Vladimir Nenarokov


Vladimir Ivanovich Nenarokov was a Russian chess master and theoretician. Born in Moscow, he was one of the strongest masters in his home town around 1900.
In 1899, he tied for 6-7th in Moscow. In 1900 he won the first Moscow City Championship. In 1901, he took 5th in Moscow. In 1905, he drew a match with Savielly Tartakower ; won against Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky in 1907, and won against the sixteen-year-old Alexander Alekhine in 1908.
Nenarokov won the Moscow Championship again in 1908.
In 1916, he took 2nd, behind Alekhine, in Moscow. He also took 2nd, behind Alekhine, and ahead of Abram Rabinovich, at Moscow 1918.
He took 3rd at the 3rd Moscow championships in 1921 ; tied for 3rd-5th at Petrograd 1923 ; tied for 6-8th at Moscow 1924 ; took 18th at Leningrad 1925 ; took 7th at Moscow 1927 ; took 2nd, behind Boris Verlinsky, at the 9th Moscow championships in 1928; took 6th at Odessa 1929 ; won at Tiflis 1929; took 3rd at Tiflis 1930, and tied for 3rd-4th at Tiflis 1930.
Nenarokov was awarded the International Master title in 1950.
He is an author of many chess books, focusing on the chess opening. In addition to some good introductory books, he also wrote a more advanced book on the Ruy Lopez that was later published in German.