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Nikolay Minev

{{Short description|Bulgarian chess player (1931–2017)}}

Nikolay (or Nikolai) Nikolaev Minev ({{langx|bg|Николай Николаев Минев}}, 8 November 1931 – 10 March 2017) was a Bulgarian chess International Master (IM) and noted chess author.

Minev was born on 8 November 1931, in Rousse, Bulgaria.[http://www.thechesslibrary.com/minevbio.html Minev bio] - confirms date of birth (Note: most other sources give the month of birth incorrectly as January) He was awarded the IM title by FIDE in 1960. He was the champion of Bulgaria in 1953, 1965, and 1966. He played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiad six times (1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1966). Minev's best international results were: third at Varna in 1960, second at Warsaw in 1961, а tie for first at Sombor in 1966, and second at Albena in 1975. He contributed to early editions of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and the Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings (see Chess endgame literature). Minev and his wife emigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s and settled in Seattle, Washington. He was associated with Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and his magazine Inside Chess in the 1980s and 1990s.

He died on 10 March 2017 in Seattle.{{cite web|url=http://chessbg.com/|title=Death Of Nikolay Minev|publisher=Bulgarian CF|access-date=13 March 2017}}

Books

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Bobekov|first2=Radko

|last3=Milev|first3=Zdravko

|title=Shakhmatni Kombinatsii

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1961}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Karo Kan

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1967}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Strategiyah i Taktika na Shakhmata

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1969}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Neikirkh|first2=Oleg

|title=Parvi s Tapki b Shakhmata

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1972}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Sitsilianska Zatsita Variant "Drakon"

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1976}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Yuchormanski|first2=N.

|title=Bulgariyah na Shakhmatnite Olimpiadi

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1978}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Kaikamzozov|first2=Zhivko

|title=Klasichesko Benoni

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1980}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Ednotopovni Endtspili

|publisher=Medichina i Fizkultura

|place=Sofia

|year=1980}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=French Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas!

|publisher=Thinkers Press

|year=1988

|isbn=978-0-938650-36-2}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Seirawan|first2=Yasser

|title=Take My Rooks

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1991

|isbn=978-1-879479-01-2}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Seirawan|first2=Yasser

|last3=Donaldson|first3=John

|title=Alekhine in the Americas

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1992

|isbn=978-1-879479-06-7}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first2=Yasser

|last2=Seirawan

|title=B12: Caro-Kann

|publisher=Sahovski Informator

|year=1993

}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Seirawan|first2=Yasser

|last3=Donaldson|first3=John

|title=Alekhine in Europe and Asia

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1993

|isbn=978-1-879479-12-8}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=King's Indian Defense: Tactics, Ideas, Exercises

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1993

|isbn=978-1-879479-13-5}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Donaldson|first2=John

|title=Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1994

|isbn=978-1-879479-19-7}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Donaldson|first2=John

|title=Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1995

|isbn=978-1-879479-27-2}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=The Sicilian Defense: Last Decade (1986-1995), 250 Good and Bad Ideas

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=1995

|isbn=978-1-879479-28-9}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Caro-Kann: Fantasy Variation

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|year=1996

|isbn=978-0-9661889-0-5}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Miguel Najdorf: King of the King's Indian Defense

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|year=1997

|isbn=978-0-9661889-1-2}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=French Defense 2: New and Forgotten Ideas!

|edition=2nd

|publisher=Thinkers Press

|year=1998

|isbn=978-0-938650-92-8}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Mastering Tactical Ideas

|publisher=International Chess Enterprises

|place=Seattle

|year=2000

|isbn=978-1-879479-83-8}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=Dutch Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas!

|publisher=Thinkers Press

|year=2003

|isbn=978-1-888710-01-4}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=A Practical Guide to Rook End Games

|publisher=Russell Enterprises

|year=2005

|isbn=978-1-888690-22-4}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Donaldson|first2=John

|title=Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

|edition=2nd

|publisher=Russell Enterprises

|year=2007

|isbn=978-1-888690-29-3}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|title=David Bronstein: Fifty Great Short Games

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|year=2008

|isbn=978-0-9661889-2-9}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|year=2008

|title=Tony Miles: Fifty Great Short Games

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|isbn=978-0-9661889-3-6}}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|year=2008

|title=Rudolf Spielmann: Fifty Great Short Games

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|isbn=978-0-9661889-4-3}}

  • {{Citation

|last1=Minev|first1=Nikolay

|last2=Donaldson|first2=John

|title=Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years

|edition=2nd

|publisher=Russell Enterprises

|year=2012

|isbn= 978-1-9364903-9-4 }}

  • {{Citation

|last=Minev|first=Nikolay

|year=2012

|title=Mikhail Chigorin and Dawid Janowsky: Fifty Great Short Games

|publisher=The Chess Library

|place=Seattle

|isbn=978-0-9661889-5-0}}

References

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  • {{citation

| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige

| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography

| publisher=McFarland

| isbn=0-7864-2353-6

| page=284}}

  • {{Citation

|surname1=Golombek|given1=Harry|authorlink1=Harry Golombek

|title=Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess

|year=1977

|publisher=Crown Publishing

|isbn=0-517-53146-1}}

  • {{citation

| last=Sunnucks | first=Anne|authorlink=Anne Sunnucks

| year=1970

| title=The Encyclopaedia of Chess

| publisher=St. Martins Press

| isbn=978-0-7091-4697-1}}

External links

  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195650/http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2001055 |title=Nikolay N. Minev rating card at FIDE}}
  • {{Chessgames.com player|46319|Nikolay N. Minev}}
  • [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/minevbio.html The Life & Career of Nikolay Minev]
  • [http://derricksblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/my-interview-with-nikolay-minev/ Interview with Nikolay Minev]

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