Mark Dvoretsky
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Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky is a world-renowned Russian chess
trainer, writer and International Master.
He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and for a while, was widely regarded as the strongest IM in the world. This was due to a number of excellent results; he was Moscow Champion
in 1973, finished equal fifth in a strong Soviet Championship
in 1974 and won the Wijk aan Zee Masters tournament of 1975 by a clear point and a half. Along with another creditable finish at the USSR Championship of 1975, the results were an indication that he was already of grandmaster strength.
However, for personal reasons he opted not to remain an active player and instead followed his urge to become a chess trainer. This was something he had tried out and enjoyed while studying at Moscow University and he quickly gained a reputation for transforming serious, hard-working 2200 (Elo) players into grandmasters. Similarly, it was said that established grandmasters could become champions under his tutelage and his student register began to read like a 'who's who' of chess greats. Garry Kasparov
, Viswanathan Anand
, Topalov
, Evgeny Bareev
, Joël Lautier
and Loek Van Wely
were just a few of the players who benefited from his coaching. Four of his students went on to become Junior World Champions.
Equally noteworthy has been his long time collaboration with fellow Muscovite Artur Yusupov
. Yusupov attributes much of his chess success to Dvoretsky's training methods and at his peak became number three in the world (behind Kasparov and Karpov) and reached the semi-final of the World Championship Candidates Tournament
on no less than three occasions. They have published books together and even established a chess school in the 1990s, turning out many of today's top-flight grandmasters.
Dvoretsky has written a series of chess training books. The series commenced with Secrets of Chess Training which won the BCF book of the year award in 1991. Secrets of Chess Tactics, Opening Preparation, Technique for the Tournament Player and Attack and Defence followed along. Some time later came his 'School of Chess Excellence' books, which were recently revised and re-issued by Edition Olms, a Swiss publishing house. Numbered 1-4, they are in order, Endgame Analysis, Tactical Play, Strategic Play and Opening Developments. The books are sometimes co-authored by star pupil Yusupov and many contain contributions from a host of other grandmasters. He wrote Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, published in 2003, a manual on the endgame. A second edition was published in 2006.
His latest book was published in 2008: Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual.
Chess
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trainer, writer and International Master.
He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and for a while, was widely regarded as the strongest IM in the world. This was due to a number of excellent results; he was Moscow Champion
Moscow City Chess Championship
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in 1973, finished equal fifth in a strong Soviet Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
in 1974 and won the Wijk aan Zee Masters tournament of 1975 by a clear point and a half. Along with another creditable finish at the USSR Championship of 1975, the results were an indication that he was already of grandmaster strength.
However, for personal reasons he opted not to remain an active player and instead followed his urge to become a chess trainer. This was something he had tried out and enjoyed while studying at Moscow University and he quickly gained a reputation for transforming serious, hard-working 2200 (Elo) players into grandmasters. Similarly, it was said that established grandmasters could become champions under his tutelage and his student register began to read like a 'who's who' of chess greats. Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
, Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
, Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
, Evgeny Bareev
Evgeny Bareev
Evgeny Bareev is a Russian chess Grandmaster and chess coach. In October 2003, he was in fourth place in the world rankings, with an Elo rating of 2739....
, Joël Lautier
Joel Lautier
Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...
and Loek Van Wely
Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Chess Championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match. The...
were just a few of the players who benefited from his coaching. Four of his students went on to become Junior World Champions.
Equally noteworthy has been his long time collaboration with fellow Muscovite Artur Yusupov
Artur Yusupov
Artur Mayakovich Yusupov is a German International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer.-Chess career:...
. Yusupov attributes much of his chess success to Dvoretsky's training methods and at his peak became number three in the world (behind Kasparov and Karpov) and reached the semi-final of the World Championship Candidates Tournament
Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship...
on no less than three occasions. They have published books together and even established a chess school in the 1990s, turning out many of today's top-flight grandmasters.
Dvoretsky has written a series of chess training books. The series commenced with Secrets of Chess Training which won the BCF book of the year award in 1991. Secrets of Chess Tactics, Opening Preparation, Technique for the Tournament Player and Attack and Defence followed along. Some time later came his 'School of Chess Excellence' books, which were recently revised and re-issued by Edition Olms, a Swiss publishing house. Numbered 1-4, they are in order, Endgame Analysis, Tactical Play, Strategic Play and Opening Developments. The books are sometimes co-authored by star pupil Yusupov and many contain contributions from a host of other grandmasters. He wrote Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, published in 2003, a manual on the endgame. A second edition was published in 2006.
His latest book was published in 2008: Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual.
Original series
The Dvoretsky School series was first published in English in these editions:Notable games
- Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky vs Boris Gulko, Leningrad URS ch 1974, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (A16), 1-0
- David Bronstein vs Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky, Ch URS ( 1 liga ) 1974, French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11), 0-1
- Attila Schneider vs Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky, Frunze 1983, Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System (D44), 0-1