (†) .png)
United States 1989 Herbert Ahues (†) West Germany 1989 Viktor Chepizhnij Soviet Union 1989 Emilian Dobrescu .svg.png)
Romania 1990 David Gurgenidze Soviet Union 1990 Jacobus Haring (†) Netherlands 1992 Fadil Abdurahmanović Yugoslavia 1992 Jan Rusinek 
Poland 1993 Venelin Alaikov (†) 
Bulgaria 1993 Michel Caillaud France 1993 Andrej Lobusov (†) 
Russia 1993 Norman Macleod (†) United Kingdom 1993 Byron Zappas (†) 
Greece 1995 Michael Keller Germany 1995 Alexandr Kuzovkov 
Moldova 1996 Toma Garai (†) United States 1996 Živko Janevski 
North Macedonia 2001 Virgil Nestorescu 
Romania 2004 Unto Heinonen 
Finland 2004 Jean-Marc Loustau France 2004 Mikhail Marandyuk 
Ukraine 2004 Waldemar Tura Poland 2005 Udo Degener Germany 2005 Nikolai Kralin Russia 2005 Franz Pachl Germany 2005 Oleg Pervakov Russia 2007 Alexandr Feoktistov Russia 2007 Yves Cheylan France 2007 Marjan Kovačević 
Serbia 2007 Miodrag Mladenović Serbia 2007 Valery Shanshin Russia 2007 Valery Shavyrin Russia 2007 Anatoly Slesarenko Russia 2009 Uri Avner (†) 
Israel 2009 Andrey Selivanov Russia 2010 Reto Aschwanden .svg.png)
Switzerland 2010 Wieland Bruch Germany 2010 Vasyl Dyachuk Ukraine 2010 Camillo Gamnitzer 
Austria 2010 Matti Myllyniemi (†) Finland 2010 Marcel Tribowski Germany 2010 Milan Velimirović (†) Serbia 2010 Klaus Wenda Austria 2012 Evgeny Bogdanov (†) Ukraine 2012 Michal Dragoun Czech Republic 2012 Valery Gurov Russia 2012 Peter Gvozdjak 
Slovakia 2012 Miroslav Havel (†) Czech Republic 2012 Christopher Jones United Kingdom 2012 Artur Mandler (†) Czech Republic 2012 Mario Parrinello 
Italy 2012 Ivan Soroka Ukraine 2013 Alexandr Azhusin Russia 2013 Anatoly Styopochkin Russia 2015 Yochanan Afek Israel 2015 Hubert Gockel Germany 2015 John Rice 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 (†) .svg.png)
Belgium 1998 Eliahu Fasher (†) Israel 1999 Giorgio Mirri (†) Italy 1999 Savo Zlatić (†) 
Croatia 2000 Rui Nascimento (†) .svg.png)
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.