INTERNATIONAL JUDGES
Abbreviations and symbols:
2, 3, m = Direct twomovers, threemovers, moremovers
e = endgame studies
s = selfmates
h = helpmates
f = fairies
r = retros
math = mathematical problems
† = deceased
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Argentina 1956 Arnoldo Ellerman (†) 1965 Horatio L. Musante (†) 2016 Mario Guido García (†) Armenia 1956 Genrikh Kasparyan (†) Austria 1957 Stefan Eberle (†) Josef Halumbirek (†) Hans Lepuschütz (†) Alois Wotawa (†) 1966 Alois Johandl (†) 1968 Klaus Wenda (3,m,s,f) 1971 Friedrich Chlubna (†) 1981 Helmut Zajic (†) Azerbaijan 2009 Ilham Aliev (e) 2016 Kenan Velikhanov (h) 2022 Elmar Abdullayev (3) Belarus 1959 Vatslav Gebelt (†) 2001 Vladimir Sychev (†) 2004 Aleksandr Mikholap (m,s) 2014 Viktor Volchek (3,m) 2018 Aleksandr Bulavka (h,f) 2019 Viktor Zaitsev (h) Bosnia & Herzegovina 1972 Fadil Abdurahmanovic (s,h,f) Brazil 1956 Godefroy J. Martin (†) Joao-Baptista Santiago (†) 1974 José Figueiredo (†) Felix A. Sonnenfeld (†) 1989 Mario Figueiredo (†) 1990 Caetano Belliboni (†) Bulgaria 1956 Vladimir Rangelov (†) 1957 Archavir Tanelian (†) 1967 Nikolai Dimitrov (†) 1977 Venelin Alaikov (†) 1982 Ivan Ignatiev (†) 1987 Vladimir Zabunov (†) 1989 Petko Petkov (†) 2010 Diyan Kostadinov (s,f) Croatia 1956 Nenad Petrovic (†) Hrvoje Bartolovic (†) 1958 Zvonimir Hernitz (2,3,m,s,h,f) Savo Zlatic (†) 1972 Branko Pavlovic (†) 2017 Ivo Tominic (2) CSFR 1956 Frantisek Dedrle (†) Jindrich Fritz (†) Miroslav Havel (†) Frantisek Hladik (†) Artur Mandler (†) Vladimir Pachman (†) Ladislav Prokes (†) Frantisek J. Prokop (†) Jan Wenda (†) 1957 Bretislav Soukup-Bardon (†) 1958 Ilja Mikan (†) Czech Republic 1960 Jindrich Sulc (†) 1988 Miroslav Sindelar (†) 1991 Vladimir Kos (†) 1997 Vladimir Bunka (s,h,e) 1998 Jaroslav Brada (†) 2008 Michal Dragoun (h,f) 2010 Jiri Jelinek (3,s) Vaclav Kotesovec (2,h,f) Emil Vlasák (e) 2012 Jaroslav Polasek (e) Denmark 1956 Walther Jörgensen (†) K.A.K. Larsen (†) Oskar G. Lauritzen (†) P. Rasch Nielsen (†) Vilhelm Röpke (†) 1959 Lars Larsen (†) 1966 Arthur Madsen (†) Jan Mortensen (†) Rudolf Prytz (†) 2015 Henrik Juel (r) Finland 1957 Aarne Dunder (†) Julius Gunst (†) Jan Hannelius (†) Visa Kivi (†) 1958 Osmo Kaila (†) Matti Myllyniemi (†) Erkki A. Wirtanen (†) 1966 Antti G. Ojanen (†) 1972 Pauli Perkonoja (e) 1979 Erkki Heinonen (†) 1984 Kauko Virtanen (†) 1993 Kari Valtonen (h) 2011 Kenneth Solja (3,h) France 1957 Pierre Biscay (†) Andre Cheron (†) Damien Grossi (†) Vitaly Halberstadt (†) Gabriel Leon-Martin (†) 1958 Gabriel Authier (2) Roger Diot (†) 1959 Alphonse Grunenwald (†) Roland Lecomte (†) Jean Oudot (†) Louis Scotti (2) Camil Seneca (†) Charles Wermelinger (†) 1965 Pierre Monreal (†) Jacques Savournin (2) 1976 Jean Pierre Boyer (†) 1978 Yves Cheylan (†) Bruno Fargette (3,m) 1983 Jean Morice (†) 1984 Claude Goumondy (3,h) 1986 Francois Fargette (m) 1988 Claude