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

Conpositio6 rhen i1 was i.trodrced in 1972.
Although he composed Fdrt PRoBLEMS sucesslully
he is better knowtr ior his orthodo! o and
EREE MovERs: in lhis lield he was rivalted, in his
seneralion, only by LosHrNsn. (see ctuNcED
VISUAUZATION. Hazyvisualizationolpositions
yet to @me leads to poor evaluation of them:
moves rhat would be easly seen if such positions
were si on lhe boa.d are overlooted, and games
are lrequently lost in this way. The power lo
lisualize h r ely periected, as nasles admn, but
it ca. be improyed. The studenl should practisc
by working out variations given by an.otators
or @neived by himsell and aswssing the end
posirions withoul noving the nen.
VITZHTM ATTACK, 513. premalure .ssauk in
the scorcs cAmn played in lhe Eane VilzhuG
Falthecr, Lndon, 1856. Couni Cotrad Waldenar
vitzhun von Ecksddt (1802-73) came second in
the roumamenis a1 Diis*ldorf in 186,1 and Col
VI-ADIMIROV, YAKOV CEORGIE!,ICH
(1935 ). Soviet conpose., Inter.ational Judse
ofCh.$ composirions (1965), I.lemational Ma$
ter lor chess conposilions (1967), technical
ollege lecturer. A specialisl in orthodox rHREEand
MoxE-Movrxs. he has also tned his ha.d at
other kinds ofproblem. He won lhe dore nover
sectiotr oI rhe snlh (195q1). evenrh (1%2-a).
renth (1969-70), md rhnreenth (197H) USSR
omposing.bepionsbips.
A piobled by Vladinirov tnat won 66t prize in
section F of the vorld chess conposing loumey
I90. White is to gel himself mated in two moves,
After lhe rcy, 1 Ba8, he capturcs Blackt bishop
\.uKovla 373
forcing the reply 2 . . Rf,b5 nate. Therc are sr
IHEMAIC BIFS: 1 Bbl? BalI 1BC2? BC3; 1B