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Franjo Vrabec
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I
was born in 1953 in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina. There I was
graduated from the school of electrical engineering. Currently I live
in Sweden with my wife Vesna and two children. I started solving chess
problems at the age of 10, composed my first problem in 1972 and first
study in 1976. I have judged many study tourneys and also edited study
sections in MAT and Tidskrift för Schack. As far as I am concerned the
main principle in study composing is the difficulty of the solution,
but the solutions must be clear and the initial positions attractive.
I have composed about 70 studies and problems, many awarded.
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Franjo Vrabec
Special Commendation
"Schach" 1994
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[wdkdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
[w)wdwdwd]
[dwdBdpdw]
[wdwdw)bI]
[dwdwdwdw]
[wdwdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
w--------w
White to play and Win (4+3) |
2k5/8/1P6/3B1p2/5PbK/8/8/8
Solution:
Click & hold left mouse button and highlight the area below:
1.Kg5!
(1.Be4? Be2
2.Bxf5+ Kb7 =) 1...Bh3! 2.Kf6! (2.Be6+? Kb7 3.Bxf5 Bg2 4.Bd3
Bh3 5.Be2 Kxb6 6.Bg4 Bf1 7.f5 Kc5 8.f6 Bc4 9.Kg6 Kd6 10.Kg7 Ke5 11.Bh5
Kf4 12.Bf7 Be2 13.Bb3 Bh5 14.Bc2 Kg5 =) 2...Kb8 3.Ke5! Bg4!!
(3...Kc8 4.Be6+ Kb7 5.Bxf5 Bf1 6.Be6 Kxb6 7.f5 Bd3 8.f6 Bg6 9.Kd6 Bh5
10.Ke7 Kc5 11.Bf7 +-, or 7...Kc7 8.f6 Kd8 9.Bf7 Bd3 10.Kf4 Kd7 11.Kg5
Kd6 12.Kh6 Ke5 13.Kg7 Bb5 14.Bb3 +-) 4.Bg2!! (4.Be6? Kb7 5.Bxf5
Be2 6.Be6 Kxb6 7.f5 Kc7 8.f6 Kd8 9.Bf7 Kd7! 10.Kf5 Kd6 11.Kg6 Ke5
12.Bb3 Bh5+!! 13.Kg7 Kf4! 14.Bc2 Kg5 =, or 6.Be4+ Kxb6 7.f5 Kc5! 8.f6
Bh5 9.Ke6 Kd4! =, or 9.Kf5 Kd6 10.Kg5 Bf7! 11.Kh6 Ke5 12.Kg7 Bb3
13.Bh7 Bc4 14.Bg6 Kf4 15.Bf7 Be2 16.Bb3 Bh5 17.Bc2 Kg5! =) 4...Kc8
5.Kf6! Kb8 6.Kg5! Kc8 7.Be4! Kb8 8.Bxf5 Bf3 9.Bd3 +
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Franjo Vrabec
"Problem" 1981
1st Honorable Mention
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[wdwdwdnd]
[dwdwHwdw]
[wdwdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
[wdwdwdwd]
[0wdwdwdw]
[pdRdKdwd]
[iwgwdwdw]
w--------w
White to play and
Draw (3+5)
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6s1/4S3/8/8/8/p7/p1R1K3/k1b5
Solution:
Click & hold left mouse button and highlight the area below:
1.Kd1!
(1.Rc1+? Kb2 2.Kd2 Nxe7 3.Rc2+ Kb3 4.Rc3+ Kb4 5.Rc1 Nd5 -+) 1…Bb2
2.Rc1+! Bxc1 3.Kc2!! (3.Kxc1? Nxe7 -+) 3...Bd2! (3...Nxe7
4.Kxc1 =) 4.Nf5! (4.Nd5? Nh6 6.Nb6 Nf5 -+, or 4.Nxg8?
Bg5 -+) 4...Bc3 5.Ng3!
