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The recently concluded 9th World Chess Composition Tournament (2012-2013) held by WFCC* was a marathon event. 257 composers from 37 countries participated and as many as 553 entries in 7 individual sections were submitted for prize selection. Russia was first, followed by Ukraine and Israel in this prestigious tournament. The following award winner is for […]

Oleg Pervakov (1960-) is an outstanding Russian composer with about 200 studies to his credit. Many of them have won awards. A few years ago he was honoured with the title, Grandmaster of Composition by FIDE. Pervakov, a distinguished scientist in plasma physics joined 64, the Russian magazine to devote more time for chess. Recently […]

Marjan Kovačević (1957-) is an outstanding Serbian chess problemist. His work has received a number of prizes. He has also co-authored a book, 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations with late Milan Velimorović. Marjan Kovačević The following two-mover won the First Prize in the FIDE World Cup Competition 2011. White to move and […]

Yuri Bazlov (1947-) is an outstanding Russian composer with more than 200 studies to his credit. A number of them have won prizes. Here is his latest achievement.He shared the First and Second Prize with Oleg Pervakov in the Composing Competition held on the occasion of Tata Steel Tournament 2013. The study makes a stunning […]