The Austrian and American chess players, the first official world chess champion. At the turn of the 1860-1870s, having already received recognition as the strongest player of his time after winning the match against Adolf Andersen, Steinitz developed the theory of positional play, which replaced the dominant & romantic & raquo; combination school and greatly enriched chess. Condition: jammed cover.

Rare edition.

Album dedicated to Nona Terentyevna Gaprindashvili-Soviet and Georgian chess player, Honored Master of Sports (1964); the fifth world chess champion in history (1962-1978), the first international grandmaster among women (1976), and the first woman to be awarded the title of international grandmaster for men (1978). Five-time champion of the USSR. Chairman of the FIDE Women’s Commission (International Chess Federation, 1980-1986). Winner of the first prize & quot; Chess Oscar & quot; (1982). President of the National Olympic Committee of Georgia (1989-1996). In Georgian.

Time is moving inexorably forward, according to its own laws. And we divide it into segments by our deeds and actions. Sometimes the minutes last for a long time and can take shape in painful hours, days, years. And when it’s quiet around & mdash; in decades. These are not identical in perception, they flew for our family members, the descendants of Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov, who was born in Riga in the distant 1908. And now it's 2013, the 105th anniversary of his birth. 5 years have passed since the publication of the book & laquo; Star, extinguished before the deadline & raquo; & mdash; memories of Vladimir Petrov my grandmother. We, the grandchildren, decided to decipher her notes on scraps of newspapers, napkins and even cigarette packs only after her death.

Mikhail Tal, the "magician from Riga", was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fashion he related both the downs and ups of his encounters. An inveterate smoker and drinker, Tal`s life on the circuit was punctuated by bouts in the hospital with kidney problems, but nothing could dull his love for chess and his sheer genius on the chessboard. His illustrious tournament record, up to his death in 1992, is included here in full, along with 100 complete games and nearly as many positions. Tal`s annotations in this book are a world apart from ordinary games collections. No reader could fail to be swept along by his passion and vitality as he sets the scene for an encounter and then recounts every psychological twist and turn.

In the book of the famous chess grandmaster, literary and chess historian Yu. Averbakh, many pages from the history of Russian chess are discovered, unknown to the masses of chess fans. They show the hard moments of the life of famous grandmasters, who were hidden behind the outer shine and prosperity (cities and countries, prizes and awards), orders and glory. For a wide range of readers.

Collection of all works of "world champion among etudists" (according to S. Tartakover). Compositions with detailed notes. Reprint edition. The quality of printing is higher than that of the original! The original (Riga 1990).

Collection of all works of "world champion among etudists" (according to S. Tartakover). Compositions with detailed notes.

The proposed book is dedicated to the life of the ingenious 19th century chess player Paul Morphy, who became the uncrowned world champion in a year and a half. Morphy’s tragic fate is in many ways similar to the fate of another great American, Robert Fisher, who also passed away undefeated. The book, like an exciting detective story, is read in one breath. Table of Contents Chapter 1

About the life of the brilliant American, who in one and a half years became the uncrowned world champion.

This book is dedicated to the life of the genius chess player of the 19th century Paul Morphy, who became the uncrowned world champion in a year and a half. Morphy's tragic fate is in many ways similar to the fate of another great American & ndash; Robert Fischer, who also left undefeated. The book, like an exciting detective story, is read in one breath.

The winner of the 12th World Correspondence Championship talks about his chess career and in the most detailed way comments on the best games. The author considers methods of preparation, as well as sports, psychological, ethical and other aspects of the struggle.