Mikhail Zinar
Ukrainian chess player
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Mikhail Afanasevich Zinar (Ukrainian Михайло Опанасович Зинар) (russian Михаил Афанасьевич Зинар) was a Ukrainian chess endgame study composer.
22 November 1950
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mikhail Afanasevich Zinar 22 November 1950 |
| Died | 4 February 2021 (aged 70) Hvosdavka Persha, Odesa Oblast |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Ukraine |
Zinar was born on 22 November 1950, but his passport states 9 May 1951.[1] He spent his childhood and school years in Hvosdavka Persha in the Odessa Oblast in Ukraine.
Zinar was awarded the title of Master of Sport of the USSR in 1987. He won the bronze medal in the endgame studies competition of the 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing in 2013.[2]
Chess composition
| 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 | ||
Solution: 1.Kc2! Kf7 2.Kb2! Kg6 3.Ka3! Kf6 4.Kb3! Kf5 5.Kb4! Kf4 (5...Ke5 6.Kc4+−) 6.Kb5! Ke3 7.Kc4 Kf3 8.Kxd4 Kf4 9.Kc3! and White wins.
| 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 | ||
Solution: 1.Kg7! Kd5 2.Kf7 Ke5 3.Ke7 Kd5 4.Kd7 Kc4 5.Kc6! Kxc3 6.Kc5! Kd2 7.e4 and White wins.
| 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 | ||
Solution: 1.a5! (1.Kb6? h5!−+; 1.b6? g5!−+) 1...g5 (1...h5 2.b6 h4 3.b7 h3 4.Kb6 h2 5.a6 h1=Q 6.a7#) 2.Kb6! g4 3.a6 g3 4.a7+ Ka8 5.Ka6 g2 6.b6 g1=Q 7.b7#