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A rare two-minute on-camera interview with Anatoly Karpov after being awarded the world title by FIDE in early April 1975.
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
🔸Soviet Grandmaster and Author
♦️ Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov
🔸 Country: Soviet Union
🔸 Born: 12 August 1913
Tula, Russian Empire
🔸 Died: 8 January 1981 (aged 67)
Moscow, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 Peak rating: 2510 (July 1971)
♦️ Alexander Kotov was born in Tula. He won the Moscow Championship in 1941 and was jointly with David Bronstein USSR Champion in 1948. He achieved the GM title in 1950, having qualified for the Budapest Candidates (1950), in which he finished sixth. Kotov again qualified, in grand style with a victory in the Stockholm Interzonal (1952), where his 16.5/20 score was 3 points clear of second place. His Zurich Candidates (1953) appearance was not as successful: he only managed to finish eighth. Kotov won at Venice 1950, ahead of Vasily Smyslov.
♦️Today, Kotov is probably best remembered as an author; his book Think Like A Grandmaster is one of the best-selling chess books of all time. He passed away in Moscow in 1981.
♦️A memorable game by Kotov which known "Kotov Arms" in chessgames.com site!! 👇🏼
▪️ Alexander Kotov vs Ratmir Kholmov
▪️ URS (1971)
▪️ Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14)
♦️Review and download PGN file
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
🔸Soviet Grandmaster and Author
♦️ Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov
🔸 Country: Soviet Union
🔸 Born: 12 August 1913
Tula, Russian Empire
🔸 Died: 8 January 1981 (aged 67)
Moscow, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 Peak rating: 2510 (July 1971)
♦️ Alexander Kotov was born in Tula. He won the Moscow Championship in 1941 and was jointly with David Bronstein USSR Champion in 1948. He achieved the GM title in 1950, having qualified for the Budapest Candidates (1950), in which he finished sixth. Kotov again qualified, in grand style with a victory in the Stockholm Interzonal (1952), where his 16.5/20 score was 3 points clear of second place. His Zurich Candidates (1953) appearance was not as successful: he only managed to finish eighth. Kotov won at Venice 1950, ahead of Vasily Smyslov.
♦️Today, Kotov is probably best remembered as an author; his book Think Like A Grandmaster is one of the best-selling chess books of all time. He passed away in Moscow in 1981.
♦️A memorable game by Kotov which known "Kotov Arms" in chessgames.com site!! 👇🏼
▪️ Alexander Kotov vs Ratmir Kholmov
▪️ URS (1971)
▪️ Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14)
♦️Review and download PGN file
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📘 30...Rd8!
Sacrificing the a5-pawn to seize the initiative.
31.N×a5 R×d2 32.Q×d2 Ba6 33.Bf1?
(33.Bf3 =)
33...B×f1 34.K×f1 Qa8! 35.Nc4 Q×e4 36.Kg1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nd4 -+
Sacrificing the a5-pawn to seize the initiative.
31.N×a5 R×d2 32.Q×d2 Ba6 33.Bf1?
(33.Bf3 =)
33...B×f1 34.K×f1 Qa8! 35.Nc4 Q×e4 36.Kg1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nd4 -+
📘 10...g5!?
Caruana's novelty in the exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez.
11.Nf3
(11.B×g5 B×g5 12.Q×g5 Rg8 Black has an active position.)
11...Rg8 12.h4 Qg6 13.h×g5 Ng4 14.Nc3 h6
Caruana's novelty in the exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez.
11.Nf3
(11.B×g5 B×g5 12.Q×g5 Rg8 Black has an active position.)
11...Rg8 12.h4 Qg6 13.h×g5 Ng4 14.Nc3 h6
📘 29...g4
Caruana has missed a golden opportunity.
29...Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Rd8! 31.Be3 R×c1 32.R×c1 Rd1+!! 33.R×d1 Bc4+ 34.Ke1 Bb4+ 35.Bd2 Qg1+ 36.Nf1 Q×f1#
30.f4 Q×f4 31.R×c4 b×c4 -/+
Caruana has missed a golden opportunity.
29...Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Rd8! 31.Be3 R×c1 32.R×c1 Rd1+!! 33.R×d1 Bc4+ 34.Ke1 Bb4+ 35.Bd2 Qg1+ 36.Nf1 Q×f1#
30.f4 Q×f4 31.R×c4 b×c4 -/+
📘 The White king has been weakened, so he must play precisely.
32.Be3?
(32.Qa5! The Art of defense in Chess. 32...Qf3 33.Rd2 Rh3 34.Qc3 =)
32...Qf3 33.Rd6?? Rh3 34.R×e6 R×g3+! 35.f×g3 Q×e3+ 36.Kh2 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1
If 38.Kh2, then Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Bc5#
32.Be3?
(32.Qa5! The Art of defense in Chess. 32...Qf3 33.Rd2 Rh3 34.Qc3 =)
32...Qf3 33.Rd6?? Rh3 34.R×e6 R×g3+! 35.f×g3 Q×e3+ 36.Kh2 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1
If 38.Kh2, then Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Bc5#
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Fantastic photo!
📕 17.Nh2!
A prophylactic move to prevent Black from attacking on the kingside with ...h5.
A prophylactic move to prevent Black from attacking on the kingside with ...h5.