Personalities
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51.72 $
A fascinating story about one of the most remarkable chess players of the past century. To some extent, the book reflects the 20th century. Here is the end of tsarism, the October Revolution and the formation of the Soviet state, and universal education, and ... the popularity of chess! There is a gallery of figures of art, literature, science, rulers of the state, sports leaders. And most importantly - portraits of ordinary people, who are the very essence of Russian land. One can understand how science, culture (including chess), and the life of the people themselves are adapting to the changing structures of public life, changing ideology; Adapts to, as far as possible, develop successfully. Yes, the conditions in which people operate are changing. They dissolve in history over time, but genuine achievements remain. Chess passed through his whole life; they forced to think, strive for truth - otherwise you won’t win at the chess table - and tempered character. These "chess" qualities were subsequently used both in engineering and in cybernetics. This is a story about how an ordinary boy, who was born back in tsarist Russia, was educated (already in Soviet times), became an engineer, and then a scientist.
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51.72 $
Five-volume Garry Kasparov has no analogues in chess literature. The 13th world champion reflects on the fate and creative work of the twelve previous champions and their rivals, about a half-century struggle for the world championship. Exploring the famous parties under the microscope of powerful computer programs, the author changes many previous estimates and, in essence, sums up the development of chess in the 20th century. The fourth volume is dedicated to the world champion Fischer, as well as to other outstanding chess players of the West - Reshevsky, Najdorf and Larsen.
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51.72 $
Deluxe Edition, coated paper, gold stamping, metal corners Outstanding chess player and pianist Mark Taimanov recalls his bright and rich life. An entire epoch passed before his eyes. Among his friends are not only his fellows in the chess workshop, but also famous artists, musicians, and writers. He was personally acquainted with Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. In the book you will read about the meetings of Taimanov with Botvinnik, Fisher, Karpov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rostropovich and many other legendary personalities of the twentieth century.
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53.80 $
A chess player of Ukrainian descent from the USA, an international master and professor, about himself and the chess community. Parties (with Fisher, Spassky ...) are commented by A.Mikhalchishin. Great published!
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53.80 $
All 14 champions of the world from Wilhelm Steinitz to Vladimir Kramnik. About their life and creativity, competitions with their participation, about their contribution to chess art and rivals. The best games, combinations, endings. Archival materials and numerous photographs. Personal impressions of the authors about the matches for the world championship and meetings with the champions. The authors are well-known chess historians and writers.
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55.27 $
Mythic work: more than 300 games of the ex-world champion with detailed notes, autobiographical essay, all sketches, a full list of performances.
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55.27 $
Moscow, 1952 State publishing house "Physical education and sport". Publishing binding. Good safety. With black and white illustrations. The purpose of this book, published in connection with the centenary of the birth of the great Russian chess player Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin, is to show the image of the founder of the Russian school in chess art, that school that was creatively deepened and perfected by Soviet masters, firmly taking first place in the world. The chess art of M.I. Chigorin is presented on the example of 120 of his selected games.
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56.67 $
The book presents the entire history of women's chess, starting with ancient times, the first tournaments and ending today. The life and work of all world champions - Vera Menchik, Lyudmila Rudenko, Olga Rubtsova, Elizaveta Bykova, Nona Gaprindashvili, Mayi Chiburdanidze, Xie Jun, Zhuzhy Polgar, Zhu Chen, Antoinette Stefanova, Xu Yuhua, as well as their main rivals in the struggle for world chess crown. The authors and the outstanding chess player, an uncrowned champion, who fought well with the male grandmasters, Judit Polgar, did not ignore the attention. It will be interesting to get acquainted with ambitious young chess players who are ready to fight for the title.
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International Tournament in Bled
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Kmoch 116.67 $ -
Эндшпиль
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Rabinovich 123.33 $ -
The second international chess tournament Moscow 1935 (there are also rare copies on white paper + 30% to the price)
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Weinstein 166.67 $ - The third international chess tournament (there is also a copy without an introductory article by Krylenko at a price of minus 30%) (art. 7) 200.00 $
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Sicilian Defense: Attack of Sozin-Fisher
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Mihalchishin 50.00 $ -
Sicilian Defense
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Fisher 15.00 $ -
White
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Khalifman 41.67 $ -
White
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Khalifman 60.00 $ -
The debut is white on Kramnik (volume 1b)
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Khalifman 46.67 $