FIDE MASTER for Chess Compositions

Title created by FIDE in 1990, based on points scored in FIDE Album.

Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research. W. Steinitz
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!” Tigran Petrosian
Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself. Lajos Portisch
1990
No player, however strong, no member, however large, shall stand above FIDE Florencio Campomanes

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