Problemists

Dutch Chess composer, a lawyer, and a diplomat. International Judge for Chess Compositions (1951). One of the founders of FIDE at Paris 1924 and first FIDE President (1924-49). FIDE Honorary President of FIDE (1949-59). He was also president of the Dutch chess federation 1923-28. A chess bibliophile, he bequeathed his collection of chess books to

Dutch chess composer. International Master for Chess Composition (1975) and International Judge for Chess Compositions (1958). Since 1917, he published about 600 problems. A world’s leading authority on chess literature. Author and publisher of nearly 40 books devoted to chess compositions. Bibliophile. In 1948, donated his prestigious chess book collection (more than 7000 items) to

French chess composer, Judge of Chess Composition in 1959. He was a chess columnist in Combat and Europe Echecs. He was responsible for all the chess events at the Agence France Press. the author of L’histoire authentique d’inédits sortis de l’oubli.

Hungarian chess composer. International Master for Chess Compositions 1985 and International Judge for Chess Compositions 1956. Journalist and Lawyer. Arrested by the German and sent in a concentration camp in Bor in 1944, he was always telling people that chess games save his life as well the life of his friend Tibor Florian. One of

German player and chess problemist who published more than 860 problems. The author of the famous Schachminiaturen with 360 short problems in 1902 and 1903.

Hungarian chess problemist and author. International Judge for Chess Compositions (1979). Kardos, an academic by career, composed more than 1200 chess problems. He focused on two-move problems, as well as self and helpmates.He was chairman of the Budapest Chess Problem Committee. Together with István Rágó, from 1969 to 1976 he published the paper “Feladványkedvelők Lapja”

One of America’s greatest chess composers born in Venezuela. Eaton graduated from Harvard at the age of 18. He worked as a scholar at the Library of Congress. From 1939 to 1941 he was the Problem Editor of Chess Review. He published more than 400 problems in two or three moves.

Latvian chess composer. Johann Behting and his brother Karl composed studies. They were contemporaries of Troitzky and Rinck and their best studies are certainly of a similar level.

German problemist, for many the father of German chess problemist. Art critic and one of the greatest connoisseurs of European art at that time. Director of Research on Art of Monaco. he was a specialist in multimovers but also OTB player. He was a collaborator of the German newspaper Münchener Nachrichten.

Austrian chess composer, theorist, one of the founders of an ancient German Chess Composition School. A specialist in many-mover problems. Between 1850-1870 he was unmatched in the composers’ competitions.