page_title: List of chess endgame study composers
hierarchical_section_title: List of chess endgame study composers
caption_attribution_description: portrait of chessplayer Ignazio Calvi (1797-1892)
context_page_description: Note: Russian names may be written with other spellings. The list is ordered alphabetically by surname.
  Yochanan Afek. Israeli chess master and composer of endgame studies and problems. Grandmaster for chess compositions. He published about 120 studies and won many awards, e.g. eleven first prizes.
  Iuri Akobia. Georgian composer of over 300 studies and author of many books on endgame composition, among which 4332 Studies with Stalemate, 4492 Studies with Mate, 4324 Studies with Positional draw. By profession a radiotechnical engineer, he worked for many years in the Georgian National TV station.
  Friedrich Amelung. Estonian composer of about 230 studies.
  Ghamiet Amirjan. Armenian composer of over 300 studies.
  Yuri Averbakh. Russian Grandmaster and composer of over 200 studies, many of which give important contributions to endgame theory. With Chekhover and others he published in 1956 a four-volumes encyclopedia on endgames: "Lehrbuch der Endspiele".
  Yuri Bazlov. Russian composer of about 120 studies, winner of 16 first prizes. In 2005 and 2006 he won the PCCC " Study of the Year " award.
  Pal Benko. Born in France from Hungarian parents, he emigrated to the US in 1956.
context_section_description: Note: Russian names may be written with other spellings. The list is ordered alphabetically by surname.
  Yochanan Afek (born in Tel Aviv 1952). Israeli chess master and composer of endgame studies and problems. Grandmaster for chess compositions (2015). He published about 120 studies and won many awards, e.g. eleven first prizes.
  Iuri Akobia (b. 1937-2014). Georgian composer of over 300 studies and author of many books on endgame composition, among which 4332 Studies with Stalemate, 4492 Studies with Mate, 4324 Studies with Positional draw. By profession a radiotechnical engineer, he worked for many years in the Georgian National TV station.
  Friedrich Amelung (1842–1909). Estonian composer of about 230 studies.
  Ghamiet Amirjan (b. 1934). Armenian composer of over 300 studies.
  Yuri Averbakh (b. 1922). Russian Grandmaster (winner of a Soviet Championship in 1954) and composer of over 200 studies, many of which give important contributions to endgame theory. With Chekhover and others he published in 1956 a four-volumes encyclopedia on endgames: "Lehrbuch der Endspiele".
  Yuri Bazlov (b. 1947) . Russian composer of about 120 studies, winner of 16 first prizes. In 2005 and 2006 he won the PCCC " Study of the Year " award.
  Pal Benko (b. 1928). Born in France from Hungarian parents, he emigrated to the US in 1956. A Hungarian-American grandmaster over the board, he composed many endgame studies, winning 24 first prizes.
  Charles Bent (1919–2004) . English composer of over 800 studies, winner of seven first prizes.
  Johann Berger (1845–1933) . Austrian chess master, composer of about 250 studies and author of many chess publications.
  Rinaldo Bianchetti (Genova 1882–1963). Italian endgame composer. In 1925 he published " Contributo alla teoria dei finali di soli pedoni " in which he proposed the theory of reciprocal squares in pawn endings.
  Filip Bondarenko (1905–1993). Ukrainian composer of over 400 studies, winner of 19 first prizes. Author of many books, among which Triumph of the Russian Study (1955).
  Vladimir Bron (1909–1985). Russian composer of over 400 studies and winner of 29 first prizes. Grandmaster for chess composition and author of many books, e.g. Selected studies and problems (1969).
  Ignazio Calvi (1797–1872). Italian chess player and composer. He was the first to use the theme of under-promotion in endgame studies with some depth.
  Oscar Carlsson (b. 1929). Argentinian International Judge for chess composition, author of about 80 endgame studies.
  Vitaly Chekhover (1908–1965). Russian chess master and composer of about 150 studies. He is considered a major specialist on knight endgames. Together with Yuri Averbakh he published in 1956 a four-volume encyclopedia on endgames.
  André Chéron (1895–1980). French player and composer of over 300 studies. He won the France championship in 1926–27–29, then turned fully to endgame composition. Many of his studies are considered classics of endgame theory. Author of many books and a three-volume anthology of endgame studies (1952).
  Luigi Centurini (1820–1900). Italian player and composer born in Genoa, he gave notable contributions to endgame theory, e.g. Bishop vs. Rook and pawns, Queen vs. Rook.
  Emilian Dobrescu (b. 1933). Romanian composer and author of many books, among which Chess Study Composition. He published about 400 works, winning 64 first prizes. By profession he is a University teacher of Economical Sciences.
  Vasily Nikitovich Dolgov (1924-?). Russian, composer of more than 300 studies.
  Oldrich Duras (1882–1957). A very strong Czech master, in 1914 he retired from over-the-board play and turned fully to endgame composition, winning 10 first prizes.
  Paul Farago (1886–1970). Born in Hungary, he moved to Romania at age 24 and lived there for the rest of his life. An engineer by profession, from 1936 he was editor of the Romanian chess review. He composed over 200 studies, winning 19 first prizes.
  Jindrich Fritz (1912–1984). Czech composer of over 500 studies and problems, in 26 of which he won first prize. Together with Richard Réti he was a follower of the famous "Bohem
caption: Ignazio Calvi
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