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		GM Nick de Firmian, the 1999 U.S. Champion, remains at the helm after having co- authored the 1990 version with Walter Korn.
		De Firmian in MCO, however, only offers one of his own games, de Firmian Fishbein, 1997 Philadelphia, which saw 17 Qe2, a move viewed as dubious by Bosch because of 17...e5, played in Short Kasparov, 1993 London WCH.
		De Firmian writes in the Introduction that "Some of my grandmaster colleagues have queried me whether MCO-14 is a book just for 'average' chess players, as it covers the whole spectrum of openings in one volume.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/mco.txt (1816 words)

	Seattle Chess Foundation - 2002 US Championship Nick de Firmian
		Grandmaster Nick de Firmian first saw the light of day in sunny Fresno, California on July 26, 1957.
		Nick was five years old when his uncle introduced him to a version of the royal game but he didn't learn the real rules until he was fourteen.
		Nick's latest achievement include the writing and revision of the monster work Modern Chess Openings.
	www.af4c.org /archive/uschampionship2002/uschamps_defirmian.asp (198 words)

	Player profile - Nick de Firmian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nick is an American, but is now a resident in Denmark, allthough still playing for the US.
		Nick de Firmian also participated in the New York Open, where he ended best among the three North Sea Cup players.
		Nick also played in Reykjavik Open in Iceland, where he scored 5/9 which placed him in the middle of the field, together with his fellow-countryman GM Larry Christiansen (2596).
	home1.inet.tele.dk /tpherman/vh2000/2pondf.htm (159 words)

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		GM Nick de Firmian is three-time United States Chess Champion.
		GM de Firmian has also represented the United States in numerous Chess Olympiads and several World Championship cycles.
		Nick de Firmian has agreed not to visit the gamers.com discussion board while the game is in progress.
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	About Nick De Firmian
		NICK DE FIRMIAN is acclaimed as the world's leading expert on chess openings.
		As this book goes to press, de Firmian reigns as the current United States Chess Champion---making him a three-time winner of the top American title.
		A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in physics, de Firmian is a native Californian who now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark with his wife and son.
	randomhouse.com /author/results.pperl?authorid=6657&view=sml_sptlght (127 words)

	Recent Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nick de Firmian, Benjamin and Kreiman are all within the striking distance with 5.5.
		De Firmian seized the initiative and virtually had no risk game.
		So, tired Nick had to play rested (after a short draw earlier) Larry for the title and the money (the difference between the first prize of $14K and 2d of $11K).
	www.iamcoach.com /chess/ctut/coach_plays_2002_USCh.htm (1763 words)

	onegoodmove: The Only Move (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I remember twenty something years ago watching a game of chess between Nick de Firmian, then a good player now a Grandmaster, and an unnamed opponent.
		Nick, his opponent, and other strong players began analyzing the moves, the what might have been.
		Nick's opponent kept trying the same line, somehow persuaded that if he repeated it often enough it would save the game, and others would point out the error in his thinking.
	onegoodmove.org /1gm/1gmarchive/000053.html (259 words)

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		The top seed is American GM Nick de Firmian (2598), who is married to a Danish woman and now lives in Denmark.
		Two players - US Champion Nick de Firmian and Danish Champion Sune Berg Hansen - were leading the field most of the time and entered the final round, with a half-point lead.
		Yet, I did not expect to surprise Nick (is it possible to surprise a chess pro in the computer age?!), as one of the most important games for this line was played between Miles and de Firmian himself!
	www.chesscafe.com /text/trdenmark.txt (1795 words)

	US Championships 2002
		Nick asked for and received some time to try to decompress, while Christiansen ran off to get some coffee and a smoke to calm his nerves.
		Nick managed to break down Christiansen’s Burn French, winning the exchange, then a rook, and then managing to trade off all the pieces to tie the match.
		Nick was very gracious in defeat, although in hindsight, I think he was just glad the suffering was over and he was still getting a very nice paycheck ($11,000) for his efforts.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/event/chus2001/r9.html (1911 words)

	The chess games of Nick DeFirmian
		: De Firmian was an IM in 1979 he was a Grandmaster in 1985....United States Champion 1987,1998,1995.
		: Nick De Firmian, the world's leading expert on chess openings "taught" the supercomputer Deep Blue the opening moves it used to defeat World Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, Mr.
		De Firmian is an International Grandmaster and a three-time United States Chess Champion.
	www.chessgames.com /player/nick_defirmian.html (771 words)

