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M Marin 
 
Mihail Marin
Number of games in database: 312
Years covered: 1985 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2556
Highest rating achieved in database: 2604
Overall record: +68 -60 =184 (51.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English, 1 c4 e5 (27) 
    A29 A22 A20 A21 A23
 King's Indian (19) 
    E63 E68 E94 E92 E66
 English (15) 
    A13 A10 A16 A14
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D87 D91 D86 D92 D94
 Semi-Slav (11) 
    D47 D45 D48 D43
 English, 1 c4 c5 (10) 
    A30 A37 A34 A33
With the Black pieces:
 Pirc (30) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Ruy Lopez (22) 
    C80 C77 C82 C69 C97
 Modern Benoni (21) 
    A56 A57 A68 A70 A65
 King's Indian (17) 
    E97 E90 E66 E64 E94
 Ruy Lopez, Open (15) 
    C80 C82
 Sicilian (12) 
    B76 B93 B51 B90 B52
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   J Akesson vs M Marin, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Blatny vs M Marin, 1989 0-1

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MIHAIL MARIN
(born Apr-21-1965) Romania

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GM Mihail Marin is a noted author who wrote "Secrets of Chess Defence" (Gambit Publications, 2003), "Secrets of Attacking Chess" (Gambit Publications, 2005) and "Learn from the Legends: Chess Champions at Their Best" (Quality Chess, 2004) among others.

 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 312  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Marin vs Suba 0-135 1985 Romania (ch) 40/709E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
2. M Marin vs Anand ½-½59 1986 OakhamE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
3. M Marin vs J Benjamin  ½-½61 1987 izt, Szirak 44/695 (Marin,M)E46 Nimzo-Indian
4. Nunn vs M Marin 1-027 1987 Szirak (izt) 44/269 (Nunn,J)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
5. Hjartarson vs M Marin  1-035 1987 iztB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
6. M Marin vs W Schmidt  ½-½23 1987 Warsaw zt-playoffD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
7. M Marin vs Ljubojevic  0-134 1987 SzirakD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
8. Beliavsky vs M Marin  ½-½35 1987 SzirakB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
9. Petursson vs M Marin  0-138 1987 Taflfelag-PolitehnicA56 Benoni Defense
10. M Marin vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½11 1987 Szirak (Hungary)E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
11. M Marin vs Portisch  0-142 1987 SzirakE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
12. K Mokry vs M Marin  ½-½40 1987 Warsaw zt-AB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. G Milos vs M Marin  ½-½35 1987 Szirak (Hungary)A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
14. W Schmidt vs M Marin  0-135 1987 Warsaw zt-playoffA56 Benoni Defense
15. M Marin vs Velimirovic  1-030 1987 Szirak InterzonalA04 Reti Opening
16. L Hazai vs M Marin  ½-½17 1987 WarsawB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
17. M Marin vs Petursson  ½-½44 1987 It BucharestD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
18. M Marin vs Jansa  1-034 1987 Warsaw zt-AA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
19. M Marin vs W Schmidt  ½-½26 1987 Warsaw zt-AD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
20. Christiansen vs M Marin  ½-½32 1987 IztA57 Benko Gambit
21. Adorjan vs M Marin  ½-½25 1987 IztE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
22. Salov vs M Marin  ½-½57 1987 IztA56 Benoni Defense
23. M Marin vs Uhlmann  ½-½50 1988 Dresden E92 King's Indian
24. M Marin vs Jiangchuan  ½-½34 1988 Thessaloniki olmE97 King's Indian
25. Romanishin vs M Marin  ½-½26 1988 Dresden 46/434C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
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Jun-13-04   Knezh: That is indeed correct.
Mar-12-05   WTHarvey: Here are some wins and mates from Mihail's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/mari.html
Mar-12-05   TheHappyPrince: I think Marin was Judit Polgar's second during Corus this year.
Mar-12-05   cade: This guy really loves his draws.
Nov-12-05   Hesam7: "Secrets Of Attacking Chess" is a wonderful book by Marin. I really enjoy reading it. Highly recommended.
Nov-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: <Hesam7> Yeah, i've got it as well. Haven't finished it though. Have you got his previous book, Secrets of Chess Defence?
Nov-12-05   Hesam7: Unfortunately not. But this book is almost fascinating. "The Paradox of Century" or the chapter on Morphy are very original.
Nov-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: Yes that's true, i actually bought the book because of the chapter on Morphy.
Nov-12-05   Hesam7: <KinG> Do you have the "Secrets of Chess Defense" ?
Nov-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: <Hesam7> No. But i've heard that it's a great book. More systematic than SOAC. There is a review by Watson somewhere where he says that it's one of the best books on defence he's ever seen.
Nov-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: <Hesam7> Here's Watson's review: http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_re...
Nov-13-05   Hesam7: <KingG> thx for the link.
Mar-13-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: I have just got his "Learn from the Legends" (which won chesscafe.com's book of the year) and it's fantastic.
Apr-20-06   BIDMONFA: Mihail Marin