Wiedenhoff (2) 1989 Denis Blondel (†) 1993 Michel Caillaud (r) 1995 Laurent Joudon (3,m) 2000 Yves Tallec (†) 2014 Thierry le Gleuher (r) 2016 Alain Biénabe (†) 2023 Gérard Doukhan (2,3) Georgia 1980 Vazha Neidze (†) 1993 Velimir Kalandadze (†) Revaz Tavariani (†) 1994 David Gurgenidze (e) 1995 Iuri Akobia (†) 2016 Givi Mosiashvili (2) 2021 Ferhat Karmil (m) Germany 1957 Hermann Albrecht (†) Josef Breuer (†) Herbert Grasemann (†) Gerhard Kaiser (†) 1958 Wilhelm Hagemann (†) Gerhard Latzel (†) John Niemann (†) Wolfgang Unzicker (†) Hans Vetter (†) Wolfgang Weber (†) 1959 Peter Kniest (†) Wilhelm Massmann (†) Werner Speckmann (†) 1962 Herbert Ahues (†) Hans Hilmar Staudte (†) 1964 Karl Fabel (†) 1965 Rudolf Leopold (†) Michael Schneider (†) 1966 Gerhard W. Jensch (†) Theodor Steudel (†) 1967 Willy Popp (†) 1971 Baldur Kozdon (3,m) Hans Peter Rehm (3,m,s,h,f) 1972 Manfred Zucker (†) 1974 Godehard Murkisch (m) 1975 Karl Junker (†) 1976 Fritz Hoffmann (†) 1979 Dieter Müller (†) 1983 Hans-Dieter Leiss (†) 1985 Günter Büsing (h) Hans Gruber (m,e,s,h,f,r,math) Werner Keym (r,math) 1986 Stefan Dittrich (2) Günter Schiller (†) 1987 Hermann Weissauer (†) 1988 Horst Böttger (3,m) Franz Pachl (2,h) Volker Zipf (3,m) 1989 Hemmo Axt (3,m) Bernd Ellinghoven (†) 1990 Hartmut Laue (3,m,s) Gerhard Schoen (m,f) 1992 Günter Lauinger (r,math) Helmuth Morgenthaler (3) 1996 Wieland Bruch (2,3) 1998 Mirko Degenkolbe (2,3,m) 1999 Markus Manhart (h,f) 2000 Udo Degener (2) 2004 Wolfgang Dittmann (†) Frank Müller (s) 2010 Bernd Gräfrath (r) Manfred Rittirsch (h,f) Sven Trommler (2,3,m,s,h,f) 2012 Thomas Brand (h,r) 2013 Martin Minski (e) 2014 Siegfried Hornecker (e) 2024 Marcin Banaszek (s) Great Britain 1957 Cyril S. Kipping (†) Edward Boswell (†) Guy W. Chandler (†) Comins Mansfield (†) Robin C.O. Matthews (†) E. H. Shaw (†) Erich Zepler (†) 1958 Harold Lommer (†) 1959 John Roycroft (e) 1960 Gerald F. Anderson (†) 1961 Hugh F. Blandford (†) 1964 Charles E. Kemp (†) 1966 Arthur R. Gooderson (†) Dennison Nixon (+) 1967 Barry P. Barnes (2) 1972 John M. Rice (2,h,f) 1974 Colin Vaughan (†) 1975 Anthony Dickins (†) Sir Jeremy Morse (†) 1978 Cedric C. Lytton (h,f) 1980 Norman Macleod (†) 1987 Luciano Citeroni (†) 1991 Colin Sydenham (†) 1999 Michael McDowell (h) 2012 Christopher Reeves (†) Greece 1988 Demetrios Kapralos (†) Byron Zappas (†) 1990 Harry Fougiaxis (h) 2010 Kostas Prentos (r) Hungary 1956 Róbert Darvas (†) Ferenc Fleck (†) László Lindner (†) Ödon Nagy (†) Julius Neukomm (†) György Paros (†) László Schor (†) Zoltán Zilahi (†) 1960 Florian Kovacs (†) 1964 Arpad Földeak (†) 1979 György Bakcsi (†) Tivadar Kardos (†) József Szöghy (†) 1983 Attila Benedek (†) 1984 Attila Koranyi (†) 2004 László Ányos (†) India 1959 Swaminatha Subrahmanyarn (†) Indonesia 1977 Touw Hian Bwee (2,3) Israel 1956 Efim Rukhlis (†) 1959 Zvi Hashavit (†) 1964 Milu Milescu (†) Yosi