International Judge of Chess Compositions is a title award by The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ...FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) to individuals who have judged several Excelsior by Sam Loyd. ...chess problem or An endgame study, or just study, is a composed chess position—that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for White, moving first, to win...study tournaments and who are considered capable of judging such awards at the highest level.

The title was first awarded in 1956. In the past, a number of famous over_the_board players have also been International Judges, including Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) (August 17, 1911 _ May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long_time World Champion of chess. ...Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Смысло́в) (born March 24, 1921) is a chess player. ...Vasily Smyslov, David Ionovich Bronstein (born February 19, 1924) is renowned as a leading chess grandmaster and writer. ...David Bronstein, Paul Keres (January 7, 1916 _ June 5, 1975) was an Estonian chess player (born in Narva), one of the stronger chess players of all times apart from the World chess champions. ...Paul Keres, Yuri Averbakh and Wolfgang Unzicker (b. ...Wolfgang Unzicker, though in modern times the title is generally held by individuals largely unknown outside the world of problems. Many notable problem and study composers are also International Judges.

External links

• PCCC Statues (http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/statutes.htm) _ Annex III lays out requirements for the title
• List of FIDE International Judges (http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/ij.htm)