15th January 2024

Selected by Michael McDowell

Mikhail Sosedkin and Yuri Gordian

2nd Prize, Probleemblad, 1972

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Helpmate in 3
2 solutions

A beautiful, perfectly constructed Meredith. The well-known Ukrainian composer Yuri Gordian died on 8th January, at the age of 86.