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  • Author:
    Fisher

    15.00 $
  • Author:
    Getmanchuk

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Barsky

    18.97 $
  • Author:
    Blokh

    The answer book of an international grandmaster and an experienced coach (among whose students is A. Grischuk) Bloch's Maxim contains over 1200 combinations from practical games and specially compiled examples. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved by single moves. The book is intended for both young and adult amateurs, and for masters. The arrangement of examples by topic allows you to use the book not only as a task book, but also as a textbook. Of particular interest are over two hundred specially compiled by the author overstressed positions in which white wins the only way during the course of white, and black wins during the course of black. These examples, as well as over 50 fragments from the parties of the author and his students, are published for the first time.

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Kasparov

    41.67 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1333.30 $
  • Author:
    Gelfand

    The 2012 World Vice-Champion continues his story, begun in the best-selling books Positional Decision Making in Chess. ("Book of the Year" according to the English Chess Federation), "Dynamic Decision Making in Chess" and "Technical Decision Making in Chess." The new book discusses ways to make decisions in positions without minor pieces. The reader will get acquainted with rook and queen endings, as well as with what Romanovsky called the "fourth stage", that is, the late middlegame / early endgame, where only heavy pieces remain on the board. «Gelfand is very good– and very honest – explains what decisions he was able to calculate and what he had to make on the basis of general reasoning, and how he did it. This resulted in a book of the type that I love. A chess player of any strength can find a lot of useful things here. (Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, reviewer of novelties in chess literature in the magazine "New in Chess"). For a wide range of chess lovers.

    22.41 $
  • Author:
    Blokh

    In front of you – the famous book by the most experienced coach (among the students is Alexander Grischuk), international grandmaster and bestselling chess author Maxim Bloch. The publication contains almost 1,500 combinations from practical games and specially composed positions. All tasks are characterized by intense struggle, in which the goal is achieved with only one move. The arrangement of examples by topic and the highlighting of the main diagrams on the first pages of the chapters allow the book to be used not only as a problem book, but also as a textbook for advanced training. Numerical assessment of the difficulty level of each task allows testing the strength of chess players' play, and also helps coaches select suitable examples for practice. Of particular interest are over two hundred super-tense positions specially compiled by the author, in which when White moves, White wins the only way, and when Black moves – black. Many examples are published for the first time. You'll be sure to step up your game by solving these instructive combinations. For a wide range of chess fans and specialists.

    23.33 $
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  • book

    10.37 $

    RUB

    A chess game is a kind of dialogue, in which each side seeks to prove its case. But to do this, you need to have certain skills. In order to develop them for beginning chess players, this book is intended. Having learned to solve the examples given in the first part (tasks 1 - 288), the young reader will reach the level of the third level. To achieve even greater success, chess players need to master the combinational way of resolving the conflict in the party. It is the combination that brings the greatest satisfaction and aesthetic pleasure to chess lovers. Getting acquainted with examples of creativity of famous masters and grandmasters, the reader will have the opportunity to participate in the creation of these small masterpieces. You can check yourself by looking at the answers given in the middle of the book.

  • book

    10.37 $

    RUB

    The book of chess master I.L. Kagan is the 2nd edition of his primer. The first, edited by M. Tal, was published in Petrozavodsk in 1986. This edition has been revised and included examples from modern practice.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    V. Suchkov is a famous trainer who has worked with children for many years, the author of two hundred miniature tasks, the head of the Chess association. In a mini-volume, the maximum of chess concepts is outlined in an accessible language. To master the wisdom of the game will help simple comments and poetic texts.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    Who are the parents and principals do not dream that children attend school only on 4 and 5? And so that they quickly and independently carry out homework in all academic subjects? And this is not a fantasy, if from an early age to acquaint children with the secrets of a chess game. The book is a manual for teaching children 4 & 7 years old chess game. Learning chess will be fun, easy, fun for the child. Under the guidance of the author, you will be able to master the original method of teaching children the basics of a wise game. The manual is intended for a wide range of readers.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    Chess is a sport in which live people compete, with their own characters and problems, with their feelings, with their image and way of thinking. In order to beat the opponent, you need to be able to look in his soul, to understand what kind of person he is, how he thinks, what he wants and what fears. To win on the chessboard you need to control yourself, start Threat and suppress the enemy, direct his mind on a false trail, frighten the partner with their confidence in victory. This book is written about science to win! The development of this training material is undoubtedly beneficial will affect your gaming practice. The author is an experienced trainer with more than 45 years of teaching experience. For a wide range of chess fans.

  • book

    10.34 $

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    The book is devoted to the problem of staginess of such  intellectual sports games, as Chess, Go, Xiangqi, Shogi, Renjue, Checkers and others. In the opinion of the author, it is possible to solve it with the help of the developed by him scenario of the team game, which provides an active discussion throughout the whole game. It results in harmonious combination of high dynamism of the game and sufficient time for effective creativity, which together with the drama of team discussions and the availability of new information ensures the staginess of intellectual competitions. The book is intended for professionals and specialists in the areas mentioned, as well as to wide range of readers interested in intellectual sports games.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    This book is devoted to a worked out and already repeatedly approved by the author, original Interactive cognitive scenario (ICS). The latter, without change of traditional rules of the widespread intellectual sports games, turns, for example, chess into a perfect and effective business (imitation-role) game called “Business chess”. This extends a sphere of the possible use of chess game a lot in a variety of fields: from a spectacular sport competition to the scientifically applied model, business educational game and method of a psychodiagnostics and psychotherapy.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    The book "The methods of fighting in rook endings" is intended for young chess players (III-I grades), wishing to improve their skills of playing rook endings, as well as coaches, chess club leaders and all chess lovers. The book consists of 19 topics, which explain in detail the typical methods of struggle and ideas in rook endings, and a workshop that includes 100 tasks and sketches.

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    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.

  • book

    10.34 $

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    & nbsp; A book from the series & quot; Workshop on Chess Tactics & quot; is offered to the reader’s attention. The book contains both positions that happened in real games and training positions on the topics: forced mat, double hit, linear attack, open attack, ligament, removal of defense, blockade. At the end of each topic are solutions. The book will be useful to a chess player of any qualification. & nbsp;

  • book

    10.34 $

    RUB

    If you take the first steps in chess, then this book will become most necessary for you. Indeed, at the beginning of the game there is such an abundance of opportunities on both sides that it simply goes round. And any inaccuracy or mistake in the opening can lead you to an instant disaster. How not to go astray to an inexperienced chess player, on what landmarks and beacons to keep your course? In this book you will find answers to these and many other questions, it outlines the basic principles of playing the opening, gives all the main openings in a very accessible and simple form, gives special exercises and tests to consolidate the main ideas. After reading this book, you can easily defeat your rival friends and win school tournaments. For a wide range of chess lovers and trainers. & nbsp;

  • book

    10.34 $

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    The book of the famous chess writer, grandmaster Nikolai Kalinichenko is devoted to the basic issues of strategy. In each game, any chess player has questions: & quot; What to do? & Quot; and & quot; How to do? & quot ;. To the question & quot; How to do it? & Quot; - Tactics answers, but the question & quot; What to do? & quot; - accordingly, the strategy. In a simple and accessible form, the author introduces the reader to elements of chess strategy, such as an open line, seventh horizontal, pawn structure, weak and strong fields, and many others. Special exercises and tests are given to reinforce the basic ideas. You can accurately evaluate the position and build a clear and correct plan in any situation. A careful reading of the book will significantly increase the strength of the game and add points to the standings. For a wide range of chess lovers and trainers.