Gia Nadareishvili ( ka, გია ნადარეიშვილი; September 22, 1921 – October 3, 1991) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

chess composer A chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. Chess composers usually specialize in a particular genre, e.g. endgame studies, twomovers, threemovers, moremovers, helpmates, selfmates, fairy problems, or retro ...

of Georgian nationality (born in

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), and author of many books on

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studies. He was co-founder, with John Roycroft and others, of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition (PCCC), a body of

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presiding over chess composition. He was the USSR delegate in the annual meetings of PCCC until his death. In 1980 he was awarded from FIDE the title of Grandmaster for chess composition. Nadareishvili composed about 500 studies, winning 21 first prizes, 25 second prizes and 20 third prizes in international tourneys.From Harold van der Heijden study database He published many books on endgame studies, including a collection of 312 studies commented by 43 famous grandmasters. By profession Nadareishvili was a

neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

, head of the neurology department of the central hospital of Tbilisi. He was awarded the title of ''Honorary Doctor'' by the Georgian state.

A study by Gia Nadareishvili

Solution: :1. Rf1+! g1=N+ (after 2. g1=Q? white takes the black rook, other black moves lead to a quicker mate) :2. Rxg1+ Rxg1 3. Rf2!! Be5 (otherwise black gets checkmated immediately) :4. Rh2+! Bxh2 5. Nf2 mate.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadareishvili, Gia 1921 births 1991 deaths Grandmasters for chess composition Chess composers Soviet chess players Chess players from Georgia (country) Soviet chess writers Soviet male writers Chess players from Tbilisi Writers from Georgia (country) Neurologists from Georgia (country)