Swedish problemist, International Judge for Chess Compositions (1956) and International Master for Chess Composition (1977), specialized in artistic studies. He has composed 300 studies. Editor of the chess composition section in the Tidskrift for Schack (1956-1961). Author of Studier ov Alex Ericsson(1982).

Croatian problemist, International Judge for Chess Compositions (1958), FIDE Master for Chess Compositions. He has composed around 1000 problems.

Romanian chess player, one of the founders of chess compositions in Romania. Also a strong player who drew in 1890 a match with the German Master Jacques Mieses, tied for 6-10th at Mannheim in 1914 and several times became the champion of Bucharest. As a composer he published about 1500 compositions of all genres, mainly

Soviet endgame study composer, International Judge for Chess Compositions (1956) and International Master for Chess Compositions (1959). In 1979 he moved to Italy and later died in Sweden. During his life he published over 300 studies with 24 got the first prize. Author of Sovietsky Shakhmaty Etyud (1955), Izbrannye shakhmaty etyudy (1964) which contains 120

English problemist, a lawyer and president of the British Problem Society from 1951 to 1952. Author of 500 problems. His first problem was published in 1886. He was successful in all genres of Orthodox composition and was considered by many as the leader of the English School of problems between 1890 and 1920. A huge

English problemist, specialist in three-movers and multi-movers. Creator of the “Bristol Theme”. He was of the winner of the first international ERA tourney in 1856 and the competition of the British Chess Association in Manchester 1857, Birmingham 1858 and Bristol 1861. Some of his work were published under the title A Collection of Two Hundred

US International Master (1962) , Bachelor’s Degree from Yale and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He taught English  at Indiana’s Valparaiso University, moving to Penn State in 1961,  with the expectation that he would teach English and coach the  university’s chess team. One of the strongest U.S. players through  the 50s and 60s, he

Israeli International Master for Chess Compositions (2001) born in Germany. Teacher and counsellor. He has composed about 220 in helpmates mostly two-movers.

Pseudonym of Miroslav Kostal. Czech chess composer, International Judge for Chess Compositions in 1956, an a outstanding representative of the Bohemian School in the problem composition in the first half of the twenty century. The editor of columns in magazines Czechoslovenski shah between 1927-1933 and Schahove Umeni between 1947-1951. Since 1898 he has published 1940

American chess composer. International Judge for Chess Compositions in 1956. He was World Champion for Chess Compositions in 1946 according the Buchwald rating system. He has composed 700 problems. Columnist for Chess Correspondent from 1943 to 1948, Chess Problemist from 1949 to 1952. He left his name to a theme. Author To Allan White (1945)