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 composers in the following list have achieved more than 100 points in the albums.

Pl.NameCountryPoints
1.Petko Petkov (†)BUL524.75
2.Michel CaillaudFRA429.98
3.Mikhail MarandyukUKR366.23
4.Aleksandr KuzovkovRUS295.67
5.Živko JanevskiMKD267.83
6.Hans Peter RehmGER263.77
7.Fadil AbdurahmanovićBIH258.99
8.Andrey SelivanovRUS248.16
9.Oleg PervakovRUS240.7
10.Viktor ChepizhnyUKR/RUS237.58
11.Yakov VladimirovRUS232.5
12.Marjan KovačevićSRB231.83
13.Aleksandr FeoktistovRUS231.08
14.Valentin Rudenko (†)UKR229.08
15.Michal DragounCZE205.06
16.Vasil Dyachuk/DyačukUKR/SVK203.70
17.Jean-Marc LoustauFRA199.17
18.Franz PachlGER192.48
19.David GurgenidzeGEO184.12
20.Genrikh Kasparyan (†)ARM175.83
21.Eeltje Visserman (†)NED170
22.Milan Vukcevich (†)SRB/USA162.67
23.Anatoly SlesarenkoRUS161.17
24.Zoran GavrilovskiMKD158.5
25.Valery ShavyrinRUS157
26.Unto Heinonen (†)FIN151.5
27.Vladimir Bron (†)RUS146.83
28.Lev Loshinsky (†)RUS143.36
29.=Mario ParrinelloITA138.5
29.=Ivan SorokaUKR138.5
31.Camilo GamnitzerAUT134.14
32.Torsten LinßGER133.91
33.Waldemar TuraPOL133.5
34.Michael KellerGER127
35.Ladislav Salai JrSVK126.63
36.Valery GurovRUS125.41
37.György Bakcsi (†)HUN124.17
38.Valery ShanshinKGZ/RUS123.25
39.Christopher JonesGBR122
40.Bo Lindgren (†)SWE121.81
41.Peter GvozdjákSVK119.89
42.Miodrag MladenovićSRB117.37
43.Martin MinskiGER117.22
44.Emilian DobrescuROU116.83
45.Marcel TribowskiGER116
46.Nenad Petrović (†)CRO115.95
47.Evgeny Fomichev (†)RUS115.33
48.Venelin Alaikov (†)BUL113.5
49.Vladimír Pachman (†)CZE112.33
50.Yuri BazlovRUS111.12
51.Aleksandr AzhusinRUS108.75
52.Hubert GockelGER106.99
53.Aleksandr SemenenkoUKR106.18
54.Vladimir Korolkov (†)RUS105.89
55.Klaus WendaAUT103.91
56.Igor AgapovRUS103.41
57.Anatoly StyopochkinRUS101.5
58.Pavel MurashevRUS100.17

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