Welcome to the official site of Problemist!

Problemist Collections - over 100,000 problems to download.

Problemist is a shareware program entirely dedicated to the chess problem!

Windows Version specifications

  • Solves orthodox chess problems: direct mates, helpmates, selfmates from 2 up to 6 moves,
  • Writes and prints the solutions with many options,
  • Prints beautiful diagrams
  • Manages archives which can contain thousands of problems,
  • And many other features (twins, searching of positions, etc.)
  • Problemist supports English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak languages
  • LaTex, PGN & EPD Import/Export
  • BDF & Alybadix Import
  • English Help File (122 K)
  • User Manual in PDF format (125 K)
  • Online Help

Palm Pilot & Pocket PC Versions specifications

  • Solves orthodox chess problems: direct mates, helpmates, selfmates from 2 up to 6 moves,
  • Writes and prints the solutions with many options,
  • Imports the Windows pbm files located on the expansion card,
  • Manages archives which can contain thousands of problems,
  • PGN Import/Export