Mihail Marin

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Mihail Marin
Mihail Marin, 2008
CountryRomania
Born (1965-04-21) April 21, 1965 (age 59)
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2456 (May 2024)
Peak rating2616 (September 2009)

Mihail Marin (born 21 April 1965) is a Romanian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. Marin's first major success in international chess was in qualifying for the Interzonal in 1987. He has won three Romanian Championships[1] and has played in the Chess Olympiads ten times, winning a bronze individual medal in 1988. For several years he was editor of the magazine Chess Extrapress.

Marin has written a number of well-received books: Secrets of Chess Defence (Gambit Publications, 2003, ISBN 1-901983-91-9), Learn from the Legends: Chess Champions at Their Best (Quality Chess, 2004, ISBN 91-975243-2-8), Secrets of Attacking Chess (Gambit Publications, 2005, ISBN 1-904600-30-1), Beating the Open Games (Quality Chess, 2007, ISBN 91-976004-3-1, ISBN 978-91-976004-3-9), A Spanish Opening Repertoire for Black (Quality Chess, 2007, ISBN 91-976005-0-4, ISBN 978-91-976005-0-7) and Reggio Emilia 2007/2008 (together with Yuri Garrett - Quality Chess, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906552-32-9). Learn from the Legends was named the 2005 ChessCafe Book of the Year, and was nominated for the 2004 BCF Book of the Year.[2] Secrets of Chess Defence was nominated for the 2003 ChessCafe Book of the Year.[3] International Master Jeremy Silman, himself a prize-winning author of chess books, has called Marin "one of the world's finest chess writers"[4] and wrote of Learn from the Legends, "I can't recall having seen a better book in the last two decades".[5]

References

  1. ^ Federaţia Română de Şah Prezentare (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Interview with Mihail Marin Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Id.
  4. ^ Silman's Review of Beating the Open Games
  5. ^ Silman's Review of Learn from the Legends

External links

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