Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 408 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201598. My aim with the book was to provide you with a lot of insights into this remarkable variation, The Ark, and to entertain the reader with spectacular, resourceful lines to illustrate the ideas. Thus, I must stress that my book should also be interesting for those who enjoy chess in general, not just for the fans of this...
ChessBase, Jul 2018. A Black Weapon vs. the Ruy Lopez! The Arkhangelsk Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7!) in different forms is one of the old favorite weapons of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana who are still employing it in their tournament games on the highest level possible. Adrian Mikhalchishin’s first DVD on the Arkhangelsk was released...
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2022. In the introduction to the current database, GM Mihail Marin writes: "When talking about developing the bishop on c5, the modern (or Modern Chess) reader may first think of the Neo-Arkhangelsk system, while I am still nostalgic about the classical Arkhangelsk. There is a third possibility, though: Black can deviate from these by developing...
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2022. In the introduction to the current database, GM Mihail Marin writes: "When talking about developing the bishop on c5, the modern (or Modern Chess) reader may first think of the Neo-Arkhangelsk system, while I am still nostalgic about the classical Arkhangelsk. There is a third possibility, though: Black can deviate from these by developing...
ChessBase, Jul 2018. A Black Weapon vs. the Ruy Lopez! The Arkhangelsk Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7!) in different forms is one of the old favorite weapons of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana who are still employing it in their tournament games on the highest level possible. Adrian Mikhalchishin’s first DVD on the Arkhangelsk was released...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 408 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201598. My aim with the book was to provide you with a lot of insights into this remarkable variation, The Ark, and to entertain the reader with spectacular, resourceful lines to illustrate the ideas. Thus, I must stress that my book should also be interesting for those who just enjoy chess in general, not just for the fans of...
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2021. Update - 18.05.2021 PGN file. Welcome to the latest opening project of GM Boris Avrukh - Arkhangelsk Variation. Having worked on this opening with Fabiano Caruana, Avrukh is one of the biggest Arkhangelsk experts in the world. With a video running time of 6 hours and an integrated memory trainer, this project is different from anything we...
ModernChess, Opening Databases, 2021. Update - 18.05.2021 ChessBase file. Welcome to the latest opening project of GM Boris Avrukh - Arkhangelsk Variation. Having worked on this opening with Fabiano Caruana, Avrukh is one of the biggest Arkhangelsk experts in the world. With a video running time of 6 hours and an integrated memory trainer, this project is different from...
Belgrade: Chess Informant, 2022. — 182 p. — ISBN: 978-86-7297-128-6. This book is a Black repertoire against the Ruy López. We will be focusing on the Arkhangelsk (Möller) Defence. In the modern world where computers keep getting stronger and stronger, openings need to be updated daily. After the emergence of NNUE engines, the style of play has changed drastically. Players...
Belgrade: Chess Informant, 2022. — 182 p. — ISBN: 978-86-7297-128-6. This book is a Black repertoire against the Ruy López. We will be focusing on the Arkhangelsk (Möller) Defence. In the modern world where computers keep getting stronger and stronger, openings need to be updated daily. After the emergence of NNUE engines, the style of play has changed drastically. Players...
Belgrade: Chess Informant, 2022. — 182 p. — ISBN: 978-86-7297-128-6. This book is a Black repertoire against the Ruy López. We will be focusing on the Arkhangelsk (Möller) Defence. In the modern world where computers keep getting stronger and stronger, openings need to be updated daily. After the emergence of NNUE engines, the style of play has changed drastically. Players...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 1041 p. ISBN: 9789464201598. The Ark has always been considered one of the theoretically heaviest defenses in meeting the Ruy Lopez, though also the most exciting and the most beautiful of all. It requires tactical vision, good calculation, and memory, but not just from us – from the White side too. Let’s not forget that! I also must say that no...
Šahovski informator, 2022. — 287 p. ISBN: 978-86-7297-128-6. This book is a Black repertoire against Ruy López. We will be focusing on the Arkhangelsk (Möller) Defence. In the modern world where computers keep getting stronger and stronger, openings need to be updated daily. After the emergence of NNUE engines, the style of play changed drastically. Players started to sacrifice...
Chessbase, 2016. The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the white ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was developed in the early sixties by...
2nd edition. — Chessbase, 2010. — ISBN13: 9783866811898. The variation against the Ruy Lopez presented in meticulous detail by Alexei Shirov (3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5) has so far had no recognised name and Shirov himself has named it after Vladislav Tkachiev, the 2007 European champion, the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez. In fact the grandmaster from Kazakhstan has played a few...
Chessbase, 2016. The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the white ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was developed in the early sixties by...
R & D Publishing, 1993. — 66 p. — ISBN: 9781883358013. The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the White ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was...
R & D Publishing, 1993. — 66 p. — ISBN: 9781883358013. The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the White ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was...
2nd edition. Publisher: Chessbase, 2010. - ISBN13: 9783866811898. The variation against the Ruy Lopez presented in meticulous detail by Alexei Shirov (3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5) has so far had no recognised name and Shirov himself has named it after Vladislav Tkachiev, the 2007 European champion, the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez. In fact the grandmaster from Kazakhstan has...
Everyman Chess 2000.— 162 p. — ISBN: 1 85744 260 1. Up-to-date overview of two dynamic systems to counter the Ruy Lopez. Although a few earlier games are known, even from the 19th century, the Archangel Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 derives its name from a group of players from the Russian city of Arkhangelsk, who tested the line in the early...
Everyman Chess 2000.— 162 p. — ISBN: 1 85744 260 1. Up-to-date overview of two dynamic systems to counter the Ruy Lopez. Although a few earlier games are known, even from the 19th century, the Archangel Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 derives its name from a group of players from the Russian city of Arkhangelsk, who tested the line in the early...