engineering

Iuri Akobia

Iuri Akobia is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Iuri Akobia rather than just read about it. In short: Iuri Akobia (Georgian: იური აკობია, 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.

Key takeaways

Iuri Akobia belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Iuri Akobia to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Iuri Akobia from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Iuri Akobia (Georgian: იური აკობია, 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.

Works Mat v Etiudiakh (Russian) (1990) with Gia Nadareishvili, an anthology of 3660 studies ending with checkmate. Three volumes of the "World Anthology of Chess Studies": 4332 Studies with Stalemate (1994) 4492 Studies with mate (1994) with Gia Nadareishvili 4324 Studies with Positional Draw (1995). Study Mosaic (1995–2002) - A series of 13 booklets on study composition, with David Gurgenidze.

References

External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070928154332/http://akobia.geoweb.ge/

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Iuri Akobia

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Iuri Akobia claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Iuri Akobia before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Iuri Akobia ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Iuri Akobia

In research: Iuri Akobia appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Iuri Akobia in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Iuri Akobia is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1937 births, 2014 deaths, 20th-century chess players, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Iuri Akobia outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Iuri Akobia in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Iuri Akobia means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Iuri Akobia in simple terms?

Why does Iuri Akobia matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Iuri Akobia?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Iuri Akobia.