Jaroslav Štúň (26-02-1951 - 24-02-2021) Slovak composer

Jaroslav Štúň composed orthodox problems at the beginning of his career. He has focused on fairy problems and has been more successful at them. He proposes a wide collection of his works on his website. Some of his problems show extreme fairy exoticism. His use of ultra-economic positions and combinations of fairy conditions and pieces manages to surprise solvers, composers and sometimes also, unfortunately, tourney judges.

Die Schwalbe reports:

Slovakian fairytale chess specialist Jaroslav Štúň.

"However, as his colleague and friend, I wanted to let you know that my father has recently, shortly before his 70th birthday, passed away, after a valiant month-long struggle with a severe COVID-19 infection."

I know and I am sure Jaroslav valued every bit of exchange, collaboration and sense of community he took part in together with you on the field of Chess – all the Problems, Compositions, Fairies and Puzzles he worked on or shared with you; and I wanted to take this time to Thank you for all the joyful and happy moments you made for him.

My dad died in complete peace, we know the One who my father believed in and relied on the most throughout his whole life, took good care of him, and we will always keep Jaroslav in our hearts and memories."

Jaro Stun