Геoргій Вaсільевіч Aфaнaсьеў (* Friday, 24.12.1909 in the zodiac sign of Capricorn -  †  Friday, 26.03.1971)

Belarusian chess composer (Georgi Afanasiev or Georgyi Vasilyevich Afanasyev)

Russian composer born in Moscow, who settled in Belarus and worked as a builder, but after the last world war and until 1957 served in the armed forces of his country. He was born on a Friday and also died on a Friday.

He began composing at the age of 18, eventually creating about 120 Studies (of which half were made in collaboration with his friend E.I. Dvizov)

"Afanasiev, who cultivated the technique of the miniature in almost permanent form with ideas as simple as interesting, obtained prizes and honorable mentions in several competitions. In addition, several posthumous articles on subjects of his predilection were published in the magazines "EG", "Szachy" and "Problem", with the same success as his endgame studies."

Source: “El arte del Estudio del Ajedrez”- T.IV (Ex Unión Sovietica) Autor: Zoilo R. Caputto- Bs.As. (Argentina) - 199

"Georgy Afanasiev published his first study in 1927 in the magazine "64" . During 45 years of composing activity he published about 110 studies, of which 60 were in collaboration with E.I. Dvizov from about 1965 onwards."