International judges

INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

Abbreviations and symbols:

2, 3, m = Direct twomovers, threemovers, moremovers
e = endgame studies
s = selfmates
h = helpmates
f = fairies
r = retros
math = mathematical problems
† = deceased

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Argentina
1956    Arnoldo Ellerman (†)
1965    Horatio L. Musante (†)
2016    Mario Guido García (†)

Armenia
1956    Genrikh Kasparyan (†)

Austria
1957    Stefan Eberle (†)
        Josef Halumbirek (†)
        Hans Lepuschütz (†)
        Alois Wotawa (†)
1966    Alois Johandl (†)
1968    Klaus Wenda (3,m,s,f)
1971    Friedrich Chlubna (†)
1981    Helmut Zajic (†)

Azerbaijan
2009    Ilham Aliev (e)
2016    Kenan Velikhanov (h)
2022    Elmar Abdullayev (3)

Belarus
1959    Vatslav Gebelt (†)
2001    Vladimir Sychev (†)
2004    Aleksandr Mikholap (m,s)
2014    Viktor Volchek (3,m)
2018    Aleksandr Bulavka (h,f)
2019    Viktor Zaitsev (h)

Bosnia & Herzegovina
1972    Fadil Abdurahmanovic (s,h,f)

Brazil
1956    Godefroy J. Martin (†)
        Joao-Baptista Santiago (†)
1974    José Figueiredo (†)
        Felix A. Sonnenfeld (†)
1989    Mario Figueiredo (†)
1990    Caetano Belliboni (†)

Bulgaria
1956    Vladimir Rangelov (†)
1957    Archavir Tanelian (†)
1967    Nikolai Dimitrov (†)
1977    Venelin Alaikov (†)
1982    Ivan Ignatiev (†)
1987    Vladimir Zabunov (†)
1989    Petko Petkov (†)
2010	Diyan Kostadinov (s,f)

Croatia
1956    Nenad Petrovic (†)
        Hrvoje Bartolovic (†)
1958    Zvonimir Hernitz (2,3,m,s,h,f)
        Savo Zlatic (†)
1972    Branko Pavlovic (†)
2017    Ivo Tominic (2)

CSFR
1956    Frantisek Dedrle (†)
        Jindrich Fritz (†)
        Miroslav Havel (†)
        Frantisek Hladik (†)
        Artur Mandler (†)
        Vladimir Pachman (†)
        Ladislav Prokes (†)
        Frantisek J. Prokop (†)
        Jan Wenda (†)
1957    Bretislav Soukup-Bardon (†)
1958    Ilja Mikan (†)

Czech Republic
1960    Jindrich Sulc (†)
1988    Miroslav Sindelar (†)
1991    Vladimir Kos (†)
1997    Vladimir Bunka (s,h,e)
1998    Jaroslav Brada (†)
2008	Michal Dragoun (h,f)
2010	Jiri Jelinek (3,s)
        Vaclav Kotesovec (2,h,f)
        Emil Vlasák (e)
2012	Jaroslav Polasek (e)

Denmark
1956    Walther Jörgensen (†)
        K.A.K. Larsen (†)
        Oskar G. Lauritzen (†)
        P. Rasch Nielsen (†)
        Vilhelm Röpke (†)
1959    Lars Larsen (†)
1966    Arthur Madsen (†)
        Jan Mortensen (†)
        Rudolf Prytz (†)
2015    Henrik Juel (r)

Finland
1957    Aarne Dunder (†)
        Julius Gunst (†)
        Jan Hannelius (†)
        Visa Kivi (†)
1958    Osmo Kaila (†)
        Matti Myllyniemi (†)
        Erkki A. Wirtanen (†)
1966    Antti G. Ojanen (†)
1972    Pauli Perkonoja (e)
1979    Erkki Heinonen (†)
1984    Kauko Virtanen (†)
1993    Kari Valtonen (h)
2011	Kenneth Solja (3,h)

France
1957    Pierre Biscay (†)
        Andre Cheron (†)
        Damien Grossi (†)
        Vitaly Halberstadt (†)
        Gabriel Leon-Martin (†)
1958    Gabriel Authier (2)
        Roger Diot (†)
1959    Alphonse Grunenwald (†)
        Roland Lecomte (†)
        Jean Oudot (†)
        Louis Scotti (2)
        Camil Seneca (†)
        Charles Wermelinger (†)
1965    Pierre Monreal (†)
        Jacques Savournin (2)
1976    Jean Pierre Boyer (†)
1978    Yves Cheylan (†)
        Bruno Fargette (3,m)
1983    Jean Morice (†)
1984    Claude Goumondy (3,h)
1986    Francois Fargette (m)
1988    Claude Wiedenhoff (2)
1989    Denis Blondel (†)
1993    Michel Caillaud (r)
1995    Laurent Joudon (3,m)
2000    Yves Tallec (†)
2014    Thierry le Gleuher (r)
2016    Alain Biénabe (†)
2023    Gérard Doukhan (2,3)

