Adrian Mikhalchishin

Adrian Mikhalchishin, 2006

Adrian Bogdanovich Mikhalchishin (or Mihalcisin or Mihalčišin, born November 18, 1954 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Slovenia.
He became a Grandmaster in 1978, shared first place at the Nikolaev tournament in 1983, and was second at Hastings in 1985-86.

Coach

Mikhalchishin is Vice-chairman of the FIDE Trainer Committee. From 1980 to 1986 Mikhalchishin was the trainer of Anatoly Karpov, and has also trained Zsuzsa Polgar, Maya Chiburdanidze, Alexander Beliavsky, Arkadij Naiditsch, and Vassily Ivanchuk. In 2004 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. He is currently coaching the Women's Team in Turkey.^[1]

Books

• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (1995), Winning Endgame Technique, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-7512-9 
• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (1998). Fianchetto Grunfeld. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-204-5. 
• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2000), Winning Endgame Strategy, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8446-2 
• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2003), Modern Endgame Practice, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8740-2 

Chessbase Discs

• The Secret Weapons of the Champions
• Decision Making in Chess
• Power of Planning
• Arkhangelsk
• Power of Exchange
• Winning Structures
• Strategy University Vol 1: The Central Approach
• Strategy University Vol 2: Prevention and Preparation in Chess
• Strategy University Vol 3: Positional Pawn Sacrifice
• The King in the Center

References

External links

• Adrian Mihalcisin rating card at FIDE
• Adrian Mikhalchishin player profile at ChessGames.com
• Statistics at ChessWorld.net
• Interview with GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (2006)
• Interview with GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (2008)

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