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| Michal Dragoun between D.I.Nicula (left) and Vlaicu Crisan (right) Antalya 2008 |
Michal Dragoun is a solving Grandmaster, an International Judge for helpmates and fairies, but also a very talented composer (GM in composing since Kobe 2012 WCCC). He published more than 1000 problems, of which 600 were awarded. He mostly composed helpmates, but a fair proportion of his works comprises fairy helpmates or helpselfmates. A quick search in a database shows he has won more than 220 prizes. He won the 2004-1006 Fairies WCCI and shared the 3rd place of the 2004-2006 Helpmates WCCI.
He was the editor of Šachová skladba. He was also the editor of the helpmate section of the Slovak magazine Pat a Mat, before Juraj Lörinc took over (by the way, the originals published in Pat a Mat can be seen on Jan Golha's site, along with their solutions).
A few of his helpmates will give an idea of his talent:
Dragoun, Michal
1.Pr. "F. Chlubna MT", 15.4.2006
1.Pr. "F. Chlubna MT", 15.4.2006
| h#2 | 3.1.1.1 | 9 + 11 |
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Dragoun, Michal
1.Pr. Šachove umeni 2005-2006
1.Pr. Šachove umeni 2005-2006
| h#2 | 3.1.1.1 | 7 + 9 |
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Dragoun, Michal
Jubile V. Nebotov-60, 1995
1st Prize
File-Circe: a captured unit is reborn on the file of the capture rather than on its normal game-array square.Jubile V. Nebotov-60, 1995
1st Prize
| h#2 | Circe b) Condition MirrorCirce c) Condition PWC d) Condition SymmetryCirce e) Condition FileCirce | 2 + 4 |
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