(5.Ne3? Nf6 -+, or
5.Nd6? Nf6 6.Nb5 Bb2 -+)
5...Nf6 6.Ne2 Nd5 (6...Bb2 7.Nc1! Bxc1 8.Kxc1 =)
7.Nxc3 Nxc3 8.Kc1 =
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Franjo Vrabec
1st Honorable Mention
"Tidskrift för Schack" 2000
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[wdwdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
[kdwdwdpd]
[dw0wdw0w]
[wdPdwdwd]
[dwdK)wdw]
[wdPdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
w--------w
White to play and Win
(4+4)
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8/8/k5p1/2p3p1/2P5/3KP3/2P5/8
Solution:
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1.Ke2!
(1.Ke4? Ka5 2.c3 Ka4 3.Kf3 g4+!! 4.Kxg4 Kb3 5.e4 Kxc4 6.Kg5 Kxc3 =, or
4.Kg3 Kb3 5.e4 Kxc4 6.Kxg4 g5! 7.e5 Kd5 8.Kf5 g4 9.e6 Kd6! 10.Kf6 g3
=) 1...Ka5! 2.c3 Kb6! 3.Kf3 Kc6 4.Kg4 Kd6 5.Kxg5 Ke5 6.Kxg6 Ke4
7.Kf7!! (7.Kf6? Kd3!
8.e4 Kxc4 9.e5 Kxc3 10.e6 Kd2! 11.e7 c4 12.e8Q c3 13.Qd8+ Kc1! =)
7…Kd3 8.e4! Kxc4 9.e5 Kxc3 10.e6 Kd2 11.e7 c4
12.e8Q c3 13.Qd8+ Kc1 14.Qg5+ +-
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Franjo Vrabec
1st Prize
"Springaren", 1993
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[wIwdwdwd]
[dwdwdwdr]
[Pdwdwdwd]
[iwdwdwdw]
[wdwdPdwd]
[dwdwdwdw]
[PdwdwdPd]
[dwdwdwdw]
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White to play and Draw (5+2) |
1K6/7r/P7/k7/4P3/8/P5P1/8
Solution:
Click & hold left mouse button and highlight the area below:
1.a7
with:
a)
1...Kb6 2.a8N+!
Kc6 3.g4! (3.e5?
Rb7+ 4.Kc8 Re7 5.Kb8 Rxe5 6.a4 Re7! 7.a5 Rb7+ 8.Kc8 Ra7 9.Nb6 Rxa5
10.Nd7 Ra8+ 11.Nb8+ Kb6 12.g4 Ka7 13.Kd7 Rxb8 14.Ke6 Rg8 15.Kf5 Kb7
16.g5 Kc6 17.Kf6 Kd7 18.g6 Ke8 -+, or 3.a4? Rb7+ 4.Kc8 Ra7 5.Kb8 Rxa4
6.e5 Re4 -+) 3...Rb7+ 4.Kc8 Rg7 5.Kb8 Rb7+ (5...Rxg4 6.e5! Rb4+
7.Kc8 Ra4 8.Kb8 Rxa2 9.Nc7 =, or 6...Rg7 7.e6 =) 6.Kc8 Re7 7.Kd8!
(7.Kb8? Rxe4 8.g5 Rb4+ 9.Kc8 Ra4 10.Kb8 Rxa2 11.Nc7 Re2 12.g6 Re7
13.g7 Rxg7 14.Ne6 Rg8+ 15.Ka7 Rg4 16.Nd8+ Kc7 17.Ne6+ Kd7 18.Nc5+ Kc6
19.Nd3 Ra4+ 20.Kb8 Kd5 -+) 7...Ra7 8.g5 Ra8+
9.Ke7 Rg8 10.Kf6 Kd7 11.g6 Rf8+ 12.Kg5 Ke7 13.g7 Rf2 14.g8S+!
=
b)
1...Ka6 2.a8N+!
Rh8+ 3.Kc7 Rxa8 4.e5! Re8 5.Kd6 Kb7 6.e6 Rd8+ 7.Ke5 Kc7 8.e7 Rd2
9.e8S+! =, or
4...Kb5 5.e6 Kc5 6.e7 Kd5 7.Kd7 Ra7+ 8.Kd8
Kd6 9.e8S+! =
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