Famous chess composers

person who creates endgame studies or chess problems

98 people

All Alive Deceased
Tim Krabbé

Tim Krabbé

1943 · Age 82
Alive
Henry Dudeney

Henry Dudeney

1857 – 1930 · Age 73
Deceased
Jacques Mieses

Jacques Mieses

1865 – 1954 · Age 88
Deceased
Oldřich Duras

Oldřich Duras

1882 – 1957 · Age 74
Deceased
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Alexander Kazantsev

1906 – 2002 · Age 96
Deceased
Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann

1868 – 1925 · Age 56
Deceased
Ossip Bernstein

Ossip Bernstein

1882 – 1962 · Age 80
Deceased
Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

0854 – 0946 · Age 92
Deceased
Richard K. Guy

Richard K. Guy

1916 – 2020 · Age 103
Deceased
Carl Jaenisch

Carl Jaenisch

1813 – 1872 · Age 58
Deceased
Max Lange

Max Lange

1832 – 1899 · Age 67
Deceased
Alexander Petrov

Alexander Petrov

1799 – 1867 · Age 68
Deceased
Alexey Troitsky

Alexey Troitsky

1866 – 1942 · Age 76
Deceased
P

Philipp Stamma

1705 – 1755 · Age 50
Deceased
Noam Elkies

Noam Elkies

1966 · Age 59
Alive
Georg Marco

Georg Marco

1863 – 1923 · Age 59
Deceased
Daniel Harrwitz

Daniel Harrwitz

1823 – 1884 · Age 60
Deceased
George Koltanowski

George Koltanowski

1903 – 2000 · Age 96
Deceased
Genrikh Kasparyan

Genrikh Kasparyan

1910 – 1995 · Age 85
Deceased
Johann Berger

Johann Berger

1845 – 1933 · Age 88
Deceased
Jonathan Penrose

Jonathan Penrose

1933 – 2021 · Age 88
Deceased
D

Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani

1719 – 1796 · Age 76
Deceased
Bernhard Horwitz

Bernhard Horwitz

1807 – 1885 · Age 78
Deceased
Aaron Alexandre

Aaron Alexandre

1766 – 1850 · Age 84
Deceased
Nicolas Rossolimo

Nicolas Rossolimo

1910 – 1975 · Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q2627699