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Noun: chess composition
  1. The process of composing (and solving) chess problems.
    "One of the underappreciated aspects of chess composition is that some problems have a sense of humour."
     
  2. A puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, that presents the solver with a particular task to be achieved.
    - chess problem

Type of: chess, chess game, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, riddler, teaser

Encyclopedia: Chess composition