Velimir Kalandadze

Velimir Kalandadze
Personal information
Born(1935-05-10)May 10, 1935
Lagodekhi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedOctober 27, 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 82)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Chess career
TitleInternational Master of Chess Composition (1984)

Velimir Kalandadze (Georgian: ველიმირ კალანდაძე; May 10, 1935 – October 27, 2017) was a Georgian physicist and chess composer. He held the titles of Master of Chess Composition (1979) and International Master of Chess Composition (1984). In over-the-board chess he achieved the rank of Candidate Master of Sports of the USSR.

Kalandadze was a laureate of numerous international composition competitions. He won first prizes in the Lelo competition (1961, jointly with Vazha Neidze), the Olympic Composition Competition (1976, jointly with David Gurgenidze), Shakhmaty v SSSR (1979), and 64—Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye (1984), among others. He competed in 10 USSR Championships of Chess Composition between 1965 and 1985, with his best result being 4th place in the 14th Championship (1983). As a composer of endgame studies, he specialized in rook endings.

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