ANTHONY KOSTEN (born Jul-24-1958, 66 years old) United Kingdom (federation/nationality France) [what is this?] In 1982 he placed third in the British Championship, held in Torquay. In 1989 he moved to France and since then has captained and coached that country in major competitions. Kosten played many tournaments, finishing first or equal first in the following: 1984 Budapest 1985 Andorra International Open 1986 Geneva International Open, clear first at 8.5/9 1987 Cappelle-la-Grande Open (first on tie-break) 1987 Challengers Open, Hastings Congress 1987/88 1989 Challengers Open, Hastings Congress 1989/90 1991 San Benedetto del Tronto 1992 Mandelieu-la-Napoule 1993 14th Festival of Asti 1994 Chanac (repeated in 1995) 1995 Saint-Affrique 2000 Naujac-sur-Mer – L'Étang-Salé 2004 Montpellier – Villeurbanne 2005 Mundolsheim 2006 Cap d'Agde 2007 Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 2008 Avoine, Indre-et-Loire - Kilkenny 2010 Wellington College International Perhaps the most striking of these performances was at the 1st Geneva Open tournament of 1986 (170 players, including several grandmasters, among them Anthony Miles, Miguel Quinteros, and Soviet (Armenian) Smbat Lputian). The event was nine rounds and Kosten won his first eight games. This was sufficient to already guarantee him first place ahead of a strong field. In the final game, he accepted a draw offer from his compatriot Glenn Flear. He agreed after some half an hour's deliberation, for the position was hopelessly lost for Flear. That acceptance prevented Kosten from achieving a perfect 9/9 score. IM Kosten won outright a full point ahead of second placed GM Lars Karlsson. He lives in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is now naturalized French and registered on the French Elo list. Kosten was married to the daughter of Hungarian Grandmaster Győző Forintos. Team Championships With the English national team he participated in the European Championship in 1989 in Haifa, where he received the individual bronze medal for his score of 5 points from 7 games on the first reserve board. In 1990 he played for England in the 1st VISA Chess Summit in Rekyavik. England came second. In the British Team Championships 4NCL, he won with Slough in 1996, 1999 and 2000 and with Guildford in 2004, 2007 and 2008. He twice won the French Team Championships with Monaco, in 2001 and 2002. In Germany he has played on the first board of Schott Mainz since 1994. In Austria, he played for Frohnleiten from 2001, which became Holz Dohr-Semriach from the 2004/05 season. In the 2007/08 season he was the best player with Rainer Buhmann. In Switzerland, he played for Lausanne Le Joueur, and he was also active in the Hungarian (for MTK) and Basque (for Oaso X.T.) Team Championships. Wikipedia article: Anthony Kosten Last updated: 2024-04-30 10:54:38

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page 1 of 61; games 1-25 of 1,519  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Kosten vs F Sanz Alonso   1-0 25 1978 Hastings Challengers 1978/79 C29 Vienna Gambit 2. A Kosten vs B Kurajica 1-0 38 1980 Evening Standard Chess Congress B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. A Kosten vs C Morris   1-0 24 1981 Bristol op B42 Sicilian, Kan 4. A Kosten vs Miles   0-1 63 1981 Bristol op B42 Sicilian, Kan 5. N Bradbury vs A Kosten   0-1 32 1981 ARC Young Masters A61 Benoni 6. A Kosten vs G West   ½-½ 31 1981 ARC Young Masters C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. D P Mooney vs A Kosten   1-0 31 1981 ARC Young Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 8. S Taulbut vs A Kosten   1-0 49 1981 ARC Young Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 9. A Kosten vs N Carr   1-0 43 1981 ARC Young Masters B15 Caro-Kann 10. A Kosten vs J Cox   0-1 68 1981 ARC Young Masters C00 French Defense 11. A Kosten vs Chandler   ½-½ 22 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 12. H van Parreren vs A Kosten   0-1 40 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open B08 Pirc, Classical 13. J Levitt vs A Kosten   0-1 38 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 14. A Kosten vs G Ligterink   ½-½ 49 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open B44 Sicilian 15. A Kosten vs G Iskov   1-0 35 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open B40 Sicilian 16. P Gerbert vs A Kosten   1-0 43 1981 5th Lloyds Bank Masters Open B06 Robatsch 17. A Kosten vs J Arnason   0-1 43 1981 Manchester Benedictine Open B40 Sicilian 18. A Kosten vs M Basman 0-1 35 1981 Manchester Benedictine Open B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 19. A Kosten vs K Pytel   0-1 34 1981 Lewisham International B32 Sicilian 20. D King vs A Kosten   ½-½ 36 1981 Lewisham International C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 21. N R Oliver vs A Kosten   0-1 29 1981 Lewisham International C44 King's Pawn Game 22. A Kosten vs E Schiller 1-0 41 1981 Lewisham International B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 23. K Berg vs A Kosten 0-1 13 1981 Lewisham International C29 Vienna Gambit 24. A Kosten vs A Kuligowski 0-1 29 1981 Lewisham International B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. A Kosten vs G Iskov   1-0 27 1981 Lewisham International B42 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 61; games 1-25 of 1,519

