Anatole Felix Ianovcic (Rumania, 17.02.1897 - 20.06.1986)

Chess composer

Romanian problemist, IJC (1958). The founder of the magazine Revista Romana de Sah. He composed 600 problems and left his name to a theme. The author of Sahul Artistic (1967).

Ianovcic was an enthusiast who worked for the Romanian Chess Federation, spent his energy organizing this institution,

was a founder of the chess magazine "Revista Romana de Sah" and of the chess problem magazine "Buletin Problemistic"

and managed to find time to compose problems and write didactic articles.

These articles were published in the magazine „Flacăra/Tribuna Sibiului”, which later lead to the publication of a chess composition manual, "Sahul artistic: manual de compozitie sahista" (1969).
Ianovcic also gave his name to a twomover theme (Ianovcic theme): Initially two black pieces A and B are half-pinned.

The key self-pins a white piece C. A and B play each in the thematic variations, thus self-pinning B (respectively A)

and thanks to a self interference Black allows White to mate with a Pelle move of C.

Source: Website ARVES

Website ARVES: 4 endgame studies with solution composed by him are selected.