November 13, 2026
Divinsky Nathan Joseph Harry Prof. (29.10.1925-16.06.2012)
Canadian Master, Professor of Mathematics (PHD at 24), historian and musician. President of CFC in
Cozio Count Carlo Francesco (1715 – 1780)
Count Cozio was the author of a 2 volume chess book dated of 1766 Il
Cochrane John (04.02.1798 – 02.01.1878)
Scottish barrister of the Middle Temple and a leading London player of the early 19th
Cessolis Jacobus De
Dominican monk from north-west Italy who wrote the most famous and successful “chess morality’:Liber de
Buckle Henry Thomas (11.11.1821)
Eminent historian and leading mid-nineteenth-century British amateur. Hampered from childhood by persistent ill-health, he nevertheless
Boyd Stephen (20.03.1955)
French/Canadian International Arbiter (1989), FIDE Master (1993), ICCF IM (2009). He studied Philosophy and Mathematics
Hoang Thanh Trang (25.04.1980)
Hungarian Grandmaster (2007) and Woman Grandmaster (2000) born in Vietnam who won the 1998 World
Blackmar Armand Edward (30.05.1826 – 28.10.1888)
American player which gained reputation following his original analysis like 1. d4 d5 2. e4
Blackburne Joseph Henry (10.12.1841 – 01.09.1924)
English player. He was one of the top six players in the world for more
Belavenetz Sergey Vsevolodovich (18.07.1910 – 07.03.1942)
Soviet chess player and chess theorist, Master of USSR Sports. Engineer-electrician. From 1930, in Moscow,
Yaroslavstev, Arkady Ivanovich (21.11.1924)
A Soviet chess composer. Since 1941, has published more than 360 compositions of different genres,
Wurzburg, Otto (10.07.1875 – 01.10.1951)
An American problem composer who was W. Shinkman’s nephew. He composed more than 1200 problems
White, Alan (23.04.1951)
American chess composer, a theorist, an author and a public figure. He composed his first
Weenink, Henri Gerard Marie (17.10.1892 – 02.12.1931)
One of the leading Dutch chess players in the 1920s-30s. Chess composer and journalist. He
Vukcevich, Dr. Milan (11.03.1937 – 10.05.2005)
US International Master (1958) and Grandmaster for Chess Compositions ( the first in US) born
Visserman, Eelje (20.01.1922 – 23.03.1978)
Dutch International Grandmaster for Chess Composition in 1972 and International Judge of Chess Composition in
Troitsky, Alexey (1866 – 1942)
Famous Soviet chess composer of endgame studies. In 1934, he obtained the title of Composition
SPECKMANN Werner (21.08.1913 – 23.02.2001)
German chess composer, International Master 1967, International Judge 1959 in Chess Compositions. He was the
Sarychev Alexander Vasilievich (02.08.1909 – 07.12.1986)
Soviet chess composer, International Master for Chess Compositions (1979). The editor of the chess column
Prokeš Ladislav (07.06.1884 – 09.01.1966)
Czechoslovakian problemist specialist in artistic studies. Internal Judge for Chess Compositions in 1956. He has
Pogosyants Ernest Levonovich (04.06.1935-16.08.1990)
Soviet Grandmaster for Chess Composition (1988). Worked a lot in the sphere of popular composition.
Platov Vasily Nikolaevich (24.03.1881 – 17.07.1952)
Soviet Chess Composers. Vasily was the editor of the studies column in the chess magazine
Pervakov Oleg (08.04.1960)
Prominent Russian chess composer, Grandmaster for Chess Composition (2005), who has become famous for his
Paluzie Y Lucena. Jose (26.11.1860 – 22.01.1938)
Spanish Problemist, author of approximately 330 problems, mostly 3 moves. He wrote the Manual de