Meeting with composers from Ukrajina - September 11th-12th 1998

I had a very rare chance to meet composers from Ukrajina during second September weekend. The meeting was arranged by Juraj Brabec who invited these experienced men and hosted them for a week. There were Michail Marandjuk, Mykola Veliky (with wife) and Vasyl Dyachuk present. A pity was absence of Viktor Melnicenko, very experienced man too. Let me show a few their compositions.
Michail Marandjuk
4th HM Sachmaty 1980

set: 1...Kxe5, Sxe5 2.Qxd5#, Sf5#

1.Bf6? th. 2.Qxb4#
1...Kxc5, Bxc5 2.Qxd5#, Sf5#, 1...d2!

1.Sfg4! th. 2.Qxb4#
1...Ke4, d2 2.Qxd5#, Sf5#

Z-32-62 - 2 transferred mates in 3 phases.









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Michail Marandjuk
2nd Prize Sachmaty v SSSR 1980

1.a4! th. 2.bxa6 Kc6 3.b5+
1...Rb6 2.Rd1! (th. 3.Rxd3 exd3 4.e4#) Rxe7 3.c8S!!
1...Rc6 2.Rh1! (th. 3.Rh5#) Rg8 3.c8Q!!

Beautifully motivated promotions - in fact forks!









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Vasyl Dyachuk
5th HM Wola Gulowska C 15.5.1997

1.Scb3? th. 2.Qc1#
1...Qe4 2.Rh1#, 1...Re3!

1.Rh1! th. 2.Sd3#
1...Qe4! 2.Scb2#,
1...Qc2, Rxe2, Sxb8 2.Bxc2#, Sxe2#, Qb4#

Modern twomover with change of move functions and soft motivation.









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Vasyl Dyachuk
1st Prize Wola Gulowska C 15.5.1996

1.Kxd4? th. 2.Qa2#
1...exd6, fxe5 2.exf6#, Qxe5#, 1...c2!

1.Kc5? th. 2.exf6#
1...exd6, fxe5 2.exd6#, Qa2#, 1...f5!

1.Qa2 th. 2.Kxd4#
1...exd6, fxe5 2.Rxf6#, Kc5#

Zagorujko with change of move functions (reversals) and flight-giving key.









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Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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