Articles by Nikolay Minev
Materials & On-going Research
Projects
Projects
Even though retired, Nikolay contines to work on various chess writing and
research projects. The materials listed below are items that he has provided for
posting. In some cases, he requests the assistance of any visitors who may have
information that he is seeking.
If you are able to contribute information to his work, please contact me.
research projects. The materials listed below are items that he has provided for
posting. In some cases, he requests the assistance of any visitors who may have
information that he is seeking.
If you are able to contribute information to his work, please contact me.
 | An Appreciation of GM Bronstein | |
| Marshall vs Pillsbury | |
| New & Forgotten Openings | |
| Prize Winning Games: 1876 - 1929 The best of the old | |
| tournaments (see 8/24/09 blog entry for additional notes) | ||
| Source documents: | |
| Shakhmatny Bjulleten 1/1968 p.14-19 | |
| Shakhmatny Bjulleten 2/1968 p.59-64 | |
| Shakhmatny Bjulleten 4/1968 p.122-126 | |
| A Rare Double Gambit | |
| The Rarest Sacrifice in the Opening: Rxf2 | |
| Short Matches of the 20th Century (4 games or less) | |
| Some interesting endings: | |
| Dec 2007 file | |
| Rook vs 5 Pawns | |
| The Surprising Sacrifice: Bg6!! | |
| Vera Menchik and the advance of women's chess |
A NEW regular column by IM Nikolay Minev:
Mini-Lessons from Short Games of the 21st Century
| Lesson 1: Exciting Short Stories from the Olympiads | |
| Lesson 2: The Intermediate Move | |
| Lesson 3: Modern Trends in the Slav Defense | |
| Lesson 4: Double Attack with a Rook | |
| Lesson 5: The Most Common Mistake in the Opening | |
| Lesson 6: The Always Exciting KID (King's Indian Defense) | |
| Lesson 7: Triumphs and Disasters Among the Eiite | |
| Lesson 8: The French Defense Rubinstein Var. is in Trouble | |
| Lesson 9: Recipe for a Quick Catastrophe | |
| Lesson10: The King's Gambit Today | |
| Lesson 11: Entertaining and Instructive Blitz Games from the | |
| World Blitz Championship | ||
| Lesson 12: Center Counter: The Retreat 3…Qd6 is Barely | |
| Alive (coming in late March 2010) |
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