Iuri Akobia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Iuri Akobia

chess composer

Date of Birth: 20-May-1937

Place of Birth: Anaklia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Date of Death: 05-Nov-2014

Profession: author, chess composer, chess player

Nationality: Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Iuri Akobia (Georgian: ???? ??????, 20 May 1937, Anaklia - 5 November 2014) was a Georgian composer of chess endgame studies and chess problems.
For most of his working life he was a radio communications engineer in the National Center for Radio and TV of Georgia, and was Chief Engineer from 1975 until 1996. His activity as a chess composer began in 1975 when he published his first study.
Up to now he has produced about 300 studies (some with his fellow countryman David Gurgenidze) and 50 problems.
He won a great many awards and prizes in tourneys of chess composition. In 1995 he was awarded by the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) the title of International Judge for Chess Composition.