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| | Page: [Previous] [Next] 1 2 3 | | (21) Posted by Sathya Narayanan [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 11:19] |
It is indeed shocking that the problem world has lost a legend in Milan .My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family
cgsnarayanan
| | | (22) Posted by Sarah Hornecker [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 12:20] |
To me, Milan was a friend, and I am honored to be able to say that. When I first came to the MatPlus.net forums in 2007, he already was generously helping me out and with the revival of his magazine, he also allowed me to publish my originals in it and even to write a few articles in MatPlus Review.
His work on this very website, including the pastime, showed him to be a great enthusiast and connoisseur, someone who enjoyed chess composition and also wanted others to enjoy it. His wish was to unite the composers all around the world so they can discuss, so they can bring forward the composing itself. This was in my opinion his biggest achievement, one that hopefully will remain along with his numerous other deeds.
It is well known with what ingenious spirit Milan helped Myllyniemi to become a grandmaster. But at the same time he also was always willing to help new composers on their first steps.
His enthusiasm showed throughout our entire friendship, up to the very last mails I received, in September 2012. He wrote to me about his plans to eventually make Tasks and Themes, the collection he used for his encyclopedia book, an online encyclopedia, and also he was eager to prepare the new MatPlus Review after he would translate the articles.
Unfortunately, he was only able to finish the book, but not the online encyclopedia, which would have needed a lot more programming, only a work-in-progress version of it is available to a few people. Would he have been able to finish the work, it could have revolutionized chess composition. Imagine a truly free database of tasks and themes, and maybe eventually of problems...
It brings great sadness to all of us that he has passed away.
Milan, we will miss you!
| | | (23) Posted by Ferhat Karmil [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 12:40] |
I sincerely condole with family of Milan, native and close.
It is a pity, that Milan so has early died. It could still more many good...
| | | (24) Posted by Kevin Begley [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 14:04] |
Very sad to discover this shocking news.
| | | (25) Posted by Alain Bienabe [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 14:21] |
Yes, very very sad news...
This is really a great loss to Chess problem world
My condolences to the family
| | | (26) Posted by Valery Gurov [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 15:57] |
Великих мастеров наследник,
как мушкетер без шпаги и плаща,
ты каждый день, как день последний,
сам жил и жить нам завещал...
Пусть земля тебе будет пухом, дорогой Милан, мы все очень тебя любили и ты навсегда останешься в наших сердцах!
| | | (27) Posted by Ivan Skoba [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 16:34] |
Shocking news. Milan Velimirović helped me to discover another word of chess composition. I regret that I couldn't find a courage to communicate with him during Marianka 2010. For me he was Lord.
Rest In Peace
| | | (28) Posted by Kenneth Solja [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 17:01] |
Terrible news. I can't believe this .. This is big loss to chess world.
| | | (29) Posted by Piotr Murdzia [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 17:13] |
Our sincere condolences from Polish chess society to Milan's family and his friends.
We will miss you Milan very much.
Piotr Murdzia
| | | (30) Posted by John Nunn [Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 18:48] |
Very sad news indeed and a great loss to the chess problem world.
John Nunn
| | | (31) Posted by Dejan Glisić [Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 13:46]; edited by Dejan Glisić [13-02-27] |
Hard to believe... Thanks for all Milan, for sharing this part of universe. My condolences to his familly, friends and Serbian chess problem community.
| | | (32) Posted by Marjan Kovačević [Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 16:21]; edited by Marjan Kovačević [13-03-01] |
The memorial gathering in the Serbian Chess Federation will be tomorrow, 28.02. 11.30h. The funeral will take place at Novo Bežanijsko Cemetery 14h, the same day.
Many Belgrade problemists and Milan’s friends, including GM Ljubomir Ljubojević, gathered Monday evening in the Chess club Beograd, around the table with Milan’s photo, magazines Mat Plus and one inevitable cigarette in his ashtray.
| | | (33) Posted by Vilimantas Satkus [Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 20:30] |
Thinking on the occasion of sad loss, all our thoughts and prayers are with you and Milan`s family.
With deepest sympathy, the Lithuanian chess problemists.
| | | (34) Posted by Franziska Iseli [Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 20:52] |
We are very sorry to hear the news about Milan, our thoughts are with his family and his Chess friends.