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-11-06    Brown: <HolyKnight> If I had a bood, I'd back it too! The Classical Dutch. Does Webb play the Bird as white? Jun-30-07    FICSwoodpusher: I see that this nice game is not yet in the database: [Event "4NCL 2006-07"] [Site "Coventry ENG"] [Date "2007.01.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Kosten, A"] [Black "Rudd, J"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2359"] [ECO "A36"] [Opening "English, Ultra-Symmetrical V"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e5 6. b4 cxb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Ba3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Nge7 10. Bd6 O-O 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Nd6 Nf5 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. c5 e4 15. Ra4 Nfd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. Bd6 1-0 Jul-17-07    alter: Kosten's book "The Dynamic English" has to be one of the best repertoire books ever written. Also, his articles in Kingpin are highly recommended. Sep-09-07    tammany: Mr. Kosten. I've owned your "Easy Guide to the Najdorf" for at least a year now. I love the Najdorf. If it didn't exist I honestly don't know if I would love chess as much or even at all. I will soon take up the mantle for the KID in my repertoire and I hope to say the same then. Happy Trails to you.... Sep-09-07    tammany: ... and How do you know when you're ready for the poison pawn? Sep-09-07    tammany: And Gata Kamsky was on ICC earlier tonight chatting in 103 and then playing regular people 3 2 from his laptop. It felt special. Thank You Gata. Jun-07-08    Zygalski: If you can get hold of a copy, Kosten's "Latvian Gambit Lives!" is the definitive guide to this ultra-sharp opening. 224 pages of incredibly detailed analysis covering all likely lines. I suggest going to amazon then using the "used & new" section. You should be able to get a new copy for under $10 US or around £5. Jun-07-08    Nikita Smirnov: I like his book The Latvian Gmabit. Jun-07-08    chessgames.com: We found some sources indicate that Tony's birthday is July 24th (not the 27th as shown above). For example, Polish Wikipedia (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthon...) as well as our prolific kibitzer BIDMONFA. Can anybody confirm the true birthday? Jun-07-08    Karpova: <chessgames.com> Jeremy Gaige gives his birthday as July 24th also. Jun-09-08    Nikita Smirnov: <Can anybody confirm the true birthday?> Yes,he himself. But if I'm right there are some books where it is written 24th July.I don't remember which book.Bur I think it was written by a person who knows him well. Jul-24-08    rjfsworstnightmare: Happy Birthday Tony! I like your book on the Philidor, how White can favorably open up the semiclosed position to advantage... Winning doesn't suck!! Thanks!!! Jul-24-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Anthony! Jul-24-08    TheAlchemist: Too bad his game against Farago isn't in the database, I'll upload it. Anyway, here it is: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.h3 Be6 10.f4 c6 11.Ne2 Bc5 12.Bf3 Qb6 13.Kf1 Be3 14.Kg2 exf4 15.gxf4 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 d5 17.f5 dxe4 18.dxe4 Bd7 19.e5 Ng8 20.c5 Qc7 21.e6 fxe6 22.fxe6 Bxe6 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Qg5 Nf6 25.Rae1+ Kf8 26.Rhf1 h5 27.Bd5 (27.Re6) Rh6 (27...Qd8 28.Re8!!) 28.Qxh6 gxh6 29.Rxf6+ Kg7 30.Rf7+ Kg6 31.Bb3 (31.Ne6) Qa5 32.Nf3 Re8 33.Rxe8 Bxe8 34.Ne5+ Kg5 35.h4+ Kxh4 36.Nf3+ (36...Kg4 37.Be6#) 1-0 Jul-25-08    twinlark: I have his book on the Latvian Gambit also. Very interesting little volume it is, too. Oct-12-08    deadlyking: some people say that when he plays the english, he doesnt play what he wrote in his book "The Dymanic English", but he does in his more recent games, like after he wrote his book Sep-08-09    whiskeyrebel: We can only hold him to it for so long. Where ever you are Tony, you've proven your point. Sep-28-09    WhiteRook48: the Zelcic game is so famous Jul-24-10    wordfunph: scanning his books, i read that French GM Tony Kosten's first chess hero was Bobby Fischer. happy birthday Tony! Jul-16-12    Wyatt Gwyon: What are your thoughts on "The Dynamic English"? Jul-24-12    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Kosten! Nov-07-14    parisattack: On the '100 Most Searched for out-of-print books' Kosten's Advance French is #31. http://www.bookfinder.com/books/boo... Seems to run $3-$10 on Abe and Amazon... Nov-09-15    PhilFeeley: It seems a number of his games aren't here. One from 1992 against his main nemesis Norwood is in Jon Watson's book "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy" (at least up to move 23. For the rest, search the world!) Jan-03-17    diagonal: Perhaps the most memorable tournament triumph of Anthony Kosten was at the 1st Geneva Open Festival of 1986 (170 players, including several grandmasters, among them Anthony Miles, Miguel Quinteros or Armenian Smbat Lputian from the Soviet Union). The event was nine rounds and Kosten won all of his first eight games. This was sufficient to already guarantee him first place ahead of a strong international field. In the final round game, Anthony Kosten accepted an offer of a draw from his compatriot, Glenn Flear. He agreed after some half an hour´s deliberation, for the position was lost for Flear. That acceptance prevented Kosten from achieving a perfect 9/9 score. Then IM Kosten won the first Geneva Open, "Championnat internationale d'échecs de Genève" (FIDE president Florencio Campomanes was member of the Comité de Patronage; Anatoly Karpov visited the event for a private dinner with the organizers), outright a full point ahead of sole second GM Lars Karlsson. Wikipedia, and DIE SCHACHWOCHE, no.5 and no. 6 /1986 Feb-08-21    Nosnibor: I recall playing Tony Kosten in round one of the Kent Open held in Folkestone in April 1977. Funnily enough there was snow falling on the beach that April! I first of all played against his Modern Defence and obtained a clear advantage which was not converted. Then after making my 28th move I was offered a draw which I spurned and eventually lost the game. Kosten went on to win the tournament, but was very happy to go through the game with me afterwards to show me the errors of my ways. search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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