Milan Velimirović Explained

Milan Velimirović, (21 April 1952 – 25 February 2013^[1]) was a Serbian chess problemist and publisher.

Milan Velimirović was born in Niš, Yugoslavia. Velimirović gained the title International solving grandmaster in 1984^[2] and Grandmaster of chess compositions in 2010.^[3] He was also editor of Mat Plus Review and author of MatPlus Librarian software for chess problems.

Try:
1.Qf3!? (threats: 2.Qd3#)
1... Rg3 2.Bd5# (Bristol)
1... Bg3 2.Qc3#
1... c6 2.Nxd6#
But: 1...Rb5!

Solution:
1.Qb1! (threats: 2.Qd3#)
1... Rg3 2.Qb5#
1... Bg3 2.Rb4# (Bristol)
1... c6 2.Nb6#
1... Nc2 2. Qa2#

Example of the Bristol theme.

Books

• Milan Velimirović and Kari Valtonen: Encyclopedia of Chess Problems - Themes and Terms. Chess Informant, Belgrade 2012.
• Milan Velimirović and Marjan Kovačević: 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations. Chess Informant, Belgrade 1997.

External links

• Velimirović problems at the PDB Server
• New Mat Plus Home Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: MatPlus.Net . 25 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130303171957/http://www.matplus.net/pub/start.php?px=1361829901&app=forum&act=posts&fid=gen&tid=1207 . 3 March 2013 . dmy-all .
2. http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/sgm.htm Grandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions
3. http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/dec10.htm WFCC decisions 2010