Originally posted by lucifershammerFrom my ancient 12th edition of MCO: "Dating back to Nezhmetdinov (and Zukertort!) the line has recently been enriched by Matsukevich. The collective group term of "Archangelsk" [was] adopted in the Eatern hemisphere ........"
How did the Arkangel variation get its name?
Luc
I presume that either Nezhmetdinov or Matsukevich were from the Russian city of Archangelsk, I will try to confirm that. Hope this has been slightly informative.
Originally posted by no1marauderI could not answer the initial question (except the fact that variation is, probably, named after city Archangelsk), but Nezhmetdinov was from Kazan', and Mazukevich from Minsk...
From my ancient 12th edition of MCO: "Dating back to Nezhmetdinov (and Zukertort!) the line has recently been enriched by Matsukevich. The collective group term of "Archangelsk" [was] adopted in the Eatern hemisphere ........ ...[text shortened]... will try to confirm that. Hope this has been slightly informative.
Small piece of info revealed by Google🙂:
"The Archangel Variation proper (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0–0 b5 6 Bb3 Bb7) has been known since 1950, when the first game Kotov-Keres was played. Then, such is chess nomenclature, a group of masters from Arkhangelsk, a town in the north of Russia by the White Sea, made a thorough study of this line which was subsequently published in some unpronounceable and unspellable Russian magazine (Ok, something like Shaakmaty Bulletin). The system soon caught on with leading theoreticians, including Stein, Bagirov, Gipslis and Dorfman. Of the leading players today, Shirov, Anand, Malaniuk, Onischuk, Smirin, Tkachev, Georgiev, Piket and Bacrot have a fondness for it due to its aggressive nature."