Yakov Georgievich Vladimirov

Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow ( Russian Яков Георгиевич Владимиров ; born July 22, 1935 in Moscow ) is a Russian chess composer . He is a candidate for technical sciences and when he retires he still works as a lecturer at the Moscow Aviation Institute .

Chess composition

Vladimirov published his first assignment in 1955. He is a universal chess composer and has mastered almost all genres and styles. He was particularly successful in the area of ​​three-move and multi-move, but also in self-mate. His achievements in four-passers are dominant. Together with Lev Loschinski , thanks to his universality, he made a significant contribution to the success of his country by coping with even complex, given topics in the team world championship.

Until a few years ago he was team world champion in solving chess problems and studies.

In 1965 Vladimirov was appointed International Chess Composition Referee . Since 1988 he has been the grandmaster of chess composition . He is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia.

Jakow Wladimirow
Probleemblad, 1966 , 1st prize

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Checkmate in four moves

Solution:

1. Ka2 – b1! threatens 2. Tb3-b4 + Kc4-c5 3. Tb4-b5 + Kc5-c4 c5 4. Tb5- matt
1 ... Sf8-d7 2. Tb3-c3 +! (A) 3. d4xc3 Sg 2-e3 + (B) f4xe3 4. d2-d3 (C) matt
1 ... Re8-e5 2. Sg 2-e3 +! (B) f4xe3 3. d2-d3 + (C) e4xd3 4. Tb3-c3 (A) matt
1 ... Sf8 e6 2. d2-d3 +! (C) e4xd3 3. Tb3-c3 + (A) d4xc3 4. Sg2-e3 (B) matt
A complex tactical idea, in the first time, the mechanism of a third restraining was represented by a cyclic change of the second, third and fourth trains in a four Züger .

organizer

Vladimirov has worked for a long time in his country's chess composition commission, most recently as chairman. For about 40 years he has been the editor of various magazines: 64 - schachmatnoje obosrenije , bulletin of the central chess club , Schachmatnaja lomposizija . He is actively involved in other magazines: Uralsky problemist , Sadatschi i etjudy . For about a decade he represented his country in the PCCC .

Works (selection)

• Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow u. a .: Grandmaster schachmatnoj komposizii. Moscow 1980 (Russian)
• Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow u. a .: Leonid Kubbel. Moscow 1984 (Russian)
• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: Kak reschat sadatschi i etjudy. Moscow 1986 (Russian)

Recently, Vladimirov has published a variety of brochures and books on chess problems and studies from around the world. However, these publications hardly come close to his achievements in chess composition.

• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: Tworzy schachmatnoj krasoty. Moscow
• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: 1000 Priklutscheni na schachmatnoj doske. Moscow
• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: 1000 schachmatych sgadok. Moscow
• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: 1000 schedewrow schachmatnoj komposizii.
• Jakow Georgijewitsch Vladimirov: 1000 schachmatych Etjudow. Moscow 2003, ISBN 5-271-05741-0
• Jakow Georgievich Vladimirov: 1000 Schachmatych Sadatsch. Moscow
• Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow, Andrei Wladimirowitsch Seliwanow : Solotaja kniga schachmatnoj komposizii. Moscow 2007

literature

Anatoli Karpow et al. a .: Chess - encyclopedic dictionary . Sowjetskaja enzyklopedija, Moscow 1990, ISBN 5-85270-005-3 , p. 62 (Russian)

Web links

• Compositions by Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow on the Schwalbe's PDB server
• Yakov Vladimirov at the closing banquet of the 50th PCCC Congress 2007 in Rhodes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Feoktistow : Mnogogranny talant. In: Sadatschi i etjudy, No. 36, 2005, pp. 31–35 (Russian)
2. ↑ International referees for chess compositions
3. ↑ Grand master for chess compositions
4. ↑ Jakow Georgijewitsch Wladimirow: Mnogochodowyje sadatschi. Anthology of Chess Composition of Russia in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part III, Moscow 2008, ISBN 978-966-8419-47-8 , p. 202 (Russian)