Genrikh Gasparyan
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Genrikh Gasparyan (Armenian: Գենրիխ Գասպարյան; February 27, 1910 in Tbilisi — December 27, 1995 in Yerevan) is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. He was also an active chess player, winning the Armenian championship ten times (including two ties with Tigran Petrosian). Outside Armenia, he is better known by the Russian version of his name Genrikh Moiseyevich Kasparyan (Russian: Генрих Моисеевич Каспарян).
[edit] Sample study
Kasparyan, 1955
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White to play and win
Chernev included five of Kasparyan's compositions in his book 200 Brilliant Endgames. This study uses a "model mate" in the middle of the board (Chernev 1989:103).
- 1. Bf5 Kd4
- 2. Ne6+ Ke5
- 3. Bh3 Bc2
- 4. d4+ Kd5
- 5. Kb5 Bh7
- 6. Kb4 Bg8
- 7. Kc3 Bxe6
- 8. Bg2#
[edit] Books
- Genrikh Kasparian in bidmonfa.com (includes photo)
- Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies by Genrikh Gasparyan. ISBN 0-923891-87-0
- The Complete Studies of Genrikh Kasparyan by A. J. Roycroft. [1]
[edit] References
- Chernev, Irving (1989), 200 Brilliant Endgames, Dover, ISBN 0-486-43211-4
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