Marko Klasinc (born 14 May 1951) is a Slovenian chess problemist.

Marko Klasinc
1. pr. Prvenstvo Jugoslavije 1983
Album FIDE 1983-85
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h8 black bishop
c7 white bishop
g7 white queen
b6 white king
e6 white knight
g6 black rook
g5 black pawn
b4 white knight
c4 black queen
d4 black pawn
e4 white pawn
f4 black pawn
c3 black pawn
e3 black king
f3 white pawn
g3 black knight
e2 white pawn
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Helpmate in 2

a) diagram

b) white Kg8
Solution: a) 1.Rxg7 Nxd4 2. Kxd4 Nc2# b) 1.Qxc7 Nxf4 2. Kxf4 Nd5#

He composed almost 200 chess problems, mostly heterodox and retrograde ones (12 included in FIDE Album). He has title FIDE solving master and international judge of FIDE for chess composition. As a good solver he represented Yugoslavia 1982 in Varna, where the team became World Champion solving chess problems.[1]

He is the president of Committee for Chess Compositions of Chess Federation of Slovenia.[2]

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Notes
  1. ^ Harkola, Hannu (October 2007). "Handbook of Chess composition" (PDF). 4th Edition: 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2017-06-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Klasinc, Marko. "Marko Klasinc Homepage". www2.arnes.si. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
Bibliography
  • Drinovec, Aleš (editor). Slovenski šah. Šahovska zveza Slovenije, Ljubljana 2002. COBISS 119028224

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