We offer you the best games of one of the strongest chess players in the world - Ukrainian grandmaster Vasily Ivanchuk. His parties are original debut finds, deep strategic plans and fantastic combination insights.

An active practice chess player does not have enough time to study the endgame in depth, but every qualified chess player should know a certain set of positions. This problem is the answer of this book. It can be divided into two parts. The first, the theoretical, deals with simple endings in which the final estimate, methods for achieving a win or a draw are already known. In the second part of the book, the reader will learn the methods for implementing the advantage in the endgame, the basic techniques.

& nbsp; Each book of the international grandmaster and chess popularizer Nikolai Kalinichenko is of great interest. This publication combines the functions of a textbook and an encyclopedia, richly illustrated with both classic and original examples. With this book you can successfully go from the very beginning to the professional game. Here are the most important concepts and rules, contains the basics of tactics and strategies. More than 500 positions from famous games, sketches on strategy, tactics and techniques of various stages of a chess game are offered for acquiring practical skills or checking the level of skill. The book is written in a lively, figurative language and will not let you get bored. It is recommended for those who are well versed in chess and loves them, as well as those who are only going to get acquainted with the "king of all games". & nbsp;

This book is a compact debut guide that can satisfy the demands of almost any chess player, from beginner to master candidate. Debut analyzes, meaningful games, modern interpretation of strategic and tactical ideas. Play open debuts!

This book can be considered as three in one: firstly, it is a collection of various, but often typical, traps found both in the opening and in the middle of the game, and in the endgame. Secondly, this book – a primer on tactics, as traps almost always rely on clever tactical strikes. Finally, thirdly, – this book can also be a solution book; for this you need to look for tactical strikes possible in positions on the diagrams yourself, without looking at the text. Traps in chess – The topic is incredibly fascinating. The pleasure from the fact that an opponent has fallen into the net laid out for him is always enormous, but you also experience joy when you manage to see through someone else’s plan and avoid falling into the trap yourself. This book will help you do both. Working with the book will improve the results of a chess player of any qualification.

This book is a new edition of the fundamental textbook “Chess for Beginners,” which has received recognition from readers in many countries around the world, including Russia. "Chess for Beginners" is a clear and detailed guide that contains theory, exercises of varying degrees of difficulty, and examples of winning games. The originality of the presentation of the material is ensured by special mini-inserts that make it easier to assimilate important information. Here you will find all the terms starting from middlegame and endgame, and after reading, conquer new winning tactics and best strategies. The book is intended for both beginners and those who have already taken their first steps in chess and now want to deepen and expand their knowledge.

Gift edition, thick binding. This chess textbook is the essence of the experience of world chess champion Robert Fischer. The genius chess player Robert Fischer had a direct and consistent style of play based on crystal clear, energetic plans. This allowed him to win many “training and demonstration” competitions. games reminiscent of lectures on individual chess topics. These "lectures" have had a great influence on several generations of elite chess players, today they must be used in teaching absolutely everything for which this textbook is intended. The book is distinguished by the completeness of its selection of examples (170 games and fragments) and the breadth of topics covered (there is even a chapter devoted to strengthening the game of blitz). Working with the book will improve the results of a chess player of any qualification.

The reader is offered a handbook for chess players of any skill. It collected more than 4000 different combinations from the parties of the leading chess players in the world. All of them are sisatized according to the sections and the end of each of them are given solutions.

We offer you a universal guide for studying the most complex and diverse stage of a chess game - the endgame. There are about 3000 examples of different endings from the best chess players in the world. The book also presents all the etudes of the world champions.

Based on I.Rabinovich's classic work "Endgame". An active chess player-practice does not have enough time for deep study of the endgame, but every qualified chess player must know a certain set of positions. This task is the responsibility of this book. It can be divided into two parts. In the first - theoretical - simple endings are considered, in which the final estimate, the methods for achieving a win or draw are already known. In the second part of the book the reader learns the methods of realizing the advantages in the endgame, the main techniques.

