Alexander Shakarov Explained

Alexander Shakarov (born 8 March 1948 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is a Soviet-Azerbaijani chess player, coach and author of Armenian descent.^[1]

He is best known for being Garry Kasparov's coach from 1976 to 2005.^{[2] [3]} 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."^[3]

Shakarov was also the trainer of Ashot Nadanian.^[3]

The fourth chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him.

Books

• Book: Kasparov, Garry . Garry Kasparov . Shakarov, Aleksander . Caro-Kann: Classical 4.Bf5 . 1984 . Batsford . 0-7134-4237-9.
• Book: Shakarov, Aleksander . Belov, Igor. Tsaturian, Valeri. Vilensky, L. . Anthology of Chess Beauty . 1996 . Saturn-S . 5-8468-0045-9.

Further reading

• Book: Karolyi, Tibor . Aplin, Nick . Nick Aplin . Genius in the Background . 2009 . . 978-1906552-37-4.

External links

• • Alexander Shakarov chess games - 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. http://noev-kovcheg.ru/mag/2008-08/1279.html Армянские звезды спортивного Баку
2. http://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/2158/ Гарри - вундеркинд и гений игры
3. Book: Karolyi, Tibor. Aplin, Nick . Genius in the Background. limited. Quality Chess. 2009. 113–147. 4. 978-1-906552-37-4.