Wassili Nikolayevich Platov (Latvian: Vasīlijs Platovs, Russian Василий Николаевич Платов, scientific transliteration Vasilij Nikolaevič Platov; born March 24, 1881 in Riga; † July 17, 1952 in Moscow) was a Latvian chess player onist of Russian origin.

Life and Work
Vasily Platov had a doctorate in medicine. From 1903 he composed over 200 studies, most of them together with his brother Mikhail. He led study sections in various chess magazines. The “Platow Brothers” were successors of Alexei Alexeyevich Troitsky and are considered pioneers in the field of endgame studies. In 1914 and 1928 they published collections of their works under the title Sbornik schachmatnych etjudow (Collected Chess Studies).

Literature
В. Н. Платов: 150 recorded contemporary recordings. Historical and Moscow Soviet physical culture. Moscow, 1925.
В. иМ. Платовы: Сборник шахматных этюдов. State Department, Moscow, Leningrad, 1928.
Timothy G. Whitworth: The Platov Brothers, Cambridge 1994. ISBN 0-9509173-1-1.
Web links
Commons: Wassili Nikolayevich Platov - collection of images, videos and audio files

Source: Germain Wikipedia

Others: 17 endgame studies by him are selected on Website arves.org