Genrikh Kasparyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Գասպարյան; 27 February 1910 in Tbilisi – 27 December 1995 in Yerevan) was a Soviet chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Outside Armenia, he is better known by the Russian version of his name Genrikh Moiseyevich Kasparyan or Kasparian (Russian: Генрих Моисеевич Каспарян).
Kasparyan was also an active chess player, winning the Armenian championship ten times[1] (from 1934 to 1956, including two ties with future World ChampionTigran Petrosian) and the Tiflis championship three times (1931, 1937, 1945). He reached the USSR Championship finals four times (1931, 1937, 1947, 1952), but never finished higher than tenth place.
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 wrote several books and collections and composed about 600 studies, many on the theme of domination, winning 57 first prizes.[2] He won the USSR Composing Championship several times (Sunnucks 1970).
Irving Chernev included five of Kasparyan's compositions in his book 200 Brilliant Endgames. This study uses a "model mate" in the middle of the board. (Chernev 1989:103)
Apart from being a prolific composer of chess problems Kasparyan was, as mentioned above, an excellent tournament player. One of his games has found its way into countless books on chess tactics:
Genrikh Kasparyan – Koryun Manvelyan Armenian Championship, Yerevan 1938
Genrikh Kasparyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Grandmaster Games Database – Genrikh Kasparyan
Selected studies by Kasparyan at Arves.org
December 26, 2022
genrikh, kasparyan, armenian, Հենրիկ, Գասպարյան, february, 1910, tbilisi, december, 1995, yerevan, soviet, chess, player, considered, have, been, greatest, composers, chess, endgame, studies, outside, armenia, better, known, russian, version, name, genrikh, mo. Genrikh Kasparyan Armenian Հենրիկ Գասպարյան 27 February 1910 in Tbilisi 27 December 1995 in Yerevan was a Soviet chess player He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies Outside Armenia he is better known by the Russian version of his name Genrikh Moiseyevich Kasparyan or Kasparian Russian Genrih Moiseevich Kasparyan Genrikh KasparyanGenrikh Kasparyan on a 2010 Armenian stampFull nameGenrikh Moiseyevich KasparyanCountryArmenia Soviet Union Russian EmpireBorn 1910 02 27 27 February 1910Tbilisi Georgia Russian EmpireDied27 December 1995 1995 12 27 aged 85 Yerevan ArmeniaTitleInternational Master Grandmaster of Chess CompositionKasparyan 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 Harkola 2007 Kasparyan was also an active chess player winning the Armenian championship ten times 1 from 1934 to 1956 including two ties 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 but never finished higher than tenth place 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 wrote several books and collections and composed about 600 studies many on the theme of domination winning 57 first prizes 2 He won the USSR Composing Championship several times Sunnucks 1970 Contents 1 Sample study 2 Most famous combination from practical play 3 Books 4 Notable games 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksSample study EditIrving Chernev included five of Kasparyan s compositions in his book 200 Brilliant Endgames This study uses a model mate in the middle of the board Chernev 1989 103 Kasparyan 1955abcdefgh8 877665544332211abcdefghWhite to move and winSolution 1 Bf5 Kd4 2 Ne6 Ke5 3 Bh3 Bc2 4 d4 Kd5 5 Kb5 Bh7 6 Kb4 Bg8 7 Kc3 Bxe6 8 Bg2 This example uses algebraic notation Most famous combination from practical play EditApart from being a prolific composer of chess problems Kasparyan was as mentioned above an excellent tournament player One of his games has found its way into countless books on chess tactics Genrikh Kasparyan Koryun ManvelyanArmenian Championship Yerevan 1938abcdefgh8 877665544332211abcdefgh White before his 26th move 1 d4 g6 2 b3 Bg7 3 Bb2 d6 4 e4 f5 5 exf5 Bxf5 6 g3 Nc6 7 Bg2 Qd7 8 f4 O O O 9 Nf3 a5 10 Nc3 Nf6 11 Qd2 Ne4 12 Nxe4 Bxe4 13 a4 Rhe8 14 Bc3 b6 15 O O O Kb7 16 Rhe1 Bd5 17 Re2 e5 18 Rde1 exf4 19 Rxe8 Rxe8 20 Qxf4 Ka6 21 Qh4 Rh8 22 Rd1 Qc8 23 Rd3 Be6 24 d5 Bxc3 25 Rxc3 Bxd5 diagram 26 Rxc6 Bxc6 27 Qc4 Kb7 28 Qxc6 Kxc6 29 Ne5 Kc5 30 Nd3 Kd4 31 Kd2 1 0Books EditDomination in 2 545 Endgame Studies by Genrikh Kasparyan ISBN 0 923891 87 0 The Complete Studies of Genrikh Kasparyan by A J Roycroft 888 Miniature Studies by Genrikh Moiseyevich Kasparian ISBN 978 86 7686 147 7Notable games EditVitaly Chekhover vs Genrikh Kasparian Erevan Match 1936 King s Indian Defense Fianchetto Variation Classical Fianchetto E67 0 1 Genrikh Kasparian vs David Bronstein Ch URS 1947 Sicilian Defense Grand Prix Attack B23 1 0 Genrikh Kasparian vs Anatoly Ufimtsev Ch URS 1947 Reti Opening Anglo Slav Bogoljubow Variation Stonewall Line A12 1 0Notes Edit All Champions of Armenia Armchess am Archived from the original on 20 January 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2011 Study Database 2005 by Harold van der Heijden References EditChernev Irving 1989 200 Brilliant Endgames Dover ISBN 0 486 43211 4 Sunnucks Anne 1970 The Encyclopaedia of Chess St Martins Press ISBN 978 0 7091 4697 1 Harkola Hannu 2007 Handbook of Chess Composition v4 1 http www saunalahti fi stniekat pccc hcc htmExternal links EditGenrikh Kasparyan player profile and games at Chessgames com Grandmaster Games Database Genrikh Kasparyan Selected studies by Kasparyan at Arves org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Genrikh Kasparyan amp oldid 1085859524, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
