Alexander Nikitin

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JustinHorton
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Alexander Nikitin

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:19 am

Has died, according to Chess News.
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Roland Kensdale
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by Roland Kensdale » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:18 pm

Justin,

Sorry to mention typo: he was Nikitin.

I associate his name with Tal from some famous games.
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:07 pm

Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:18 pm
 I associate his name with Tal from some famous games.
I think he was also a trainer and second to Kasparov and co-authored at least one book with him. The one I recall was on Sicilian systems with d6 and e6.
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:44 pm

Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:18 pm
Sorry to mention typo: he was Nikitin.
Oh, that's careless. Could somebody do the necessary? (And then delete this.)
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:19 pm

Can't the starter (ie you) alter the thread title appropriately?
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by Roger Lancaster » Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:47 am

There's a Iong and interesting 2020 interview with Nikitin at https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrowski/ ... e-together
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Re: Alexander Nitikin

Post by Simon Rogers » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:14 pm

I must admit I had not heard of him before.
There is now a Wikipedia entry for Alexandr Nikitin.
Alexandr was apparently the coach of French GM Etienne Bacrot in the late 1990s.
He was also given the FIDE title of International Master in 1993.
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Re: Alexander Nikitin

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:09 am

Chess Mind with links to other obits
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Re: Alexander Nikitin

Post by John Clarke » Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:23 pm

Today's Dominion Post (main Wellington daily) has a full-page obit for Nikitin, reprinted from The Times. Curious choice for a paper that usually ignores chess entirely from one year's end to the next.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
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