Tigran Gorgiev (1910-1976) was one of the Soviet Union's best endgame study composers. In his lifetime he produced around 400 studies and wrote three books and

A brief look at Yakov Vilner's life with a strong focus on his games.

Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017

Sergei Tkachenko has selected 100 of Oleg Pervakov's best studies. The selection is quite varied - from elegant short studies with six moves to romantic grotesq

Chess resembles writing, painting and music in being an obsessional mental activity preoccupied with exploring tension and complication to resolve them to trium