HONORARY MASTERS OF CHESS COMPOSITION
| YEAR | NAME | COUNTRY |
| 1986 | Antonio Argüelles (†) John Niemann (†) Antonio Piatesi (†) |
Spain Germany Italy |
| 1987 | Gregorz Grzeban (†) Hans Klüver (†) |
Poland Germany |
| 1988 | Ferenc Fleck (†) János Kiss (†) Alexander Pituk (†) |
Hungary Hungary Slovakia |
| 1989 | Gino Mentasti (†) | Italy |
| 1991 | Albert Koldijk (†) Jean Zeller (†) |
Netherlands France |
| 1992 | Colin Vaughan (†) | Great Britain |
| 1994 | Kurt Smulders (†) | Belgium |
| 1998 | Eliahu Fasher (†) | Israel |
| 1999 | Giorgio Mirri (†) Savo Zlatić (†) |
Italy Croatia |
| 2000 | Rui Nascimento (†) | Portugal |
| 2006 | Sir Jeremy Morse (†) | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Sonomun Chimedtseren (†) Odette Vollenweider (†) |
Mongolia Switzerland |
| 2012 | Hermann Weissauer (†) | Germany |
| 2015 | Hannu Harkola | Finland |
| 2016 | John Roycroft | Great Britain |
| 2017 | Gabriel Mariz José Vinagre |
Portugal Portugal |
Total 25 (21 deceased)