Hrvoje (Vojko) Bartolović (15 June 1932 in

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– 3 November 2005), was a

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chess problem A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to ...

ist. Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition Hrvoje Bartolović was considered to be the best Croatian chess problemist, with the possible exception of Nenad Petrović. Since 1948, he has published more than 800 problems (81 included in

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). Over 180 of them were awarded with prize (80 with the 1st prize), some 120 with honourable mentions and 120 with commendations. He became international judge of FIDE for chess composition in 1956 and the Grandmaster of chess composition in 1980. In 1965, he was the

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in composing

twomover A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to ...

s. ;Solution of twomover Set-play: 1. ... Bf5 2. Qf4#, 1. ... Rf5 2. Qg4#
Try: 1. Qd5? ~ 2.Bxf6#, 1. ... Bf5 2. Qxd2#, 1. ... Rf5 2.Qg2#, but 1. ... Bxb4!
Solution: 1. Qc5! ~ 2. Bxf6#, 1. ... Bf5 2. Qe3#, 1. ... Rf5 2. Qg1#
Themes: Zagoruiko (changed mates 3x2) on Grimshaw interference

References

External links

PZR Zagreb

Bartolović's Problems on PDB server
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929164810/http://www.problemonline.com/bartolovic/en_bartolovic.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20110604092600/http://members.tripod.com/~JurajLorinc/chess/xbartolo.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartolovic, Hrvoje 1932 births 2005 deaths Chess composers Croatian chess players Grandmasters for chess composition International Judges of Chess Compositions Sportspeople from Zagreb 20th-century chess players