Alexander Shakarov
{{Short description|Soviet chess player (born 1948)}}
Alexander Shakarov (born 8 March 1948 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is a Soviet chess player, coach and author of Armenian descent.[http://noev-kovcheg.ru/mag/2008-08/1279.html Армянские звезды спортивного Баку] (Russian)
He is best known for being Garry Kasparov's coach from 1976 to 2005.[http://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/2158/ Гарри - вундеркинд и гений игры] (Russian){{cite book|last=Karolyi|first=Tibor|author2=Aplin, Nick |title=Genius in the Background|url=https://archive.org/details/geniusbackground00karo|url-access=limited|publisher=Quality Chess|year=2009|pages=[https://archive.org/details/geniusbackground00karo/page/n113 113]–147|chapter=4|isbn=978-1-906552-37-4}} 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."
Shakarov was also the trainer of Ashot Nadanian.
The fourth chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him.
Books
- {{cite book
| author=Kasparov, Garry
| author-link=Garry Kasparov
|author2=Shakarov, Aleksander
| title=Caro-Kann: Classical 4.Bf5
| year=1984
| publisher=Batsford
| isbn= 0-7134-4237-9}}
- {{cite book
| author=Shakarov, Aleksander
|author2=Belov, Igor|author3= Tsaturian, Valeri|author4= Vilensky, L.
| title=Anthology of Chess Beauty
| year=1996
| publisher=Saturn-S
| isbn= 5-8468-0045-9}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book
|author=Karolyi, Tibor
|author2=Aplin, Nick |authorlink2=Nick Aplin
|title=Genius in the Background
|year=2009
|publisher=Quality Chess
|isbn=978-1906552-37-4}}
External links
- {{chessgames player|id=29379}}
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Alexander_Shakarov Alexander Shakarov chess games - 365Chess.com]
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