Milan Velimirović

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Milan Velimirović (21 April 1952 – 25 February 2013^[1]) was a Serbian chess problemist and publisher.

Milan Velimirović was born in Niš, Yugoslavia. Velimirović gained the title International solving grandmaster in 1984^[2] and Grandmaster of chess compositions in 2010.^[3] He was also editor of Mat Plus Review and author of MatPlus Librarian software for chess problems.

Milan Velimirović
StrateGems 2000, 1. Pr.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8	c8 white knight b7 white queen c7 black pawn h7 black queen a6 white pawn d6 black pawn g6 black pawn g5 black rook a4 black pawn c4 black king d4 white pawn h4 black pawn e2 white knight a1 black knight d1 white king e1 black bishop								8
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Mate in 2 moves

Try:
1.Qf3!? (threats: 2.Qd3#)
1... Rg3 2.Bd5# (Bristol)
1... Bg3 2.Qc3#
1... c6 2.Nxd6#
But: 1...Rb5!

Solution:
1.Qb1! (threats: 2.Qd3#)
1... Rg3 2.Qb5#
1... Bg3 2.Rb4# (Bristol)
1... c6 2.Nb6#
1... Nc2 2. Qa2#

Example of the Bristol theme.

Books

Milan Velimirović and Kari Valtonen: Encyclopedia of Chess Problems - Themes and Terms. Chess Informant, Belgrade 2012. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Milan Velimirović and Marjan Kovačević: 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations. Chess Informant, Belgrade 1997. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). COBISS 8806962

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^ Grandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions
^ WFCC decisions 2010

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