8 vo, original binding with two color imprint of chess motive on front cover.
FIRST EDITION. Genrikh Kasparyan is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Kasparyan became a national master in 1936 and an international master in 1950. He was awarded the titles of International Judge of Chess Compositions in 1956 and International Grandmaster of Chess Composition in 1972, the first composer to receive this title from FIDE.Kasparyan was also an active chess player, winning the Armenian championship ten times[1] (from 1934 to 1956, including two times with future World Champion Tigran Petrosian) and the Tiflis championship three times (1931, 1937, 1945). He reached the USSR Championship finals four times (1931, 1937, 1947, 1952). Kasparyan is best known for his compositions. He started with chess problems, mainly three-movers, but soon discovered that his best field was in endgame studies. He composed about 600 studies and won the USSR Composing Championship several times. |