Georgia
1980    Vazha Neidze (†)
1993    Velimir Kalandadze (†)
        Revaz Tavariani (†)
1994    David Gurgenidze (e)
1995    Iuri Akobia (†)
2016    Givi Mosiashvili (2)
2021    Ferhat Karmil (m)

Germany
1957    Hermann Albrecht (†)
        Josef Breuer (†)
        Herbert Grasemann (†)
        Gerhard Kaiser (†)
1958    Wilhelm Hagemann (†)
        Gerhard Latzel (†)
        John Niemann (†)
        Wolfgang Unzicker (†)
        Hans Vetter (†)
        Wolfgang Weber (†)
1959    Peter Kniest (†)
        Wilhelm Massmann (†)
        Werner Speckmann (†)
1962    Herbert Ahues (†)
        Hans Hilmar Staudte (†)
1964    Karl Fabel (†)
1965    Rudolf Leopold (†)
        Michael Schneider (†)
1966    Gerhard W. Jensch (†)
        Theodor Steudel (†)
1967    Willy Popp (†)
1971    Baldur Kozdon (3,m)
        Hans Peter Rehm (3,m,s,h,f)
1972    Manfred Zucker (†)
1974    Godehard Murkisch (m)
1975    Karl Junker (†)
1976    Fritz Hoffmann (†)
1979    Dieter Müller (†)
1983    Hans-Dieter Leiss (†)
1985    Günter Büsing (h)
        Hans Gruber (m,e,s,h,f,r,math)
        Werner Keym (r,math)
1986    Stefan Dittrich (2)
        Günter Schiller (†)
1987    Hermann Weissauer (†)
1988    Horst Böttger (3,m)
        Franz Pachl (2,h)
        Volker Zipf (3,m)
1989    Hemmo Axt (3,m)
        Bernd Ellinghoven (†)
1990    Hartmut Laue (3,m,s)
        Gerhard Schoen (m,f)
1992    Günter Lauinger (r,math)
        Helmuth Morgenthaler (3)
1996    Wieland Bruch (2,3)
1998    Mirko Degenkolbe (2,3,m)
1999    Markus Manhart (h,f)
2000    Udo Degener (2)
2004    Wolfgang Dittmann (†)
        Frank Müller (s)
2010	Bernd Gräfrath (r)
        Manfred Rittirsch (h,f)
        Sven Trommler (2,3,m,s,h,f)
2012    Thomas Brand (h,r)
2013    Martin Minski (e)
2014    Siegfried Hornecker (e)
2024    Marcin Banaszek (s)

Great Britain
1957    Cyril S. Kipping (†)
        Edward Boswell (†)
        Guy W. Chandler (†)
        Comins Mansfield (†)
        Robin C.O. Matthews (†)
        E. H. Shaw (†)
        Erich Zepler (†)
1958    Harold Lommer (†)
1959    John Roycroft (e)
1960    Gerald F. Anderson (†)
1961    Hugh F. Blandford (†)
1964    Charles E. Kemp (†)
1966    Arthur R. Gooderson (†)
        Dennison Nixon (+)
1967    Barry P. Barnes (2)
1972    John M. Rice (2,h,f)
1974    Colin Vaughan (†)
1975    Anthony Dickins (†)
        Sir Jeremy Morse (†)
1978    Cedric C. Lytton (h,f)
1980    Norman Macleod (†)
1987    Luciano Citeroni (†)
1991    Colin Sydenham (†)
1999    Michael McDowell (h)
2012	Christopher Reeves (†)

Greece
1988    Demetrios Kapralos (†)
        Byron Zappas (†)
1990    Harry Fougiaxis (h)
2010	Kostas Prentos (r)

Hungary
1956    Róbert Darvas (†)
        Ferenc Fleck (†)
        László Lindner (†)
        Ödon Nagy (†)
        Julius Neukomm (†)
        György Paros (†)
        László Schor (†)
        Zoltán Zilahi (†)
1960    Florian Kovacs (†)
1964    Arpad Földeak (†)
1979    György Bakcsi (†)
        Tivadar Kardos (†)
        József Szöghy (†)
1983    Attila Benedek (†)
1984    Attila Koranyi (†)
2004    László Ányos (†)

India
1959    Swaminatha Subrahmanyarn (†)

Indonesia
1977    Touw Hian Bwee (2,3)

