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This article gives three lists:
Such awards were formerly managed by FIDE through its section for chess composition, the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition, and now awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition, an independent body that co-operates with FIDE.
Note: deceased Grandmasters are indicated with (†) - Nationality is that of the year when the title was awarded.
| Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Genrich Kasparjan (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1972 | Lev Loshinskij (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1972 | Comins Mansfield (†) | United Kingdom |
| 1972 | Eeltje Visserman (†) | Netherlands |
| 1976 | Vladimir Bron (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1976 | Jindrich Fritz (†) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 | Vladimir Korolkov (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1976 | Vladimir Pachman (†) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 | György Paros (†) | Hungary |
| 1976 | Nenad Petrović (†) | Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | György Bakcsi | Hungary |
| 1980 | Hrvoje Bartolović (†) | Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | Bo Lindgren (†) | Sweden |
| 1980 | Gia Nadareishvili (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1980 | Valentin Rudenko | Soviet Union |
| 1984 | Claude Goumondy | France |
| 1984 | Iosif Krikheli (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1984 | Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| 1984 | Hans Peter Rehm | West Germany |
| 1984 | Touw Hian Bwee | Indonesia |
| 1988 | Cor Goldschmeding (†) | Netherlands |
| 1988 | Alexandr Grin-Guljaev (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1988 | Ernest Pogosjancz (†) | Soviet Union |
| 1988 | Jakov Vladimirov | Soviet Union |
| 1988 | Milan Vukčević (†) | United States |
| 1989 | Herbert Ahues | West Germany |
| 1989 | Viktor Chepizhnij | Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Emilian Dobrescu | Romania |
| 1990 | David Gurgenidze | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Jacobus Haring (†) | Netherlands |
| 1992 | Fadil Abdurahmanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1992 | Jan Rusinek | Poland |
| 1992 | MarcAndre Perrier | Canada |
| 1993 | Venelin Alaikov (†) | Bulgaria |
| 1993 | Michel Caillaud | France |
| 1993 | Andrej Lobusov (†) | Russia |
| 1993 | Norman Macleod (†) | United Kingdom |
| 1993 | Byron Zappas (†) | Greece |
| 1995 | Michael Keller (chess) | Germany |
| 1995 | Alexandr Kuzovkov | Moldova |
| 1996 | Toma Garai (†) | United States |
| 1996 | Živko Janevski | Macedonia |
| 2001 | Virgil Nestorescu | Romania |
| 2004 | Unto Heinonen | Finland |
| 2004 | Jean-Marc Loustau | France |
| 2004 | Mikhail Marandyuk | Ukraine |
| 2004 | Waldemar Tura | Poland |
| 2005 | Udo Degener | Germany |
| 2005 | Nikolai Kralin | Russia |
| 2005 | Franz Pachl | Germany |
| 2005 | Oleg Pervakov | Russia |
| 2007 | Alexandr Feoktistov | Russia |
| 2007 | Yves Cheylan | France |
| 2007 | Marjan Kovačević | Serbia |
| 2007 | Miodrag Mladenović | Serbia |
| 2007 | Valery Shanshin | Russia |
| 2007 | Valery Shavyrin | Russia |
| 2007 | Anatoly Slesarenko | Russia |
| 2009 | Uri Avner | Israel |
| 2009 | Andrey Selivanov | Russia |
| 2010 | Camillo Gamnitzer | Austria |
| 2010 | Reto Aschwanden | Switzerland |
| 2010 | Wieland Bruch | Germany |
| 2010 | Vasyl Dyachuk | Ukraine |
| 2010 | Matti Myllyniemi (†) | Finland |
| 2010 | Marcel Tribowski | Germany |
| 2010 | Milan Velimirović (†) | Serbia |
| 2010 | Klaus Wenda | Austria |
| 2012 | Evgeny Bogdanov (†) | Ukraine |
| 2012 | Michal Dragoun | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Valery Gurov | Russia |
| 2012 | Peter Gvozdjak | Slovakia |
| 2012 | Miroslav Havel (†) | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Artur Mandler (†) | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Christopher Jones | United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Mario Parrinello | Italy |
| 2012 | Ivan Soroka | Ukraine |
| 2013 | Alexandr Azhusin | Russia |
| 2013 | Anatoly Styopochkin | Russia |
| Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Antonio Arguelles (†) | Spain |
| 1986 | John Niemann (†) | West Germany |
| 1986 | Antonio Piatesi (†) | Italy |
| 1987 | Hans Klüver (†) | West Germany |
| 1987 | Gregorz Grzeban (†) | Poland |
| 1988 | Alexander Pituk (†) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1988 | Janos Kiss (†) | Hungary |
| 1988 | Ferenc Fleck (†) | Hungary |
| 1989 | Gino Mentasti (†) | Italy |
| 1991 | Albert Koldijk (†) | Netherlands |
| 1991 | Jean Zeller (†) | France |
| 1992 | Colin Vaughan (†) | United Kingdom |
| 1994 | Kurt Smulders (†) | Belgium |
| 1998 | Eliahu Fasher (†) | Israel |
| 1999 | Giorgio Mirri (†) | Italy |
| 1999 | Savo Zlatić (†) | Croatia |
| 2000 | Rui Nascimento (†) | Portugal |
| 2006 | Jeremy Morse | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Sonomun Chimedtseren (†) | Mongolia |
| 2007 | Odette Vollenweider | Switzerland |
| 2012 | Hermann Weissauer | Germany |
| Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Pauli Perkonoja | Finland |
| 1984 | Kari Valtonen | Finland |
| 1984 | Milan Velimirović (†) | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | Ofer Comay | Israel |
| 1988 | Roland Baier | Switzerland |
| 1988 | Marjan Kovačević | Yugoslavia |
| 1988 | Arno Zude | West Germany |
| 1991 | Georgi Evsejev | Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Michael Pfannkuche | Germany |
| 1997 | Jonathan Mestel | United Kingdom |
| 1997 | Sergej Rumyantsev | Russia |
| 1998 | Ram Soffer | Israel |
| 1999 | Jorma Paavilainen | Finland |
| 2000 | Boris Tummes | Germany |
| 2001 | Noam Elkies | United States |
| 2002 | Michel Caillaud | France |
| 2002 | Graham Lee | United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Piotr Murdzia | Poland |
| 2004 | John Nunn | United Kingdom |
| 2004 | Dolf Wissmann | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Alexandr Azhusin | Russia |
| 2008 | Miodrag Mladenović | Serbia |
| 2008 | Andrey Selivanov | Russia |
| 2008 | Bojan Vučković | Serbia |
| 2009 | Eddy van Beers | Belgium |
| 2009 | Vladimir Podinić | Serbia |
| 2010 | Michal Dragoun | Czech Republic |
| 2011 | Kacper Piorun | Poland |
| 2011 | Ladislav Salai jr. | Slovakia |