Very sad news: Nino Khurtsidze passed away.
European Chess Union expresses the most sincere condolences to family, friends, colleagues and the whole chess world who suffered a huge lost yesterday, when Nino Khurtsidze passed away at the age 42.
Nino Khurtsidze was a Georgian chess player, member of the National team, International Master and Women Grandmaster. She started to play chess at the very early ages and was the Winner of the World Youth Chess Championship in 1991, in section Girls Under 16. Nino Khurtsidze was also twice the World Junior Girls Chess Championship, in 1993 and 1995.
Besides the triumphs on the world and European chess scenes, Nino Khurtsidze had many accomplishments on the various events and open tournaments, as well as in the national Georgian events. She was the five times women’s Georgian Champion, in years: 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006 and 2013.
European Chess Union expresses the most sincere condolences to family, friends, colleagues and the whole chess world who suffered a huge lost yesterday, when Nino Khurtsidze passed away at the age 42.
Nino Khurtsidze was a Georgian chess player, member of the National team, International Master and Women Grandmaster. She started to play chess at the very early ages and was the Winner of the World Youth Chess Championship in 1991, in section Girls Under 16. Nino Khurtsidze was also twice the World Junior Girls Chess Championship, in 1993 and 1995.
Besides the triumphs on the world and European chess scenes, Nino Khurtsidze had many accomplishments on the various events and open tournaments, as well as in the national Georgian events. She was the five times women’s Georgian Champion, in years: 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006 and 2013.
We have a new leader in the US Women's Championship, Annie Wang, who handily won her game against Derakhshani #USChessChamps
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
🔸 Soviet Chess Grandmaster and Chess 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)
♦️Kotov developed a sharp style, was definitely not afraid of complications on the chessboard, and willingly entered into them against even the greatest of opponents. He favoured the closed openings with White, and was a terror with the Sicilian Defence as Black.
♦️ In Kotov's 1971 book Think Like a Grandmaster, he described a situation when a player thinks very hard for a long time in a complicated position but does not find a clear path, then, running low on time, quickly makes a poor move, often a blunder.
♦️ A memorable game by Kotov against Tigran Petrosian in USSR Championship 1949. Petrosian, later World Champion, loses a game he would never forget, falling into an opening trap and resigning in only 13 moves.👇🏼
🔴 Alexander Kotov vs Tigran Petrosian
🔴 USSR Championship (1949), Moscow URS, rd 1, Oct-17
🔴 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
🔸 Soviet Chess Grandmaster and Chess 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)
♦️Kotov developed a sharp style, was definitely not afraid of complications on the chessboard, and willingly entered into them against even the greatest of opponents. He favoured the closed openings with White, and was a terror with the Sicilian Defence as Black.
♦️ In Kotov's 1971 book Think Like a Grandmaster, he described a situation when a player thinks very hard for a long time in a complicated position but does not find a clear path, then, running low on time, quickly makes a poor move, often a blunder.
♦️ A memorable game by Kotov against Tigran Petrosian in USSR Championship 1949. Petrosian, later World Champion, loses a game he would never forget, falling into an opening trap and resigning in only 13 moves.👇🏼
🔴 Alexander Kotov vs Tigran Petrosian
🔴 USSR Championship (1949), Moscow URS, rd 1, Oct-17
🔴 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
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