8 January 1981(1981-01-08) (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (1950)
Peak rating
2510 (July 1971)
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1913 – 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field.
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1913 – 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author...
Kotov (Russian: Котов) and Kotova (Russian: Котова; feminine) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: AlexanderKotov (1913–1981)...
places (all on party lists) and Yabloko - one place (on party lists). AlexanderKotov, who headed the Assembly of the fifth convocation, was again elected...
championships. In 1945, he tied for 1st-3rd in Baku (URS-ch sf), with AlexanderKotov and Iosif Rudakovsky, each scoring 10½/15. In June 1945, he tied for...
middlegame theory came with the release of AlexanderKotov's book Think like a Grandmaster in 1971. Kotov outlined how a player calculates by developing...
Vasily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Isaac Boleslavsky, AlexanderKotov Argentina 19½ Miguel Najdorf, Julio Bolbochán, Erich Eliskases, Hermann...
Machine (Soltis 2002, p. 103) (Kotov 1964, p. 66) (Chernev 1974, p. 110) (Fox & James 1993, pp. 170–71) GM AlexanderKotov wrote that former World Champion...
ISBN 954-8782-23-5. Khalifman, Alexander (2002). Alexander Alekhine: Games 1935–1946. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-954-8782-25-8. Kotov, Alexander; Yudovich, Y. (1958)...
organized the famous Reggio Emilia chess tournament. He beat Soviet GM AlexanderKotov with the black pieces in Venice in 1950, but missed receiving the Grandmaster...
Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) Paul Keres (USSR) Boris Kostić (Yugoslavia) AlexanderKotov (USSR) Grigory Levenfish (USSR) Andor Lilienthal (USSR) Géza Maróczy...
Interzonal since FIDE instituted the tournament in 1948. Russian GM AlexanderKotov said of Fischer: I have discussed Fischer's play with Max Euwe and...
(+11−0=4), ahead of several strong visiting Soviets, including AlexanderKotov, Alexander Tolush, Lilienthal, and Flohr. He then won at Tbilisi 1946 (hors...
revived in the 1940s and 1950s by players such as Isaac Boleslavsky, AlexanderKotov, and Miguel Najdorf. Reuben Fine, one of the world's leading players...
on 12. Smyslov took a decisive lead in the next few rounds: In round 23, Kotov defeated Reshevsky while Smyslov had the bye. Bronstein and Keres moved...
Boleslavsky (Soviet Union) ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 12 4 AlexanderKotov (Soviet Union) 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 11½ 5 Andor...
tournaments—Saltsjobaden 1948 (won by GM David Bronstein), Stockholm 1952 (won by GM AlexanderKotov), Gothenburg 1955 (won by GM Paul Keres), and Stockholm 1962 (won by...
professional fights, Vlad fought fellow up-and-coming Russian kickboxer AlexanderKotov on May 9, 2014, in a 5-round fight for the FKR 60 kg Russian title...
notable being the Soviet Chess Championships of 1948 (jointly with AlexanderKotov) and 1949 (jointly with Smyslov). He also tied for second place at...
1985) Tatiana Kosintseva (born 1986) Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984) AlexanderKotov (1913–1981) Boris Koyalovich (1867–1941) Valentina Kozlovskaya (born...
Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal Four titles: Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky Three titles: Paul Keres, Leonid Stein, Anatoly Karpov Women's...
defeated such established players as Semyon Furman, Isaac Boleslavsky, AlexanderKotov, Salo Flohr, fellow finals debutant Tigran Petrosian, Viacheslav Ragozin...
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