Tukmenistan Grandmaster (1998). Best results: Ashkhabad 1996, 1st; Schleusen IM 2002, 2nd; Moscow intl GM 2002, 6th Lebap (TKM) 2005, 1st;  Balkanabad (TKM) 2005, 1st Mary (TKM) 2006, 1st. Peak rating: 2485 in 2001. He is not active anymore.

Russian International Grandmaster (1977). Kochyev was European U20 Champion 1975/76 and USSR U20 Champion in 1972. Coached by Gennady Nesis. Best results: Lvov 1974, 1st; Sochi 1976, 1-2nd; Dortmund 1977, 1-2nd; Reggio Emilia 1979/80, 1st; Sombor 1980, 1-2nd; Stary Smokovetz 1983, 1st; Sibenik 1988, 1st and Palma de Mallorca 1989, 1st. Kochyev hasn’t played actively

Romanian-American Grandmaster in Chess Composition (1996) and Judge in 1987. Engeneer. Specialized first in two and three movers then in Helpmate genre. He published 2100 problems and a booklet: Chess Problems of the Same Kind (1994).

Swedish problemist who specialised in complicated three-movers, bohemian style.

English problemist who composed 900 fairy problems, won many prizes and was mentioned many times in Tourneys.  Fox was Britain’s leading helpmate composer and perhaps the second most important British figure (after T.R. Dawson) in unorthodox composition at the time.  200 of his best problems were selected and published in the book C.M. Fox, His

Slovakian chess composer, IM CC and prominent organiser.  Formanek was the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions Vice-president from 1971 until 1982, the former President of the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions from 1994 until 2002, the Honorary President of the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions from

Hungarian chess composer, International Grandmaster for Composition (1977) and International Judge in Chess Compositions 1956.  Fleck was the author of the two-move problem, which was named after him.  Since 1927 he published about 1600 problems, mostly two and three-movers, and problems for cooperative mates.  Fleck was awarded with 870 distinctions, including 118 first prizes, and

English problemist. Feather was a languages graduate and a schoolmaster for many years. Since 1967 he has composed over 1600 problems, mostly helpmates, a field in which he is the leading British exponent and an acknowledged expert. In 1994 he published Black to Play, the first attempt at developing a systematic theory of the modern

French problemist and International Judge for Compositions (1986). Fargette succeeded Seneca at the APE. He was the chief editor of Thèmes 64 for eight years, a columnist at Le Figaro until 2005 and a specialist of multi-movers. His brother Bruno, who was also a problemist, became the IJC (1978). Fargette was also the author of

Romanian chess composer and International Master for Chess Compositions (post-mortem 1976). Farago was an engineer and got the title of Romanian Honored Master of Sport.  His first study was published at the age of thirteen and in 1936 he was awarded a gold medal at the 1936 Munich Olympiad, which placed him as one of the