Mikhail Zinar

Mikhail Afanasevich Zinar (ukrainian Михайло Опанасович Зинар) (russian Михаил Афанасьевич Зинар) was a Ukrainian chess endgame study composer.

Mikhail Zinar

Personal information
Born	Mikhail Afanasevich Zinar (1950-11-22)22 November 1950
Died	4 February 2021(2021-02-04) (aged 70) Hvosdavka Persha, Odesa Oblast
Chess career
Country	Ukraine

Life

Zinar was born on 22 November 1950, but his passport states 9 May 1951.^[1] He spent his childhood and school years in Hvosdavka Persha in the Odessa Oblast in Ukraine.

Zinar was awarded the title of Master of Sport of the USSR in 1987. He won the bronze medal in the endgame studies competition of the 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing in 2013.^[2]

Chess composition

Shakhmaty v SSSR 1974

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White to play and win.

Solution: 1.Kc2! Kf7 2.Kb2! Kg6 3.Ka3! Kf6 4.Kb3! Kf5 5.Kb4! Kf4 (5...Ke5 6.Kc4+−) 6.Kb5! Ke3 7.Kc4 Kf3 8.Kxd4 Kf4 9.Kc3! and White wins.

Shakhmaty v SSSR 1981, 1st sp. prize

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White to play and win.

Solution: 1.Kg7! Kd5 2.Kf7 Ke5 3.Ke7 Kd5 4.Kd7 Kc4 5.Kc6! Kxc3 6.Kc5! Kd2 7.e4 and White wins.

3rd UAPA Internet Tourney 2016

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White to play and win.

Solution: 1.a5! (1.Kb6? h5!−+; 1.b6? g5!−+) 1...g5 (1...h5 2.b6 h4 3.b7 h3 4.Kb6 h2 5.a6 h1=Q 6.a7#) 2.Kb6! g4 3.a6 g3 4.a7+ Ka8 5.Ka6 g2 6.b6 g1=Q 7.b7#