chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

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A grid board problen by ihe Dutch twin brothes
HenlicB and }ictcr lc Grand 0935- ) rhalwoi
sccond prize in the Fd,rt Cn.s Ilevi., tourney,
1954. The piece o. ris an rMn^roR represenred by
rhe synbol l. Black noves Rrst and helps White 10
givc chcckmalcr I Ks6(Ic6) Kc3(d?) 2 Kf50.6)
Kd4(Ib?) 3 Ke4(Ia6) Kds(Ia7). Black isin check
and as he annor nake a move that would enable
both histingand the inilalortocrossagnd line he
GRTGORIEV. NI(OLAI DMITRIYEVICH
(1895-1938), Soviet player, analyst and study
composer, nathem.tis leicher. During lhc 1920s
he wo. the Moscow chanpionship loumamenl
thrcctimes (1921. 1922.1929). and be asainvon
rhe title i.1929by delearing pANov in match ptay
(+6=3 3). Also in 1929 he bcat MAKo.oNo! and
dre{ with NENAno(ov. tlh best.esult in sn USSR
chanpionships (lrom 1920lo 1929) was lifth place
in 1920. He was president ofthe commiltcc for lhe
rbrre grear Mo\6w inrernariondl ruumdmenrs
h.l.l hcrween rha iw. W.rl.l W:A ,nd wr chcs
editor tor /zrerk and sone periodicals. He died
alter an operation lor aPPendicitis.
Gdsoricv is bcsl k.owa as a. endsame analyst,
argnably ihe Breatesl oI his tine. He m.de
signiicant and exlensive conhibutions 10 endgamc
k.owledge, specilked in pa{n c.di.gs ofNhicb
he was thc suprcmc maste., analysed nany games
irom masrer play, and composed many sludies,
most of tben h.ving didactic contcnt. whcn in
19361he French magrinc Ld Srdrar p.omoled a
lourncyforstndicsxilhtwopawnsagainstonehe
took l0 oi the 12 awards.
The tust prize-winncr d a?qao , La Snafteie. 1936.
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