The author for a long time was friends with Salo Flore - the famous Czech-Soviet grandmaster. All these years, Salo Mikhailovich believed him the secrets of his seemingly prosperous, but filled with the inner drama of life - the life of a refugee deprived of his homeland. From these revelations, this book was born. The book also contains the best examples of the richest combination art of Flora.

Years after the Second World War, the Soviets dominated in international chess - Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosyan, and then Spassky held the world crown, it was almost an integral part of their heritage. In the West, from time to time there were flashes of brilliance - Reshevsky, Najdorf, and then Larsen, - but no one really challenged the Soviet hegemony. Then a lonely genius from Brooklyn appeared in the mid-1950s. Filled & nbsp; in chess, all his waking hours were devoted to finding the truth on 64 squares. This is an inexorable, sometimes disappointing quest, but he was persistent, and ultimately became, perhaps, the greatest natural chess talent in history. It was clear from his early childhood as a gifted prodigy during his stormy ascent to Chess Olympus, no one ever shook the chess world like Bobby Fisher. His rude genius in the royal game, combined with his tireless will to win, made him one of the most fearsome chess players of all time - a true living legend. Now, each of its 736 tournament and match games is presented with deep explanations and analysis.

О жизненном и творческом пути выдающегося польского шахматиста, одного из главных претендентов на шахматную корону в годы, предшествующие первой мировой войне, А.Рубинштейна. Его вклад в современную дебютную теорию огромен: целые схемы вышли из его лаборатории и стали определяющими в дебюте четырех коней, ферзевом гамбите, защите Нимцовича. Ему во многом обязан своим долголетием вариант Чигорина в испанской партии. Рубинштейн служил шахматам истово и страстно, с рвением и аскетизмом. Очерк о Рубинштейне написан известным шахматным журналистом В.Мурахвери. Комментарииу Ю.Разуваеву. В книгу также включены партии, которые прокомментировал Рубинштейн. Для шахматистов высокой квалификации

64 parties of the Kazan master, foreword by Panchenko

Favorite compositions of outstanding scholar. In this book the author acquaints the reader with his works. Some of them are printed for the first time, many are important for the theory of the endgame. The beauty of sketches and their practical importance make the book interesting and useful for chess fans.

Memories of Gennady Nesis - a beautiful literary record of parts and channels of a great era, executed with care and enthusiasm, inherent in the high quality of human memory. When reading, it seems that chess is the author's profession, their influence on the intellect and understanding of the world, consisting in the thoroughness and clarity of the attitude to events, the thoroughly skilful crystalline with which the author describes some or other life sketches that he met in the history of the country and his own biography , - determined the very type of narration. But it is important to understand that in this text there is nothing "Luzhinsky" - there is no coolness of estrangement, for the author is humanly idyllic in his way of constructing the story. This is understandable, since his pedagogical activity would not have been possible without immersion in human substance, without love and attention to the pupils and the people around him, without which the hero of Nabokov was not capable. The reader of this book is waiting for clarity and the volume of life projected on the various joints of the historical era, and the feeling of this volume is captivating.

Gennady Nesis is a man of many talents. The enumeration of his titles and degrees would not fit on a single business card, but in return for it - this amazing book full of humor and deep revelations of memories.

Honored Master of Sports, International Grand Master of the ICCHF, Honored Trainer of Russia Gennady Nesis talks about the creative path of the FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman. Of particular interest is that the fruitful collaboration between the author and the hero has been going on for 17 years, marked by many successes of Alexander Khalifman. The author also shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the coach in the process of preparing players, comments on games illustrating the creative biography of the world champion. The book will undoubtedly be useful and interesting to a wide range of chess lovers.

Эта книга посвящена великим мастерам прошлого. Это собрание шахматных биографий неофициальных шахматных королей – Филидора, Лабурдоннэ, Стаунтона, Андерсена, Морфи, анализ созданных ими произведений. Хронологически работа Я.И.Нейштадта охватывает период с середины XVIII века до семидесятых годов XIX столетия. Особенно подробно автор останавливается на творчестве Андерсена и Морфи. Отличительной чертой книги является обстоятельный шахматный анализ, в результате которого ход борьбы во многих классических партиях получил новое освещение. Книга является библиографической редкостью. Рассчитана на широкий круг любителей шахмат.

Книга, написанная теоретиком и историком шахмат Я.И. Нейштадтом, посвящена творчеству выдающегося шахматного мыслителя, первого официального чемпиона мира Вильгельма Стейница. Автор знакомит читателей с богатым шахматным наследием Стейница, его спортивной биографией, вехами жизненного пути. Изучение творчества классика шахматной стратегии имеет не только познавательное значение. Любителям шахмат, стремящимся к практическому совершенствованию, книга Я.И. Нейштадта принесет несомненную пользу. Книга является библиографической редкостью. Книга рассчитана на широкий круг любителей шахмат.