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Grandmaster Efim Geller can be considered the best chess player in history among those who fought with world champions. His brilliant victories (as well as those that have been lost) reveal many secrets of chess to us and teach us not only to win over champions. Most of the fights with the world champions had a very important sporting importance: the titles of the champion of the USSR, the winner of the match of applicants for the world crown, and the first place in a major international tournament were determined. They are in the first chapter. In the second - the lost victory. These are also lots of rich chess content, but those seemingly incomprehensible twists of fate, which in one instant turn success into failure, triumph into defeat. The book is designed for chess lovers.

This book is not only the most complete biography of the 8th in the history of the World Cup, but also a detailed, carefully drawn portrait of one of the most popular and beloved chess players on the planet. The life and chess principles of Mikhail Tal are revealed both in the dialogue of the authors, and in the notes to his brilliant, unique parties, which are taught to win.

Friends of the departed in 2004 L.Ya. Abramova - international arbiter E. Dubov, grandmaster I. Zaitsev and master S. Rosenberg - in the book & quot; Lev Abramov & quot; They talk about the interesting life of L. Abramov. L.Ya. Abramov was a strong master, a major civil engineer during the Great Patriotic War, head of the Chess Department of the USSR Sports Committee. The book contains over 40 interesting and very instructive parts played by the master L. Abramov.

743 games, comments

In the fourth book of the series, St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman shows readers how to get a white advantage in debut schemes starting with moves 1.e4 d6 and 1.e4 g6. The author examines in detail the ideas and methods of dealing with the various plans that Black has in his arsenal. Here you will find a large number of exclusive and previously unpublished analyzes.

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

The release of this book is timed to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the remarkable grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev (1945–2012). This is a collection consisting of three chapters: memoirs of contemporaries, including world champions, selected Razuvaev’s games with commentaries by leading grandmasters, his articles in the field of chess theory and school education, as well as interviews. You will not find such a constellation of names in any other book!

Before you is the “book of life” of an outstanding grandmaster, a participant in the tournament of applicants for the world championship, the champion of the USSR. Collected in the first part of the 64 party with detailed author comments have considerable educational value. Averbach is not only a well-known debut theorist, but also an acknowledged master of the game in technical positions and the world's best expert in the endgame: he is the author of the classic work “Chess Endings”, translated into many languages. The second part of the book consists of memories, unique in their own way. In Soviet times, only the initiates knew the background of many of the most important decisions in chess. Perhaps the most informed of them was Yuri Averbakh, who for more than three decades was a member of the elite of the Soviet and international chess federations. In addition, over the years, he helped Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosyan, and Tahl. Revelations of such a person are truly priceless!

The current world champion Vichy Anand is the only one in history who won the highest title in competitions with three different formats: the knockout system (2000), the round-robin tournament (2007) and the match (2008). For two decades, the Indian magician has become part of the grandmaster elite, and his bright, original parties filled with original ideas arouse the admiration of millions of chess fans. Collection of the best parties Anand with his own profound and witty comments by right became a bestseller in the West, and, finally, it becomes available to the Russian reader!

Among the "celestials" - world champions - Tigran Petrosyan occupies a special place: it was he who managed to close the 15-year- the new era of Mikhail Botvinnik. The stability of force is striking. play Petrosian throughout his career - he thrice played matches for the world championship (and in the applicant's cycles of non- changed for three decades!), four times was the champion of the USSR, 9 times - the Olympic champion ... Tigran Vartanovich is rightly considered to be the most difficult an impoverished player in the history of chess, flawlessly owned technique of warning of threats of the contender already in an embryo. In the proposed book about 2/3 of the parties commented on the Petrosyan himself, and the rest - mostly known grandmasters. Many fights are educational character. Therefore, chess players who want to increase their sports level, it is very important to study the work of the 9th world champion, who created a lot of positional and combinational masterpieces. The book passed computer testing "by Kasparov." For a wide range of chess fans.

The work of Vladimir Kramnik is a separate big chapter. in the annals of world chess. Universality of talent allowed him for a long career to create a lot of masterpieces, revealing the different facets of the struggle behind the chessboard. International grand master and experienced coach Sarhan Gu- ly subjected the party of the 14th world champion to a comprehensive ana- Liza, taking into account both the earlier comments of Kramnik himself and other researchers, and the achievements of modern com- the computer method. Being a creative portrait of one of the the most outstanding chess players of our day, the book also co- keeps information and recommendations of educational nature. For a wide range of chess fans.