Gordian Yury Markovic (24.03.1937)
Ukrainian chess composer International Master for Chess Compositions (1995). World Champion with the Ukrainian team (V WCCT, 1993-1996). Master of Sports in 1974. He works in all genres of composition problems which were awarded with 70 prizes including 20 first prizes. He is the organizer of well-known Composition Festivals in Odessa. Some of his problems are published in the books: 112 problems (Nikolaev, 1999) and Some more 115 problems (Nikolaev, 2003).