Boris Andreyevitch Sakharov

Boris Andreyevitch Sakharov (Russia, 28.03.1914-12.04.1973)

Chess composer

Excellent Russian composer from Petrograd, who resided in Moscow, and was an eminent scientist in metallurgical chemistry specializing in steel and rare metals. In spite of his laboratory, factory and teaching tasks, Professor Sajarov also developed an intense work in the field of chess composition: he was an international referee since 1956; Vice-president of the Permanent Commission of the FIDE (1965-72) and during the same period presidio the respective Commission of his country, where by his chess merits was named Sports Master of the USSR in 1968. As a composer he began his activity in 1935, many in collaboration with Anatoli Kuznetsov. His participation in contests has been very successful. In addition, 22 of his endgame studies have been published in various FIDE Albums. Sajarov's scholarly ideas have a great deal of originality, even in the final matte or drowning schemes, and his varied works, which are almost always done with refined technique and without the need for variants, have only exceptionally motivated observations of the criticism

Source: “ The art of the Chess Studio”- T.IV (Former Soviet Union) Author: Zoilo R. Caputto- Bs.As. (Argentina) - 1996.

Information on ChesscomposersBlogspot.

EG (magazine for endgame studies) index gives the following interesting references to articles in EG about him:

Sakharov Memorial Tourney 1990 8366-80 (104)

Grin, A.P. Sakharov MT 1990 53 (104)

Sakharov, B.A. 64 1967 179 (22)

Sakharov, A.B. - corrected on p.311 (194) Comm, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1954 [by P.Benko]

Sakharov, B.A. drawing of - 760 (147 supplement) obituary - 491 (32)

Sakharov, N.I. Shakhmatnaya literatura Rossii (2001) 754 (147 supplement)
Sakharov, N.I. Shakhmatnaya literatura SSSR (1968) 516 (16)

Source; arves.org

Others; 12 endgame studies composed by him are selected on the Dutch Website for endgame studies: www.arves.org. Selection was made by Mario Guido García