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Mike Prcic -
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Mike Prcic is the Chief Editor of
StrateGems.
He started composing at the age of 15. After a lengthy hiatus, and
upon his retirement in 1997, Mike picked up chess composition again.
Since then, he has published over 200 problems in all genres except
retros. He is a U.S. Master of Chess Composition. Mike has written three
chess problems books: Petkov Selected Compositions, Rundlauf in
Helpmates and Frederick Gamage.
Mike has a Masters Degree in Electronics from the
University of Belgrade. He and his wife Virginia live in Westlake
Village, in suburban Los Angeles, California. |
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Mike Prcic
2nd Prize, StrateGems 1999
"Dedicated to Milan R. Vukcevich"
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h#3 2 solutions (5+2)
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3B4/8/4R3/P3P3/6K1/8/8/k3q3
Solution:
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1.Qxa5 Ra6 2.Qa2 Ba5 3.Qb1 Bc3#
1.Qxe5 Bf6 2.Qb2 Re5 3.Qa2 Re1#
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Mike Prcic
3rd Place
USA-Macedonia Match 2001
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#2 (11+10)
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4r3/3PR3/q1p1bp2/p1r2p1R/4k1B1/bQ2SSP1/KP2P3/8
Solution:
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1.Sxf5!
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1...Rc~ 2.Qxe6#
1...Rb5!? 2.Qc4#
1...Rd5!? 2.Qe3#
1...Rc4!? 2.Qd3#
1...Re5!? 2.Sd2#
1...Rxf5!? 2.Bxf5#
Five-fold black Rook correction.
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Mike Prcic
1st Prize
StrateGems 2001
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#3
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3K4/3P4/3S4/p1PPP3/kP6/1p6/1B6/8
Solution:
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1.Kc8? axb4!
1.Kc7? Kxb4 2.d8Q a4!
1.Ke7? Kxb4 2.d8Q Ka4!
1.Ke8!
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1...Kxb4 2.d8Q Ka4 3.Qh4#
2...Kxc5 3.Qxa5#
2...a4 3.Qb6#
1...axb4 2.d8R! Ka5 3.Ra8#
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Mike Prcic
Special Prize
Petko A. Petkov-60JT 2002
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s#5* (14+6)
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8/2p2p2/2B5/p2P1P2/R1s1kP2/p1P1S1P1/P1P1QP2/KS6
Solution:
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1...f6 2.Sd1+ Kxf5 3.Qh5+ Ke4
4.Sb2 f5 5.Qd1 axb2#
1.Qd1!
f6 2.Sg2 Kxf5 3.Sh4+ Ke4
4.Qc1 f5 5.Qb2 axb2#
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