Overview

This book contains fifty illustrative games and a career overview of Chelyabinsk grandmaster Igor Kurnosov, who was tragically hit and killed by a car in 2013 at the age of just 28. At his last tournament prior to his death, Igor attained a super-grandmaster tournament performance rating in excess of 2700. Kurnosov left an indelible mark on the chess world—he was a Russian youth champion, a member of the Russian national team that won the world student team championship and the Tomsk-400 team that finished first at the Russian championship. He won or placed highly at dozens of international tournaments. The games in this book, with highly instructional commentary by Kurnosov’s friends and colleagues, or sometimes by Kurnosov himself, are filled with blistering attacks and subtle endgame play. They have been selected in part to demonstrate the progression of his career, rather than being his absolute best games. Igor had several signature openings, but he undoubtedly is best known in the chess world as a master of the Grunfeld Defense. According to Grandmaster Dmitry Bocharov in this book, Igor was one of the world’s leading experts in the Grunfeld. Igor was a sophisticated analyst, and many of his opening ideas are still relevant to this day. This book will be useful for both beginners and highly-rated players to improve. Commentators in this book include such well-known grandmasters as Ernesto Inarkiev, Roman Ovechkin, Dmitry Kryakvin, Sergei Rublevsky, and Kateryna Lahno, while his opponents in these games include such names as Boris Gelfand, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Dmitry Andreikin.

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Author:   Dmitry Kryakvin ,  Vladimir Barsky
Publisher:   Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House
Imprint:   Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.329kg
ISBN:  

9785950043390

ISBN 10:   5950043391
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   21 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS A Word About a Friend ...............................................................................................6 The Beginning ................................................................................................................9 EARLY SUCCESS .....................................................................................................12 No. 1. A. Tumanov - I. Kurnosov, Orenburg 1998 .........................................13 No. 2. I. Kurnosov - V. Kuznetsov, Serpukhov 1999 ....................................15 No. 3. E. Sveshnikov - I. Kurnosov, Chelyabinsk 1999 ...............................18 No. 4. I. Kurnosov - V. Zaitsev, Anapa 2000 ...................................................20 No. 5. I. Kurnosov - A. Khasin, Tomsk 2001 ..................................................23 No. 6. I. Kurnosov - . Ovechkin, Togliatti 2001 ..........................................27 No. 7. I. Kurnosov - E. Vorobiov, Togliatti 2001 ...........................................29 No. 8. I. Kurnosov - A. Kornev, Kazan 2001 ...................................................32 ON THE WAY TO THE GM TITLE .....................................................................37 No. 9. I. Kurnosov - S. Erenburg, Alushta 2002 ............................................37 No. 10. D. Kayumov - I. Kurnosov, Alushta 2002 ........................................40 No. 11. E. Inarkiev - I. Kurnosov, Serpukhov 2002 ......................................47 No. 12. I. Kurnosov - D. Kokarev, Serpukhov 2002 .....................................53 RUSSIAN MEDALS AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM .......................55 No. 13. B. Grachev - I. Kurnosov, Yessentuki 2003 ......................................56 No. 14. I. Kurnosov - I. Nepomniachtchi, Dagomys 2003 ..........................65 No. 15. I. Kurnosov - J. Werle, Groningen 2003............................................67 No. 16. I. Kurnosov - R. Soltanici, Istanbul 2004 .........................................70 No. 17. G. Hertneck - I. Kurnosov, Bad Wiessee 2004 ................................72 No. 18. I. Kurnosov - I. Popov, Noyabrsk 2005 .............................................76 No. 19. I. Kurnosov - S. Lputian, Warsaw 2005 ............................................79 No. 20. I. Kurnosov - H. Danielsen, Copenhagen 2005 ...............................82 No. 21. E. Romanov - I. Kurnosov, Minsk 2006 ............................................84 GRUNFELD DEFENSE ....................................................................................... 105 No. 22. A. Riazantsev - I. Kurnosov, Ramenskoe 2006 ............................. 105 No. 23. A. Dreev - I. Kurnosov, Ramenskoe 2006 ...................................... 107 No. 24. A. Dreev - I. Kurnosov, Dresden 2007 ............................................ 111 No. 25. P. Tregubov - I. Kurnosov, Moscow 2008 ...................................... 116 No. 26. I. Lysy - I. Kurnosov, Sochi 2008 ..................................................... 119 No. 27. . Onischuk - I. Kurnosov, Moscow 2009 ..................................... 121 No. 28. S. Mamedyarov - I. Kurnosov, Moscow 2009 ............................... 123 No. 29. I. Kurnosov - . Rakhmanov, Irkutsk 2010 ................................... 126 No. 30. V. Zakhartsov - I. Kurnosov, Irkutsk 2010 .................................... 129 No. 31. P. Ponkratov - I. Kurnosov, Taganrog 2011 .................................. 131 No. 32. P. Prohaszka - I. Kurnosov, Zurich 2011 ........................................ 136 No. 33. R. Ovechkin - I. Kurnosov, Loo 2012 ............................................. 139 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN ............................................................................. 143 No. 34. I. Kurnosov - N. Vitiugov, Ramenskoe 2006 ................................. 143 No. 35. I. Kurnosov - P. Maletin, Miass 2007.............................................. 146 No. 36. I. Kurnosov - L. Ftacnik, Evora 2007 ............................................. 154 No. 37. I. Kurnosov - S. Agdestein, Tromso 2008 ...................................... 156 No. 38. I. Kurnosov - M. Hebden, Hastings 2008 ...................................... 159 No. 39. I. Kurnosov - D. Boros, Austria 2009 ............................................. 162 No. 40. I. Kurnosov - S. Temirbaev, Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 .................. 165 No. 41. I. Kurnosov - D. Jakovenko, Moscow 2010 .................................. 171 No. 42. I. Kurnosov - V. Papin, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 .......................... 174 No. 43. I. Kurnosov - H. Tikkanen, Copenhagen 2011 ............................. 177 No. 44. I. Kurnosov - D. Andreikin, Loo 2012 ............................................ 180 No. 45. I. Kurnosov - B. Gelfand, Astana 2012, rapid ............................... 184 TWO MORE SYSTEMS FOR BLACK ............................................................ 190 No. 46. K. Rathnakaran - I. Kurnosov, Bhubaneswar 2009 ..................... 190 No. 47. P. Maletin - I. Kurnosov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 ....................... 192 FLIGHT INTERRUPTED ................................................................................... 197 No. 48. A. Gupta- I. Kurnosov, Nakhchivan 2013 ...................................... 197 No. 49. M. Parligras - I. Kurnosov, Abu Dhabi 2013 ................................. 200 No. 50. I. Kurnosov - V. Malakhatko, Biel 2013 ......................................... 203 A SAD CELEBRATION ........................................................................................ 205 Igor Kurnosov's Top Tournament Results ............................................................... 210

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The heart of the book is in the games, and both the games and the notes are impressive. The games are almost all lively and entertaining, as both Kurnosov's style and repertoire were extremely aggressive. They make for excellent study material, in part because Kurnosov as a mere mid-to-high 2600 player generally flew under the radar. The notes (mostly by GMs, some of whom have are or have been rated over 2700) are very good too. - FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos, The Chess Mind blog, July 2019

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