
MariaManakova
@ManakovaChess
Women Grandmaster
Chess Olympiad'98 in Elista. Yugoslavian team. (Natasha Bojković nearby)

On January 27 (yesterday) my beloved coach and friend Alexander Sergeyevich Nikitin would have turned 90 years old. I miss him so much!

Professional chess has many facets. This is one of them. Vassily Ivanchuk after his game with Daniel Naroditsky. NY, World blitz championship-2024. Photo - Lennart Ootes.

With my coach and friend Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950-2021)

OK, Magnus Carlsen expressed the mutual opinion about the dress code. Chess players have long been unhappy with it, but were afraid to protest openly. But this doesn't mean that everyone kept silent. Here is what I wrote in my book a few years ago: "Of course, you want to…
Elk and Ruby publishes Play the Mackenzie! – A Sharp White Attack in the Ruy Lopez, by FIDE Master David Gertler Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/1916839622 Extract: dropbox.com/scl/fi/ugzp2h8…

Just took the 1st women's prize and the 9th (7-11) men's prize at Nis-open (Serbia). The winner is GM Suat Atalik.




I don't remember the details about the controversy with @MManakovaChess's book, "A Zillion Chess and Life Hacks," but I am halfway into it and love it. It is full of wisdom, psychological insight, practical advice, and wit.

My book has just been reissued. Several editions have been already sold and now - reissue. This means that the book in my native Russian is selling very well. I hope that the English version of this book "the Zillion chess and life hacks" will have the same success.

I just found a gift from great Svetozar Gligoric. This is a disc with his music (at the end of his life he switched from chess to jazz). In the photo, Che Guevara is watching Gligoric's game. Inscription: "To Masha in memory of many years of friendship. 8.9.2011 Belgrade."

At a tournament in Russia one women chessplayer poisoned another (not to death) using mercury. Just came before the round and poured it on the board. But video camera fixed it. In my book I describe various cases of opponents influencing each other, but poisoning with mercury!..
#Beauty_in_chess The 2024 Botez Chess Camp. Malibu, California. Round-robin tournament of the most popular women chess streamers. Classic chess. Three prizes: 10000$, 5000$, 2500$.

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