Retter (†) Yeshayahu Segenreich (†) 1978 Hillel Aloni (†) Uri Avner (†) Shlomo Seider (†) 1980 Raffi Ruppin (3,s) 1982 Aaron Hirschenson (2) 1983 Mordechay Shorek (h) 1987 Theodor Tauber (†) 1988 Yochanan Afek (e) 1999 Paz Einat (2,3) 2003 Amatzia Avni (e) 2013 Michael Grushko (f) 2022 Mark Erenburg (m,s) Italy 1956 Adriano Chicco (†) Ottavio Stocchi (†) 1969 Umberto Castellari (†) 1972 Oscar Bonivento (†) Gino Mentasti (†) 1985 Mario Camorani (†) Giorgio Mirri (†) 1988 Rosario Notaro (2) 1992 Francesco Simoni (2,h) 2001 Mario Parrinello (2,h) 2007 Antonio Garofalo (2,3,h) 2013 Marco Guida (2) 2016 Marco Bonavoglia (†) Japan 2011 Tadashi Wakashima (f) Kirgistan 1998 Valery Shanshin (2) Latvia 1956 Alfreds Dombrovskis (†) Lithuania 2018 Mecislovas Rimkus (†) 2024 Viktoras Paliulionis (h) Macedonia 1977 Georgi Hadzi-Vaskov (s,h) 1979 Zivko Janevski (s,h) 1990 Nikola Stolev (h) 1993 Zlatko Mihaijloski (m) Bosko Miloseski (2,h) 2002 Zoran Gavrilovski (2,3,m,s,h) Morocco 2011 Abdelaziz Onkoud (2,3,h) Netherlands 1958 Johannes J. Burbach (2,3,s,h,f) Pieter ten Cate (†) Gerardus Drese (†) Cornelius J. de Feijter (†) Cor Goldschmeding (†) Albert M. Koldijk (†) Meindert Niemeijer (†) Johan Selman Jr (†) Eeltje Visserman (†) Geert Smit (†) 1959 Jan H. Marwitz (†) Wouter J. G. Mees (†) 1964 Jacobus Haring (†) Henk le Grand (2,3,m,h) Piet le Grand (†) 1985 Frank Visbeen (†) 1989 Jan van Reek (†) 1993 Henk Prins (2) 2001 Harold van der Heijden (e) Norway 1957 David Hjelle (†) 1966 Nils G. G. van Dijk (†) Poland 1956 Tadeusz Czarnecki (†) Saturnin Limbach (†) Marian Wrobel (†) 1959 Jan Rusek (†) 1960 Grzegorz Grzeban (†) Mieczyslav Pfeiffer (†) 1967 Eugeniusz Iwanow (†) 1971 Wladyslaw Rosolak (†) 1974 Leopold Szwedowski (†) 1983 Jan Rusinek (e) 1988 Waldemar Tura (2,3,s,f) 2000 Ryszard Kapica (†) Romania 1956 Paul Farago (†) Leon Löwenton (†) Paul Leibovici (†) 1958 Emilian Dobrescu (2) Anatole F. Ianovcic (†) Virgil Nestorescu (†) Radu Voia (†) 1974 Eugen Rusenescu (†) 1978 Iosif Grosu (†) 1982 Mircea Manolescu (†) 1989 Paul Joita (†) 2000 Neculai Chivu (†) 2001 Valeriu Petrovici (2,s) 2004 Nicolae Micu (e) 2007 Eric Huber (f) 2011 Dinu-Ioan Nicula (f) 2023 Vlaicu Crisan (h,f,r) Paul Raican (f,r) Russia 1956 Yury Averbakh (†) Michael Botvinnik (†) Aleksandr Grin (†) Aleksandr Kazantsev (†) Leonid Zagoruiko (†) 1957 Vasily Smyslov (†) 1961 David Bronstein (†) 1965 Viktor Chepizhny (2,3,m) Anatoly Kuznetsov (†) Yakov Vladimirov (3,m) 1971 Leopold Mitrofanov (†) 1984 Yury Sushkov (†) 1987 Andrej Lobusov (†) Aleksandr Maximovskikh (e) 1989 Vyacheslav Kopaev (†) Nikita Plaksin (r) 1994 Aleksandr Feoktistov (m) 1997 Vladimir Kozhakin (3) 1998 Yury Fokin (†) Arkady Khait (e) Igor Vereshchagin (r) 1999 Valery Barsukov (†) Anatoly Slesarenko (2) 2000 Andrey Selivanov (s) 2004 Vladimir Zheltonozhko (†) 2005 Yakov Rossomakho (†) 2008 Aleksandr Nazarov (r) 2010 