FIDE ALBUM POINTS 1914-2012
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publishes collections of the best and most representative chess problems and studies in periods of three years. At the moment 23 such FIDE ALBUMS have been published that include 24295 compositions.
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:
| Grandmaster International master FIDE master |
70 points 25 points 12 points |
After the results of the Album 2010-12 the top of the list is:
| No. | Name | Up to 2009 | FA 2010-12 | Total |
| 1 | Petko Petkov | 424,75 | 29,50 | 454,25 |
| 2 | Michel Caillaud | 308,41 | 20,16 | 328,57 |
| 3 | Živko Janevski | 245,50 | 10,50 | 256,00 |
| 4 | Hans Peter Rehm | 246,44 | 7,00 | 253,44 |
| 5 | Mikhail Marandyuk | 203,00 | 38,66 | 241,66 |
| 6 | Yakov Vladimirov | 218,00 | 12,00 | 230,00 |
| 7 | Valentin Rudenko (†) | 210,75 | 6,00 | 216,75 |
| 8 | Fadil Aburahmanović | 184,00 | 20,33 | 204,33 |
| 9 | Viktor Chepizhny | 181,17 | 18,33 | 199,50 |
| 10 | Genrikh Kasparyan (†) | 175,83 | 175,83 | |
| 11 | David Gurgenidze | 171,39 | 4,17 | 175,56 |
| 12 | Andrey Selivanov | 148,91 | 26,33 | 175,24 |
| 13 | Eeltje Visserman (†) | 170,00 | 170,00 | |
| 14 | Milan Vukcevich (†) | 162,67 | 162,67 | |
| 15 | Marjan Kovačević | 133,34 | 24,00 | 157,34 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Kuzovkov | 137,67 | 14,00 | 151,67 |
| 17 | Vladimir Bron (†) | 146,83 | 146,83 | |
| 18 | Jean-Marc Loustau | 129,34 | 16,83 | 146,17 |
| 19 | Oleg Pervakov | 122,14 | 22,50 | 144,64 |
| 20 | Lev Loshinsky (†) | 142,86 | 142,86 | |
| 21 | Franz Pachl | 127,15 | 12,83 | 139,98 |
| 22 | Aleksandr Feoktistov | 113,58 | 25,83 | 139,41 |
| 23 | Unto Heinonen | 129,50 | 8,00 | 137,50 |
| 24 | Michael Keller | 123,17 | 3,00 | 126,17 |
| 25 | György Bakcsi | 124,17 | 124,17 | |
| 26 | Bo Lindgren (†) | 121,81 | 121,81 | |
| 27 | Vasil Dyachuk | 109,04 | 12,00 | 121,04 |
| 28 | Emilian Dobrescu | 116,00 | 116,00 | |
| 29 | Nenad Petrović (†) | 115,95 | 115,95 | |
| 30 | Michal Dragoun | 87,16 | 28,08 | 115,24 |
| 31 | Venelin Alaikov (†) | 113,50 | 113,50 | |
| 32 | Vladimír Pachman (†) | 112,33 | 112,33 | |
| 33 | Camillo Gamnitzer | 95,64 | 13,00 | 108,64 |
| 34 | Vladimir Korolkov (†) | 105,89 | 105,89 | |
| 35 | Waldemar Tura | 96,00 | 9,00 | 105,00 |
| 36 | Iosif Krikheli (†) | 99,67 | 99,67 | |
| 37 | Valery Shavyrin | 99,00 | 0,50 | 99,50 |
| 38 | Mario Parrinello | 80,33 | 19,16 | 99,49 |
| 39 | Marcel Tribowski | 89,50 | 8,00 | 97,50 |
| 40 | Artur Mandler (†) | 97,17 | 97,17 | |
| 41 | Herbert Ahues (†) | 96,33 | 96,33 | |
| 42 | Peter Gvozdják | 81,39 | 13,67 | 95,06 |
| 43 | Nikolay Kralin | 95,01 | 95,01 | |
| 44-45 | Comins Mansfield (†) | 94,33 | 94,33 | |
| 44-45 | Anatoly Slesarenko | 88,83 | 5,50 | 94,33 |
| 46 | Toma Garai (†) | 94,00 | 94,00 | |
| 47 | Klaus Wenda | 86,25 | 7,50 | 93,75 |
| 48 | Christopher J.A. Jones | 86,50 | 6,00 | 92,50 |
| 49 | Reto Aschwanden | 91,91 | 0,33 | 92,24 |
| 50 | Jan Rusinek | 91,50 | 91,50 | |
| 51 | Miodrag Mladenović | 86,17 | 5,00 | 91,17 |
| 52 | Claude Goumondy | 90,50 | 90,50 | |
| 53-54 | Jindřich Fritz (†) | 90,33 | 90,33 | |
| 53-54 | Miroslav Havel (Košťál) (†) | 90,33 | 90,33 | |
| 55 | Uri Avner (†) | 87,00 | 2,83 | 89,83 |
| 56 | Andrey Lobusov (†) | 89,33 | 89,33 | |
| 57 | Wieland Bruch | 84,22 | 3,88 | 88,10 |
| 58 | Ivan Soroka | 77,67 | 9,83 | 87,50 |
| 59 | György Páros (†) | 86,83 | 86,83 | |
| 60 | Byron Zappas (†) | 86,50 | 86,50 | |
| 61 | Gia Nadareishvili (†) | 85,00 | 85,00 | |
| 62 | Valery Shanshin | 79,00 | 5,25 | 84,25 |
| 63 | Milan Velimirović (†) | 80,17 | 4,00 | 84,17 |
| 64 | Cor Goldschmeding (†) | 84,00 | 84,00 | |
| 65 | Aleksandr Grin (†) | 83,67 | 83,67 | |
| 66-67 | Udo Degener | 80,50 | 80,50 | |
| 66-67 | Virgil Nestorescu | 80,50 | 80,50 | |
| 68 | Valery Gurov | 73,00 | 7,33 | 80,33 |
| 69 | Hrvoje Bartolović (†) | 79,50 | 79,50 | |
| 70 | Touw Hian Bwee | 77,17 | 77,17 | |
| 71 | Aleksandr Azhusin | 66,17 | 10,50 | 76,67 |
| 72 | Yochanan Afek | 61,56 | 14,17 | 75,73 |
| 73 | Norman Macleod (†) | 75,50 | 75,50 | |
| 74 | Torsten Linß | 57,91 | 15,50 | 73,41 |
| 75 | Evgeny Bogdanov (†) | 73,83 | 73,83 | |
| 76 | Aleksey Sochnev | 66,67 | 6,67 | 73,34 |
| 77 | Yves Cheylan | 73,17 | 73,17 | |
| 78 | Anatoly Styopochkin | 65,50 | 7,00 | 72,50 |
| 79 | Hubert Gockel | 62,83 | 9,00 | 71,83 |
| 80 | John Rice | 68,83 | 2,00 | 70,83 |
| 81 | Ernest Pogosyants (†) | 70,50 | 70,50 | |
| 82 | Matti Myllyniemi (†) | 70,33 | 70,33 | |
| 83 | Jacob Haring (†) | 70,17 | 70,17 |