FIDE ALBUM POINTS 1914-2021
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publishes collections of the best and most representative chess problems and studies in periods of three years.
International titles for composers are granted according to the Album points. One point is given for each selected problem (1,67 points for endgame studies). In joint compositions the points are divided by the number of composers. The limits are as follows:
Grandmaster: 70 points
International master: 25 points
FIDE Master: 12 points
The full list is available as a PDF file here: FIDE ALBUM POINTS 1914-2021 (PDF)
The composers in the following list had at least 10 points in the current 2019-21 album.
| Place | Name | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michal Dragoun | CZE | 50.67 |
| 2. | Pavel Murashev | RUS | 47.83 |
| 3. | Aleksandr Kuzovkov | RUS | 46.5 |
| 4. | Gennady Kozyura (†) | UKR | 41.83 |
| 5. | Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen | DEN | 40.83 |
| 6. | Zoran Gavrilovski | MKD | 39 |
| 7. | Anatoly Slesarenko | RUS | 37.5 |
| 8. | Michel Caillaud | FRA | 34.33 |
| 9. | Torsten Linß | GER | 31.5 |
| 10. | Ivan Soroka | UKR | 29.5 |
| 11. | Valery Shavyrin | RUS | 29 |
| 12. | Evgeny Fomichev (†) | RUS | 28.5 |
| 13. | Marjan Kovačević | SRB | 28.16 |
| 14. | Aleksandr Feoktistov | RUS | 26 |
| 15. | Martin Minski | GER | 25.56 |
| 16. | Vasil Dyačuk | SVK | 24.5 |
| 17. | Vitaly Medintsev | RUS | 23.08 |
| 18. | Oleg Pervakov | RUS | 23.06 |
| 19. | Andrey Selivanov | RUS | 22.83 |
| 20. | Mikhail Khramtsevich | BLR | 22.25 |
| 21. | Ladislav Salai Jr | SVK | 22 |
| 22. | Anatoly Styopochkin | RUS | 21.5 |
| 23. | Vlaicu Crişan | ROU | 21.33 |
| 24. | Petko Petkov | BUL | 21 |
| 25.= | Igor Agapov | RUS | 20 |
| 25.= | Valery Semenenko | UKR | 20 |
| 27.= | Mikola Kolesnik | UKR | 19.5 |
| 27.= | Valery Kopyl | UKR | 19.5 |
| 27.= | Mikhail Marandyuk | UKR | 19.5 |
| 30. | Jean-Marc Loustau | FRA | 19 |
| 31. | Sergiy Didukh | UKR | 18.33 |
| 32. | Olivier Schmitt | FRA | 18 |
| 33. | Abdelaziz Onkoud | FRA | 16.5 |
| 34. | Valery Gurov | RUS | 16.33 |
| 35. | Vladislav Tarasyuk | UKR | 16 |
| 36. | Uwe Karbowiak | GER | 15.75 |
| 37.= | Yuri Bazlov | RUS | 15 |
| 37.= | Waldemar Tura | POL | 15 |
| 39. | Franz Pachl | GER | 14.5 |
| 40. | Viktor Volchek | BLR | 14.34 |
| 41. | Jan Sprenger | GER | 14.17 |
| 42.= | Marco Guida | ITA | 13 |
| 42.= | Václav Kotěšovec | CZE | 13 |
| 42.= | Mario Parrinello | ITA | 13 |
| 45.= | Peter Gvozdják | SVK | 12.83 |
| 45.= | Zlatko Mihajloski | MKD | 12.83 |
| 47. | Christopher Jones | GBR | 12.5 |
| 48. | Vladislav Nefyodov | RUS | 12.33 |
| 49.= | Yuri Gorbatenko | RUS | 12 |
| 49.= | Anatoly Skripnik | RUS | 12 |
| 51.= | Jan Timman | NED | 11.67 |
| 51.= | Pavel Arestov | RUS | 11.67 |
| 53. | Hubert Gockel | GER | 11.5 |
| 54.= | Emil Klemanič | SVK | 11 |
| 54.= | Mihailo Stojnić | SRB | 11 |
| 56. | Aleksandr Sygurov | RUS | 10.58 |
| 57.= | Sergey Khachaturov | RUS | 10.5 |
| 57.= | Aleksandr Semenenko | UKR | 10.5 |
| 59. | Fadil Abdurahmanović | BIH | 10.33 |
| 60. | Ralf Krätschmer | GER | 10.25 |
| 61.= | Givi Mosiashvili | GEO | 10 |
| 61.= | Michael Pasman | ISR | 10 |
The composers in the following list have achieved more than 100 points in the albums.
