Marjan Kovačević

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Marjan Kovačević (* 8 April 1957) is a Serbian chess problemist.

In 1988 Kovačević gained the title International Solving Grandmaster.^[1] In 2007 Kovačević gained the title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Compositions.^[2]

Examples edit

Marjan Kovačević
Serbian Championship 2003–2006, 1. pr.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Mate in two moves

Solution 1. Ka5-b5! (threat 2. Rc1-c4 mate)
1. ... Qh5xc5+ 2. Ba7xc5#
1. ... Qh5-e8+ 2. Nc5-d7#
1. ... Qh5xe2+ 2. Nc5-d3#
1. ... Qh5-d5 2. Nb4-c6#
1. ... Nf2-e4 2. Re2xe4#
1. ... Bd2-c3 2. Nb4-c2#
1. ... Bd2xc1 2. Nb4-d5#
1. ... Bd2-e3 2. Nb4-d3#

Notes edit

References edit

Milan Velimirović and Marjan Kovačević: 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations. Chess Informant, Belgrade 1997. ISBN 86-7297-031-4 COBISS 8806962

External links edit

Kovačević problems at the PDB Server
Marjan Kovacevic rating card at FIDE

[1] International Solving Grandmasters

[2] Grandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions

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