	Amazon.fr : Chroniques et points de vue Livres en anglais: Modern Chess Openings: McO-14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This, the fourteenth edition of MCO, has been completely revised and updated by three-time United States Chess Champion Nick de Firmian to reflect all of the latest changes and innovations in the game.
		From eternal workhorses such as the Ruy Lopez, an opening that was developed in the fifteenth century, to relative upstarts such as the Neo-Grünfeld, first seen in 1937, Modern Chess Openings covers every viable opening sequence of chess moves in today's environment.
		This new edition, completely revised and updated by International Grandmaster Nick de Firmian, includes dozens of variations---from classic to modern---on the standard openings.
	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/english-books/0812930835/reviews (619 words)

	Amazon.fr : Livres en anglais: Modern Chess Openings: McO-14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tous les livres en anglais de Nick De Firmian
		Tous les livres en anglais de Nick Defirmian
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	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/0812930835 (705 words)

	KonigTalk
		Nick De Firmian and Suat Atalik win the prize for the biggest distance traveled having flown from Copenhagen and Istanbul respectively.
		Nick De Firmian has long enjoyed success against the French Defense and his game against the Glendale IM Varuzhan Akobian continued the trend.
		Nick emerged from the opening with a small but persistent pull that reached decisive proportions around the first time control.
	www.chessclub.org /KonigTalk.html (2217 words)

	Chessmetrics Ratings: De Firmian, Nick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These ratings for De Firmian, Nick are calculated yearly, as of January 1st of the indicated year.
		Each yearly rating incorporates all rated games played in the preceding year, along with the ratings that were already calculated at the start of that year.
		Each year, everyone's rating on the January 1st list has been increased/decreased by an identical amount, so that the average rating of the #8 through #12 players is aligned at 2600.
	www.chessmetrics.com /player_lists/Player694.html (96 words)

	Nick de Firmian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nick de Firmian (born July 26, 1957), is a chess grandmaster and three time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987, 1995, and 1999.
		A noted expert on the chess opening, in 1999 de Firmian wrote MCO-14, considered the standard single volume opening reference in English.
		He also helped prepare the opening book for the IBM Deep Blue team for its 1997 match with Garry Kasparov.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nick-de-Firmian.htm (180 words)

	ktinyrjul95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The venue was the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York and it was held from June 20-23.
		Anand's decision to close the door to this event opened another and Nick de Firmian was included in the usual 16-player format, held on pattern of the Wimbledon Tennis matches.
		Nick de firmian who was eliminated in the play-off earned the place vacated by Anand as being the highest scoring American player.
	www.chess-mate.com /0000115.htm (535 words)

	ChessMate.com Features - Combinations in Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michael Adams, a Grandmaster from England, played his colleague from New York, Nick de Firmian.
		Nick is well-known for his many tournament victories, including a tie for first place in the 1995 US Championship.
		De Firmian hangs on a few moves more.
	www.chessmate.com /combin.html (600 words)

	Nick De Firmian: Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 (McKay Chess Library) - Køb Bøger: Totaltiorden.dk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		by De Firmian, but his book does not look as impressive as Korn 12th edition.
		If you want to know the ideas behind the moves either get "Ideas behind the chess openings" or the "Chess For Juniors" book followed by "Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors" together, depending on your level.
		Nick de Firmian had done a great job in updating Modern Chess Openings, which has had many editions date back almost 100 years!
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/book_details.php/0812930843\|books\|Nunn (1610 words)

	Chess Openings the Easy Way
		CHESS OPENINGS THE EASY WAY by Grandmaster Nick de Firmian is a solid and useful book.
		Unlike most of the books we’ve been looking at in the last two columns, the Club player, Internet player, or lower-to-middle-range tournament player can carry this one volume and no others with the guarantee of getting something intelligent to check his own moves against.
		As de Firmian proved in the earlier and huge MCO 14, he is a genius at paring down variations while retaining the absolutely necessary information.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_jw/jw_chess_openings_the_easy_way.html (369 words)

	The Week in Chess 416
		Tom Hendricks reports: The correspondence Internet game between GM Nick de Firmian and the World Team has ended in a win for the World Team.
		(Many of the World Team players first came together during the Kasparov vs World game.) GM de Firmian, playing with the white pieces, struggled to keep a basic equality in a Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen variation, and was forced to resign a complicated but lost opposite-colored bishop endgame.
		This 5th Chess meeting "Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs" is organised by CCAS (management of social activities for electricity and Gas of France employees) in cooperation with FFE (French Chess Federation) and FSGT (sports and gymnastic Federation of workers).
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic416.html (6157 words)

