Gulyaev Alexander Pavlovich
(18.11.1908)
Georgian chess composer, International Grandmaster for Chess Composition (1988) and International Arbiter for Chess Compositions (1956). Pseudonym: Grin. He worked in all composition genres, but gave preference to the plans that lead to the modelmate. The Chairman of the Central Chess composition Commission (1945-50). Since 1924 he published about 600 problems and studies which 350 were awarded with merits including 82 first prizes. Gulyaev was USSR Champion in two-movers section in 1947 and four times he finished the second.
The author and co-author of the books:
The Soviet chess problems (Moscow, 1955),
The selected chess problems (Moscow, 1956),
Famous chess compositions (Moscow, 1973),
The Selected compositions (Moscow, 1985).
Updated
10.11.2011
Georgian chess composer, International Grandmaster for Chess Composition (1988) and International Arbiter for Chess Compositions (1956). Pseudonym: Grin. He worked in all composition genres, but gave preference to the plans that lead to the modelmate. The Chairman of the Central Chess composition Commission (1945-50). Since 1924 he published about 600 problems and studies which 350 were awarded with merits including 82 first prizes. Gulyaev was USSR Champion in two-movers section in 1947 and four times he finished the second.
The author and co-author of the books: The Soviet chess problems (Moscow, 1955), The selected chess problems (Moscow, 1956), Famous chess compositions (Moscow, 1973), The Selected compositions (Moscow, 1985).