At the very beginning of our acquaintance with chess, we realize how much depends on the first moves. Already in the early stages of the game, both players have a huge number of opportunities - the head is spinning! How not to go astray to an inexperienced chess player, how not to get stranded when leaving the native harbor, on which lighthouses to stay on? All these and many other questions are answered by the book that you hold in your hands. Your companions - the multiple world champion Anatoly Karpov and the grand master, the author of more than 40 books, Nikolay Kalinichenko - will always point the right way. For children of middle and senior school age.

The vast majority of debut guides are written with an adult reader in mind. This book is also devoted to the theory of openings, but it will also be understandable to children. The structure of the book is simple and beautiful: openings are examined using real games as examples, each of which is presented in the form of a lesson with its own name. Several such lessons form a debut topic, and each topic ends with exercises.. In each opening, attention is paid to its characteristic tactical and strategic ideas, and the selection of combinations for independent solution strictly corresponds to the theme of the opening. Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, the book includes many diagrams. Explanatory arrows on diagrams and background highlighting of individual pages make the book easier to understand. Regular work with the book (subject to completion of assignments) solves two problems at once: it deepens the student’s knowledge and develops his tactical vision, and therefore improves skill and results. For a wide range of chess lovers.

The debut determines the further course of the chess game, the direction of the main battle. Cleverly playing the beginning of the game, you can achieve a clear advantage - and to master all the debut songs necessary for effective playing, this book will help you. More than 600 parties of the world's leading chess players (including the games of 2015) have commented on it. Particular attention is paid to the connection between the debut and the middlegame. All games are classified according to their debut versions and sub-variants, which makes using the book incredibly convenient.

Condition: Very good Small scratches on the binding This book is the most complete collection of Emanuel Lasker's chess works in the world today. In addition to the frequently published CHESS TEXTBOOK and the rarer but well-known work COMMON SENSE IN CHESS, it includes rudiments of chess knowledge and lessons for beginners - works that are completely inaccessible today. Lasker's influence on the chess world was enormous, his athletic superiority over his opponents was so incredible that his contemporaries could not find a reasonable explanation for it. Some attributed his success to luck, others even suspected hypnosis! Only today have many of the methods that Lasker used in his chess practice become clear, although he, as a true scientist, directly set out his views in printed works. Lasker's books are essential for anyone who wants to understand chess and achieve success in it. Special hard "puffy" binding.

The debut repertoire of a chess player is his business card. For example, already at the beginning of the game you can judge the commitment of a chess player to the attacking or positional style. To choose the correct debut repertoire for yourself means to lay the foundation for future sporting and creative success.

The book is devoted to the work of one of the leading chess players of the world Fabiano Caruana, whose highest rating reached sky-high 2844! Opens her biographical essay, telling about the sports path of the Italian-American grandmaster, his views on The main part of the book introduces the best parts of Karu- , characterized by the colorful and crystal clearness of the strategic line. The parties are grouped according to the academic topics: & mdash; attack on the king; & mdash; under the sign of centralization; & mdash; offensive on the queenside; & mdash; two-flank strategy; & mdash; protection and counterattack; & mdash; & la ;, Berlin & raquo; endgame; & mdash; Dortmund pearls; & mdash; victim of the queen. Author & mdash; International Grandmaster, Honored Coach of Russia. For a wide range of chess fans.

The book is dedicated to the work of Sergei Karyakin — one of the SIL- the youngest grandmasters of our time, Vice-world champion in 2016. Opens her biographical sketch, which tells about her- about the Russian grandmaster's path, his views on chess art. The main part of the book presents readers with 75 of the best Karjakin's parties, clearly revealing the characteristic feature of his style Gar-manichee combination of subtle understanding of the position with great sense of dynamics. Parties are grouped by training topics: attack on the king; nastu- battle in the center and on the Queen's flank; two-flank strategy; opening wins; symmetrical pawn structure in the center; positional sacrifice; defense and counterattack; endgame. The author is an international grandmaster, honored coach Of Russia. "Fascinating notes the author does not overload the computer.- mi options, and provides useful training explanations that allows you to consider the collection as a kind of a textbook on all three stages of the chess game", - writes in pre- Preface to the book by Sergey Koryakin.

