Alexander Shakarov

Alexander Shakarov (born 8 March 1948 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is a Soviet chess player, coach and author of Armenian descent. ^[1]

He is best known for being Garry Kasparov's coach from 1976 to 2005. ^{[2] [3]} Together they wrote Caro-Kann: Classical 4…Bf5 book (1984). Kasparov said: "The name of Alexander Shakarov might not be world-famous, but hardly anyone has lived a life more dedicated to chess. He is one of the most dedicated workers I've ever met." ^[3]

Shakarov was also the trainer of Ashot Nadanian. ^[3]

The fourth chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him.

Books

• Kasparov, Garry; Shakarov, Aleksander (1984). Caro-Kann: Classical 4.Bf5. Batsford. ISBN   0-7134-4237-9.
• Shakarov, Aleksander; Belov, Igor; Tsaturian, Valeri; Vilensky, L. (1996). Anthology of Chess Beauty. Saturn-S. ISBN   5-8468-0045-9.

References

1. Армянские звезды спортивного Баку (Russian)
2. Гарри - вундеркинд и гений игры (Russian)
3. Karolyi, Tibor; Aplin, Nick (2009). "4". Genius in the Background . Quality Chess. pp.  113–147. ISBN   978-1-906552-37-4.

Further reading

• Karolyi, Tibor; Aplin, Nick (2009). Genius in the Background. Quality Chess. ISBN   978-1906552-37-4.

External links

• Alexander Shakarov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Alexander Shakarov chess games - 365Chess.com