Eduard Aleksevich Asaba (Russia, 11.04.1932 - 02.1988)

Эдуард Алексеевич Асаба  was a talented chess composer of 130 endgame studies. He died with 55 years.

From obituary in EG93:

Sometime mariner (with his beard he looked the part) of Greek extraction, Asaba, although reserved and shy to an extreme (true, we met only after he had suffered a heart attack) was a most friendly, helpful and hospitable man. There is hardly an issue of EG over the last ten years without a pair of his studies, often of high quality. We are proud that he chose EG as outlet for a long article (in EG90 which must have been one of his last efforts.

On Website: pdb.dieschwalbe.de you can find 5 chess problem with solution.On the Website chesscomposers.blogspot.com can by found another chess study by him.

EG index gives the following interesting references to articles in EG about him:

Asaba, E. Bulletin of CCC of the USSR 1970-71 44 (34)
Asaba, E. Bulletin of CCC of the USSR 1979 487 (66)
Asaba, E. Moscow Ty 1987 586 (97)
Asaba, E. Ukrainian Republic Ty 1979 243 (127)
Asaba, E. Ukrainian Republic Ty 1980 13 (67)
Asaba, E. 5th Ukrainian Team Championship 1978 195 (56)

Asaba, E. 6334 (87), p.286 (90)

Asaba, E.A. The evolution of an old idea 280 (90), [and] comments by P.Benko 450 (94)

Asaba, E.A. obituary - 444 (93)

Others: 17 endgame studies with solution composed by him are selected on Website ARVES (editor Peter Boll)