| Pl. | Name | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Petko Petkov | BUL | 524.75 |
| 2. | Michel Caillaud | FRA | 429.98 |
| 3. | Mikhail Marandyuk | UKR | 366.23 |
| 4. | Aleksandr Kuzovkov | RUS | 295.67 |
| 5. | Živko Janevski | MKD | 267.83 |
| 6. | Hans Peter Rehm | GER | 263.77 |
| 7. | Fadil Abdurahmanović | BIH | 258.99 |
| 8. | Andrey Selivanov | RUS | 248.16 |
| 9. | Oleg Pervakov | RUS | 240.7 |
| 10. | Viktor Chepizhny | UKR/RUS | 237.58 |
| 11. | Yakov Vladimirov | RUS | 232.5 |
| 12. | Marjan Kovačević | SRB | 231.83 |
| 13. | Aleksandr Feoktistov | RUS | 231.08 |
| 14. | Valentin Rudenko (†) | UKR | 229.08 |
| 15. | Michal Dragoun | CZE | 205.06 |
| 16. | Vasil Dyachuk/Dyačuk | UKR/SVK | 203.21 |
| 17. | Jean-Marc Loustau | FRA | 199.17 |
| 18. | Franz Pachl | GER | 192.48 |
| 19. | David Gurgenidze | GEO | 184.12 |
| 20. | Genrikh Kasparyan (†) | ARM | 175.83 |
| 21. | Eeltje Visserman (†) | NED | 170 |
| 22. | Milan Vukcevich (†) | SRB/USA | 162.67 |
| 23. | Anatoly Slesarenko | RUS | 161.17 |
| 24. | Zoran Gavrilovski | MKD | 158.5 |
| 25. | Valery Shavyrin | RUS | 157 |
| 26. | Unto Heinonen (†) | FIN | 151.5 |
| 27. | Vladimir Bron (†) | RUS | 146.83 |
| 28. | Lev Loshinsky (†) | RUS | 142.86 |
| 29.= | Mario Parrinello | ITA | 138.5 |
| 29.= | Ivan Soroka | UKR | 138.5 |
| 31. | Camilo Gamnitzer | AUT | 134.14 |
| 32. | Torsten Linß | GER | 133.91 |
| 33. | Waldemar Tura | POL | 133.5 |
| 34. | Michael Keller | GER | 127 |
| 35. | Ladislav Salai Jr | SVK | 126.63 |
| 36. | Valery Gurov | RUS | 125.41 |
| 37. | György Bakcsi (†) | HUN | 124.17 |
| 38. | Valery Shanshin | KGZ/RUS | 123.25 |
| 39. | Christopher Jones | GBR | 122 |
| 40. | Bo Lindgren (†) | SWE | 121.81 |
| 41. | Peter Gvozdják | SVK | 119.89 |
| 42. | Miodrag Mladenović | SRB | 117.37 |
| 43. | Martin Minski | GER | 117.22 |
| 44. | Emilian Dobrescu | ROU | 116.83 |
| 45. | Marcel Tribowski | GER | 116 |
| 46. | Nenad Petrović (†) | CRO | 115.95 |
| 47. | Evgeny Fomichev (†) | RUS | 115.33 |
| 48. | Venelin Alaikov (†) | BUL | 113.5 |
| 49. | Vladimír Pachman (†) | CZE | 112.33 |
| 50. | Yuri Bazlov | RUS | 111.12 |
| 51. | Aleksandr Azhusin | RUS | 108.75 |
| 52. | Hubert Gockel | GER | 106.99 |
| 53. | Aleksandr Semenenko | UKR | 106.18 |
| 54. | Vladimir Korolkov (†) | RUS | 105.89 |
| 55. | Klaus Wenda | AUT | 103.91 |
| 56. | Igor Agapov | RUS | 103.41 |
| 57. | Anatoly Styopochkin | RUS | 102.5 |
| 58. | Pavel Murashev | RUS | 100.17 |