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Chess composer
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<p>A chess composer is a person who creates <a href="/facts/Endgame_study/zYyam1XK">endgame studies</a> or <a href="/facts/Chess_problem/jVyYlAXs">chess problems</a>. Chess composers usually specialize in a particular <a href="/facts/Genre/ow1Po53X">genre</a>, e.g. endgame studies, <a href="/facts/Chess_problem/jVyYlAXs">twomovers</a>, threemovers, <a href="/facts/Grotesque_(chess)/6rp2rgKP">moremovers</a>, <a href="/facts/Helpmate/8VP7thnj">helpmates</a>, <a href="/facts/Selfmate/aA9rDuwy">selfmates</a>, <a href="/facts/Fairy_chess/bn6xGT7y">fairy problems</a>, or <a href="/facts/Retrograde_analysis/P4QhzkWF">retrograde analysis</a>. Moreover, composers have their own preferred style of composing, allowing their sorting according to composition schools. </p><p>Some chess composers produce huge numbers of chess compositions, while others try to achieve as much quality as possible and present new works only rarely. </p><p>It is possible for chess composers to gain official <a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499">FIDE</a> <a href="/facts/Title/Kwr02q2T">titles</a>, usually for a given number of problems published in <a href="/facts/FIDE_Album/b7Lf8FVq">FIDE Albums</a>. For example, <a href="/facts/Milan_Vukcevich/raeV9eqs">Milan Vukcevich</a> was an <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_of_the_FIDE_for_Chess_Compositions/aJf3nwPA">International Grandmaster</a> of Chess Composition, as well as an <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">International Master</a> player. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/World_Federation_for_Chess_Composition/yonSl9Rp">WFCC</a> (World Federation for Chess Composition), formerly known as PCCC, is a branch of <a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499">FIDE</a> regulating the awarding of titles such as International Grandmaster, International master, Master FIDE and International Judge for chess composition. </p>