Albert Mijailovich Belyavsky (Russia, 24.09.1934 - 01.04.2018)

Chess composer of endgame studies

He was a professional painter and lived in Sint Petersburg. 

The Endgame Study as a Fine Art. Albert Mikhailovich Belyavsky 24iii1934 – 1iv2018 by Yochanan Afek:

"Albert Belyavsky, who passed away last April at the age of 84, was an artist at the chessboard and an artist by profession. As a child he was fond of painting, poetry and chess. His younger years however were devoted exclusively to painting. He studied assiduously in a school for children with artistic inclinations and later in Repin St. Petersburg Art Academy. To date the paintings of Albert Belyavsky may be found also online in various auctions. www.leningradschool.com/dec40b.jpg

Only in his mid-forties, after he established his position as a professional artist, Belyavsky returned to chess and to composing. He published his first studies in the late 1970s.

In total he composed some 60 endgame studies only, owing to his tireless striving for perfection. Sadly they also became victims of modern chess engines that mercilessly demolished a considerable proportion of his output."

Source: EG 213 July 2018 pdf

  About his chess studies: 

He built chess studies in the classical sense with typical study motifs that were so popular at the time, such as domination, systematic maneuvers and ideal mate, even in the centre of the chessboard. One of his spectacular chess studies became famous. This endgame study (Kh6/Kf8) was published in 2008,  where White sacrifices the queen on f5 on move four. 

Source Website ARVES

Website arves.org: 14 endgame studies with solution composed by him are selected on ARVES.