World Champions
in Chess Composition 1989-91
In Pula 1997 the Permanent Commission for Chess Compositions (PCCC) decided to establish the title of World Champion for Composers. In the beginning the title was based on problems and studies in the most recent FIDE-Album 1989-91. The Album contained eight (8) sections and the most successful composers in each section were as follows:
| A Twomovers
Anatoly Slesarenko 17,17 Valery Shanshin 13,17 Udo Degener 12,33 |
E Helpmates
Živko Janevski 24 Fadil Abdurahmanović 22 Toma Garai 15 |
| B Threemovers
Michael Keller 10 Aleksandr Kuzovkov 8,5 Marek Kwiatkowski 8 |
F Selfmates
Petko Petkov 20 Jacob Mintz 5,5 Živko Janevski & Waldemar Tura 5 |
| C Moremovers
Yakov Vladimirov 14 Alois Johandl 10 Camillo Gamnitzer 5 |
G Fairy chess
George Sphicas 11 Yves Cheylan 10 Michel Caillaud 9,5 |
| D Studies
David Gurgenidze 11,83 Nikolaï Ryabinin 11,00 Oleg Pervakov 10,50 |
H Retro & mathematical
Aleksandr Kislyak 6 Wolfgang Dittmann 3,5 Thierry le Gleuher & Nikita Plaksin 3 |
In St. Petersburg 1998 the first of each section was announced World Champion.