	Christiansen Wins US Chess Championship - Chess News - World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All that was left was a series of five blitz games between the two WCN veterans to determine the overall champion.
		Christiansen and de Firmian split the score, leaving a dramatic finale which was observed by thousands of spectators both live and online.
		With time becoming dangerously thin, de Firmian blundered a Pawn and watched helplessly as his clock reached its final mark.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/archive/christiansenWins.php (424 words)

	Re: two books by Nick de Firmian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The are both Modern Chess Openings 14th edition, which was edited by Nick DeFirmian.
		The Bastsford one was published in England, the other in the USA, I recall seeing a review (might have been John Watson's on the The Week In Chess site) comparing MCO and Nunn's Chess Openings, which also gave some comparison between the two versions of MCO.
		The viewer preferred the Batsford version, becuase it was easier to read - the paper was brighter/whiter and the font was easier to read.
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.games.chess.misc/msg05604.html (184 words)

	English Attack, The - Nick de Firmian and John Fedorowicz: Chess Store
		English Attack, The - Nick de Firmian and John Fedorowicz
		Two American GMs provide a practical yet thorough survey of one of the hottest opening variations around today.
		Not surprisingly tactics and sharp play abound in this most modern of chess openings, where precise knowledge of variations is vital.
	www.classicalgames.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=001054&Category_Code= (188 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Modern Chess Openings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Modern Chess Openings, better known in the chess world as MCO, has been called "the chess player's bible" since it was first produced by Walter Korn almost 60 years ago.
		With this 13th incarnation, Korn took the role of editor and put the update in the capable hands of International Grandmaster Nick De Firmian.
		As a beginning player, (ICC standard rating around 1300), I find MCO to be extremely useful to familiarize myself quickly with the correct responses to virtually any opening.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0812917855 (576 words)

	NetChessNews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		2.0 Shahade, de Firmian, I. Ivanov, Benjamin, Fishbein, Serper, Schneider, Kaidanov, Foygel, A. Ivanov, Perelshteyn, Paschall
		The top men players are GMs Seirawan, Gulko, Kaidanov, Benjamin, Shabalov, Christiansen, Ivanov, de Firmian, Dmitry Gurevich, Stripunsky, Yermolinsky, Kudrin, Serper, Fishbein, Fedorowicz, Sagalchik and Browne, while WGM Elena Donaldson and WIMs Camilla Baginskaite, Jennifer Shahade, Tsagaan Battsetseg, Anna Hahn and Esther Epstein lead the women's field.
		In recent days NetChessNews has introduced a New Problems Page, a chat board that actually works, and an analysis board (be patient, it takes a few minutes to load, but works OK after that).
	www.chessnetwork.com /ncn/140102.htm (4030 words)

	Modern Chess Openings, 14th Ed by Nick De Firmian, ISBN 0812930843 And Gazelles and Other Plays by Ahmed Fagih, ISBN ...
		Modern Chess Openings, 14th Ed by Nick De Firmian, ISBN 0812930843 And Gazelles and Other Plays by Ahmed Fagih, ISBN 0710306334
		Well begun is half done. In chess, how you begin a game has far-reaching repercussions -- from setting the pace and tone of the game to, often, determining the final result.
		By taking into account all recent tournament matches and published theoretical works of note, MCO-14 leaps to the forefront of the field -- just as its predecessors have always done.
	fastlinktours.com /ed.htm (328 words)

	Powell's Books - Chess Openings the Easy Way (McKay Chess Library) by Nick De Firmian
		Modern Chess Openings, known as MCO, is the best selling and most comprehensive one-volume reference on chess openings.
		Nick de Firmian, the International Grandmaster who "taught" the supercomputer Deep Blue, reveals how the opening moves of a chess game set its pace and tone and can even determine who wins or loses.
		In Chess Openings the Easy Way, a special edition of MCO for beginning and intermediate players, de Firmian selects the most important chess openings and the latest innovations in the game.
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0812934989 (181 words)

	US Chess Federation: 1998 Interplay US Chess Championship Standings
		He will meet GM Nick de Firmian in a 4 game Finals match.
		The last game of the de Firmian - Shaked match to determine the other Finalist will be played on Friday, November 13, at 3 pm local time.
		de Firmian and Gurevich qualify for the two Semi-Final spots from this group and do not need to go through the play-offs.
	www.uschess.org /news/uschamp98/results.html (484 words)

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