Alexander Sergeevich Kakovin ( August 15, 1910 , Kharkov ) - Soviet chess composer ; USSR Master of Sports in Chess Composition ( 1968 ). Patent examiner. Since 1936 published about 400 chess compositions (more than half - etudes ). At the competitions he was awarded 120 distinctions, including 40 prizes (13 first). Finalist of 4 personal championships of the USSR, in the 6th championship ( 1962 ) - 6th place in studies.
| Alexander Sergeevich Kakovin | |
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| Birth | August 15, 1910 Kharkov |
| Death | is unknown |
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Etudes
Chess ( 1959 ),
2nd prize
2nd prize
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Win 3 + 3
1.a7 Kd4
2.Kg3 Ca2
3.Kf5 + Kre5
4.Ke3 Cb1
5.Kg4 + Kd4
6.Kf6 and Black cannot prevent the transformation.
"Chess in the USSR" ( 1940 )
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Win 4 + 5
1.Rd8 Ca5
2.Rd5 ba!
3.L: a5 b5
4.Kc3 Kb7!
5.Kd4 Kb6
6.Kd5 Cr: a5
7.Kcc! b4
8.ab #
Books
- Chess compositions in Donbass, Donetsk, 1969 (co-author).
Literature
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - P. 145. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
- Y. Vladimirov . "1000 chess studies." Moscow: Astrel, 2003. ISBN 5-271-05741-0 .
Links
- Compositions of Alexander Kakovin on a PDB server