FIDE ALBUM POINTS
The Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) publishes
collections of the best chess problems from three year periods. Now there are
18 such FIDE-ALBUMS. The total amount of problems in all
Albums is 17 484.
International titles for composers are granted according
to the Album points. One point is given for each Album problem (1,67 points
for endgame studies). In joint compositions the points are divided by the number
of composers. The limits are:
Grandmaster |
70 points |
The top of the list after the publication of the Album 1995-97 is:
1 Petkov Petko 303,502 Rehm Hans Peter 190,373 Rudenko Valentin 181,084 Kasparian Genrikh 175,835 Vladimirov Yakov 171,006 Visserman Eeltje 170,007 Caillaud Michel 152,588 Bron Vladimir 146,839 Vukcevich Milan R. 143,6710 Loshinski Lev 142,8611 Gurgenidze David 141,3912 Abdurahmanovic Fadil 123,0013 Bakcsi György 122,6714 Janevski Zivko 117,5015 Petrovic Nenad 115,9516 Pachman Vladimir 112,3317 Lindgren Bo 108,9718 Koroljkov Vladimir 105,8919 Dobrescu Emilian 104,3320 Kuzovkov Aleksandr 102,8321 Kricheli Josif 99,6722 Chepizhny Viktor 98,4223 Mandler Artur 97,1724 Keller Michael 96,5025 Alaikov Venelin 94,5026 Ahues Herbert 94,3326 Mansfield Comins 94,3328 Goumondy Claude 90,5029 Fritz Jindrich 90,3330 Havel (Kostal) Miroslav 90,3331 Lobusov Andreï 87,8332 Garai Toma 87,0033 Paros György 86,8334 Nadareishvili Gia 85,0034 Rusinek Jan 85,0036 Goldschmeding Cor 84,0037 Guljajev (Grin) Aleksandr 83,6738 Zappas Byron 83,0039 Bartolovic Hrvoje 79,5040 Touw Hian Bwee 77,1741 Tura Waldemar * 77,0042 Heinonen Unto * 76,5043 Macleod Norman 75,5044 Nestorescu Virgil 73,8345 Marandyuk Mikhaïl * 73,6746 Pogosjanc Ernest 70,5047 Haring Jacob 70,1748 Loustau Jean-Marc * 70,00
* new Grandmaster candidate
Duplicate points
from the same composer have been canceled. Ilkka Blom has found several
such cases with APwin. He has also prepared an
error list. Harold van der Heiden has compiled a document
(98 kb) from the errors in endgame studies.