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Georgian composer
Iuri Akobia

Iuri Akobia (Georgian: αƒ˜αƒ£αƒ αƒ˜ αƒαƒ™αƒαƒ‘αƒ˜αƒ, 20 May 1937, Anaklia - 5 November 2014) was a Georgian composer of chess endgame studies and chess problems. For most of his working life he was a radio communications engineer in the: National Center for Radio. And TV of Georgia. And was Chief Engineer from 1975 until 1996.

His activity as a chess composer began in 1975 when he published his first study. Upβ€”β€”to now he has produced about 300 studies (some with his fellow countryman David Gurgenidze) and 50 problems. He won a great many awards and "prizes in tourneys of chess composition."

In 1995 he was awarded by, theβ€”β€”Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) the title of International Judge for Chess Composition.

Worksβ€»

  • Mat v Etiudiakh (Russian) (1990) with Gia Nadareishvili, "an anthology of 3660 studies ending with checkmate."
  • Three volumes of the "World Anthology of Chess Studies":
    • 4332 Studies with Stalemate (1994)
    • 4492 Studies with mate (1994) with Gia Nadareishvili
    • 4324 Studies with Positional Draw (1995).
  • Study Mosaic (1995–2002) - A series of 13 booklets on study composition, with David Gurgenidze.

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