The book is dedicated to the work of Sergey Karjakin & mdash; one of the strengths of the greatest grandmasters of our time, vice-champion of the world in 2016 Opens her biographical essay, which tells about sports- Mr. path of the Russian grandmaster, his views on chess art. The bulk of the book presents the 75 best readers. parties of Karjakin, clearly revealing a characteristic feature of his style & mdash; a harmonious combination of a subtle understanding of position with great sense of dynamics. Parties are grouped by educational topics: attack on the king; present singing in the center and on the queenside; two-flank strategy; debut wins; symmetrical pawn structure in the center; positional victim; defense and counterattack; endgame. Posted by & mdash; international grandmaster, honored trainer Russia. & quot; Fascinating notes the author does not overload computer- options, and provides useful training explanations that allows you to consider the collection as a kind of a textbook on all three stages of a chess game & quot ;, & mdash; writes in pre- disclaimers for the book by Sergey Koryakin. This is an e-book, a link to which will be available in your account after payment.

The work of the legendary Viktor Korchnoi and Grandmaster Alexander Kalinin "Walks with the French Defence" is dedicated to the study of the popular semi-open opening 1.e4 e6. During his long and brilliant chess career, V. Korchnoi not only successfully applied the French Defense, but also "generated" ideas that pushed forward the theory of this opening. Being one of the world's leading experts in the French Defense, he used this opening more than once in world championship matches. Now you have a unique opportunity to touch the creative laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster. The first volume includes a historical overview of the development of the ideas of the French Defence, analyzes of various modifications of the Exchange Variation and the Nimzowitsch Variation. Along with the current state of the theory of the main variations of the opening, questions of its strategic content are covered in detail.

The book of the repeated champion of Belarus, the well-known theoretician, coach A. Kapengut - is a serious study of one of the most popular debuts, meeting the current tendencies of aggravation of the struggle at the beginning of the game. The construction of the Blacks, which has evolved from the system of Old Indian defense into an independent debut (known as modernism, Benoni), is brought to a double-edged position with a clearly defined tactical picture of the struggle for initiative. When building a book, preference is given to practical material. For convenience of exposition, sometimes the most popular continuation is taken as the basis, while the strongest can be taken in notes. The parties appearing in print up to 1981 inclusive, as well as the most important parties played in 1982 It is designed for highly skilled chess players.

An outstanding theorist and successful coach shares his memories of communication and cooperation with Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Elena Akhmylovskaya and other outstanding chess players. Separate large chapter – a story about many years of work with Boris Gelfand: over these years (1980-1993) the student went from a 12-year-old candidate for master to the holder of the 3rd rating in the world. Albert Kapengut – winner of 6 gold medals at the World Student Olympics, seven-time champion of Belarus, participant in the individual and team championships of the USSR among men, champion of the USSR as part of the Burevestnik team. The book includes 70 games commented in detail by the author, a careful study of which will help the reader not only better understand popular opening schemes, but also get a taste for serious analytical work. “My story is not so much about a career, although “you can’t erase words from a song,” but about memorable situations, often funny, sometimes absurd, and dotted about people I met along the way, sometimes with touches of biography, prompting readers to become interested in more complete information.” ;" (A. Kapengut). For a wide range of chess lovers.

