Marjan Kovačević
Marjan Kovačević ( Serbian - Cyrillic Марјан Ковачевић ; born April 8, 1957 ) is a Serbian chess composer .
Chess composition
At the third world championship of chess composition, he took 2nd place in the 2nd division in fairy tale chess . At the seventh world championship he was the second most successful composer behind Ukrainian Valentin Rudenko (108 points) with 86.5 points. In this event he took third place in the three-moves and second place in fairytale chess. With the Serbian national team he was able to win world championship titles and the 2nd European championship in solving chess problems and studies in 2006 in Warsaw .
In 2007 the PCCC awarded him the title of Grand Master of Chess Composition . He has been a grandmaster in solving chess compositions since 1988, his solving rating is 2557 (as of July 1, 2012, 19th in the world rankings), his highest score to date is 2697. Since 1989 he has been the international judge for two-men. For Serbia, the Zemun resident is a delegate to the PCCC.
Marjan Kovačević has written books on chess compositions and chess articles, for example reviews for Mat Plus, the Serbian problem solving society and chess articles for the Belgrade daily Politika . He also published several series of plastic-coated beer coasters with chess compositions and a solution beer mat under the name "Drink Problems" in the Belgrade publishing house Caissa Commerce .
Close chess
In his OTB is Elo rating 2121 (April 2020); his highest Elo rating was 2213, which was his first Elo rating.
Composition example
Serbian Championship 2003-2006, 1st prize
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Solution:
1. Ka5 – b5! ( Threatens 2. c4 Tc1- matt )
1. ... Dh5xc5 + 2. La7xc5 matt
1 ... d5 2. DH5 Sb4 c6 matt
1 ... DH5 e8 + 2. Nc5-d7 matt
1 ... Dh5xe2 + 2. Nc5-d3 matt
1.… Nf2 – e4 2. Re2xe4 matt
1.… Bd2 – c3 2. Nb4 – c2 matt
1.… Bd2xc1 2. Nb4 – d5 matt
1.… Bd2 – e3 2. Nb4 – d3 matt
Publications
- Milan Velimirović , Marjan Kovačević: 2345 Chess Problems - Anthology of Chess Combinations . Chess Informant, Belgrade 1997, ISBN 86-7297-031-4 .
Web links
- Compositions by Marjan Kovačević on the Schwalbe's PDB server
- Marjan Kovačević at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Marjan Kovačević at the World Championship in Solving Chess Problems and Studies at the 47th PCCC Congress 2004 ( Memento from February 15, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) in Kallithea (Chalkidiki)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PCCC Composer Names in Various Alphabets (English)
- ↑ Serbia is European Champion from November 13, 2006 (English)
- ↑ Grand Master of FIDE for Chess Composition (English)
- ↑ International grandmasters in solving chess compositions (English)
- ↑ Solvers' ratings July 1st 2012 ( Memento of November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ International judges for chess compositions (English)
- ↑ 3rd International Problem Chess Festival (English)
- ↑ PCCC meeting in Rhodes, October 13-20, 2007 ( MS Word ; 97 kB; English; DOC file)
- ^ Norman the Original ( Memento December 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Mat Plus No. 21–24, 1999, p. 278 (English)
- ↑ Chess composition beer cap at the chess and coin company Fruth, Unterhaching
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| SURNAME | Kovačević, Marjan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ковачевић, Марјан (Serbian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian grandmaster of chess composition |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1957 |