Milu Milescu

Milu Milescu (also Milu Augutstein ; born November 11, 1911 in Romania ; † November 6, 1981 in Ramla ) was a Romanian-born Israeli chess composer and author of chess literature .

Milescu's main merit was undoubtedly his decades of work as a chess publicist. Mainly he devoted himself in his contributions to the similarities between practical game and chess composition. Chess motifs such as fortresses , pawn breakthroughs , fetters or move changes are relevant in his opinion for fans of both chess styles.

As a friend of Kurt Richter , he worked on his books and the German chess sheets . From 1930 to 1949 he was editor and chief editor of the Romanian magazine Revista Română de Șah . From 1962 he worked in the editorial team of Shahmat magazine . Milescu was also a member of the editorial team of the German Chess Newspaper .

In 1964, FIDE named Milescu International Chess Composition Referee .

Milescu graduated from Bucharest University in 1936 with a degree in pharmacy . In 1961 he emigrated to Israel. Milu Milescu died a few days before his 70th birthday.

Milu Milescu
Chess Echo , 1961

	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

White draws and holds a draw

Solution:

1. e6xd7 + Ke8 – d8
2. Rd3 – f3! Nf4 – d3
3. Rf3 – f7! Nd3 – e5
4. Rf7xf2 Ne5 – c4!
5. Rf2 – f8 +! Kd8xd7
6. Rf8 – b8 Nc4 – a3 +
7. Kb1 – a2 Sa3 – c4
8. Ka2 – b1! Kd7 – c6
9. Kb1 – c2 Nc4 – b6
10. Kc2 – b1 with positional draw.

Works

• Hans-Hilmar Staudte and Milu Milescu: The 1x1 of the endgame , 3rd edition 2007; ISBN 3-88805-486-9 and ISBN 978-3-88805-486-0
• Milu Milescu: Sigmund Herland: Problèmes Choisis . 1962

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Avni, Amatzia: Price report on the Milescu memorial tournament for chess studies. in: Variantim , 2012 (PDF; 146 kB)
2. ↑ International referees for chess compositions