MARIN, Mihail
http://www.bidmonfa.com/marin_mihai...
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Jun-12-06   virginmind: yes, a very good romanian gm, third after nisipeanu and istratescu, rating-wise.
Aug-26-06   Albertan: Marin is a Benoni Defense practioner and expert of this defense. In the 1994 Moscow Olympiad he defeated GM Akopian using the Benoni.Here is the game score:

[Event "Moscow olm"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6
11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5
14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. g4 b5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Nc2 b4 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. g5 Nh5 21. f4 Nc4 22.Rb1 Bb5 23. b3 Na3 24. Bxa3 bxa3 25. Nxa3 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Ng3 27. Qd3 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 h6 29. gxh6 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 f5 31. Nc4 Qf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Bxe5 34.d6 Bd4 35. Bc6 Red8 36. Re1 Qh4 37. Re6 Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxh6 39. Re7+ Kh8 40. Re1 Qh4 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Bd5 Re8 44. Rf7+ Kg5 45. Nd2 Re1+ 46. Nf1 Qf4 47.Qxf4+ Kxf4 48. Bc4 Kf3 49. Ra7 Ra1 50. Re7 Rh8 51. Be2+ Kf2 52. Kh2 Bf6 53. Re6 Bg5 54. Rxg6 Bf4+ 0-1

May-02-07   pazzed paun: does anyone yet own "beating the open games" and also "A Spanish opening repertoire for black?'" by M.M.? Any reviews yet?
May-03-07   Interbond: In British Chess Magazine's May reviews you can find a short review of "Beating the open games". And you can find sample pages at:www.chessdirect.co.uk/acatalog/CATALOGUE_SHOP_e_paw- n_10.html
Nov-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  jperr75108: Carsten Hansen reviews both in his "checkpoint" column this month at chesscafe.com. Both seem to be very favorable reviews
Dec-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: Jeremy Silman has reviews of these two books up at his website. Marin is a skilled writer. He seems particularly strong when it comes to getting concepts across. His prose is way stronger than many if not most chess authors...in my humble opinion.
Dec-22-07   protean: "Learn from the Legends - Chess Champions at their Best" is an excellent book. It won ChessCafe.com's Book of the Year for 2005.
Dec-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: My library has it on order..I can't wait. SOCD and SOAC were both great. I'll work my way happily through the 1...e5 books eventually even though I'm a dedicated Caro Kann player.
Nov-08-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: On pages 72 to 76 from Marin, Mihail: "Learn from the Legends - Chess Champions at their Best", 2nd edition, Quality Chess, Gothenburg 2006 the following endgme is being discussed:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Eforie"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Valentin Stoica"]
[Black "Mihail Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "


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"] [SetUp "1"]

33.Qc8+ Kb6 34.Qd8+ Kb7 35.Qd5+ Qxd5 36.exd5 Re2 37.d6 Kc8 38.Rd5 Rc2 39.d7+ Kd8 40.a4 b4 41.Rd1 c4 42.h4 cxb3 43.Kh2 b2 44.Rb1 Kxd7 45.Kg3 Ke6 0-1

Does anyone have the complete game score? I looked up 365.chess.com and chesslive.de but there are only two draws between the two good friends.

Nov-08-08   Chessdreamer: <Karpova> MyChessDatabase (http://db.mychess.com/) has the complete game score.

[Event "Eforie"]
[Site "Eforie"]
[White "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 O-O 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8 18.Rd3 c5 19.Nd6 Qb8 20.b3 Ra7 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rxd8 Nxd8 24.Qxh7 Qb6 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.Nd4+ Ke8 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Nf5 Qe6 29.Rd1+ Kc6 30.Nxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qxd8 Qxe5 32.e4 Re7 33.Qc8+ Kb6 34.Qd8+ Kb7 35.Qd5+ Qxd5 36.exd5 Re2 37.d6 Kc8 38.Rd5 Rc2 39.d7+ Kd8 40.a4 b4 41.Rd1 c4 42.h4 cxb3 43.Kh2 b2 44.Rb1 Kxd7 45.Kg3 Ke6 0-1.

Nov-08-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: <chessdreamer>
Thank you very much!
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