Lev Alekseyevich Kaiev

Lev Alekseyevich Kaiev (or Kayev)  (Russia, 20.02.1913 - 31.03.1942)

Chess player and chess composer of endgame studies

Strong chess player and Russian composer of the city of Penza of engineer profession that was named Master of the Sport in 1938, the year in which he played the semifinals of Championship of Chess of the USSR.

He died in his young, during the WW2 war on the Smolensko front.

In G. Kasparyan's work, (2500 Finals) 27 studies are shown, and five of his studies were published in the FIDE Album of chess composition.

In EG 223 (Magazine for endgame studies) there is an extended article by Allain Pallier about him.

Others: On the Dutch Website arves.org 14 endgame studies composed by him are selected and can be replayed. The selection was made by Mario Guido García.

Source: www.arves.org