Israel
1956    Efim Rukhlis (†)
1959    Zvi Hashavit (†)
1964    Milu Milescu (†)
        Yosi Retter (†)
        Yeshayahu Segenreich (†)
1978    Hillel Aloni (†)
        Uri Avner (†)
        Shlomo Seider (†)
1980    Raffi Ruppin (3,s)
1982    Aaron Hirschenson (2)
1983    Mordechay Shorek (h)
1987    Theodor Tauber (†)
1988    Yochanan Afek (e)
1999    Paz Einat (2,3)
2003    Amatzia Avni (e)
2013    Michael Grushko (f)
2022    Mark Erenburg (m,s)

Italy
1956    Adriano Chicco (†)
        Ottavio Stocchi (†)
1969    Umberto Castellari (†)
1972    Oscar Bonivento (†)
        Gino Mentasti (†)
1985    Mario Camorani (†)
        Giorgio Mirri (†)
1988    Rosario Notaro (2)
1992    Francesco Simoni (2,h)
2001    Mario Parrinello (2,h)
2007    Antonio Garofalo (2,3,h)
2013    Marco Guida (2)
2016    Marco Bonavoglia (†)

Japan
2011	Tadashi Wakashima (f)

Kirgistan
1998    Valery Shanshin (2)

Latvia
1956    Alfreds Dombrovskis (†)

Lithuania
2018    Mecislovas Rimkus (†)
2024    Viktoras Paliulionis (h)

Macedonia
1977	Georgi Hadzi-Vaskov (s,h)
1979    Zivko Janevski (s,h)
1990    Nikola Stolev (h)
1993    Zlatko Mihaijloski (m)
        Bosko Miloseski (2,h)
2002	Zoran Gavrilovski (2,3,m,s,h)

Morocco
2011	Abdelaziz Onkoud (2,3,h)

Netherlands
1958    Johannes J. Burbach (2,3,s,h,f)
        Pieter ten Cate (†)
        Gerardus Drese (†)
        Cornelius J. de Feijter (†)
        Cor Goldschmeding (†)
        Albert M. Koldijk (†)
        Meindert Niemeijer (†)
        Johan Selman Jr (†)
        Eeltje Visserman (†)
        Geert Smit (†)
1959    Jan H. Marwitz (†)
        Wouter J. G. Mees (†)
1964    Jacobus Haring (†)
        Henk le Grand (2,3,m,h)
        Piet le Grand (†)
1985    Frank Visbeen (†)
1989    Jan van Reek (†)
1993    Henk Prins (2)
2001    Harold van der Heijden (e)

Norway
1957    David Hjelle (†)
1966    Nils G. G. van Dijk (†)

Poland
1956    Tadeusz Czarnecki (†)
        Saturnin Limbach (†)
        Marian Wrobel (†)
1959    Jan Rusek (†)
1960    Grzegorz Grzeban (†)
        Mieczyslav Pfeiffer (†)
1967    Eugeniusz Iwanow (†)
1971    Wladyslaw Rosolak (†)
1974    Leopold Szwedowski (†)
1983    Jan Rusinek (e)
1988    Waldemar Tura (2,3,s,f)
2000    Ryszard Kapica (†)

Romania
1956    Paul Farago (†)
        Leon Löwenton (†)
        Paul Leibovici (†)
1958    Emilian Dobrescu (2)
        Anatole F. Ianovcic (†)
        Virgil Nestorescu (†)
        Radu Voia (†)
1974    Eugen Rusenescu (†)
1978    Iosif Grosu (†)
1982    Mircea Manolescu (†)
1989    Paul Joita (†)
2000    Neculai Chivu (†)
2001    Valeriu Petrovici (2,s)
2004    Nicolae Micu (e)
2007    Eric Huber (f)
2011	Dinu-Ioan Nicula (f)
2023    Vlaicu Crisan (h,f,r)
        Paul Raican (f,r)

Russia
1956    Yury Averbakh (†)
        Michael Botvinnik (†)
        Aleksandr Grin (†)
        Aleksandr Kazantsev (†)
        Leonid Zagoruiko (†)
1957    Vasily Smyslov (†)
1961    David Bronstein (†)
1965    Viktor Chepizhny (2,3,m)
        Anatoly Kuznetsov (†)
        Yakov Vladimirov (3,m)
1971    Leopold Mitrofanov (†)
1984    Yury Sushkov (†)
1987    Andrej Lobusov (†)
        Aleksandr Maximovskikh (e)
1989    Vyacheslav Kopaev (†)
        Nikita Plaksin (r)
1994    Aleksandr Feoktistov (m)
1997    Vladimir Kozhakin (3)
1998    Yury Fokin (†)
        Arkady Khait (e)
        Igor Vereshchagin (r)
1999    Valery Barsukov (†)
        Anatoly Slesarenko (2)
2000    Andrey Selivanov (s)
2004    Vladimir Zheltonozhko (†)
2005	Yakov Rossomakho (†)
2008	Aleksandr Nazarov (r)
2010	Evgeny Fomichev (†)
2011	Oleg Efrosinin (m)
2012	Vladislav Nefyodov (h)
2013    Boris Shorokhov (h)
        Vadim Vinokurov (†)
2014    Valery Gurov (h)
2017    Aleksandr Kuzovkov (3,m)
2018    Aleksey Ivunin (h)
        Sergey Osintsev (e)
        Dmitri Turevski (h,f)
2021    Igor Agapov (3)
        Aleksandr Azhusin (s)
        Sergey Bilyk (3)
        Valery Kirillov (m,s)
        Pavel Murashev (2)
        Anatoly Styopochkin (s)
        Aleksandr Sygurov (3,m)

