Sad news: IM Krassimir Gandev passed away today

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Sad news: IM Krassimir Gandev passed away today

(12.04.2019) I am sad to inform that the great bulgarian chess composer IM Krassimir Gandev passed away today... He was with bad health for several years and today he lost the fight. Krassimir Gandev was fantastic composer and also good solver in the past. Here you can see more about him and some of his best compositions.

Gandev was born on 21st March 1946 in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria).
He made his first steps in chess composition in 1966 when he met Petko Petkov in Sofia and the following active cooperation and contacts which he maintained with other famous Bulgarian composers and also with editors of foreign magazines contributed to his quick advancement in this art. His contribution in West Germany was exceptionally successful and his chess problems were published and accepted with great triumph in magazines such as “Schach Echo”,”Feenschach” and “Die Schwalbe”. His style of composing was distinguished with his originality of ideas and perfect form. He liked using the fairy condition “Circe” and created exclusive masterpieces in this field and his favorite theme was “Allumwandlung” with which he realized dozens of incredible problems.

Gandev won many prizes in almost all fields of the chess composition as a composer and solver. In 1977 he became the first official Bulgarian chess solving champion.

Krassimir Gandev was given the title “International master of chess composition” in 1988 and now he has 59.33 FIDE Album points. But when the GM title was very near and absolutely real objective a long pause followed which has been for nearly two decades now due to business and health reasons. However during the last years the prominent Bulgarian chess composer has been active again and has begun composing so his exceptional chess problems make glad the admirers of this art again.

The great bulgarian composer passed away this morning - 12.04.2019 in Sofia (Bulgaria). Our deep condolences to his family!