Famous chess composers
person who creates endgame studies or chess problems
87 people
Vladimir Nabokov
1899
– 1977
· Age 78
Deceased
Alfred de Musset
1810
– 1857
· Age 46
Deceased
Emanuel Lasker
1868
– 1941
· Age 72
Deceased
Mikhail Botvinnik
1911
– 1995
· Age 83
Deceased
Mikhail Tal
1936
– 1992
· Age 55
Deceased
Aleister Crowley
1875
– 1947
· Age 72
Deceased
Wilhelm Steinitz
1836
– 1900
· Age 64
Deceased
Vasily Smyslov
1921
– 2010
· Age 89
Deceased
Paul Keres
1916
– 1975
· Age 59
Deceased
Adolf Anderssen
1818
– 1879
· Age 60
Deceased
Aaron Nimzovich
1886
– 1935
· Age 48
Deceased
Efim Bogoljubov
1889
– 1952
· Age 63
Deceased
Jan Timman
1951
– 2026
· Age 74
Deceased
Richard Réti
1889
– 1929
· Age 40
Deceased
Yuri Averbakh
1922
– 2022
· Age 100
Deceased
Carl Schlechter
1874
– 1918
· Age 44
Deceased
Raymond Smullyan
1919
– 2017
· Age 97
Deceased
Gioachino Greco
1600
– 1630
· Age 30
Deceased
Sam Loyd
1841
– 1911
· Age 70
Deceased
Joseph Henry Blackburne
1841
– 1924
· Age 82
Deceased
Vladimir Akopian
1971
· Age 54
Alive
Alexander Rueb
1882
– 1959
· Age 76
Deceased
John Nunn
1955
· Age 70
Alive
Henry Bird
1830
– 1908
· Age 77
Deceased
Ottó Bláthy
1860
– 1939
· Age 79
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q2627699