Sergey Karjakin: Best Games of the Minister of Defence by Alexander Kalinin

Sergey Karjakin: Best Games of the Minister of Defence by Alexander Kalinin

Sergey Karjakin has consistently been one of the strongest chess players of the early 21st century. World U12 Chess Champion in 2001. The world's youngest ever grandmaster at the age of 12 in 2003. World Rapid Chess Champion in 2012. World Chess Championship Challenger in 2016, drawing 6-6 in the classical games and just one game away from winning the chess crown from Magnus Carlsen. World Blitz Chess Champion in 2016. Tied for 2nd-3rd place in the 2018 Candidates Tournament.This best games collection begins with a biographical chapter, discussing the Russian grandmaster's rise from early childhood to the chess elite. It contains 66 fully annotated games and 9 fragments, illustrating the distinctive feature of Karjakin's style: a harmonious blend of subtle positional understanding and an acute sense of dynamics.50 of the games are grouped according to learning themes: direct attack on the king; attack in the center and on the queenside; combined attack on both flanks; opening wins; symmetrical pawn structure in the center; positional sacrifice; defence and counter-attack; and endgames.The author is a grandmaster and Distinguished Coach of the Russian Federation.Sergey Karjakin wrote in his foreword: The annotations are captivating and not overloaded with computer variations; instead, the author provides practical explanations so that the reader can use this games collection to study all three stages of the chess game.

Alexander Kalinin, a Grandmaster and renowned chess educator, was born in 1968 near Moscow, Russia. Among those he has coached are World Youth Champion Daniel Naroditsky (USA), European and Russian Women's Champion Grandmaster Valentina Gunina, and Olympic gold medalist Women's Grandmaster Olga Girya. He has previously published books in English and Russian on Fabiano Caruana, the Slow Italian Opening, the French Defense, the King's Indian Defense, the Sicilian Defense, and chess learning methods. At the annual Moscow Open, he has been a regular commentator. Purmerend (Netherlands, 1993), Haarlem (Netherlands, 1993, 1994, and 1995), Wijk aan Zee master's competition, 1996), Leiden (Netherlands, 1997), North Bay (Canada, 1999), and Springfield (USA, 2001) are just a few of his tournament victories.

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ISBN 13	9785604071083
ISBN 10	5604071080
Title	Sergey Karjakin: Best Games of the Minister of Defence
Author	Alexander Kalinin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House
Year published	2020-05-26
Number of pages	230
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