Jean Roche has almost completely stopped composing but before 2000 he used to compose in all genres (direct mates, endgame studies, helpmates, fairies or retro problems).
He held the studies column "Etude d'une étude" in the French magazine diagrammes between 1974 and 1977 before Garen Yacoubian took over.
He is also a cryptozoologist, author of this book.
Roche, Jean Themes 64, 1973 (v) 
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Ljubomir Ugren (01-01-1940 - 31-08-2025) Slovenian composer
Quote from Marko Klasinc:
"Ljubomir was active until the very end and was composing for the 12th WCCT until his last days. He was devoted to problem chess from a young age. In the 1960s and 1970s, he ran problem columns in more than ten Slovenian newspapers and magazines. At that time, thanks to him, many Slovenian chess players began to deal with problems. He was a mentor to all of us; he was always positive and knew how to encourage us. He composed all types of problems except for fairies and retros. He was several times a member of Slovenian national team in solving and composing world championships. In recent decades, he withdrew from the public eye because he selflessly cared for his sick son, but he still composed, in recent years mainly long helpmates, which he regularly published in The Problemist."
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Ugren, Ljubomir 6.pl LP 1/1984 
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Заїжджай, Олександр Іванович (01-01-1963) Ukrainian composer (Oleksandr Iivanovich Zayizhdzhaj)
Заїжджай, Олександр Іванович Проблемист Прибужья-5, 13th Nov 1990 (391) Comm. 
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Марсил Халикович Гафаров (01-01-1936 - 16-10-1975) Russian composer (Marsil Khalikovich Gafarov)
Gafarov was a very talented composer who excelled in all genres, but he didn't send his problems to the FIDE Album, which explains why he gained no title. Odette Vollenweider wrote about Gafarov in the Spring/Summer 2010 edition of Mat Plus Review.
We have inserted a sample of his problems to illustrate his talent:
Гафаров, Марсил Халикович Komandnoe Pervenstvo, 1968 1st Place 
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Гафаров, Марсил Халикович Ленінська зміна (Харків) 1965 1st Prize 
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Training for solvers:
Гафаров, Марсил Халикович Шахматы в СССР 1957 1st Prize 
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Miklós Hanzli (01-01-1950) Hungarian composer
Hanzli, Miklós Pedagogusok Lapja, 1977 
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Юрий Иванович Землянский (01-01-1938 - 07-03-2017) Russian composer (Yuri Ivanovich Zemlyansky)
Yuri Zemlyansky is an endgame studies composer.
Землянский, Юрий Иванович Kralin-55 JT, 2000 2nd-5th Prize 
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Marian Wróbel (01-01-1907 - 25-04-1960) Polish composer and International Master
Marian Wróbel composed mostly direct movers in classical style, but also some heterodox problems. He published his first problem at the age of 15.
Wróbel, Marian Parallèle 50, 1947 1st Prize 
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Seth Liljestrand (01-01-1909 - 08-07-1999) Finnish composer
Seth Liljestrand composed mostly direct movers but also endgame studies. A selection of his studies can be found on this ARVES page.
Liljestrand, Seth Tschepurnoff 100 MT, 1972 2nd Prize 
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Edvard Johannes Gabriel af Hällström (01-01-1878 - 14-07-1957) Finnish composer
Edvard af Hällström was a forester born in Helsingfors (Helsinki). You can find a selection of his studies on this ARVES page.
He composed endgames, direct mates and selfmates.
He was the grandson of the scientist Gustaf Gabriel Hällström.
Af Hällström, Edvard Johannes Gabriel Helsingin Sanomat, 3 Nov 1956 
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Mike Prcic (01-01-1940) American composer (formerly Yugoslav, Mehmed Prćić)
Mike Prcic started composing in the late 1950s in former Yugoslavia, but stopped for a long period and moved to the USA. In 1995 he started solving problems in Chess Life and composing twomovers. That's when his high school friend Fadil Abdurahmanovic sent him fresh materials about chess compositions.
He composes mostly helpmates and direct mates, but also sometimes selfmates, endgame studies and fairy problems.
He was the director of StrateGems, the leading chess problem magazine of the USA and one of the world's best. The final issue was StrateGems 100 in 2022. The whole magazine is available in one PDF file here.
Besides the magazine Mike also published anthologies of composers such as F. Gamage, M. Vukcevich, P.A. Petkov, J. Buchwald, V. Chepizhny or about his pet theme, the Rundlauf in helpmates.
Prcic, Mike Orbit 2000 5th Prize 
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Abdurahmanović, Fadil Maslar, Zdravko Петков, Петко Андонов Prcic, Mike Probleemblad 2002 1st Prize 
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