January 16th

Ilham Aliev (16-01-1967) Azerbaijani composer

Ilham Aliev and his children [Iuri Akobia]

Ilham Aliev is a successful endgame composer. One of his latest successes was 2nd special prize in the 2nd FIDE World Cup 2011.

Aliev, Ilham Olimpiya Dünyasi, 2008 3rd Prize + 6 + 6

Show Solution 1.Rd7+ {1.Kg1 Rxg5+ 2.Kf1 Ra5 3.Kg1 Rg5+} 1...Kc2 2.Rc7+ Kb2 (Kd2) 3.Rc1 {3.Rxb7+ Kc2 4.Rc7+ Kb2 5.Kg1 Rxg5+ 6.Kf1 Rd5 7.Ke1 Re5+ 8.Kf1 Rd5 9.Rb7+ Kc2 10.Kg1 Rg5+ 11.Kh2 Rh5+ 12.Kg1 Rg5+ 13.Kf1 Rd5 positional draw} 3...Kxc1 4.axb7 {4.a7 Kc2} 4...Ra1 5.Be5 {5.Kg1 Kc2+ 6.Kh2 Rb1} 5...Rb1 6.b8=R! +- {6.b8=Q?? Kd2+ 7.Qxb1 stalemate}