Yuri Gordian

Юрій Маркович Гордіан (24-03-1937 - 08-01-2024) Ukrainian chess composer and International Master of chess composition (Yuri Gordian)

He was the son of Soviet fairy composer Mark Filipovich Gordian. He was the chief editor of the Ukrainian magazine "Problemist Ukrainy" and author of about 250 problems and one of the main pillars of strong Ukrainian composition school. He gained many points for his country in WCCT. Sergey Tkachenko wrote a nice article in homage to Yuri Gordian in Perspectiva

Source: chesscomposers.blogspot.com