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.

Milan Velimirović
StrateGems 2000, 1. Pr.

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Mate in 2 moves

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. ISBN 8672970640
• Milan Velimirović and Marjan Kovačević: 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations. Chess Informant, Belgrade 1997. ISBN 86-7297-031-4 COBISS 8806962

References

External links

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

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