✴️ #About_Kotov
🔸 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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#about_Kotov
🔸 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👇🏼
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#about_Kotov
🔹 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. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field.
🔰Kotov was born in Tula, which was part of the Russian Empire, to a large working class family. He moved to Moscow in 1939 to study engineering, and during this time studied chess a great deal.
While best remembered today as an author, Kotov also had a number of good results as a player. One of his best early results was his second-place finish in the 1939 USSR Championship, in which he just missed out to Mikhail Botvinnik in the final round. This result won him the Soviet Grandmaster title, the third Soviet player to hold the title after Botvinnik and Grigory Levenfish. Kotov was Moscow champion in 1941. He won the Soviet title jointly with David Bronstein in 1948, and won at Venice in 1950, ahead of Vasily Smyslov.
♦️ A memorable game by Kotov against Mikhail Botvinik in Groningen 1946 which named "Kotov Many Colors" in chessgames.com site!! 👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Alexander Kotov
▪️ Groningen (1946), Groningen NED, rd 14, Aug-30
▪️ Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24)
♦️ 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. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field.
🔰Kotov was born in Tula, which was part of the Russian Empire, to a large working class family. He moved to Moscow in 1939 to study engineering, and during this time studied chess a great deal.
While best remembered today as an author, Kotov also had a number of good results as a player. One of his best early results was his second-place finish in the 1939 USSR Championship, in which he just missed out to Mikhail Botvinnik in the final round. This result won him the Soviet Grandmaster title, the third Soviet player to hold the title after Botvinnik and Grigory Levenfish. Kotov was Moscow champion in 1941. He won the Soviet title jointly with David Bronstein in 1948, and won at Venice in 1950, ahead of Vasily Smyslov.
♦️ A memorable game by Kotov against Mikhail Botvinik in Groningen 1946 which named "Kotov Many Colors" in chessgames.com site!! 👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Alexander Kotov
▪️ Groningen (1946), Groningen NED, rd 14, Aug-30
▪️ Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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