Boris Badai, study composer of about 83 works
Boris Vladimirovich Badai ( * Azerbaijan, Baku 1911 - † 1967)
Chessplayer, Chess composer and study composer of chess studies
Featured chess composer of Azerbaidjan, born in the city of Baku, who was also enthusiastic in the practice of the game. In his adolescence, between 1925 and 1927, he dedicated himself to chess problems and endgame studies, but left all chess activity while studying the career of naval engineer and then, when exercised his profession. The engineer Badai stopped composing this way for something more than 30 years, but when he reappeared he did so with such vigor that in a short time produced about 60 chess studies, in half of which received various rewards in contests. Badai did not belong to any school of composition nor did he conform to dogmatic principles, and in that regard he once said:
"When I start to compose chess studies, I never set a favorite subject or a specific material. I composed the greatest variety of types of endgame studies without any preconception, as soon as I was sure to be able to express an interesting idea, that could reach the heart of the chess players. "
6 of his best endgame studies were published in the FIDE Album.
Source: “El arte del Estudio del Ajedrez”- T.IV (Ex Unión Sovietica) Autor: Zoilo R. Caputto- Bs.As. (Argentina) - 1996
Others: On the Website arves.org 17 chess studies composed by Badai were selected by Mario Guido García. Some of them were corrected by Peter Siegfried Krug
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Boris Badai 1966, 3.prize Schakend Nederland; White to move and draw 1/2-1/2
White to play and draw
Solution 1. Rd8-d6 Ka6-b5 2. Nb2xc4 Kb5xc4 3. Ke4-f3! [3. Re6? Re2 4. Kf5 Re6 5. Ke6 g4»+] [3. Ke5? Nf4 4. Kf5 Ne2 5. Rg6 Nd4 6. Kf6! Nf3 7. Rg8 Kd4»+] [3. Rd1? Kc3 4. Kf3 Rd2 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Kg4 Rg2 7. Kh3 Kd2 8. Re5 Rg1»+] 3... Ne6-f4! 4. Rd6-d4! Kc4xd4= stalemate [4... Kc5 5. Rf4=] 1/2-1/2 "Nice stalemate away from the edge. Back then, such an achievement was enough to win a prize, especially as there was no computer yet. The disadvantage of the composition is that the black pawn and the black rook do not play a part in the solution, but are passive spectators. Another weakness is that the game except for the move 3.Kf3! itself is not that interesting and there are too many forced moves. By the way: the stalemate is not an ideal mate, because the square e2 is covered twice (by the rook and the knight)." (Peter Krug)