American problemist, International Judge for Chess Composition in 1957 who was living in Germany and worked as teacher of English. Cheney has composed 300 problems, mostly miniatures in 3 and 4 moves. He left his name to a combination. Author with Buschkle and White of The Two-Move Chess Problem in the Soviet Union 1923-1943 in

Dutch problemist. He was known for composing more than 400 Bohemian style problems.

French problemist, International Solving Master. Won the World solving championship in 1987 and 2000, the French Solving championship seven times. Specialist in non-orthodox genres and retroanalysis. He has published more than 500 problems.

Italian problemist. He has composed hundreds of two movers. Published in 1948 Difese a effetti progressive nel problema in due mosse.

U.S. problemist born in Vienna. U.S. Grandmaster of Chess Composition. IJC (1956). Composer of two or three-movers. Winner of about 30 first prizes. A book with a selections of his best problems has been published by Mike Prcic.

Swiss problemist. He has composed 600 problems and was inventor in 1921 of a chess variation which looks similar to the Fischer Random Chess. Some themes have his name like the Brunner-Turton. Author with Hans Klüver of Ein Kunstler und Deuter des Schachproblem (1958).

Italian problemist specialist in two and three-movers. Problem editor and columnist at Italia Scacchistica (1954-1958). He has published 1100 problems. Inventor in 1929 of a chess variant named Sea Chess which involves sea pieces like Triton, Mermaid… Author of Il Problema: Terminologia e temi del problema di scacchi in 1959.

German chess composer and historian. International Master of Chess Compositions (1973) and IJC 1957. An expert in the Logical Composition School. Since 1923 he has published around 400 problems. Author of monumental work Beispiele zur Ideengeschichte des Schachproblems (Düsseldorf, 1982) and Schwalbenspatauslese (1955).

Italian composer born in Algiers. At the beginning of the 20th century he was one of those youthful prodigies who has developed the modern two-movers to an almost incredible complexity.

Hungarian chess composer. Author of two volumes of more-move problems  (Vielzügige Schachaufgaben) in 1889 and 1890. Mechanical engineer. Honored member of the Academy of Sciences of Hungary, honored Doctor of higher technical schools of Budapest and Vienna. Since 1879 he published more than 400 compositions with a huge number of variations of moves. Famous as