Very often the chess game ends in the endgame, and to achieve victory, the chess player needs to know the typical techniques of realizing the advantage with limited material on the board. In this book, practical examples from the parties of the great endgame masters are considered, in which the strongest side has a certain kind of advantage & ndash; material, positional, structural, greater activity of figures. One of the chapters is devoted to combinations in the endgame. In the last chapter, the instructive endings of one of the authors of the book, the twelfth world champion Anatoly Karpov, rightly considered one of the most outstanding masters of the endgame in the history of chess, are collected. Table of Contents & nbsp; Trailer

The book of the multiple world chess champion A. Karpov and the master A. Matsukevich is dedicated to one of the most profound and completely unexplored topics & mdash; searching for an algorithm for assessing the position of and, as a consequence, choosing the right plan. It is calculated for qualified chess players.

The book is devoted to the work of the triple world champion, the outstanding Soviet chess player A. Karpov. It includes favorites & nbsp; games , played from 1969 to 1983, carefully selected and commented by the author. The notes to them reflect Karpov’s views on the chess struggle, his creative principles.

Full color printing. On coated paper. Chess & mdash; the royal game that the chess king will teach you & mdash; world champion Anatoly Karpov. You will learn about the manners and habits of the figures, learn how to attack energetically and coolly defend yourself. You will get acquainted with many tricks and traps that can be put to reckless opponents and, last but not least, learn how not to get into them yourself. Having traveled through the pages of this book, you will prepare for your first chess battle with the help of a great chess player & mdash; against mom or dad, friend or computer, on the Internet or at a competition. The book will allow your child to easily learn the rules of the game, helping him to win not only in chess, but also in life. After all, chess develops perseverance, logical thinking and memory, teaches rational use of time. According to this textbook, teachers, trainers or parents can even teach children the basics of a wise game, even with minimal chess preparation. the game.

In fact, there are much more games - almost all 50 mini-stories contain additional examples. A look at the opening theory in the context of the times and tastes of champions.

The proposed book is unique, literally in every part we meet with interesting details that seem to lead us to the side, but always allow us to return to the main direction of the narrative. In the book, the chess world champion Anatoly Karpov talks about himself, his comrades and teachers, about climbing the top of the chess Olympus, about the big and small chess battles in which he participated. There are not many chess games in the book, and they are chosen in a rather peculiar way. The selection of the parties presented here sufficiently reveals Karpov's approach to the chess game itself. He gives only the games he won, apparently considering that the chess game & ndash; this is mainly a sport. The story of the world champion is supplemented by the master of sports of the USSR, the deserved trainer of the RSFSR, journalist Alexander Roshal. This book is much new. Both amateurs and chess specialists will learn about this new with interest, and those who still know almost nothing about the great game of chess will take advantage of themselves.

The book of multiple world champion A. Karpov and grandmaster N. Kalinichenko introduces the reader to one of the most complex, informative and popular chess openings. The authors present all the major systems that have stood the test of many years of practice. Each of them is illustrated by several characteristic parties. Examples are selected in such a way as to demonstrate the main strategic ideas for both sides. Along with classical examples, a large number of modern games are played, played by leading grandmasters. The publication is designed for a wide range of chess lovers.

Chess is the game of kings, and in this book you will learn how to play from the king of chess, Anatoly Karpov, who won the world chess championship many times. You will read about the nature and behaviour of the pieces. You will learn to attack energetically and defend calmly. You will discover a number of tricks and traps that you can use to trip up unwary opponents and, just as importantly, which you will learn how to avoid falling for yourself. Having completed your journey through this book with the help of one of chess’s all-time greats, you will be ready for your first chess battle – against Mum or Dad, against a friend or a computer, on the Internet or at a tournament. This book will enable your child to master the rules of the game in a relaxed manner and will help him or her to conquer new heights not only in chess, but in life, too. This is because chess develops patience, logical thinking and memory, and teaches us how to use our time rationally. Teachers, coaches, and parents with no more than a smattering of chess preparation can use this book to teach children the basics of this complex game. This book is printed in full colour and will be a great present for children wanting to learn about this ancient and the most popular game in the world. Coated paper. Color illustration. Size 22,5 cm * 29,5 cm.