The book combines two educational and analytical work: "Zugzwang" and "The advantage of two elephants." Zugzwang is one of the most interesting tricks found in a chess game. Chess journalist L. Verkhovsky has collected and systematized a large number of vivid examples demonstrating the role of zugzwang in chess struggle. The ratio of material forces in a chess game plays an important role, especially in the final stage of the struggle. Grandmaster A. Kochnev and master N. Yakovlev acquaint readers with numerous examples in which the advantage of two elephants turned out to be decisive.

Quality textbook: position assessment and plan selection. The present book of the army veteran of the candidate chess master O. V. Chebotarev is devoted to various issues of strategy and tactics of the middlegame and endgame. It is based on those issued by the Central Chess Club of the Armed Forces; 1976-1978 three brochures, united under the general title "Chess Strategy Lessons". They were praised by the army chess community. The book is built on the model of traditional classical teaching aids, where the formal moments of evaluating a position and finding a plan are emphasized. In other words, it primarily reveals the static foundations of the position. To a lesser extent, the author reflects elements of internal dynamics, by which I understand not only the calculation of options, but primarily the search for key, turning points in the struggle. Such an understanding of the internal dynamics of chess does not at all dispute the legitimacy of other methodological concepts. including the chosen O. V. Chebotarev.

A manual for trainers, social activists and intermediate-level chess players. Contents: Part I. Moving central pawns. - An isolated pawn in the center. - Hanging pawns. - Fixed center. - Figures in the center, pressure on the center, - Part II. Parties for independent analysis [47 parties in chronological order indicating strategic problems].

The book can be interesting for both beginner and experienced chess player. In the book of this series, matte pictures, typical combinations, some prominent national chess schools, the author’s methods of teaching chess are studied.

The author selected and presented in the book an extensive literary and chess material from a personal collection that has been collected for many years. The book is the first edition of the original workshop, in which, unlike other chess books, fragments of literary works in which there is a chess theme are organically combined, and a large number of specially prepared tasks for the training. It is addressed to a wide circle of readers who want to learn how to play chess and achieve the level of skill of a first-class chess player. The book will benefit the parents of young chess players and chess coaches. Of particular interest is for those readers who, along with chess, are fond of fiction.

Frankly, I began to read this book with skepticism. And in vain! The further, the more you fall under the charm of the author’s ironic personality. Soft, not humorous humor, ease of thought and style, juicy chess examples with unexpected endings. All this could already be appreciated by the readers of & quot; 64 & quot ;, where several stories that have been included in this collection have been tested.   Most of it is given to the marvelous "landscape gardening" park. chess, filled with the clash of blitz, bikes and brandy. But flashes and leading figures of varying degrees of adulthood. & quot; It was enough for me to cross the street, go to the next school and, catching the little Boria Spassky on the break, strictly ask: "Well, how does Zack teach you there?" & quot; & quot; Here is a meeting with Vitya Korchnoi in besieged Leningrad, and a cruel defeat by the modest pioneer Vova Kramnik, and a surreal simultaneous game session in Spanish Plinares, in which the author beautifully blew Barry Klimovich Bazarov himself ... Truth and fiction, reality and mystification are to separate one from another sometimes as difficult as the vodka from tomato juice in a famous cocktail. But is it worth separating? Drink in small sips at night, and no bad dreams you will not dream!

Chess is one of the most popular board games created by man a half thousand years ago. The next volume of the popular children's looping "I Know the World" tells about the centuries-old history of chess, famous grandmasters - world champions, and, of course, about the secrets of the game itself, the basics of its theory and practice, the origins of extraordinary attractiveness and beauty. The book is intended for all who are interested in this ancient and wise game. Gift Edition. Color print

The 20th century gave the world many wonderful works of chess sport. The proposed games were played by famous chess players in serious official competitions and made a great impression on contemporaries. Parties are arranged in chronological order.

The book can be interesting for both beginner and experienced chess player. In the book of this series, matte pictures, typical combinations, some prominent national chess schools, the author’s methods of teaching chess are studied.

Combination, attack, sacrifice - do not these exciting events on the chessboard attract the hearts of lovers? The real victim, which is the main theme of this book, is always creativity, risk, fantasy. The author strictly classifies various types of victims, analyzes and systematizes them, reveals the patterns of attack and defense. Alive and non-template written, the book can become a valuable helper for a master chess player who studies the opening and middle of the game.