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English chess composer, player and musician born in Germany. For many years he lived in Paris as a chess professional before to move to London. Author of The Chess Euclid (1849) and co-author with Bernhard Horwitz of Chess Studies (1851), a landmark in endgame literature. He left his name to a multi-mover theme.

German chess composer and theoretician. One of the leaders of Old German Composition School. In his book collection (“Schachprobleme”, Leipzig, 1878) he formularized his ideals: difficulty, difficulty and once again difficulty of the solving…

English chess composer, International Master 1959 and International Arbiter in Chess Compositions. Kipping was one of the founders and president of the International Problem Board 1939-1965. In earlier days he was for many years Problem Editor of a publication called “The Chess Amateur” which went out of existence in 1930. Thereafter he became General Editor

German chess composer, Grandmaster for Chess Compositions (1995), specialized in the three-mover problems. World Champion in this genre in 1997. His best problems were collected in the book Clubna F. “Michael Keller – ein Meister Schachkomposition”.

English problemist. Problem editor of the Noorwich Mercury and organizer of the famous self-mates tournament of 1909. Author of  The Caduceus (1910), An English Bohemian, a Tribute to B.G. Laws which will be published by White and incorporated in the Christmas Serie in 1933.

Russian chess composer, International Master (1975) and International Arbiter in Chess Compositions (1956). Kazantzev was the vice-president of the Commission for Chess Compositions from 1956 to 1965 and an Engineer by profession. Since 1926 he has published more than 70 studies and a row of two and three-movers.  He was a participant in five Individual

German Grandmaster (1998). Software developer and chess coach. German Youth Champion in 1990 and 1991. European Student Champion in 1996. Best results: Brünn 1993, 1st;  Budapest FS 1993, 1st; Wrexham 1993, 3rd; New York GM 1995, 3rd; Martigny 1996, 2nd; Rilton Cup 1998, 2nd; Neuhausen Open 2004, 1st; Pulvermuehle 2004, 1st-2nd. Bundesliga player, he doesn’t

Greek chess composer, International Master for Chess Compositions. He basically composed many-mover problems.

Soviet chess composer, one of the founders of the modern study of composition. He was the editor of chess composition column in “64” in the period 1932-38. Since 1924 has published 65 etudes, 27 of them are awarded with distinctions. His creative views were published in the article “The Development of the Soviet Etude”.

Swiss composer specialized in original problem. In 1909 Alan C. White has dedicated him a book published in the Christmas Serie.