Mark Liburkin
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Born
31 August 1910
Mark Savelyevich Liburkin
31 August 1910
Vitebsk, Russian Empire
Died5 March 1953 (aged 42)
Moscow, Soviet Union
OccupationChess composer
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| Born | Mark Savelyevich Liburkin 31 August 1910 Vitebsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 March 1953 (aged 42) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Chess composer |
Mark Savelyevich Liburkin (Russian: Марк Савельевич Либуркин; 31 August 1910 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet chess composer. He composed more than 110 endgame studies, usually with geometrical motifs.[1] In 1945, he was appointed editor of Soviet chess magazine Shakhmaty v SSSR.[1] In 2010, endgame association AVRES held centenary memorial tournaments in honor of Liburkin and Shaya Kozlowski.[2]