We want to share a picture that illustrates some of Marjans words:
http://www.franziska-iseli.ch/Schach/Jurmala2008/Milan.jpg
Thomas Maeder and Franziska Iseli
| | | (35) Posted by Yochanan Afek [Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 23:32] |
So painful!I have just received the shocking news from GM Ljuboevich and rushed to the website. I have known Milan since the Ribe congress in 1976 and though we were born in the very same month he was always an idol for me and I admired his works and devotion. His numerous masterpieces and the co-authored encyclopedia are the highlights of his legacy and will remain with us forever.
| | | (36) Posted by Peter Gvozdjak [Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 19:11] |
i saw milan for the first time in summer of 1995 at the budapest airport.
both we were traveling for the turku congress. when we met, he immediately handed me an issue of "mat plus" with his comprehensive article on the lacny theme, telling: "this is the very first copy - for you."
and such he was at all our next meetings - friendly, sincere and unselfish.
for the last time we met at the jesi congress in 2011, discussing various topics till the late nights.
he had planned to attend the marianka meeting again in 2012, but he had to cancel his registration a few days before. at that time he was finishing the encyclopedia of themes and needed to use every minute. pity…
not to express just sadness, because he was anything but not sad and boring, i will mention one funny story he told me.
when composing for the 2nd wcct, his twomover had not been selected for the yugoslavian entry, and he became quite angry thinking it was a very good problem. at the final stage their captain asked milan, being a young composer at that time, to stamp all the yugoslavian compositions and to send them to the director. milan used the opportunity and replaced other twomover with his own.
when the awards were later announced, nobody could loudly protest against what he did. simply because his twomover was placed first…
at the end my humble tribute:
PG
original
in memoriam Milan
 (= 16+6 )
#2 (16+6) C+
b) reflect round the file "e" (Kb4-Ke5)
c) = b) + reflect round the diagonal "a1-h8" (Kd2-Ke5)
d) = c) + reflect round the row "5" (Kd8-Ke5)
i am sure anyone interested will solve it and find its theme…
| | | (37) Posted by Marjan Kovačević [Friday, Mar 1, 2013 02:04] |
Yesterday, the big Hall of the Serbian Chess Federation seemed too small for the coming chess players, problemists, colleagues, collaborators…
The commemoration was opened by the president of the SCF Miodrag Vukotić. Incidentally, the SCF was the first employer of the teenage Milan, and the last institution to give him the recognition he deserved long ago.
Aca Milićević, the long time president of the Chess Club Belgrade, recalled young Milan from 60-es, playing youth boards for this big club. It is the same club where Milan spent his last Monday evenings with problemists.
Then, we heard the story of how Milan got his first job as a programmer, in 1974, and what amazing achievements he had there. Nebojša Bakić, his chief in ZTP Beograd at that time, told us about the 100% result Milan had on the IBM test, the result that has never been matched.
Josip Ašik, the director of the Chess Informant, explained his huge surprise when seeing the first parts of the “Encyclopedia of Chess Problems” – it was the moment he radically changed his idea about problem chess.
Grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojević showed his appreciation for the solidarity and the friendship in the world of problem chess (“much closer to the FIDE motto ’Gens una sumus’ than in the OTB chess”). He talked how he had shared with Milan the dreams and the illusions of 60-es, and described how demanding Milan had been, first to himself and then to others.
Talking about my teacher and rival since 1970, I read the names of all of you who had sent your notes to this Forum, or to the e-mail addresses of Serbian problemists during the last two days. Some of the notes were too touching to succeed reading them out loud.
Thank you all! You gave chess players and organizers at least a hint of the greatness of our Milan, and the problem chess as a whole.
There were several OTB grandmasters present, including Aleksandar Matanović and Boško Abramović. There were guests from far away, and Slovenia wasn’t too far away for our friends Janko Furman, Marko Klasinc and his wife Vika to come.
The commemoration was lead by Borislav Gadjanski, the president of the Serbian Problem Chess Society. Some hours later, he addressed his last words to Milan in the chapel of the Novo Bežanijsko Cemetery. Beside the grave, Milan’s personal friends Dina and Dušan said the farewell words to their unique, ever-smiling friend.
There were all Serbian problem chess grandmasters present, except one. He was probably smiling somewhere behind, or above us. As Ljubo Ljubojevic guessed, Milan’s words would be: “Keep talking, I know which way you go!”
| | | (38) Posted by Kevin Begley [Friday, Mar 1, 2013 03:29] |
Sincere thanks for relating this moving experience, here, Marjan.
And for representing so many of us, there.
| | | (39) Posted by Jacques Rotenberg [Friday, Mar 1, 2013 09:34] |
Thank you Marjan
| | | (40) Posted by Marcos Roland [Friday, Mar 1, 2013 12:42] |
Very touching indeed Marjan. May Milan be smiling forever. Thank you.
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