Serbia
1977    Petar Ivanic (†)
        Milan Velimirovic (†)
1989    Marjan Kovacevic (2)
2012	Darko Saljic (2)
2015    Dragan Stojnic (2,f)

Slovakia
1956    Ludovit Lacny (†)
        Alexander Pituk (†)
1966    Bedrich Formanek (†)
1971    Juraj Brabec (2)
1987    Karol Mlynka (†)
1988    Zoltan Labai (2,3)
2000    Juraj Lörinc (h,f)
2009	Michal Hlinka (e)
2010	Lubos Kekely (e)
2017    Ladislav Packa (h,f)
        Stefan Sovik (3,m,s)

Slovenia
1977    Ljubomir Ugren (m,s,h)
1984    Marko Klasinc (s,h,f,r)

Spain
1957    Antonio Arguelles (†)
        J. Mandil (†)
        Julio Peris Pardo (†)
        Estanislao Puig Ambros (†)
        Juan Zaldo (†)
1960    Carlos R. Lafora (†)
1965    Juan Garcia Llamas (†)
        Francisco Salazar (†)
1966    Efren Petite (†)
        Rafael Candela Sanz (†)
2012	Jose Antonio Coello Alonso (2,3)

Sweden
1956    Axel Akerblom (†)
        Alexander Hildebrand (†)
        Herbert Hultberg (†)
        Gustav Jönsson (2)
        Jan Knöppel (†)
        Bror Larsson (†)
        Frithjof Lindgren (†)
        Helmer Ternblad (†)
        Allan Werle (†)
1966    Bo Lindgren (†)
1984    Kjell Widlert (3,m,s,h,f,r)
1989    Anders Uddgren (h,f,r)
1992    Bengt Ingre (†)

Switzerland
1957    Hans Ott (†)
        Alfred Sutter (†)
1959    Samuel Isenegger (†)
1960    Karl Flatt (†)
1977    Werner Issler (2)
1985    Hans Schudel (†)
1989    Roland Baier (3,h,f)
1999    Thomas Maeder (h,f)

Ukraine
1960    Valentin Rudenko (†)
1966    Filip Bondarenko (†)
1984    Viktor Melnichenko (†)
1997    Mikhail Marandyuk (3,m)
1998    Yury Gordian (†)
2003    Roman Zalokotsky (†)
2004    Vasil Dyachuk (2)
        Yevgeni Reitsen (h)
        Sergey Nikolaevich Tkachenko (e)
2010	Aleksandr Semenenko (h)
        Valery Semenenko (h)
2011	Valery Kopyl (2,h,s)
2013    Mikhail Gershinsky (†)
        Gennady Kozyura (†)
2017    Vladislav Tarasyuk (e)
2018    Yury Bilokin (h)
2021    Mikola Chernyavsky (2)
        Anatoly Mityushin (h)
2022    Sergey Borodavkin (s)

USA
1956    Julius Buchwald (†)
        Vincent L. Eaton (†)
        N. Gabor (†)
        Eric Hassberg (†)
        Edgar Holladay (†)
1957    Robert Burger (†)
        Richard Cheney (†)
        Kenneth Howard (†)
        Walter Jacobs (†)
1958    Newman Guttman (†)
        Vaux Wilson (†)
1964    Walter Korn (†)
1987    David Brown (2,h,f)
        Toma Garai (†)
2011	Mike Prcic (s)
2016    Eugene Rosner (2)

USSR
1956    Vladimir Bron(†)
        Vitaly Chekhover (†)
        Aleksandr Gerbstman (†)
        Tigran Gorgiev (†)
        Abram S. Gurvich (†)
        Rafael Kofman (†)
        Vladimir Koroljkov (†)
        Lev Loshinsky (†)
        Boris Zakharov (†)
        Vladimir Shif (†)
        Evgeny Umnov (†)
1957    Paul Keres (†)
1959    Alexey Kopnin (†)
1960    Gia Nadareishvili (†)
1961    Aleksandr Baturin (†)
1965    Avenir Popandopulo (†)
1966    Aleksandr P. Kuznetsov (†)
1967    Vitold Yakimchik (†)
1968    Aleksandr Kozlov (†)

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