Since I'm starting to get really addicted to chess puzzles, and I'm therefore interested in deepening my knowledge on this subject, could someone give me some hint (names of the greatest composer, classical composition, or links to specialized internet sites, everything is well-accepted) to introduce myself in the study of chess composition?

  you are already log on to a good site,i have learned so much from just playing against these people

zorro4 wrote:   you are already log on to a good site,i have learned so much from just playing against these people

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??? I don't get your point.

There are two main types of chess compositions. One is the mating problem (usually, mate in three moves). That is not a type of puzzle I like. What I like are chess endgame studies. Study of endgame compositions does a lot more to improve your game than mating problems. You can really increase your endgame skill. These puzzles tend to be more lifelike, more like what you find over the board, unlike the artificial contrivances of the mate problems. An excellent book of endgame compositions is "The Chess Endgame Study: a Comprehensive Introduction" by A.J. Roycroft. Another great book is "American Chess Art." Two leading endgame study composers whose names come to mind are Troitzky and Rinck.

 

 

 

Another name: Kasparian

I think he's looking for instructive material on HOW to compose puzzles. There is really intense theory about chess puzzle composition.

 

http://www.theproblemist.org/ This should be a good ressource. 

Etienne wrote:

I think he's looking for instructive material on HOW to compose puzzles. There is really intense theory about chess puzzle composition.

 

http://www.theproblemist.org/ This should be a good ressource. 

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And it was!

Thank you guys  for  your hints and help!