# List of grandmasters for chess composition

This article lists:
* International Grandmasters for chess composition, for both chess problems and studies
* International Honorary Masters for chess composition
* International Solving Grandmasters
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.

## International Grandmasters for chess compositions

Note: deceased Grandmasters are indicated with (†) – Nationality is that of the year when the title was awarded.
    YearNameCountry  1972Genrich Kasparjan (†) Soviet Union  1972Lev Loshinskij [de] (†) Soviet Union  1972Comins Mansfield (†) United Kingdom  1972Eeltje Visserman [de] (†) Netherlands  1976Vladimir Bron (†) Soviet Union  1976Jindrich Fritz [de] (†) Czechoslovakia  1976Vladimir Korolkov [de] (†) Soviet Union  1976Vladimir Pachman [de] (†) Czechoslovakia  1976György Paros [de] (†) Hungary  1976Nenad Petrović (†) Yugoslavia  1980György Bakcsi [de] Hungary  1980Hrvoje Bartolović (†) Yugoslavia  1980Bo Lindgren (†) Sweden  1980Gia Nadareishvili (†) Soviet Union  1980Valentin Rudenko [de] (†) Soviet Union  1984Claude Goumondy [de] France  1984Iosif Krikheli [de] (†) Soviet Union  1984Petko Petkov [de] Bulgaria  1984Hans Peter Rehm [de] West Germany  1984Touw Hian Bwee [de] Indonesia  1988Cor Goldschmeding [de] (†) Netherlands  1988Alexandr Grin-Guljaev [de] (†) Soviet Union  1988Ernest Pogosjancz (†) Soviet Union  1988Jakov Vladimirov [de] Soviet Union  1988Milan Vukčević (†) United States  1989Herbert Ahues [de] (†) West Germany  1989Viktor Chepizhnij [de] Soviet Union  1989Emilian Dobrescu Romania  1990David Gurgenidze [de] Soviet Union  1990Jacobus Haring [de] (†) Netherlands  1992Fadil Abdurahmanović [de] Yugoslavia  1992Jan Rusinek Poland  1993Venelin Alaikov [de] (†) Bulgaria  1993Michel Caillaud France  1993Andrej Lobusov [de] (†) Russia  1993Norman Macleod (†) United Kingdom  1993Byron Zappas [de] (†) Greece  1995Michael Keller [de] Germany  1995Alexandr Kuzovkov [de] Moldova  1996Toma Garai [de] (†) United States  1996Živko Janevski [it] North Macedonia  2001Virgil Nestorescu [de] Romania  2004Unto Heinonen [it] Finland  2004Jean-Marc Loustau [de] France  2004Mikhail Marandyuk [de] Ukraine  2004Waldemar Tura [de] Poland  2005Udo Degener [de] Germany  2005Nikolai Kralin [de] Russia  2005Franz Pachl Germany  2005Oleg Pervakov [de] Russia  2007Alexandr Feoktistov [de] Russia  2007Yves Cheylan [it] France  2007Marjan Kovačević Serbia  2007Miodrag Mladenović [de] Serbia  2007Valery Shanshin [de] Russia  2007Valery Shavyrin [de] Russia  2007Anatoly Slesarenko Russia  2009Uri Avner [de] (†) Israel  2009Andrey Selivanov Russia  2010Reto Aschwanden Switzerland  2010Wieland Bruch [de] Germany  2010Vasyl Dyachuk [lv] Ukraine  2010Camillo Gamnitzer [de] Austria  2010Matti Myllyniemi (†) Finland  2010Marcel Tribowski [de] Germany  2010Milan Velimirović (†) Serbia  2010Klaus Wenda [it] Austria  2012Evgeny Bogdanov [de] (†) Ukraine  2012Michal Dragoun [it] Czech Republic  2012Valery Gurov Russia  2012Peter Gvozdjak Slovakia  2012Miroslav Havel [de] (†) Czech Republic  2012Christopher Jones [it] United Kingdom  2012Artur Mandler [de] (†) Czech Republic  2012Mario Parrinello [it] Italy  2012Ivan Soroka Ukraine  2013Alexandr Azhusin Russia  2013Anatoly Styopochkin Russia  2015Yochanan Afek Israel  2015Hubert Gockel Germany  2015John Rice [de] United Kingdom  2015Aleksey Sochnev Russia  2017Richard Becker United States  2023Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen Denmark

## International Honorary Masters for chess composition

    YearNameCountry  1986Antonio Arguelles (†) Spain  1986John Niemann (†) West Germany  1986Antonio Piatesi (†) Italy  1987Hans Klüver (†) West Germany  1987Grzegorz Grzeban (†) Poland  1988Alexander Pituk (†) Czechoslovakia  1988Janos Kiss (†) Hungary  1988Ferenc Fleck (†) Hungary  1989Gino Mentasti (†) Italy  1991Albert Koldijk (†) Netherlands  1991Jean Zeller (†) France  1992Colin Vaughan (†) United Kingdom  1994Kurt Smulders (†) Belgium  1998Eliahu Fasher (†) Israel  1999Giorgio Mirri (†) Italy  1999Savo Zlatić (†) Croatia  2000Rui Nascimento (†) Portugal  2006Jeremy Morse (†) United Kingdom  2007Sonomun Chimedtseren (†) Mongolia  2007Odette Vollenweider Switzerland  2012Hermann Weissauer (†) Germany  2015Hannu Harkola Finland

## International Solving Grandmasters

    YearNameCountry  1982Pauli Perkonoja Finland  1984Kari Valtonen Finland  1984Milan Velimirović (†) Yugoslavia  1985Ofer Comay Israel  1988Roland Baier Switzerland  1988Marjan Kovačević Yugoslavia  1988Arno Zude West Germany  1991Georgy Evseev Soviet Union  1993Michael Pfannkuche Germany  1997Jonathan Mestel United Kingdom  1997Sergej Rumyantsev Russia  1998Ram Soffer Israel  1999Jorma Paavilainen Finland  2000Boris Tummes Germany  2001Noam Elkies United States  2002Michel Caillaud France  2002Graham Lee United Kingdom  2002Piotr Murdzia Poland  2004John Nunn United Kingdom   2004Dolf Wissmann Netherlands  2007Alexandr Azhusin Russia  2008Miodrag Mladenović Serbia  2008Andrey Selivanov Russia  2008Bojan Vučković Serbia  2009Eddy van Beers Belgium  2009Vladimir Podinić Serbia  2010Michal Dragoun Czech Republic  2011Kacper Piorun Poland  2011Ladislav Salai Jr. Slovakia  2014Martynas Limontas Lithuania  2014Anatoly Mukoseev Russia  2015Oleksy Solovchuk Ukraine  2017Marko Filipović Croatia