Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez - Shirov "E034" If you know anything of

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He normally specializes in razor-sharp defenses such as the Sicilian Dragon and King’s Indian

Born in Krasnodar (Soviet Union)

preparation and will to win are three crucial factors

Initially I didn't find any [of the puzzles] especially difficult

Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez - Shirov "E034" If you know anything ofThe 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 recognized 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 important games with this system, but it would have been just as justified to name the variation after our author himself, because