The five-time world champion, the first female grandmaster in chess history about herself, her predecessors and rivals, teachers and coaches.

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A candid autobiography of a remarkable chess player and his "unforgettable games". A rare book published in Odessa, in Geller's homeland!

Foreword by Gennady Sosonko. Efim Petrovich Geller - one of the key figures of the chess scene second half of the twentieth century. For several decades he was one of the leading grandmasters of the world, six times competitions contenders for the world crown, seven times became the Olympic champion, twice - the champion of the USSR. The unchallenged authority of Geller-researcher was recognized by all World champions, starting with Euwe. Many of his ideas have not lost Nowadays, modern players use them in their own practice. In front of you is the most complete meeting of parties of outstanding chess player with his author's comments. Many duels (and all their 135!) have never been published in Russian literature before. Italic notes are given by the special editor, international master Maxim Notkin, with refinements of estimates and options found at help modern computer programs. There is no doubt that studying the work of an outstanding grandmaster help a wide range of readers to significantly increase the level of games and get real pleasure from brilliant parties.

This book is dedicated to the bright memory of Togliatti grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin, who in just 20 years of his life managed to leave a bright mark in the world history of chess. Practically everything in youth chess was resigned to him, only in the individual competition Ivan won more than twenty medals of the championships of Russia, Europe and the world. No less successful were the team performances, in which Bukavshin helped the Russian youth team many times to win prizes at prestigious international competitions. In the men's competitions, the Togliatti grandmaster managed to win the final of the Russian Cup, take part in the Super Finals of the Russian Championship and the World Cup, become the winner and prize winner of dozens of major international tournaments. The author of the book, international grandmaster Jacob Geller, who for many years was one of the trainers of Ivan, talks in detail about the chess path of his ward, his main tournament victories and creative achievements. The chess part of the book is represented by Bukavshin's games, in which the reader will find interesting opening pieces, beautiful combination attacks and finely held endgames. All batches are commented in detail by Ivan’s colleagues in the grand master workshop & ndash; his friends, rivals, seconds and coaches. & nbsp; Photos by V. Barsky, B. Dolmatovsky, E. Kublashvili, from the archive of J. Geller. For a wide range of chess lovers.

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.

One of the leading Soviet chess players, grandmaster E.P. Geller, presents in this book to the reader his selected games, carefully commented by him, and talks about his creative views, tastes, and beliefs. Collected together, Geller's games make an unusually vivid impression and, explained by him himself, can teach a lot. The bibliographical essay written by the compiler introduces the reader to the most remarkable events in the sports life of the grandmaster. Like other books in the “Outstanding Chess Players of the World” series, the reader will find a lot of useful information for his own improvement and better understanding of the problems of modern chess.

International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gozalyan have prepared a major work (in two volumes) about the life and work of the 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan (he held the title from 1963 to 1969).  Volume II (1963-1984) tells about Petrosyan's victory in the 1963 world title match over Mikhail Botvinnik, about the grandiose two-match confrontation with Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969, about all his candidates' matches after losing the title – against Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and other world-class opponents. All tournaments and matches of the second half of Petrosian's chess career are presented, up to his last performances in 1983. The authors subjected 175 complete games and fragments to an in-depth analysis (using modern computers). Not all of them have been deeply studied and commented on before, but even then the book provides a significantly improved analysis. Among Petrosyan’s opponents – world champions and contenders Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Bronstein, as well as Timman, Larsen, Reshevsky, Belyavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin and many others. Special attention is paid to his coaches – Alexey Suetin and Igor Zaitsev. 

The new book by the famous chess master and writer (the author of more than 150 books) Yevgeny Gyk presents 250 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. Among them are winning parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen sacrifice, decisive encounters from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions (from the collection of the author). & Nbsp; The new book by the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Yevgeny Gyk presents 250 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. Among them are winning parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen sacrifice, decisive encounters from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions (from the author’s collection) and about 150 rare photos. & Nbsp; Photos by Boris Dolmatovsky, Evgeny Gick, Dagobert Kolmayer and from the author’s archive. Many color photos on coated paper. & nbsp;

& nbsp; The new book of the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Evgeny Gik presents 265 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Karlsen. Among them are laureate parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen's sacrifice, decisive matches from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions and about 150 rare photographs. Photo by Boris Dolmatovsky, Eugene Geek, Dagobert Colmeyer from the author’s archive. 2nd edition.

The new book of the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Evgeny Gik presents the 250 best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. Among them are laureate parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen sacrifice, decisive matches from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions (from the author’s collection). & Nbsp; The new book of the famous chess master and writer (author of more than 150 books) Evgeny Gik presents 250 of the best games of all chess kings - from Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca to Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. Among them are laureate parties, winning miniatures, combinations with the queen sacrifice, decisive matches from fights for the crown and others. The reader will also find here more than 100 amazing stories about world champions (from the author’s collection) and about 150 rare photographs. & Nbsp; Photo by Boris Dolmatovsky, Eugene Geek, Dagobert Colmeyer and from the author’s archive. Many color photos on coated paper. This is an e-book, a link to which will be available in your account after payment.