Articles by Nikolay Minev
Materials & Ongoing Research 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 us.
If you are able to contribute information to his work, please contact us.
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An Appreciation of GM Bronstein |
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Games of Tal: |
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Marshall vs Pillsbury |
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New & Forgotten Openings (with actual games) |
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Prize Winning Games: 1876 - 1929 The best of the old tournaments (with ChessBase viewer) See description, tournament list and source documents. |
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A Rare Double Gambit |
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The Rarest Sacrifice in the Opening: Rxf2 |
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Short Matches of the 20th Century (4 games or less) |
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Some interesting endings: |
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The Surprising Sacrifice: Bg6!! |
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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
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Lesson 1: Exciting Short Stories from the Olympiads |
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Lesson 2: The Intermediate Move |
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Lesson 3: Modern Trends in the Slav Defense |
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Lesson 4: Double Attack with a Rook |
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Lesson 5: The Most Common Mistake in the Opening |
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Lesson 6: The Always Exciting KID (King's Indian Defense) |
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Lesson 7: Triumphs and Disasters Among the Eiite |
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Lesson 8: The French Defense Rubinstein Var. is in Trouble |
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Lesson 9: Recipe for a Quick Catastrophe |
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Lesson10: The King's Gambit Today |
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Lesson 11: Entertaining and Instructive Blitz Games from the World Blitz Championship |
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Lesson 12: Center Counter: The Retreat 3…Qd6 is Barely Alive |
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Lesson 13: Dutch Defense Under Pressure |
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Lesson 14: Opening Up Pandora's Box: ECO A40 |
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Lesson 15: Unique and Instructive Draws |
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Lesson 16: Some Instructive Short Stories from the 38th Olympiad. |
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Lesson 17: The Pirc Defense: Under Direct Attack |
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Lesson 18: New Exciting "Short Stories" Among the Elite |
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Lesson 19: The Always Exciting Queen Sacrifice |
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Lesson 20: The New Face of the Four Knights |
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Lesson 21: Nostalgia |
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Lesson 22: New Adventures in the English Opening |
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Lesson 23: Fresh Mini- Stories from 2011 |
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Lesson 24: French Defense – Exchange Variation: The Potential of c2-c4 |
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Lesson 25: Blunders WithTwo Open Files in the Center |
From the Research Archives of IM Nikolay Minev:
(Work in progress, offered as a start to anyone who in interested in a topic and would like to carry on)
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