Evgeny Fomichev (†) 2011 Oleg Efrosinin (m) 2012 Vladislav Nefyodov (h) 2013 Boris Shorokhov (h) Vadim Vinokurov (†) 2014 Valery Gurov (h) 2017 Aleksandr Kuzovkov (3,m) 2018 Aleksey Ivunin (h) Sergey Osintsev (e) Dmitri Turevski (h,f) 2021 Igor Agapov (3) Aleksandr Azhusin (s) Sergey Bilyk (3) Valery Kirillov (m,s) Pavel Murashev (2) Anatoly Styopochkin (s) Aleksandr Sygurov (3,m) Serbia 1977 Petar Ivanic (†) Milan Velimirovic (†) 1989 Marjan Kovacevic (2) 2012 Darko Saljic (2) 2015 Dragan Stojnic (2,f) Slovakia 1956 Ludovit Lacny (†) Alexander Pituk (†) 1966 Bedrich Formanek (†) 1971 Juraj Brabec (2) 1987 Karol Mlynka (†) 1988 Zoltan Labai (2,3) 2000 Juraj Lörinc (h,f) 2009 Michal Hlinka (e) 2010 Lubos Kekely (e) 2017 Ladislav Packa (h,f) Stefan Sovik (3,m,s) Slovenia 1977 Ljubomir Ugren (m,s,h) 1984 Marko Klasinc (s,h,f,r) Spain 1957 Antonio Arguelles (†) J. Mandil (†) Julio Peris Pardo (†) Estanislao Puig Ambros (†) Juan Zaldo (†) 1960 Carlos R. Lafora (†) 1965 Juan Garcia Llamas (†) Francisco Salazar (†) 1966 Efren Petite (†) Rafael Candela Sanz (†) 2012 Jose Antonio Coello Alonso (2,3) Sweden 1956 Axel Akerblom (†) Alexander Hildebrand (†) Herbert Hultberg (†) Gustav Jönsson (2) Jan Knöppel (†) Bror Larsson (†) Frithjof Lindgren (†) Helmer Ternblad (†) Allan Werle (†) 1966 Bo Lindgren (†) 1984 Kjell Widlert (3,m,s,h,f,r) 1989 Anders Uddgren (h,f,r) 1992 Bengt Ingre (†) Switzerland 1957 Hans Ott (†) Alfred Sutter (†) 1959 Samuel Isenegger (†) 1960 Karl Flatt (†) 1977 Werner Issler (2) 1985 Hans Schudel (†) 1989 Roland Baier (3,h,f) 1999 Thomas Maeder (h,f) Ukraine 1960 Valentin Rudenko (†) 1966 Filip Bondarenko (†) 1984 Viktor Melnichenko (†) 1997 Mikhail Marandyuk (3,m) 1998 Yury Gordian (†) 2003 Roman Zalokotsky (†) 2004 Vasil Dyachuk (2) Yevgeni Reitsen (h) Sergey Nikolaevich Tkachenko (e) 2010 Aleksandr Semenenko (h) Valery Semenenko (h) 2011 Valery Kopyl (2,h,s) 2013 Mikhail Gershinsky (†) Gennady Kozyura (†) 2017 Vladislav Tarasyuk (e) 2018 Yury Bilokin (h) 2021 Mikola Chernyavsky (2) Anatoly Mityushin (h) 2022 Sergey Borodavkin (s) USA 1956 Julius Buchwald (†) Vincent L. Eaton (†) N. Gabor (†) Eric Hassberg (†) Edgar Holladay (†) 1957 Robert Burger (†) Richard Cheney (†) Kenneth Howard (†) Walter Jacobs (†) 1958 Newman Guttman (†) Vaux Wilson (†) 1964 Walter Korn (†) 1987 David Brown (2,h,f) Toma Garai (†) 2011 Mike Prcic (s) 2016 Eugene Rosner (2) USSR 1956 Vladimir Bron(†) Vitaly Chekhover (†) Aleksandr Gerbstman (†) Tigran Gorgiev (†) Abram S. Gurvich (†) Rafael Kofman (†) Vladimir Koroljkov (†) Lev Loshinsky (†) Boris Zakharov (†) Vladimir Shif (†) Evgeny Umnov (†) 1957 Paul Keres (†) 1959 Alexey Kopnin (†) 1960 Gia Nadareishvili (†) 1961 Aleksandr Baturin (†) 1965 Avenir Popandopulo (†) 1966 Aleksandr P. Kuznetsov (†) 1967 Vitold Yakimchik (†) 1968 Aleksandr Kozlov (†)
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