Alexei Stepanowitsch Suetin

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Suetin 1996 Bad Liebenzell.jpg
Alexei Suetin, Bad Liebenzell 1996
Association RussiaRussia Russia
Born November 16, 1926
Zinovievsk
Died September 10, 2001
Moscow
title International Master (1961)
Grand Master (1965)
Best Elo rating 2560 (July 1971)

Alexey Suetin ( Russian Алексей Степанович Суэтин ., Scientific transliteration Aleksej Stepanovič Suetin * 16th November 1926 in Sinowjewsk ; † 10. September 2001 in Moscow ) was a Soviet - Russian grandmaster in chess (1965) and an author of chess books .

Life

Although Alexei Suetin was never among the absolute best in the world, he took part in ten USSR championships and numerous international tournaments . In 1961 he became International Master , in 1965 Grand Master. In 1996 he became the senior world champion in Bad Liebenzell .

Suetin was the trainer and second of various top grandmasters, including world champion Tigran Petrosyan , who prepared with him for various world championship fights.

He reached his highest Elo number of 2560 in July 1971. Before the introduction of the Elo numbers, his best historical Elo number was 2701. This he reached in October 1970.

As a chess author, he published more than 20 works, mainly chess textbooks, opening overviews and works about chess masters. In the volume Typical Errors Suetin undertook a categorization of frequently occurring errors and analyzed the predominantly psychological elements of the game. For his last book, Steps to Mastery in Chess , TOO Nowina, Moscow, 1998, ISBN 5-89036-069-8 , the author received his fee in books because the publisher went bankrupt.

Alexei Suetin died of a heart attack in 2001 .

Works

  • Chess textbook for advanced players, a total of 6 editions (1971, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1989), all Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Chess Strategy for Advanced 1 + 2, 1976, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Typical mistakes, 1980, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Textbook of chess theory (2 volumes), 1981, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • French to Nimzowitsch opening, 1982, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Caro-Kann to Alekhine Defense, 1983, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • World Champion Chess Strategy, 1983, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Modern thinking methods of the chess player, 1985, Franckh, Stuttgart
  • Open successfully, 1987, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • The chess genius Paul Keres, 1987, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Chess training, 1988, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Modernes Mittelspiel, 1988, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • The chess genius Botwinnik, 1990, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Attacking with the Volga Gambit, 1990, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • French. Systems according to 3rd Sc3, 1991, Sportverlag, Berlin
  • Hour of the Second, 1995, Verlag Bock and Kübler, Berlin
  • David Bronstein, 1996, Bock and Kübler Verlag, Berlin
  • Tigran Petrosjan, 1997, Bock and Kübler Verlag, Berlin
  • Basics of the modern opening game, 1997, Kania Schachverlag, Schwieberdingen

Web links

Commons : Alexey Suetin  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75.
  2. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. German National Library , accessed on April 16, 2019 (search for “Chess textbook for advanced learners”).
personal data
SURNAME Suetin, Alexei Stepanowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suetin, Alexei Stepanovic; Suetin, Alexej; Suetin, Alexei; Суэтин, Алексей Степанович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Zinovievsk
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2001
Place of death Moscow